A refugee carries a stone to help her father build a wall in the Neelum Valley near Kamsar camp, Kashmir, February 15, 2006.

Palestinians carry wounded babies after an Israeli artillery shell hit their house in the northern Gaza strip, April 10, 2006.

Wounded Israeli civilians get first aid following a suicide attack at Tel Aviv's old central bus station on April 17, 2006.

Riot policemen beat pro-democracy activists for defying a curfew in Nepal's capital Kathmandu, April 22, 2006.

A would-be immigrant crawls up the beach after his arrival on a makeshift boat on Spain's Canary Islands, May 5, 2006.

Three women cool off on a beach at Algiers, Algeria, June 4, 2006.

Italy's Marco Materazzi falls after being head-butted by France's Zinedine Zidane during a football match on July 9, 2006 in Berlin, Germany.

A man rinses his face at the scene of a gas pipeline explosion near Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos, December 26, 2006.

A woman dressed as an Iraqi civilian stands at an anti-Iraq war protest in Boston, Massachusetts on January 11, 2007.

Senator Obama stands in front of Senator Clinton before a speech by President Bush in Washington on January 27, 2007.

Madonna carries her adopted son David, with daughter Lourdes, at the Home of Hope orphanage in Mchinji village, Malawi, April 17, 2007.

Activists 'sunbathe' on a frozen fjord in the Norwegian Arctic town of Longyearbyen, Norway on April 25, 2007.

Iranians Majid and Hossein Kavousifar hang from the cable of a crane in Tehran, Iran on August 7, 2007.

LEFT: Bolivian President Evo Morales receives a sword from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, January 3, 2006. RIGHT: Russian President Vladimir Putin fishes in a river in Siberia, Russia on August 13, 2007.

Reuters won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography for a picture of a Japanese videographer killed during a demonstration in Myanmar, September 27, 2007.

A North Korean soldier guards an installation at the North Korean town of Sinuiju on October 10, 2007.

Benazir Bhutto prays as she arrives in Karachi, Pakistan on October 18, 2007.

Convicted Bali bomber Imam Samudera talks to his daughter during his last family visit on October 29, 2007 in Batu prison, Indonesia.

Somali refugees run from the dust at Ifo camp near Dadaab, Kenya.

Heavy fog gathers early in the morning near Dubai Marina, United Arab Emirates, November 21, 2007.

A boy with an arrow in his head arrives at hospital following clashes in the town of Nakuru, Kenya, January 26, 2008.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wears 3D glasses to watch a programme about an Iranian rocket, during a visit to the control centre for Iran's space programme near Tehran, February 4, 2008.

Supporters touch the hand of Senator Barack Obama after he speaks at a rally in Dallas, Texas, February 20, 2008.

An indigenous woman holds her child while trying to resist the advance of policemen trying to expel her from a privately-owned tract of land on the outskirts of Manaus, Brazil, March 11, 2008.

A protestor burns a Chinese flag during a protest in the Tibetan capital Lhasa, March 14, 2008.

US President George W Bush takes a bow after conducting the Marine Band rendition of Stars and Stripes Forever at the annual White House Correspondents Association dinner in Washington, April 26, 2008.

A woman cries as she fails to find her four-year-old daughter and husband on the top of the ruins of a destroyed school in earthquake-hit Beichuan county, Sichuan province, May 17, 2008.

US Marine Sgt William Olas Bee has a close call after Taliban fighters open fire near Garmser in Afghanistan, May 18, 2008.

US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama bumps fists with his wife Michelle before his speech at his South Dakota and Montana presidential primary election night rally in Minnesota, June 3, 2008.

China's national flag is raised during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the National Stadium, August 8, 2008. The stadium is also known as the Bird's Nest.

A Georgian man cries as he holds the body of a family member, after a bombardment in Gori, Georgia, August 9, 2008.

Michael Phelps and Garrett Weber-Gale celebrate after the US win the men's 4x100m freestyle relay swimming final at the National Aquatics Centre during the Beijing 2008 Olympics, August 11, 2008.

Usain Bolt of Jamaica celebrates winning the men's 200m final in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 20, 2008. Bolt set a new world record with a time of 19.30 seconds.

Muslims attend prayers on the eve of the first day of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan at a mosque in Surabaya, East Java, August 31, 2008.

A styrofoam bull figure is pictured in front of the DAX board at the Frankfurt stock exchange September 16, 2008.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi speaks with France's President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a news conference at the Elysee Palace, October 4, 2008.

Protestors hold signs behind Richard Fuld, Chairman and Chief Executive of Lehman Brothers Holdings, as he testifies at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on October 6, 2008.

US President-elect Senator Barack Obama arrives to speak to supporters with his wife Michelle and their children Malia and Sasha during his election night rally in Chicago, November 4, 2008.

Severely malnourished Sadiki Basilaki, nine, receives a mug of milk at a Catholic mission feeding centre in Rutshuru, 70kms north of Goma in eastern Congo, November 13, 2008.

A reporter talks on her phone as smoke is seen coming from Taj Hotel in Mumbai November 27, 2008.

Israeli soldiers mourn during the funeral of their comrade Alex Mashavisky at a cemetery in Beersheba January 7, 2009.

An Iranian woman supporting former Prime Minister Mirhossein Mousavi, covers her face with his picture during a pre-election gathering at a stadium in Tehran June 9, 2009.

A US soldier of 2-12 Infantry 4BCT-4ID Task Force Mountain Warrior takes a break during a night mission near Honaker Miracle camp at the Pesh Valley in Afghanistan, August 12, 2009.

Military and forensic experts inspect the body of a man who was killed outside a nightclub in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, August 31, 2009.