Father Adolfo Nicolas of Spain, the newly elected Superior General of the Society of Jesus, celebrates his first mass as head of Jesuits at the Church of Jesus, January 20, 2008, in Rome Italy. Father Adolfo Nicolas was elected as the successor of the outgoing Superior General Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, the first Jesuit leader to ask for, and receive, papal permission to retire from the post. The Superior General of Jesuits is called The Black Pope. By Franco Origlia/Getty Images.
A dusting of snow sits on the head and back of a Herring Gull during a heavy snowfall near the U.S. Capitol January 17, 2007 in Washington, DC. By Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.
Actress Katie Pfleghar poses in a mock-up cage while holding a sign that reads ‘Freedom for Chickens. Away with Cages in 2012!’ during a protest organized by PETA in front of the Ministry of Agriculture January 16, 2008 in Berlin, Germany. PETA, or People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, is urging German Agriculture Minister Horst Seehofer not to delay the ban on factory farming, due to go into effect EU-wide in 2012. According to PETA, some EU countries, including France and Spain, are delaying the ban by 10 years. By Sean Gallup/Getty Images.
Anglers mark the opening of the salmon fishing season on the River Tay at Kenmore January 15, 2008 in Kenmore, Scotland. New guidelines have been recommended by the Tay District Fisheries Board, warning that stringent conservation measures are needed. By Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images.
Firefighters watch the rescue of a man after a crane that was transporting cement crashed into the side of the Trump SoHo Hotel Condominium January 14, 2008 in New York City. According to reports, one worker died in the accident. By Spencer Platt/Getty Images.
An Afghan man beats his chest during a muslim ritual at a mosque 13 January 2008 in Kabul. Ashura is a period of mourning in remembrance of the seven-century martyrdom of Prophet Mohammad’s grandson Imam Hussein who was killed in battle in Karbala in Iraq 680 AD. By Shah Marai/AFP/Getty.
A supporter of US Republican presidential hopeful John McCain smiles after shaking his hand while he boarded his campaign tour bus (background) after he met with residents and supporters at Applewood House of Pancakes in Pawleys Island, 11 January 2008. By Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty.
A vendor’s dead horse lies on the scene as Pakistani security officials gather at the site of a suicide attack in Lahore, 10 January 2008. At least 22 police officers were killed when a suicide bomber exploded a device outside the high court in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore. The bomber set off his device when police asked him to stop his motorcycle outside the court, in the latest in a wave of suicide attacks which have claimed hundreds of lives across Pakistan over the past year. By Arif Ali/AFP/Getty.
Iraqi police SWAT Team parade during a ceremony marking Iraqi police forces 86th anniversary in Baghdad, 09 January 2008. Iraq’s Interior Minister Jawad Bolani who attended the ceremony, praised US-funded anti-Qaeda ‘Awakening’ fronts being set up across Iraq, amid criticism the government is not doing enough to protect the militias. By Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty.
The cub of polar bear Vera is seen in the hands of a care taker at the Nuernberger Tiergarten on January 8, 2007 in Nuremberg, Germany. Her companion Vilma had given birth to probably two cubs in December 2007 which now seem to have been devoured by the mother herself. A keeper of the Nuremberg Zoo did not see any signs of the two cubs whose voices had been heard before when he checked the cave on January 7, 2008. (Nuernberger Tiergarten via Getty Images)
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