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Image: Evacuees take shelter in Brownsville, Texas

See images from Hurricanes Dolly, the storm that battered south Texas and northern Mexico. Full story

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Jerusalem attack
View images from a deadly tractor rampage that tore through Jerusalem.

Nature's Best Backyards
Sometimes the best photograph is right in your own backyard. 'Nature's Best Photography' magazine presents this year's winners of the Nature's Best Backyards photo competition.

A revolutionary's life
View images of civil rights leader Nelson Mandela – who went from anti-apartheid activist to prisoner to South Africa’s first black president.

Race for the presidency
The trips, the speeches, and the moments of Decision ’08. A look at the campaigns of Barack Obama and John McCain.

The Week in Pictures
A bird, a bee, and a Spanish kiss highlight a week of images from around the world.

MORE NEWS AND OTHER FEATURES

How we worship: Christianity
Brazilians get baptized in Israel, a megachurch opens in Houston, and devotees carry a cross in the Philippines.

How we worship: Islam
Whirling dervishes perform in Turkey, pilgrims gather in Mecca, and an elderly man is doused with holy water.

How we worship: Judaism
Jews pray at the Mount of Olives, matzoh is baked in Brooklyn, and thousands of rabbis pose for a group photo.

How we worship: Hinduism and more
Japanese ascetics hang from a cliff, Shinto believers pray in ice water and a 60-foot statue takes a colorful bath.

Celebrating world heritage
UNESCO inscribed dozens of new sites to its World Heritage List, bringing the total number of sites to nearly 900. Click through the slide show to see some of the world’s best-known World Heritage List locations.

Jesse Helms: 30 years of Senate power
The former North Carolina senator, who died on Independence Day, wielded influence in Washington for decades.

Hostages freed
Fifteen captives were freed from Colombian rebels after a daring operation.

‘Nightmare’ in Jersualem
View images of deadly rampage by a Palestinian driving a huge construction vehicle.

Picture stories archive

Gideon Mendel / Corbis for UNICEF	Stopping HIV at birth Dec. 2007: Three HIV-positive mothers in the African nation of Lesotho share their concerns about passing the deadly HIV virus to their children.
Getty Images	Lost children of Haiti Aug. 2007: Amid widespread poverty, thousands of kids are forced to become indentured servants in Haiti
	The Gulf Coast's struggle back Aug. 2007: Two years after Hurricane Katrina, a lifelong Gulf Coast resident revisits areas that had been devastated by the storm.
Sipa Press via MediaStorm	Frontier: Europe June 2007: Struggling financially in Africa, Kingsley crosses a continent in hopes of finding financial opportunity in Europe
Redux Pictures	Scars from Iraq March 2007: Three U.S. troops share how the visible and invisible wounds of war changed their lives and impacted their loved ones.
Agence VU	A diamond's journey Dec. 2006: From the mines in Africa, to polishers in India, to retailers in the West, follow a diamond's global path to market.
MediaStorm.org	Life in Iraqi Kurdistan Nov. 2006: Click to view photojournalist Ed Kashi's unique presentation of daily life in Iraqi, Kurdistan. Produced by MediaStorm.org
Corbis	Killed in action Oct. 2005: Families of National Guardsmen killed in Iraq tell their stories of loss. Click to play the audio slide show.
	AIDS: Lost generation July 2005: Orphans are left to care for themselves, and grandparents become parents again, due to AIDS.
Getty Images	Subsidizing poverty? June 2005: Flip between images of American and African cotton growers, and learn how trade policies impact them.
World Picture News	Eight months with the Marines March 2005: See the daily life of Marine units, from peacekeeping to combat missions in Iraq.
MSNBC.com	Spectrum of solutions Feburary 2005: A look at how therapists and parents are helping children with autism learn to connect with the world.
	The war after the war Jan. 2005: Disabled from wounds sustained in Iraq, one soldier and his family find life changed.