Indian veteran tailor Abdul Gaffar Shaikh, who has been stitching flags for the last 19 years, aligns a national flag by his sewing machine at a government workshop in Mumbai on August 3, 2010 in preparation for Independence Day. India celebrates its anniversary of independence from Britain on August 15, 2010.

Children play on a tire being used to block the entrance to a squatter camp for poor white South Africans at Coronation Park in Krugersdorp

A member of a US Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team stands at the entrance to a container wearing a bomb disposal suit prior to an exercise at Camp Nathan Smith in Kandahar City

Afghan farmers harvest wheat outside Kabul, Afghanistan

Two-year-old Faith Marie Adams reaches for one of the U.S. flags from her father, Army Spc. Christian M. Adams' coffin, during military honors ceremonies at the Main Post Chapel on Fort Huachuca, Arizona

People gather around a television to watch the opening game of the soccer World Cup at the Tembisa neighborhood in the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa

A fan blows a vuvuzela during the Group A first round 2010 World Cup football match South Africa vs. Mexico

A Hungarian gypsy family sits near their tent after the Bodva river flooded their home in Edeleny

Firemen evacuate children in the flooded part of Tarnobrzeg in southern Poland

People walk by damaged cars in the aftermath of flooding in a western district of the French south eastern city of Draguignan

Surfers walk in front of a car stuck on the beach after heavy rains in Verdicio, Spain on June 15, 2010. Heavy rains during the last week caused flooding throughout the northern Spanish regions of Galicia and Asturias, leaving at least two people dead

A local resident carries a fish, just caught on a flooded street, in the village of Felsohamor, Hungary, Sunday, May 16, 2010. The local River Szinva burst its banks flooding residential areas which residents tried to protect with sandbags seen at rear

Cyclists ride through the flooded Danube River in Budapest, Hungary on June 7,2010. The Parliament building sits in the background.

Locals save cattle from the flooding Hernad river in Gesztely, Hungary

Locals form a brigade to carry sandbags for temporary flood defenses in Ocsalanos, Hungary on June 5, 2010. Heavy rains caused the river Hernad to swell, flooding parts of western Hungary

The moon shines over the flooded river Oder next to a single house on May 27, 2010 in Kostrzyn, Poland

An aerial view shows the flooding near the village of Swiniary, in Central Poland,

Farmers help a horse to jump into an amphibious vehicle in flooded Juliszew village in central Poland at Wisla river

A man stands in front of a flooded house by the Vistula River which broke through the embankments in Wiaczemin close to Swiniary near Plock, central Poland

A view of the newly-forming lake formed due to blockage of the Hunza River, seen three days after the landslide

This photograph was taken while a secondary landslide was taking place near Attabad village in northern Pakistan on January 22, 2010, after the original massive landslide of January 4th blocked most of the Hunza Valley and dammed the Hunza River

Nicholas Barry, age 2, waves a small Canadian flag as the funeral procession bearing the body of Private Kevin McKay is brought to the Barrie Armoury May 21, 2010. McKay was killed May 13th by a roadside bomb while serving in Afghanistan

Afghan girls cover their faces as unseen US soldiers from 2nd Platoon Bravo Company 5/2 ID Striker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) 1-17 Infantry Batallion patrol in Shahwali Kot district in Kandahar

An Afghan policeman patrols a street

Members of the Afghanistan women's national boxing team take part in a training session on May 3, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. After facing years of restrictions and oppression during the period of Taliban rule, Afghan women are again able to make use of sports clubs and private gyms and the national boxing team have sets their sights on competing at the London 2012 Olympics

A U.S. Army soldier with the 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, and part of the 82nd Airborne Division, takes cover as a Black Hawk chopper takes off from a U.S. military base in Arghandab valley

A Kuchi tribal girl urges a camel to hasten on its way towards their tent as the sun sets on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 23, 2010. As Afghanistan's population grows, competing claims over summer pastures, both for rainfed cultivation and for grazing of the settled communities' livestock, have created conflict over land across central and northern Afghanistan and made life more difficult for this nomadic tribe

An Afghan boy scurries past a burning oil tanker carrying fuel supplies for NATO forces after it was allegedly attacked by Taliban on Jalalabad highway, east of Kabul, Afghanistan

A balloon flies during the International Hot Air Balloon Week in Chateau-d'Oex, Switzerland

A Palestinian woman prepares to release a bunch of balloons with foreign peace activists, including Israeli leftists, across Israel's separation barrier above the settlement of Givat Zeev during a Nakba rally in the West Bank town of al-Ram, on the outskirts of Jerusalem

This photo taken on April 16, 2010 shows a giant NASA science balloon being inflated at the launch site near Alice Springs, Australia. The same balloon crashed during take-off on April 29, 2010 smashing its multi-million USD payload. The balloon, the size of a football field when inflated is designed to float up to 40 kilometers (25 miles), deep in the stratosphere to measure X-rays and gamma rays sent out by various stars and galaxies, then flutter back down to the Alice Springs launch site

Balloons that have just taken off from the runway of Bristol International Airport fly towards the sun as it rises over Bristol on June 12 2009 in Bristol, England. In total 25 balloons were launched at 5am, before the runway opened to aircraft at the busy airport, as a preview flight for the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta in Augus

Ukrainian soldiers march with a barrage balloon during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade which took place on May 9 to celebrate 65 years of the victory in WWII, in downtown Kiev, Ukraine

The Bullet 580, the world's largest inflatable airship, stands in Garrett Coliseum in Montgomery, Alabama, Wednesday, May 19, 2010, following an inflation test and fit check. The airship will be flight tested later in the summer and will carry a joint NASA and Old Dominion University payload that will measure moisture content in soil. In addition to government research work, the airship can also be used for military, homeland security and disaster relief missions. It is designed to carry payloads of up to 2,000 pounds to 20,000 feet

Thousands of biodegradable balloons released by Sao Paulo's Commercial Association fly over Sao Paulo, Brazil

Hot air balloons fly over the temple-studded plains of Bagan, Myanmar on January 14, 2010. Bagan, the ancient capital of Myanmar, is the main archaeological site and popular tourist attraction of the country

Photographers are led onto the field before the 2010 World Cup opening match between South Africa and Mexico at Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg June 11

A South African flag incorporating the flags of each nation at the tournament is waved at the Opening Ceremony ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Group A match between South Africa and Mexico at Soccer City Stadium on June 11, 2010 in Johannesburg, South Africa

World chess champion Viswanathan Anand of India smiles during the closing ceremony of FIDE match in Sofia, May 13, 2010. Anand won the FIDE World Chess Championship match against his opponent Bulgarian chess grandmaster and former world chess champion Veselin Topalov.

General Motors India (GMI) President and Managing Director Karl Slym (L) and GMI Director & Vice President (Corporate Affairs) P. Balendran pose with a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) version of the Chevrolet Aveo during its launch in Ahmedabad

Bollywood sound mixer Resul Pookutty (from left) with music director A R Rahman and lyricist Gulzar at an event where Pookutty's autobiography entitled �Sabdatharapadham' (meaning, the sound of the milky way), was released on May 13, 2010 in Mumbai, India. Resul Pookutty and A R Rahman had won individual Oscars for the movie �Slumdog Millionaire�.

Black rhino, Baraka (Swahili for blessing), blinded by disease, feeds on a branch during a visit to Ol-Pejeta conservancy at Nanyuki, Kenya by Japan's Crown Prince, his Imperial Highness Naruhito

Peruvian surfer Domingo Pianezzi rides a wave with his alpaca Pisco at San Bartolo beach in Lima March 16, 2010. Pianezzi has spent a decade training dogs to ride the nose of his board when he catches waves, and now he is the first to do so with an alpaca

A mounted Kyrgyz man falls from his horse as he took part in a traditional central Asian sport 'Kok-Boru (Ulak-Tartysh)' in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on March 21, 2010 during the annual Nowruz (New Year) celebrations

"Manhattan" (left) and "Altesse" fight during the final of the annual "Battle of the Queens" of the Herens breed cows fight on May 9, 2010 in Aproz, Switzerland in the Alpine Canton of Valais. During the combat the cows simply push, forehead against forehead using their horns. The competition continues until the new queen has forced all the other leaders to retreat

An elephant sticks its trunk out of its container after arriving at the zoo in the southern German city of Neunkirchen on April 30, 2010. Two elephants arrived at the zoo after a 4-days trip from Benidorm in Spain

A policeman looks at an elephant which was knocked down by a train at the Deepor Beel Wildlife Sanctuary, on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010. The female elephant was killed and another pregnant elephant was seriously injured by a train when they searched for food at the sanctuary. The pregnant elephant later gave birth and fled the site, leaving the baby which was rescued by the forest guards and sent to Assam State zoo for treatment

Farmers use camels to transport their watermelons across the river Ganges at Neevna village on the outskirts of the northern Indian city of Allahabad

London Zookeeper Laura Childs poses for a picture with a spiny stick insect as she takes part in a photocall to promote London Zoo's annual stock take of animals