http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/http://gallery.pictopia.com/providerasset/1/pictopia_logo.pnghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/providerasset/1/pictopia_logo.pngBest of 2008 Photos in Gallery from Associated Press en-usWed, 04 Jan 2012 12:46:41 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6928996/Polar bear cub "Wilbaer", right, plays in the outdoor enclosure at the Stuttgart Zoo with mother Corinna, in Stuttgart, southern Germany, Wednesday, April 16, 2008. Zoo officials introduced Germany's latest polar bear cub Wednesday to the public. (AP Photo/Daniel Maurer)DANIEL MAURERWed, 04 Jan 2012 12:46:41 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6928996/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6928996&size=128&m=1325710001.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6928996&size=128&m=1325710001.0AP08041606031.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6928996/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/7339125/Local girls look at a U.N. workers unloading ballot kits from a U.N. helicopter in Ghumaipayan Mahnow village, some 410 kilometers (256 miles) northeast of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 4, 2004. By air is the only way to deliver the electoral material in the inaccessible areas of the Badakhshan province. A helicopter distributed on Monday, 84 ballot boxes and electoral kits in 24 remote villages near Tajikistan's border to hold its first direct presidential vote on Oct. 9th. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)EMILIO MORENATTISun, 04 Dec 2011 10:49:12 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/7339125/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:7339125&size=128&m=1323024552.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:7339125&size=128&m=1323024552.0LOCAL GIRLShttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/7339125/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6928999/The Golden Gate Bridge frames the San Francisco skyline at dusk on Wednesday, April 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)Marcio Jose SanchezTue, 29 Nov 2011 10:07:21 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6928999/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6928999&size=128&m=1322590041.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6928999&size=128&m=1322590041.0AP080430028953.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6928999/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929036/A Palestinian woman is seen on her way to pray for the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, Sept. 12, 2008. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was quoted Friday as saying Israelis and Palestinians have not been able to agree on a single issue in nine months of peace talks, but he promised to go on working with whomever replaces the outgoing Israeli prime minister. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)Bernat ArmangueTue, 04 Oct 2011 12:30:15 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929036/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929036&size=128&m=1317756615.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929036&size=128&m=1317756615.0AP080912010594.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929036/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6928997/A one-month-old Ferruginous Pygmy-owl, Glaucidium brasilianum, is seen at the National Zoo in Managua, Friday, April 18, 2008. The owl was brought to the zoo after its nest fell from a rotten branch at a construction site.(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)Esteban FelixThu, 01 Sep 2011 09:22:28 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6928997/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6928997&size=128&m=1314894148.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6928997&size=128&m=1314894148.0AP080418024966.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6928997/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6783730/Tiger cubs at Howletts.Three eleven week old Siberian Tiger cubs, Sayan, Altai, and Altay with mum Nika at Howletts Wild Animal Park in Bekesbourne, Kent. Issue date: Thursday October 23, 2008. Siberian tigers feature in the top 10 of the world's most endangered creatures and there are now more in zoos than there are left in the wild. The three cubs have been named after mountain ranges in Siberia. Watch for PA story ANIMALS Tigers Photo credit should read: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire URN:6475651Gareth FullerThu, 01 Sep 2011 09:22:28 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6783730/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6783730&size=128&m=1314894148.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6783730&size=128&m=1314894148.0Tiger cubs at Howlettshttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6783730/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929043/Jim Gallagher of Danville, Pa., paddles his kayak across the calm surface of Lake Chillisquaque, White Hall, Pa., while heading back to shore following sundown Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Bloomsburg Press Enterprise, Jimmy May)Jimmy MayFri, 29 Jul 2011 12:04:30 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929043/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929043&size=128&m=1311966270.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929043&size=128&m=1311966270.0AP081105031645.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929043/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929038/Residents of Moldova walk through a park in downtown Chisinau, Moldova Saturday Oct. 4, 2008. Moldova is experiencing warmer than usual weather with this late summer weather expected to last well into October. (AP Photo/John McConnico)JOHN MCCONNICOFri, 29 Jul 2011 11:40:48 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929038/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929038&size=128&m=1311964848.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929038&size=128&m=1311964848.0Chisinau, Moldovahttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929038/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929000/Canada geese and their goslings are seen near the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Wednesday, May 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)Matt RourkeWed, 18 May 2011 23:34:29 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929000/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929000&size=128&m=1305786869.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929000&size=128&m=1305786869.0AP080507016865.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929000/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929030/A 24-day old Giraffe calf is caressed by its father at the Alipore Zoo in Calcutta, India, Sunday, July 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)Bikas DasThu, 20 Jan 2011 14:35:21 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929030/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929030&size=128&m=1295562921.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929030&size=128&m=1295562921.0AP08072703840.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929030/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929037/Sri Lankan fishermen, sitting on stilts, fish in Koggala, about 150 kilometers (94 miles) southeast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)Gemunu AmarasingheMon, 29 Nov 2010 21:15:21 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929037/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929037&size=128&m=1291094121.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929037&size=128&m=1291094121.0AP08092009607.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929037/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/4718136/An old barn stands in a wheat field as a sever thunderstorm passes in the distance near Ogallah, Kan., Thursday, May 22, 2008. Severe thunderstorms dropped tornadoes across much of northwest Kansas. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)Charlie RiedelWed, 24 Nov 2010 05:46:51 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/4718136/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:4718136&size=128&m=1290606411.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:4718136&size=128&m=1290606411.0APTOPIX Severe Weatherhttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/4718136/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929029/French matador Sebastian Castella performs during a bullfight in Pamplona, northern Spain, at the San Fermin festivities on Wednesday July 9, 2008. The fiestas 'Los San Fermines' held since 1591, attracts tens of thousands of foreign visitors each year for nine days of revelry, morning bull-runs and afternoon bullfights. The San Fermin festival gained worldwide fame in Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel 'The Sun Also Rises.' (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)Daniel Ochoa de OlzaThu, 21 Oct 2010 11:35:36 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929029/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929029&size=128&m=1287686136.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929029&size=128&m=1287686136.0AP080709020970.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929029/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929028/A calf trips and falls as revelers react during the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Tuesday, July 8, 2008. The 'Los San Fermines' festival, held since 1591, attracts tens of thousands of foreign visitors each year for nine days of revelry, morning bull-runs and afternoon bullfights. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)Alvaro BarrientosFri, 10 Sep 2010 17:04:09 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929028/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929028&size=128&m=1284163449.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929028&size=128&m=1284163449.0AP08070806010.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929028/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929045/One hundred balloons take off in unison over the Palote dam during the seventh edition of the "Hot Air Balloons Festival" in Leon, Mexico, Friday, Nov. 14, 2008. (AP Photo/ Denisse Pohls)Denisse PohlsFri, 10 Sep 2010 15:30:29 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929045/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929045&size=128&m=1284157829.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929045&size=128&m=1284157829.0AP081114022155.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929045/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929033/The Tribute in Light illuminates the sky over the Brooklyn Bridge and lower Manhattan Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008 in New York. The beams of light honor those who lost their lives seven years ago in the attacks on the United States. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)Mark LennihanMon, 05 Jul 2010 18:24:18 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929033/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929033&size=128&m=1278379458.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929033&size=128&m=1278379458.0AP080911036921.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929033/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6928998/U.S. Marines hold the helmets, weapons, dogtags and boots of two fallen marines during a ceremony in their honor at Camp Bastion, in southern Afghanistan Tuesday, April 22, 2008. 1st Sgt. Luke Mercardante, 35, of Athens, Ga, and Cpl. Kyle W. Wilks, 24, of Rogers, Ark. died on April 15 when their vehicle, the fourth of 36 vehicles in their convoy, struck a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan. Both men were assigned to the Combat Logistics Batallion, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)David GuttenfelderMon, 21 Jun 2010 17:20:29 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6928998/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6928998&size=128&m=1277166029.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6928998&size=128&m=1277166029.0AP08042202402.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6928998/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929002/Canada geese and their goslings on the move near the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Wednesday, May 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)Matt RourkeMon, 21 Jun 2010 17:14:05 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929002/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929002&size=128&m=1277165645.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929002&size=128&m=1277165645.0AP080507016907.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929002/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929003/Canada geese goslings are seen near the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Wednesday, May 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)Matt RourkeMon, 21 Jun 2010 16:59:25 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929003/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929003&size=128&m=1277164765.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929003&size=128&m=1277164765.0AP080507016998.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929003/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929022/An endangered Blue Jeans Dart Frog, Dendrobates pumilio, rests on a leaf at the INBIO Park in Heredia, Costa Rica, Wednesday, May 28, 2008. Scientists believe the decline in tropical frogs is related to global warming. The presidents of Mexico, Central American and the Caribbean are meeting in Honduras in a regional summit on climate change. (AP Photo/Kent Gilbert)Kent GilbertMon, 21 Jun 2010 16:46:50 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929022/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929022&size=128&m=1277164010.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929022&size=128&m=1277164010.0AP080528028055.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929022/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929026/An eight day old zebra baby is seen with its mother in Hanover, Germany, Wednesday, June 4, 2008. The female foal does not have a name yet. (AP Photo/Kai-Uwe Knoth)KAI-UWE KNOTHMon, 21 Jun 2010 16:40:27 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929026/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929026&size=128&m=1277163627.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929026&size=128&m=1277163627.0AP08060403900.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929026/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929031/A rainbow seen over an Orthodox Church in the town of Logoisk, 40 km north of Minsk, Belarus, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/ Sergey Grits)SERGEI GRITSMon, 21 Jun 2010 15:59:53 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929031/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929031&size=128&m=1277161193.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929031&size=128&m=1277161193.0AP0808060123.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929031/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929040/A bee walks across the face of a sunflower in Bainbridge Twp., Ohio. on Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)Amy SancettaMon, 21 Jun 2010 15:36:17 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929040/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929040&size=128&m=1277159777.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929040&size=128&m=1277159777.0AP081010030740.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929040/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929044/Pferde stehen am Dienstag, 11. November 2008, bei Sonnenaufgang auf einer Wiese in Sobrigau bei Dresden. Der meteorologische Dienst kuendigt fuer die naechsten Tage fuer den Osten der Republik ueberwiegend trockenes Wetter mit sinkenden Temperaturen an. (AP Photo/Matthias Rietschel) --Horses are silhouetted against the rising sun as they stand on a meadow near Dresden, eastern Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Matthias Rietschel)Matthias RietschelMon, 21 Jun 2010 15:16:52 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929044/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929044&size=128&m=1277158612.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929044&size=128&m=1277158612.0AP08111104048.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929044/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929010/Half of the moon is seen above a dome of the Smolny Cathedral in St.Petersburg, Russia, in this photo taken with a digital camera through the eyepiece of a telescope early Monday, May 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) DMITRY LOVETSKYMon, 29 Dec 2008 19:41:49 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929010/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929010&size=128&m=1230608509.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929010&size=128&m=1230608509.0AP08052603344.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929010/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6928992/An Aurora Borealis spins above the Talkeetna Range and a hay field on Farm Loop Road near Palmer, Alaska, on Friday, Feb. 29, 2008. The center of the circular corona, usually near Earth's north pole sometimes fluctuates further south and can be seen from a lower latitude as in this instance. (AP Photo/Bob Martinson)Bob MartinsonThu, 25 Dec 2008 00:45:22 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6928992/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6928992&size=128&m=1230194722.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6928992&size=128&m=1230194722.0AP080229028800.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6928992/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929049/Workers seen on the scaffolding encircling a Bahrain monument, at sunset Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008, in Sakhir, Bahrain. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)Hasan JamaliTue, 02 Dec 2008 12:05:29 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929049/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929049&size=128&m=1228248329.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929049&size=128&m=1228248329.0AP0811230112329.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929049/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929047/French President Nicolas Sarkozy stands alone during a military ceremony at the Invalides in Paris, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2008. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)CHRISTOPHE ENATue, 02 Dec 2008 12:05:29 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929047/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929047&size=128&m=1228248329.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929047&size=128&m=1228248329.0AP0811190118846.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929047/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929048/The sky over the Nile behind the Cairo Tower is lit up red at sunset in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)Ben CurtisTue, 02 Dec 2008 12:05:29 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929048/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929048&size=128&m=1228248329.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929048&size=128&m=1228248329.0AP0811190122261.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929048/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929041/Rusty, a Red Persian cat, rests during the 6th Annual Iams Cat Championship Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)Frank Franklin IITue, 02 Dec 2008 12:05:03 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929041/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929041&size=128&m=1228248303.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929041&size=128&m=1228248303.0AP081018021899.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929041/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929042/Electric Time Co. employee Walter Rodriguez cleans the face of an 84-inch Wegman clock at the plant in Medfield, Mass. Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008. Daylight savings time ends early Sunday morning with clocks turned back one hour. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)Elise AmendolaTue, 02 Dec 2008 12:05:03 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929042/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929042&size=128&m=1228248303.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929042&size=128&m=1228248303.0AP081030027353.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929042/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929039/Pope Benedict XVI leaves after his weekly general audience in St. Peter square at the Vatican, Wednesday Oct. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)ALESSANDRA TARANTINOTue, 02 Dec 2008 12:05:02 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929039/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929039&size=128&m=1228248302.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929039&size=128&m=1228248302.0AP081008014250.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929039/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929034/The New York skyline is punctuated by the "Tribute in Lights" representing the towers of the World Trade Center, as seen from the Staten Island Ferry Thursday Sept. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Ed Ou)Ed OuTue, 02 Dec 2008 12:05:01 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929034/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929034&size=128&m=1228248301.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929034&size=128&m=1228248301.0AP080911036947.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929034/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929035/Carol Calicchio, of Florida, takes a photo at the center of a lamp array representing the towers of the World Trade Center, Thursday Sept. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Ed Ou)Ed OuTue, 02 Dec 2008 12:05:01 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929035/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929035&size=128&m=1228248301.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929035&size=128&m=1228248301.0AP080911038141.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929035/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929032/A surfer heads across the beach Friday, Sept. 5, 2008 in Atlantic Beach, N.C., as Tropical Storm Hanna moves up the East Coast. The storm is forecast to make landfall along the Carolinas coast early Saturday. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)Jim R. BoundsTue, 02 Dec 2008 12:05:00 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929032/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929032&size=128&m=1228248300.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929032&size=128&m=1228248300.0AP080905026029.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929032/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929027/An endangered Fijian Crested Iguana is perched on a statue of a distant reptilian cousin, a Komodo Dragon, at Sydney's Taronga Zoo Thursday, June 19, 2008. The zoo has begun a program to help save the iguana which survive on only a few scattered Pacific islands. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)Rick RycroftTue, 02 Dec 2008 12:04:59 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929027/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929027&size=128&m=1228248299.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929027&size=128&m=1228248299.0AP0806190252.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929027/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929011/Ruderboote liegen am Dienstagmorgen, 25. Nov. 2008, an einem verschneiten Bootssteg am Berger See in Gelsenkirchen. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) --- Colorful painted rowing boats are chained to a snow covered landing stage at the Berger lake in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany, on Tuesday morning, Nov. 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) Martin MeissnerTue, 02 Dec 2008 12:01:48 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929011/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929011&size=128&m=1228248108.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929011&size=128&m=1228248108.0AP081125090589.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929011/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929006/Biologist Jane Fink Cantwell, holds Beauty, a bald eagle, after a surgery to give her an artificial beak more than three years after a poacher shot off her upper beak, Monday, May 19, 2008, in St. Maries, Idaho. A final beak made of tougher material will be created and attached later. (AP Photo/Young Kwak) Young KwakTue, 02 Dec 2008 12:01:47 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929006/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929006&size=128&m=1228248107.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6929006&size=128&m=1228248107.0AP080519042289.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6929006/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6928995/A baby giraffe is seen with its mother in the zoo of Hanover, northern Germany, on Tuesday April 8, 2008. It was born on Feb. 16 and is already more than 2 meters tall. (AP Photo/Kai-Uwe Knoth)KAI-UWE KNOTHTue, 02 Dec 2008 12:01:45 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6928995/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6928995&size=128&m=1228248105.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6928995&size=128&m=1228248105.0AP08040806406.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6928995/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6928991/The aurora borealis, or northern lights, dance over the town of Longyearbyen, Norway Thursday Feb. 28, 2008. The phenomenon is caused by an interaction between the earth's electromagnetic field and particles emitted from the sun. (AP Photo/John McConnico)JOHN MCCONNICOTue, 02 Dec 2008 12:01:44 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6928991/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6928991&size=128&m=1228248104.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6928991&size=128&m=1228248104.0AP08022902372.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6928991/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6928993/Sylvie Vincendet, of Montpellier, France, photographs the sand formations inside Antelope Canyon on the Navajo Reservation Wednesday, March 5, 2008 in Page, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York)Matt YorkTue, 02 Dec 2008 12:01:44 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6928993/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6928993&size=128&m=1228248104.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6928993&size=128&m=1228248104.0AP080305031629.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6928993/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6928994/Space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Tuesday, March 11, 2008. Endeavour's seven-man crew will deliver the first section of Japan's lab and Canada's two-armed robotic system to the International Space Station.(AP Photo/Paul Sancya)Paul SancyaTue, 02 Dec 2008 12:01:44 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6928994/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6928994&size=128&m=1228248104.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6928994&size=128&m=1228248104.0AP08031102219.jpghttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6928994/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6708224/Obama Girls, a hula dance group formed in honor of Obama's Hawaiian heritage, perform hula to celebrate Barack Obama's victory in the U.S. presidential election in Obama, western Japan, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008. Obama had been elected U.S. president and the citizens of Obama were ecstatic. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)Itsuo InouyeThu, 13 Nov 2008 08:05:56 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6708224/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6708224&size=128&m=1226592356.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:6708224&size=128&m=1226592356.0Japan Obama Townhttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/6708224/Best of 2008Best of 2008http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/3631105/A sequence of images taken approximately every twenty minutes show the moon passing through the shadow of the earth as photographed in Toronto Wednesday Feb. 20, 2008. A total lunar eclipse, can only occur on a full moon, when the moon passes through the shadow of the earth. The next total lunar eclipse will not be visible from North America until Dec. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld)Adrian WyldMon, 03 Mar 2008 06:53:46 -0000http://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/3631105/Associated Press//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:3631105&size=128&m=1204556026.0//pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=38&ptp_photo_id=ap:3631105&size=128&m=1204556026.0Lunar Eclipsehttp://gallery.pictopia.com/ap/gallery/66471/photo/3631105/Best of 2008Best of 2008