CAPTAIN TAREK DREAM: Memories of 2008

A WALL STREET STATE OF MIND

Crowds of people still thronged the granite canyon of downtown Manhattan Wednesday, even as the Wall Street style of banking slipped away. Today the streets are filled with workers and visitors, residents and tourists.

At left, the New York Stock Exchange and the statue of George Washington are reflected in a window. (Christophe Agou for The Wall Street Journal)

A wall was built in 1653 in case of attacks by local tribes, the British or New Englanders. Brokers invaded 140 years later, meeting under the famous buttonwood tree at Wall and Broad streets. (Christophe Agou for The Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street has become a tourist stop between the World Trade Center site and the ferry to the Statue of Liberty. (Christophe Agou for The Wall Street Journal)

A juice stand on Wall Street offers workers and tourists a drink or a salad. (Christophe Agou for The Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street is now the site of apartments, fitness clubs, shops and some restaurants. (Christophe Agou for The Wall Street Journal)

Tourists crowd the steps of Federal Hall like the panicky crowds of 1929. But they’re not panicking, they’re getting some sun. (Christophe Agou for The Wall Street Journal)

The old banking hall at 37 Wall St. has reopened as a Tiffany’s, as shoppers supplant bankers and brokers in the symbolic center of capitalism. (Christophe Agou for The Wall Street Journal)

Federal Hall was the site of the first Congress, Supreme Court and Executive Office, and is still watched over by the statue of George Washington. (Christophe Agou for The Wall Street Journal)

Cameras came out at the intersection of Wall Street and Broad Street. (Christophe Agou for The Wall Street Journal)

As the financial system crumbles, the buildings are steadfast and the landscape on Wall Street is physically unchanged. (Christophe Agou for The Wall Street Journal)

Visitors took pictures in front of the New York Stock Exchange. (Christophe Agou for The Wall Street Journal)

The sites and sounds of Wall Street were recorded onto a video camera. (Christophe Agou for The Wall Street Journal)

A dog strutted its stuff on the street. (Christophe Agou for The Wall Street Journal)
Traders worked on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday as U.S. stocks soared on hopes that Congress was near a deal on a $700 billion financial sector bailout. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)

Stage and production crews made last-minute adjustments to the set of the Oxford, Miss., set for Friday’s presidential debate, which may or may not happen. (Paul J. Richards/Agence France-Press — Getty Images)

Republican vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin posed with firefighters Thursday at their firehouse near Ground Zero in New York. (Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

An Iraqi woman was seen Thursday carrying sacks of rubbish collected from the former Rashid army base, south of Baghdad, Iraq, now a housing slum for poor families. (Ali Yussef/Agence France-Press — Getty Images)

Daria Canale, of Huntington Valley, Pa., fished at an Ocean City, N.J., beach on her wedding day Wednesday. (Anthony Smedile/Photo Press of Atlantic City/Associated Press)

A security guard tried to take away a sign from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals campaigners during a protest in Guangzhou, China, Thursday. They wore outfits made of real lettuce leaves and held signs reading:”Turn over a new leaf. Go vegetarian.” (Color China Photo/Associated Press )

Members of Zengakuren, a leftist student organization, marched on a Yokosuka, Japan, street Thursday against the arrival of the nuclear-powered USS George Washington. (Shizuo Kambayashi/Associated Press)

Crew members and their partners hugged upon the arrival of the USS George Washington at a U.S. Navy base in Yokosuka, Japan, Thursday. (Junko Kimura/Getty Images)

A photo released Thursday shows a fishing boat carrying 300 migrants in the Mediterranean before a French naval vessel intercepted them Wednesday. The French navy released the migrants to Italian authorities on the island of Lampedusa. (Agence France-Press — Getty Images)

A young orangutan got a checkup for kidney stones Wednesday at a Hangzhou, China, animal hospital. A lion cub and two baby orangutans from the Hangzhou Safari Park were sickened after zoo workers fed them tainted powdered milk for more than a year. (Associated Press/Eye Press)

Arin Safadi, a 24-year-old bride from Golan Heights, Israel, waved as she crossed the Israel-Syria border at a United Nations post Thursday to be with her groom. Israel captured the area from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War. The bride’s relatives say it’s unlikely that she will ever be able to visit her family in Israel again. (Menahem Kahana/Agence France-Press — Getty Images)

A Pakistani Taliban man lashed a butcher Thursday who was found guilty of selling the meat of dead animals instead of slaughtered ones. (Sherin Zada/Associated Press)

Anthony Hervey stood in the town square of Oxford, Miss., Wednesday. He called on citizens to exercise their voting rights ahead of Friday’s scheduled debate between Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain. Citing the financial crisis, Sen. McCain has called on his rival to postpone the debate. (Paul J. Richards/Agence France-Press — Getty Images)

A street cook prepared breakfast along a Bangkok, Thailand, street as a television showed President George Bush addressing Americans about the current economic situation. President Bush warned Americans and reluctant lawmakers Wednesday to support a $700 billion financial rescue plan. (David Longstreath/Associated Press)

Musician Bono looked on as United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon spoke during Thursday’s launch of the Irish Hunger Commission report at the United Nations. (Frank Franklin II/Associated Press)

People modeled the latest styles of adult diapers in Tokyo Thursday to raise awareness about the issues facing the country’s rapidly aging population. (David Guttenfelder/Associated Press)

A work by Belgian artist Jan Fabre titled “In the trenches of the brain as an artist-lilliputian” was photographed Thursday at Austria’s Kunsthaus Bregenz museum.
Mr. Fabre’s exhibit, “From the Cellar to the Attic, From the Feet to the Brain,” runs from Sept. 27 to Jan. 25. (Miro Kuzmanovic/Reuters)
Israeli President Shimon Peres addressed the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly Wednesday in New York. The economy was a chief concern at the meeting. (Seth Wenig/Associated Press)

European Union Monetary Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia waited before addressing the European Parliament in Brussels Wednesday about the global financial crisis. (Yves Herman/Reuters)

A child rested on a bed Wednesday in a hepatitis E ward at a Kitgum, Uganda, hospital. (James Akena/Reuters)

Members of Movement to Socialism, a group that’s sympathetic to Bolivian President Evo Morales and his party, lifted their siege of Santa Cruz Wednesday. The group had blocked the city’s borders, but marched toward Montero Wednesday. Officials believe the change could pave the way to a resolution between President Morales and governors who are seeking autonomy. (Aizar Raldes/Agence France-Press — Getty Images)

A U.S. soldier walked past prisoners embracing each other after their release from a joint U.S.-Iraqi military base in Baghdad, Iraq’s, Doura district Wednesday. About 12 prisoners were released from Camp Bucca, the U.S. military said. In more signs of progress, Iraqi lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a provincial elections law Wednesday. (Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud/Reuters)

Musician Bono spoke to former Vice President Al Gore during the opening of the Clinton Global Initiative Wednesday in New York. President Bill Clinton is hosting the fourth annual meeting of the CGI, a gathering of politicians, philanthropists, business leaders and celebrities to discuss world issues. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Chinese astronauts — from left to right — Jing Haipeng, Zhai Zhigang and Liu Boming saluted before taking part in a Sept. 3 drill for the launch of the Shenzhou-7 spacecraft. China will send its third manned mission into space Thursday for a mission that wil include the country’s first space walk. (Reuters)

A Palestinian smuggler held a light inside a tunnel beneath the Egypt-Gaza border Wednesday. At least five Palestinians were killed and four others wounded Tuesday when Egyptian forces blew up two smuggling tunnels. (Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)

Bank employees rallied Wednesday during a two-day, nationwide strike in Mumbai, India. Employees are protesting mergers, consolidations and delays in wage adjustments. (Rajanish Kakade/Associated Press)

An Indonesian woman struggled to board a ship Wednesday. A yearly exodus from the world’s most populous Muslim country has started as millions of people leave for their hometowns to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. (Tundra Laksamana/Associated Press)

A man read from a Quran at a Kabul, Afghanistan, cemetery Wednesday. (Ahmad Masood/Reuters)

Armed police officers stood guard outside closed shops in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday. Officers also arrested protesters as they demanded that restaurants, bars and nightclubs be allowed to operate all night. (Gopal Chitrakar/Reuters)

A Pakistani police officer sat in a bunker as tribal people fled their villages near Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday. Pakistani authorities are locked in campaigns against militants in three regions. About 500,000 people have fled their homes. (Mohammad Sajjad/Associated Press)

Police struggled with spectators following the English League Cup third round soccer match between Swansea and Cardiff at Liberty Stadium in Swansea, Wales, Tuesday. Fans fought during the the match, which is the first meeting between the Welsh rivals in 10 years. (David Jones/Associated Press)

A church steeple was reflected on the side of a London building that window washers were cleaning Tuesday. (Adrian Dennis/Agence France-Press — Getty Images)

A visitor took pictures of her husband as he slid down the “Leap of Faith” at the Atlantis resort Wednesday. The hotel sits atop a man-made island in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Marwan Naamani/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images)

A traveler walked to his flight at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport as the sun rose in Washington Wednesday. (Jason Reed/Reuters )
Students lighted candles in the evening at a vocational high school in Kauhajoki, Finland, Tuesday. A gunman went on a rampage at the school earlier in the day, killing 10 people before police said he shot himself in the head. (Oliver Morin/Agence France-Press — Getty Images)

A Palestinian man used a slingshot to throw a stone at Israeli troops during a protest Tuesday against the construction of an Israeli-built barrier in Nilin, West Bank, near Ramallah. (Fadi Arouri/Reuters)

Somali refugees rested under a tree after crossing the Gulf of Aden from Somalia to the Yemen coast on a smugglers’ boat Tuesday. More than 400 Somali and Ethiopian migrants arrived on four boats. (Khaled Abdullah/Reuters)

Traders worked in the crude oil options pit on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange on Tuesday. Crude oil futures pulled back Tuesday in tame trading, a day after making the biggest one-session gain ever. (Jin Lee/Associated Press)

A fortuneteller listened to a woman as another waited her turn in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday. Fortunetelling was banned during Taliban rule, as leaders said it was forbidden by Islam. (Rafiq Maqbool/Associated Press)

An Orthodox Jew recited prayers at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City Tuesday. Jews say special prayers early in the morning to ask forgiveness for their sins committed in the past year. (Gil Cohen Magen/Reuters)

Special anti-terrorist troops left polling booths Tuesday during an early election in Minsk, Belarus. The country holds parliamentary elections Sept. 28. (Alexey Gromov/Agence France-Press — Getty Images)

Volkswagen workers listened to German Chancellor Angela Merkel on screens as she addressed the VW works committee Wednesday in Wolfsburg, Germany. Porsche has a plan to take over the auto manufacturer, Europe’s biggest. (Nigel Treblin/Agence France-Press — Getty Images)

Police tried to arrest activists from All India Youth Federation, the youth wing of the Communist Party of India, during a protest Wednesday against the screening of obscene films in Hyderabad, India. (Krishnendu Halder/Reuters)

Chinese farmers dried chilies under the sun on the outskirts of Kurla, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, Tuesday. Less than 25% of Chinese consumers believe their incomes will rise in the coming three months, according to a quarterly central bank survey released Monday. (Reuters)

Olympic Airlines employees blocked a runway at Athens International Airport during a demonstration Tuesday. Hundreds of employees walked onto the main runway to protest plans to sell the troubled state-owned airline. (Thanassis Stavrakis/Associated Press)

Schoolgirls worked on their new laptops at a primary school in Lisbon Tuesday. Portugal’s Socialist government began the rollout of 500,000 ultra-cheap laptops for students in a program that could be extended to Venezuela, the government said. (Nacho Doce/Reuters)

A water buffalo looked on as a boat loaded with flood relief supplies approached the shore in Orissa, India, Tuesday. Heavy rains continued to lash parts of northern and eastern India, killing more than 40 people in the last 24 hours. (Biswaranjan Rout/Associated Press)

A Pakistani woman searched for her car Tuesday at the parking lot of the devastated Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan. British Airways has canceled all flights to the capital city after Saturday’s deadly bombing at the hotel. (Farooq Naeem/Agence France-Press — Getty Images)

Greenpeace activists played dead in front of the Energy Ministry building in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday. Police detained 37 activists as they protested the government’s plan to build the country’s first nuclear power plant. (Umit Bektas/Reuters)

Men carried portable shrines into the sea during the Ohara Hadaka Festival Tuesday in Isumi, Japan. Naked adult men take part in the festival to wish for abundant crops. (Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images)

A model displayed a Salvatore Ferragamo creation for spring/summer 2009 during Milan Fashion Week Tuesday. (Stefano Rellandini/Reuters)

Two young men, one wearing a hat that looks like a beer barrel, took a break after the opening of Oktoberfest Tuesday in Munich, Germany. (Joerg Koch/Agence France-Press — Getty Images)

U.S. burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese revealed a giant Wonderbra Tuesday in London to celebrate her new collection of lingerie. (Joel Ryan/Associated Press)
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Rep. Barney Frank (D., Mass.) talked to reporters Monday in Washington. Rep. Frank is working with other lawmakers and officials to find a legislative answer to the crisis on Wall Street. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

A machete-carrying supporter of Bolivian President Evo Morales protested in front of riot police Monday, demanding a prison sentence for opposition province Gov. Leopoldo Fernandez. Gov. Fernandez is being investigated on genocide accusations in the deaths of 15 pro-Morales peasants. (Gaston Brito/Reuters)

Water was sprayed on an Ecuadorean plane Monday at Mariscal Sucre International Airport. The plane, with 62 people onboard, slid off the runway during takeoff and forced the closure of a terminal building. Officials had no information about victims. (Pablo Cozzaglio/Agence France-Press — Getty Images)

Cyclists rode across the oldest Hungarian bridge, the Chain Bridge, in downtown Budapest Monday during a “Critical Mass” demonstration. Critical Mass is an event that promotes bicycle riding. (Attila Kisbenedek/Agence France-Press — Getty Images)

Workers carried rolled-up carpets last week as they passed a giant aquarium at the Atlantis hotel, which is part of a $1.5 billion resort on a Dubai, United Arab Emirates, island. The 113-acre resort, which sits atop an artificial island built in the shape of a palm tree, opens Sept. 24. (Kamran Jebreili/Associated Press)

Farmers poured out fresh milk Sunday at a Wuhan, China, collection station. China’s toxic milk scandal escalated as officials admitted nearly 53,000 children had been sickened by contaminated products and more countries moved to ban or limit Chinese dairy imports. (Agence France-Press — Getty Images)

A baby who suffered kidney stones after drinking tainted milk powder was treated at China’s Chengdu Children’s Hospital Monday. According to China’s Health Ministry, approximately 104 babies showed serious symptoms. After melamine was found in one formula, officials said 22 other companies were also found to be selling contaminated products. (China Photos/Getty Images)

A Chinese investor scratched his head as he watched an electronic stock board at a Beijing brokerage Monday. Chinese share prices surged to close 7.77% higher after China’s securities regulator announced plans to boost the stock market. (Peter Parks/Agence France-Press — Getty Images)

A Pakistani security employee sat on a chair Monday among the wreckage of Islamabad, Pakistan’s, Marriott Hotel. Diplomatic sources confirmed that two Americans were among the dozens killed and hundreds injured in Saturday’s truck bombing. (Pedro Ugarte/Agence France-Press — Getty Images)

People wrapped the body of Mohammed Khalid, the driver of a top Afghan diplomat, who was fatally shot by gunmen in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday. Gunmen ambushed the vehicle and kidnapped the envoy. (Mohammad Hayat/Associated Press)

Nurses helped a mortar shell attack victim upon his arrival to a Mogadishu, Somalia, hospital Monday. Ten Somali civilians were killed overnight during an exchange of artillery fire between Islamist insurgents and African Union peacekeepers. (Abdirashid Abdulle Abikar/Agence France-Press — Getty Images)

A worker cleaned the front carriage of Alstom’s new AGV high-speed train at the InnoTrans 2008 trade fair in Berlin Monday. Some 1,600 exhibitors from 40 countries are presenting transportation industry products at the fair, which runs through Sept. 26. (John MacDougall/Agence France-Press — Getty Images)

Kashmir, India, Muslims prayed Monday as a head priest, unseen, displayed a relic believed to be the hair from the beard of the Prophet Mohammad. The unveiling coincided with special Ramadan prayers to observe the Martyr Day of Hazrat Ali, the prophet’s cousin. (Mukhtar Khan/Associated Press)

Flood-affected villagers made their way to a safer place on a makeshift boat made of banana tree trunks in India’s eastern state of Orissa Sunday. Authorities battling floods said Monday’s bad weather and swift river currents were hampering rescue attempts. (Amarnath Parida/Reuters)

Israeli soldiers stood guard as Palestinians waited to cross a checkpoint near Nablus, West Bank, after a woman allegedly attacked a soldier there Monday. The Israeli military said the Palestinian woman threw an acidic substance in the soldier’s face. According to a Palestinian doctor, soldiers shot and wounded three bystanders in the confusion. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Associated Press)

Italian parliamentary police officers faced Alitalia airline workers who shouted slogans at Rome’s Fiumicino Airport Monday. Authorities are checking to see if Alitalia has enough money to keep flying. (Umberto Faraglia/Associated Press)

Cambodian farmer Sun Try, 35, collected an early harvest of rice at her Damdak Krasang home Monday. (Heng Sinith/Associated Press)

Anti-riot police officers blocked protesters from marching toward the presidential palace in Manila, Philippines, Monday. Demonstrators called for a minimum wage increase and other reforms. (Romeo Ranoco/Reuters)

Workers cleaned the statue of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong Monday in preparation for National Day Holiday, which will run from Sept. 29 to Oct. 5. (China Photos/Getty Images)

Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera walked off of the field with his family after the last regular season game at Yankee Stadium on Sunday in New York. The Yankees are playing their final season in the 85-year-old ballpark and plan to move into the new Yankee Stadium across the street to start the 2009 season. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson talked with reporters after meeting Thursday with congressional leaders about the economic crisis. (Lauren Victoria Burke/Associated Press)

Palestinians disembarked from a bus at a checkpoint on their way to pray during the holy month of Ramadan at the Al Aqsa Mosque near Jerusalem Friday. (Kevin Frayer/Associated Press)

Villagers who fled tribal areas due to fighting between Pakistani troops and militants lined up for food at a refugee camp Friday. Hundreds of thousands of people fled their home as Pakistani troops started a crackdown against the Taliban and militants. (Mohammad Zubair/Associated Press)

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, spoke Friday at a televised prayer ceremony in Tehran and defended President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against growing criticism for his handling of the economy. (Hasan Sarbakhshian/Associated Press)

Iraqis stood by blood stains Friday after an overnight raid in Adwar, near Samarra, Iraq. The U.S. military said it was targeting a man believed to be the leader of a bombing network and that ground forces killed him and called in an airstrike, which killed three additional suspected insurgents along with three women. Iraqi officials and neighbors said the family had no connection to the insurgency. (Hameed Rasheed/Associated Press)

A Muslim boy looked on as police stood guard near the site of a gun battle in New Delhi Friday. Indian police battled suspected Islamic militants holed up in a house, killing two and arresting one before the others escaped. (Gurinder Osan/Associated Press)

Iraqis burned representations of Israeli and American flags during a protest Friday in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City, Iraq. (Karim Kadim/Associated Press)

Two people fished for wood for domestic use on the Kathjodi River near Bhubaneshwar in the Indian state of Orissa Friday. The flood situation in Orissa worsened Friday as the government launched a massive evacuation operation. (Biswaranjan Rout/Associated Press)

New Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat spoke to journalists after getting a tour of the new government offices in Bangkok’s Don Mueang International Airport Friday. The airport’s VIP rooms were converted as anti-government demonstrators have occupied the Government House for more than three weeks. (Sukree Sukplang/Reuters)

People walked past a digital stock index display outside a Tokyo brokerage office Friday. Japanese stocks rebounded Friday as investors welcomed Wall Street’s overnight rally and news of a possible U.S. government plan to rescue banks. (Katsumi Kasahara/Associated Press)

Anselmo “Chemito” Moreno, of Panama, dodged a punch from Cecilio Santos, of Mexico, in the WBA Bantamweight championship bout in Panama City Friday. Mr. Moreno defended his title, winning the fight after seven rounds. (Sky Gilbar/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images)

A security guard looked at the “We are all errorist” art piece from the Spanish group Internacional Errorista at a Taiwan museum Friday. (Nicky Loh/Reuters)

The space shuttle Endeavour sat on a Cape Canaveral, Fla., launchpad as a precaution Friday. Endeavour is standing by in the unlikely event that a rescue mission is necessary during space shuttle Atlantis’s upcoming mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

NASA provided this newly posted image, which comes from more than 1,000 observations by the high-resolution camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Thursday. The picture shows the “Dune Field.” (Associated Press/NASA — JPL/University of Arizona)
German and Belgian troops patrolled the outskirts of Kunduz, Afghanistan, Thursday. The German Army has about 3,300 troops serving under the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Cows stood near the ruins of a store and gas station Thursday in Bolivar, Texas. The town was devastated by Hurricane Ike, which caused damage and power outages. (Anja Niedringhaus/Associated Press)

A pack of bicyclists rode during the 18th stage of the Tour of Spain Valladolid and Las Rozas Thursday. Spain’s Imanol Erviti won the stage. (Jaime Reina/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images)

Israelis hit each other with pillows during an organized pillow fight in Tel Aviv Thursday. (Tara Todras-Whitehill/Associated Press)

A Yemeni soldier sat guard in front of damaged vehicles outside the main entrance of the U.S. Embassy in Sana’a, the capital of Yemen, Thursday. Militants linked to al Qaeda launched a brazen attack on the building Wednesday, killing 16 people. (Hussein Malla/Associated Press)

A blind masseur jumped in a river to avoid being arrested Thursday during a Seoul, South Korea, protest. Dozens of blind masseurs demonstrated against a new policy that could take away their profession. Police later rescued the man. (Lee Sang-hack Yonhap/Associated Press)

Workers sewed prayer caps in a Dhaka, Bangladesh, factory Thursday. The caps are in high demand during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan. (Andrew Biraj/Reuters)

Women waited for consultations, with babies in their arms, in a hospital Thursday. Chinese police arrested 12 more people as a fourth death was reported in a scandal involving tainted milk powder that has sickened more than 6,200 babies. (Associated Press)

A port worker carried a pirarucu, the largest freshwater fish in South America, after 66 of them were confiscated Thursday from poachers who were transporting them to a Manaus, Brazil, market. Pirarucu fishing is prohibited there in the wild, except in areas where the fish is farmed. (Antonio Menezes/Reuters)

Michael Clow carried a box of Meals Ready-to-Eat given to him by the Texas National Guard Wednesday. Clow was among an estimated 12 people who rode out Hurricane Ike in Port Bolivar, Texas. (Sharon Steinmann/Houston Chronicle via Associated Press)

Maj. Gen. Mark Hertling spoke to police cadet graduates Thursday at a U.S. military camp in Diyala province near Baghdad, Iraq. More than 700 trainees, including 21 women, made the cut. The ceremony came as more U.S. lives were lost in Iraq. (Erik de Castro/Reuters)

Anti-government Pakistani lawyers scuffled with lawyers affiliated with the ruling party during a protest Thursday. Anti-government lawyers gathered to demand the reinstatement of sacked judges dismissed by former President Pervez Musharraf during his emergency rule in November 2007. (Asim Tanveer/Reuters)

South African National Defense Force Gen. Godfrey Ngwenya, left, took a closer look at a new weapon manufactured by South African arms company Denel at a weapons expo Thursday. (Nic Bothma/European Pressphoto Agency)

A fisherman pulled in his net as the sunrise warmed the water Thursday near Matthews, Va. (Ron Edmonds/Associated Press)
A living flag made up of 2,500 children was created on the grounds of Montpelier, the Virginia home of President James Madison. The event was part of a $24 million, five-year restoration project of the building. (P. Kevin Morley/Richmond Times-Dispatch via Associated Press)

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain took a picture with a worker Wednesday during a visit to an Orion, Mich., General Motors plant. (Stephan Savoia/Associated Press)

Maleni Garcia and Yesenia Vahena, of Texas City, Texas, relaxed in a washed-up chair while waiting for traffic to begin moving again as people tried to return to Galveston Island Wednesday after Hurricane Ike. (Kevin M. Cox/The Galveston County Daily News via Associated Press)

Two women, one dressed as a bullfighter and the other as a flamenco dancer, cheered on a pack of riders during the 17th stage of the Spanish Vuelta race to Valladolid, Spain, Wednesday. (Manuel Bruque/Associated Press – EFE)

A Jordanian boy watched a hawk that he trained fly toward the sun Wednesday. (Mohammad abu Ghosh/Associated Press)

Hundreds of investors waited outside an American International Assurance office in Singapore Wednesday. AIA is a subsidiary of American Insurance Group. (Vivek Prakash/Reuters)

Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange traders covered their faces in disbelief Wednesday after the government ordered trading be halted after a 6.39% fall in the first two hours. (Sergei Shakhijanian/Agence France-Press — Getty Images)

A miner ate his lunch at a Changzhi, Shanxi province, China, coal mine Wednesday. In a rare loosening of controls, China’s top economic planner has said local governments can raise heating prices to cover the rising cost of coal. (Reuters)

A worker removed melamine-tainted powdered milk from the shelf of a Beijing store Wednesday. The products are set to be destroyed after three babies died and 6,244 were sickened. (China Photos/Getty Images)

Agricultural worker Felix Kouassi Kouame harvested rice with his family in Zatta, Ivory Coast, last week. (Issouf Sanogo/Agence France-Press — Getty Images)

Iraqi police distributed posters of wanted men during a routine patrol in Baghdad Wednesday. (Hadi Mizban/Associated Press)

Muslims in Kashmir, India, inspected a vehicle damaged in a grenade explosion Wednesday. Thirteen civilians and two police officers were wounded. (Tauseef Mustafa/Agence France-Press — Getty Images)

A North Korean soldier took pictures of South Korean troops. The North Koreans were receiving a coffin containing the body of a North Korean soldier found near the border. (Ahn Young-joon/Associated Press)

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party presidential candidates — Nobuteru Ishihara, left, and Taro Aso, center — waved to a crowd from a bus during a visit to Okayama, Japan, Wednesday. A major newspaper said Mr. Aso is the favorite among ruling party lawmakers to win their party’s leadership race and become Japan’s next prime minister. (Kyodo News/Associated Press)

Organist Simon Johnson inspected the pipes of the recently restored Dome Organ in Saint Paul’s Cathedral Wednesday in London. The organ, which has 7,256 pipes, has undergone its 30-year restoration. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Performers took part in Wednesday’s closing ceremony of the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. (Alfred Cheng Jin/Reuters)

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo troupe performers prepared backstage Tuesday in London. The all-male ballet group is performing at the Peacock Theatre. (Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)

This handout photograph shows Russian extreme-sport star Valery Rozov jumping off Europe’s highest mountain, Mount Elbrus, last week with a wing-suit on. The 44-year-old spent two days climbing 4,600 meters while enduring bitterly cold temperatures before his one-minute leap. (Thomas Senf/Agence France-Press — Getty Images)
Indigenous supporters of Bolivia President Evo Morales sat in front of police standing guard next to the Congress in La Paz Tuesday. Bolivian troops arrested the opposition governor of a province blamed for a rash of killings. (David Mercado/Reuters)

Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Mueller answered questions from the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday. At issue were the FBI’s anthrax probe, allegations of improper collection of information on reporters, the mortgage fraud crisis and the agency’s expanded investigative and intelligence gathering powers. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Visitors looked at a sculpture entitled “Planet” by British artist Marc Quinn at a Sotheby’s selling exhibition in England Tuesday. (Darren Staples/Reuters)

Soldiers marched Tuesday during a military parade celebrating Independence Day in Mexico City. (Daniel Aguilar/Reuters)

A man got an electronic thumb print during the second day of the electoral registration in the Ivory Coast Tuesday. The Ivory Coast is holding a “general census” that will allow authorities to update the electoral register and eventually hold presidential elections, President Laurent Gbagbo said. (Issouf Sanogo/Agence France-Press — Getty Images)

A man lighted a candle in front of Ukrainian journalist Georgiy Gongadze’s portrait during a memorial rally at the Independence Square in Kiev Tuesday. Mr. Gongadze, an opposition journalist, was murdered eight years ago. The murder sparked widespread protests against former President Leonid Kuchma, who was accused of financing the attack. (Sergei Supinsky/Agence France-Press — Getty Images)

A member of the uniformed Secret Service held onto his hat as Marine One lifted off from the White House with President Bush aboard Tuesday. President Bush traveled to Texas to survey Hurricane Ike damage. (Jason Reed/Reuters)

A refrigerator hung in a tree above the debris of an Oak Island, Texas, home Monday after Hurricane Ike struck. (Guy Reynolds/The Dallas Morning News via Associated Press)

An investor watched stock prices in a Hong Kong bank Tuesday. Stocks plunged there in the wake of Wall Street’s overnight selloff amid growing fears after Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy. (Vincent Yu/Associated Press)

British actress Joanna Lumley was overcome by emotion as she paid respects to Tul Bahadur Pun (left), who served with her father, and Lachhiman Gurung. The men are Ghurkas, Nepalese soldiers who served in British units. The men appeared at a protest Tuesday supporting the rights of Ghurkas to settle and work in Britain. The High Court will hear the matter. (Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)

Netherlands Queen Beatrix Armgard, Crown Prince Willem Alexander and Princess Maxima rode in a golden carriage to The Hague Tuesday, where the queen plans to read a speech to open the Dutch Parliament. (Rick Nederstigt/Agence France-Press — Getty Images)

People lighted candles at a temporary memorial at an airplane crash site on the outskirts of Perm, Russia, Tuesday. The pilot of the Aeroflot jet that crashed Sunday, killing all 88 onboard, ignored air traffic control commands, officials said. (Dmitry Lovetsky/Associated Press)

A Thai soldier evacuated an injured bomb blast victim Tuesday. Muslim militants are blamed for four deaths and nine injuries in a series of bombing and shooting attacks. (Muhammad Sabri/Agence France-Press — Getty Images)

Rebels fired a weapon against government soldiers in a Sri Lanka village Tuesday, as seen in this photograph from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil group. The United Nations’ last team inside the war zone safely reached army-held territory Tuesday after the government told aid workers to leave the north in what the president called a temporary safety measure. (Reuters/Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam/Handout)

Indian army soldiers practiced a stunt Tuesday during special commando training at an army camp in Jammu, India. (Channi Anand/Associated Press)

Palestinians carried the body of a Hamas police officer during his Gaza City funeral Tuesday. A pro-al Qaeda militant and four other Palestinians were killed Tuesday in fierce Gaza Strip gun battles between Hamas and members of a clan. (Mohammed Salem/Reuters)

Supporters of Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni worked at her Netanya, Israel, headquarters Tuesday. The foreign minister is running for Kadima party leadership. (Ariel Schalit/Associated Press)

A mounted archer aimed at a target from a galloping horse during the Yabusame Shinto ritual at a shrine in Kamakura, Japan, Tuesday. Archers try to hit three targets as their horses gallop along a 250-meter course during the annual ritual held since 1186. (Michael Caronna/Reuters)

A model wore Adidas by Stella McCartney during her spring/summer 2009 show at London Fashion Week Tuesday. (Luke MacGregor/Reuters)

Sanaa Benhama, center, of Morocco, celebrated in the rain next to second place Ilse Hayes, right, of South Africa, and Maryna Chyshko, left, of the Ukraine. Ms. Benhama won the final of the women’s 100-meter T14 classification event at the Beijing Paralympic Games. (Mark Ralston/Agence France-Press — Getty Images)
A Lehman Brothers employee wrote a message on a portrait of executive Dick Fuld in New York Monday. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. filed for bankruptcy after trying to finance too many risky assets with too little capital, becoming the largest and highest-profile casualty of the global credit crisis. (Joshua Lott/Reuters)

A Lehman Brothers employee looked out a window of the financial institution’s New York headquarters Monday. The American financial system was shaken to its core Sunday. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection, and Merrill Lynch & Co. agreed to be sold to Bank of America Corp. (Mark Lennihan/Associated Press)

Floyd Ray English, left, and Chad Reineke worked Monday to clean up a Galveston, Texas, restaurant that flooded during Hurricane Ike. (Matt Slocum/Associated Press)

A beachfront Gilchrist, Texas, home stood among debris on the Gulf of Mexico coast Sunday after Hurricane Ike hit the area. The destruction from Hurricane Ike stretched from Louisiana to central Texas and threatened to crimp energy supplies and hamstring one of the nation’s healthiest regional economies. (Smiley N. Pool/Associated Press)

Five-year-old Josue Salguero marched along with El Salvador’s army soldiers during his country’s 187th independence anniversary celebrations Monday. (Luis Romero/Associated Press)

Women held up lipsticks as U.S. Republican vice presidential nominee and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin arrived to speak in Golden, Colo., Monday. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)

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