A wave power plant inaugurated off the shores of Povoa de Varzim, Portugal, on 23 September 2008. The project uses floating tubes, whose bobbing motion pumps hydraulic fluid to drive generators, are moored to the seabed three miles off Portugal's northern coast, generating a total of 2.25 megawatts, enough to supply 1,500 households with electricity.  EPA/JOAO ABREU MIRANDA  © 2008

A young Palestinian plays with homemade sparklers after breaking their fast in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, 23 September 2008. Muslims throughout the world are celebrating the holy fasting month of Ramadan during which they observe fast from dawn until dusk  EPA/ALI ALI

Dutch 9-years old Kasper Veldhuijzen with a giant mushroom on 23 September 2008 which he discovered last week with his father Huub in the forest in Eefde in eastern Netherlands, The mushroom, a Bovista gigantea, measures 60 centimetres.  EPA/HUUB VELDHUIJZEN

Traders at the Lehman Brothers desk work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, NYC, USA, 18 September 2008 Wall Street is still nervous that there are more significant financial companies to fall despite the US Federal Reserve and other major global institutions pumping 180 billion dollars into the market to stem the credit crisis. EPA/STPHEN CHERNIN

Ship 'MS Sonnenkoenigin' (lit.: Summer Queen) is being christened with a bottle of champagne attached to a helicopter offshore Friedrichshafen, Germany, 18 September 2008. With a length of barely 70 meters 'Sonnenkoenigin', which is owned by a German enterpriser but cruises under the flag of Austria, is the largest ship to ever have sailed on Lake Constance. Up to 1,000 passengers may be transported on the so-called event ship.  EPA/STEFAN PUCHNER

A single house is left standing on the waterfront near Gilchrist, Texas, USA on 14 September 2008 following the destruction along the Texas coast. As Hurricane Ike slowed to a tropical depression after carving a path of destruction through Texas, rescuers were using everything from dump trucks to boats and helicopters to reach stranded residents. The victims, many of whom had ignored mandatory evacuation orders, were trapped on rooftops or amid debris in unstable houses without electricity or clean water.  EPA/SMILEY N. POOL/ POOL

A currency dealer covers his face at the headquarters of the Korean Exchange Bank in Seoul on 16 September 2008  after the won plunged 51 won to finish the day at 1,160 won against the U.S. dollar. The local currency came under selling pressure after foreign investors dumped local stocks due to jitters arising from the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and moved to buy dollars.  EPA/YONHAP

He Pingping from Mongolia, the world's smallest man (74.61 cm) stands between the legs of Svetlana Pankratova from Russia, the woman with the world's longest legs during a photocall in London, Britain, 16 September 2008. The Guinness Book of World Records launched it 2009 edition 16 September.  EPA/ANDY RAIN

Scuba diver Christine Dirlewanger plays table football underwater in a diving truck located on the trade fair grounds in Kassel, Germany, 16 September 2008. Scuba diving club Delphin tries to set up a world record for underwater table football. About 120 divers participate in the 30-hour underwater spectacle with two divers playing against each other for thirty minutes at a time.  EPA/UWE ZUCCHI

European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN) scientists control computer screens showing traces on Atlas experiment of the first protons injected in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) during its switch on operation at the Cern's press center on September 10, 2008 near Geneva, Switzerland. Scientists fired a first beam of protons around a 27-kilometer tunnel housing the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

They hope to recreate conditions just after the so-called Big Bang. The international group of scientists plan to smash particles together to create, on a small-scale, re-enactments of the Big Bang. (KEYSTONE/AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI/POOL)

China's He Junquan dives at the start of the men's 50M butterfly - S5 at the National Aquatics Center, known as the Water Cube, during the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games, China, 10 September 2008.  EPA/DIEGO AZUBEL

An Afghan girl reads the holy Koran, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Kabul, Afghanistan, 10 September 2008. Muslims all over the world are observing the holy month of Ramadan which prohibits food, drinks, smoke and sex from dawn to dusk. EPA/S. SABAWOON

A Palestinian Muslim boy pauses in the alleyway where he lives, decorated with thousands of colored lights, that leads to the Harim el-Sharif (The Holy Sanctuary), behind, as the faithful are called to prayer at sundown on 10 September 2008, breaking the Muslim holy month of Ramadan daylight fasting period.  EPA/JIM HOLLANDER

People pay tribute at the sand sculpture of the World Trade Center of USA created by sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik at the golden sea beach in Puri, on the eve of seventh 9/11 World Trade Center terror attack anniversary, 67 km away from the southeastern Indian temple city Bhubaneshwar, 10 September 2008. Sand artist Sudashan Pattnaik has created this sand sculpture along with his students as a tribute to the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks.  EPA/STR

Aerial view of Gonaives, Haiti, 10 September 2008, where some areas are still covered by mud and water. The United Nations lauched today a call to collect 100 million dollars to help Haiti to resolve the situation caused by the floodings provoked by 'Hanna' and 'Ike', which have killed at least 317 people in all the country.  EPA/ORLANDO BARRIA

Almost naked young women protest outside Great Britain's Embassy in Warsaw, on 10 September 2008, against slaughtering of black bears for the skins which are then used as ceremonial headwear for the British Guards regiments.  EPA/PAWEL SUPERNAK POLAND OUT

Fireworks explode above the Sea if Dvuny at the National Stadium, also known as the Birds Nest, during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games, China, 06 September 2008.  EPA/DIEGO AZUBEL

A girl sleeps at the Liceo de Matancitas, in Nagua, Dominican Republic, 06 September 2008, where hundreds of people seek refuge, during the passing of hurricane Ike. The COE, Centre of Emergency Operations of Dominican Republic issued a red alert on the North side of the island due to the pass Ike.  EPA/ORLANDO BARRIA

US singer Madonna performs on stage during her concert at the Olimpico Stadium in Rome, Italy late 06 September 2008. The concert is part of Madonna's 'Sticky and Sweet' world tour.  EPA/ETTORE FERRARI