World Press Photos

2002-10-30T23:09:00.000-08:00

The fire in their eyes
Pittsburgh firefighter Victor Cushanick and McKees Rocks firefighter Amy Connolly ride on the back of a firetruck through the streets of McKees Rocks, Pa., after their wedding at the firehouse on April 16.

2002-10-30T23:04:00.000-08:00

Falling bear
A black bear falls from a tree in the median strip of Route 29 near Charlottesville, Va. on April 11 after being tranquilized by wildlife officials. The bear climbed the tree after being hit by a car the previous evening. Virginia wildlife officials said they brought the bear in to treat a broken leg that it suffered in the collision.

2002-10-30T23:03:00.000-08:00

Connect the dots

Naomi Evans polishes the floor April 12 before the opening of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama's exhibition of vinyl dots and balloons, titled "Dots Obsession - New Century, 2000" at the Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery in Sydney, Australia. The work by the internationally renowned artist is on sale for $145,000, which includes the vinyl dots, 11 balloons and installation instructions.

2002-10-30T22:56:00.000-08:00

Witnesses on the wall
Two caricatures painted on the wall of the Aqua Mart Store in Stillwater, Okla., appear to be eyeing a minivan that was involved in a two-car accident and crashed into the store April 12. No one was seriously injured in the accident.

2002-10-30T22:50:00.000-08:00

The strain of training
Berenis Buitron, 7, is stretched by her trainer to increase her flexibility during an April 8 training session at the Olympic Gymnastics School in Quito, Ecuador. The school is designed to prepare children for international and Olympic competitions.

2002-10-30T22:47:00.000-08:00

Rites of spring
Sarah Bonner, a student at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, becomes submerged in the mud after failing to hit a volleyball while playing "Oozball" on the Monroe campus April 12. Oozball is a yearly mud volleyball competition that is a part of the university's "Spring Fever" week.

2002-10-30T22:45:00.000-08:00

Song of the flute seller
Manzoor Ansari, an Indian Muslim flute seller, plays one of his wares to attract buyers in Bombay on April 18. Ansar sells the wooden flutes for 5 rupees apiece - a little more than 10 cents. He earns about $1 a day. The World Bank estimates that about 312 million people in India fall below the poverty line, earning less then $1 a day.

2002-10-30T22:43:00.000-08:00

Immigrant's injury
A detained immigrant shows his broken rib while another peeks out from a small window in the detention room. The injured man said police beat and robbed him and left him in an abandoned shed north of Tapachula, Mexico. The man was later detained by Mexican immigration officials and waits to be sent back to Honduras under the Mexican government's Plan Sur program. Like nearly all of the detainees, the man says he will try the trip north again, in hopes of reaching the United States.

2002-10-30T22:41:00.000-08:00

A bug's life

A ladybug leaves a trail as it makes its way across a rain-speckled window in Woolwich, Maine, on April 15. There are more than 4,000 different types of ladybugs around the world, with almost 400 varieties in the United States. Ladybugs are considered friendly insects in the garden, because they consume other insect larvae

2002-10-30T22:22:00.000-08:00

Breeders cup mile horse Landseer runs loose after throwing Jockey Edgar Prado during the 2002 Breeders' Cup Mile race at Arlington Park race course in Chicago, October 26, 2002. Landseer broke its leg and had to be destroyed. REUTERS/Brent Smith

2002-10-30T22:18:00.000-08:00

Samboo, a 12-year-old soldier in the Karen rebel army fighting against Myanmar's military, poses with his rifle in a jungle camp on the border with Thailand in this January 31, 2000 file photo. REUTERS/Jason Reed

2002-10-30T22:16:00.000-08:00

A 40,000-year-old cave painting seen on a white silica sandstone rock shelter depicting existence of human civilization is seen in Banda district 800 kilometers,(500 miles) southeast of New Delhi, India, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2002. The painting shows hunting by cave men in Paleolithic age. These caves were discovered recently. (AP Photo/Shekhar Srivastava)

2002-10-30T22:12:00.000-08:00

A 2-week-old cheetah cub rests his head on top of a stuffed lion toy inside the Cincinnati Zoo's nursery, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2002, in Cincinnati. The cub was born Oct. 17 and is the first cheetah produced at the zoo since 1987. It is the first offspring of 10 cheetahs sent to the United States last year from Namibia, zoo officials said. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

2002-10-30T22:10:00.000-08:00

Italy's Luna Rossa of the Prada Challenge left, leads Great Britains Wight Lightning of the GBR Challenge in the last leg of race seven, Round 2 of the Louis Vuitton Cup in Auckland, New Zealand, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2002. Luna Rossa won by 16 seconds. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

2002-10-30T22:07:00.000-08:00

A tree is uprooted and blown onto railings outside the Natural History Museum in London, Sunday Oct. 27, 2002. Strong gales have battered many areas of Britain. (AP Photo/PA, Kirsty Wigglesworth)

2002-10-30T22:05:00.000-08:00

Anaheim Angels from left to right, Troy Glaus, left, and catcher Bengie Molina and pitcher Troy Percival react after the Angels won the World Series in Anaheim, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 27, 2002. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

2002-10-30T22:03:00.000-08:00

A thick pall of smoke spreads across the sky above the Sicilian city of Catania October 28, 2002 after Mount Etna, Europe's largest and most active volcano, erupted. Photo by Tony Gentile/Reuters

2002-10-30T22:02:00.000-08:00

A dog body-surfs at Saquarema, east of Rio de Janeiro, on October 24, 2002. The dog caught a wave as some of the world's top surfers competed in a World Championship Tour event. REUTERS/Pierre Tostee/Association of Surfing Professionals/Handout

2002-10-30T21:59:00.000-08:00

A man walks near a magma flow in Linguaglossa, Sicily, Italy, during eruption activities on Mount Etna, Tuesday night, Oct. 29, 2002. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

2002-10-30T21:52:00.000-08:00

The clock of the 'Madonna del Carmelo' church is damaged by an earthquake in Santa Venerina, Sicily, Italy, Oct.29, 2002. A series of earthquakes shook the area around Mount Etna, where Europe's most active volcano spewed lava and ash. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

2002-10-30T21:50:00.000-08:00

As an early Halloween treat a snow monkey's meal is served in a jack-o-lantern at New York's Central Park Zoo, October 27, 2002. (Jeff Christensen/ Reuters)

2002-10-30T21:49:00.000-08:00

A Russian Soyuz-TMA rocket stands on its launch pad early Oct. 30, 2002, at Baikonur cosmodrome shrouded by heavy fog. The rocket with three cosmonauts on board blasted off Wednesday to the International Space Station, quelling concerns over the reliability of its booster. (Mikhail Grachyev/Reuters)

2002-10-30T21:48:00.000-08:00

Marcos, the yellow Bengal tiger of Buenos Aires Zoo, opens his mouth to eat a piece of meat for his lunch, while fascinated visitors look on at the Buenos Aires Zoo Wednesday, Oct 30, 2002. Today is the 114the anniversary of The Buenos Aires Zoo. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

2002-10-30T21:46:00.000-08:00

A street merchant uses his head to carry bread in downtown Baghdad, Iraq Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2002. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)

2002-10-27T03:51:00.000-08:00

Naimatullah, 13, hits steel bars with a hammer at a steel shop in Kandahar, the Afghanistan (news - web sites)'s second largest city, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2002. Drought, war and a long history of poverty make Afghan child laborers a vital part of the economy. Thousands of Afghan children are still earning low pay and working long hours in factories throughout the country. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

2002-10-27T03:48:00.000-08:00

An Iraqi man passes a poster of President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) in Baghdad October 24, 2002. Iraq said on Thursday the United Nations (news - web sites) must stand up to the United States and stop its attempt to push through a resolution which Baghdad likened to a declaration of war. REUTERS/Akram Salah

2002-10-27T03:45:00.000-08:00

Thousands of pink condoms await packaging in a factory in this file photo. Hard-up students are being recruited to test condoms, rating them for their pleasure, comfort and performance qualities. REUTERS/Zainal Abd Halim

2002-10-27T03:41:00.000-08:00

A man wearing an Arkansas Hog hat is tackled by Arkansas State Police officers during the third quarter of the Mississippi-Arkansas football game in Fayetteville, Ark., Saturday, Oct. 26, 2002. (AP Photo/David Yerby)

2002-10-27T03:39:00.000-08:00

Dusty Hill, left, and Billy Gibbons of US rock group ZZ Top from Texas perform during a concert in Zurich, Switzerland, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2002. (AP Photo/Keystone, Franco Greco)

2002-10-27T03:35:00.000-08:00

A Thai girl plays with a ball by the beach in the popular resort town of Pattaya, south of Bangkok, Thailand on October 23, 2002. (Reuters/Sukree Sukplang)

2002-10-27T03:31:00.000-08:00

An aerial view of the 250-tonne, 26-meter tall bronze Buddha statue at the Po Lin Monastery on Hong Kong's Lantau island October 24, 2002. (Reuters/Bobby Yip)

2002-10-27T03:28:00.000-08:00

Snowboarders soar through the air on top of the Zugspitze mountain in Germany as the skiing season opened, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2002. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher)

2002-10-27T03:26:00.000-08:00

A young girl carries an umbrella as she walks over fallen leaves in Hamburg, Germany, October 26, 2002. (Reuters/ Christian Charisius)

2002-10-27T03:24:00.000-08:00

One of a procession of fishing dhows passes the setting sun off the shores of the Bahrain capital of Manama October 25, 2002. Every evening lines of dhows belonging to fishermen and pearl divers set out to the Gulf. (Reuters/Chris Helgren)

2002-10-27T03:22:00.000-08:00

A man places a rose on the outside Senator Paul Wellstone's campaign headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota October 25, 2002 to pay his respects for the senator, his wife Shelia, and daughter Marcia, who were killed along with five other passengers in a small airplane crash October 25 in northern Minnesota. Safety investigators said the plane was off the normal approach path when it crashed. REUTERS/Andy King

2002-10-27T03:20:00.000-08:00

A special forces officer takes a hostage out of the theater where hundreds of hostages were held by Chechen gunmen, in Moscow, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2002. Special forces stormed the theater where Chechen gunmen were holding hundreds of hostages before dawn Saturday, killing their leader and dozens of other gunmen and freeing more than 700 captives. At least 90 hostages were killed in the operation.(AP Photo/Gazeta)

2002-10-27T03:19:00.000-08:00

A young boy lights a candle during an orthodox service in Moscow October 27, 2002. Russia on Sunday counted the cost of the dramatic and bloody end to a Moscow theatre siege by Chechen rebels, but the chief victim could be peace in the tiny Muslim region of Chechnya (news - web sites). Photo by Alexander Natruskin/Reuters

2002-10-27T03:16:00.000-08:00

A young woman has a tear wiped from her face by a friend as she waits for information on her brother who was a hostage inside a theatre in Moscow October 26, 2002. Sixty-seven hostages died on Saturday when special forces stormed the theatre, freeing hundreds of people held hostage by Chechen guerrillas for three days, Russia's deputy interior minister said. (Peter Andrews/Reuters)

2002-10-27T03:13:00.000-08:00

A member of the Russian police special forces is silhouetted early October 26, 2002, against a theater banner reading 'Nord-Ost', a popular musical playing when a Chechen 'suicide squad' stormed the theater two days ago and took 700 people hostage. Photo by Alexander Natruskin/Reuters

2002-10-27T03:05:00.000-08:00

An unidentified woman trys to find some information about relatives near Moscow city hospital no. 13 in Moscow, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2002. The facility is one of Moscow's clinics where freed hostages were hospitalized. Special forces stormed the theater before dawn Saturday, where Chechen gunmen were holding hundreds of hostages. Sixty-seven hostages died in the crisis, along with the Chechen leader and dozens of other gunmen and some 700 captives were liberated. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

2002-10-27T03:04:00.000-08:00

Chechen refugees watch Russian television footage showing a killed female captor after Russian special forces stormed a Moscow theater, in a refugee camp near Karabulak, Ingushetia, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2002. Gunfire rattled in the theater at dawn Saturday and Russian special forces pumped it full of sleeping gas before troops stormed the building, killing 42 Chechen rebels and freeing more than 700 captives in the third day of a hostage drama. Officials said 67 captives were killed. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev)

2002-10-27T03:00:00.000-08:00

Moscovites light candles for victims of the theater raid, during a religious service in Orthodox Pokrovsky Cathedral in Moscow, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2002. Special forces stormed the Moscow theater where Chechen rebels were holding hundreds of hostages before dawn Saturday. More than 700 captives were liberated, Sixty-seven hostages died in the crisis along with many of the hostage takers. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

2002-10-27T02:59:00.000-08:00

A man passes a bunch of carnations across the street from a theater in Moscow, October 26, 2002, where Chechen gunmen were holding over 700 people hostage. Russian special forces stormed a besieged Moscow theater on Saturday killing 67 hostages and most of the Chechen rebels who had been holding them captive for three nights. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

2002-10-27T02:57:00.000-08:00

Russian President Vladimir Putin (news - web sites) reacts on the news that special forces successfully stormed the theater and freed hostages in his study in Moscow's Kremlin, Saturday morning, Oct. 26, 2002. Putin said Friday that 'the preservation of the lives of the people who remain in the theater building' was his overriding concern. (AP Photo/ITAR-TASS, Presidential Press Service)

2002-10-27T02:56:00.000-08:00

A special forces officer carries a body out of the theater where hundreds of hostages were being held by Chechen rebels, Moscow, early Saturday, Oct. 26, 2002, with unidentified bodies in the foreground. Special forces troops took control of a Moscow theater before sunrise Saturday where hundreds of hostages were being held by Chechen rebels, killing their leader and freeing most of the captives. Russian special forces used sleeping gas, state-controlled ORT television reported. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

2002-10-27T02:53:00.000-08:00

Russian special forces remove bodies from a theater where Chechen guerrillas were holding hundreds captive in Moscow October 26, 2002. Russian forces stormed the theater after the gunmen started killing their hostages, ending a three-day siege in a dawn operation. Photo by Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters

2002-09-18T21:02:00.000-07:00

Bullets fly, then kites
Children fly kites near a cemetery where members of the Taliban are buried on Sept. 6 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The city remains tense after Kandahar Gov. Gul Agha Sherzai was wounded during an apparent assassination attempt on President Hamid Karzai the day before.

2002-09-18T21:00:00.000-07:00

Invert-a-kid
Audrey Abbott swings her son Lucas Abbott, 2, on the plaza of the Yavapai County Courthouse in Prescott, Ariz., on Sept. 6.

2002-09-18T20:59:00.000-07:00

Under the gun
A blindfolded gunman is led out of a building in Karachi, Pakistan, after police stormed inside Wednesday. Police killed one gunman and captured at least five more during a three-hour gunbattle after the men seized the residential building.

2002-09-18T20:58:00.000-07:00

Constellation of cosmos
A butterfly flies in a field full of blooming cosmos flowers in Tokyo's Hamarikyu Park on Sept. 7. An estimated 300,000 cosmos are in bloom in the park.

2002-09-18T20:57:00.001-07:00

Angelic visage
A girl dressed as an angel walks in a procession for the Virgin of Charity, the patron saint of Cuba, in the streets of Havana on Sept. 8. The saint was canonized by Pope John Paul II during his visit to Cuba in 1998.

2002-09-18T20:57:00.000-07:00

My hat's off to you
University of Florida tight end Aaron Walker loses his helmet as he is hit by University of Miami defenders Sean Taylor and Maurice Sikes during the first quarter of Miami's 41-16 thrashing of the Gators Sept. 7 in Gainesville, Fla.

2002-09-18T20:56:00.000-07:00

Our daily bread
A child waits to buy bread at subsidized prices from a bakery run by widowed women set up to help vulnerable families Tuesday in Kabul, Afghanistan.

2002-09-18T20:55:00.000-07:00

Looking back, looking forward
Trenton Shenefield, 2, looks back toward the beach as his grandfather, Ray Shenefield, of Spring Hill, Fla., looks out over the water as bands of dark clouds and rain move across the Gulf of Mexico off Hudson Beach on Sept. 5 in Hudson, Fla.

2002-09-18T20:53:00.000-07:00

East Timorese President Xanana Gusmao, left, is welcomed with "Hongi," the Maori traditional greeting, by Mark Te, one of the Te Atiawa tribe, at Government House in Wellington, New Zealand, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2002. Gusmao is on his first official visit to New Zealand. (AP Photo/Fotopress, Robert Paterson)

2002-09-18T20:49:00.000-07:00

A performer flips another performer catching him each time with his feet during a rehearsal show of the Cirque Du Soleil presentation of "Varekai," Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2002, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy)

2002-09-18T20:48:00.000-07:00

Russia boasts more natural tourist attractions than most countries but though the World Trade Organization says the vast Russian Federation could be a magnet for up to 40 million foreign tourists a year, it attracted only 3.9 million visitors last year. Tour operators agree that post-Soviet Russia still struggles to shed its image as a country of sudden disaster, violent crime, bad food and grumpy service. Fireworks illuminate the sky above the Novodevichy monastery in Moscow, late September 1, 2002. (Cyril Iordansky/Reuters)

2002-09-18T20:46:00.000-07:00

A procession of donkeys laden with sacks of coffee beans are paraded past the Stock Exchange in London, Wednesday Sept. 18, 2002, as part of a protest by Oxfam to highlight the collapse of world coffee prices. Coffee farmers are getting an average of 24 cents per pound for their beans, while first-world consumers are paying $3.60 a pound, an Oxfam report said. (AP Photo/PA, Chris Young)

2002-09-18T20:44:00.000-07:00

Playgirl magazine's 'Men of Enron' issue hit newsstands on September 17, 2002 and five current or former male employees of the bankrupt energy trader shed all or most of their clothes for a 14-page photo spread called 'The Rise of Enron.' From left to right: Benjamin Jordan, Mark Zebrowitz, Troy Kosub, Christopher Figueroa, Ronald Williams. (Greg Weiner/Playgirl via Reuters)

2002-09-18T20:43:00.000-07:00

Austrians Kurt Grabmayer, left, and Manfred Pfeffer of Austria's Carp fishing team, display an 18.3 kilogram carp they got from Sarulesti Lake in Sarulesti, Romania, Tuesday Sept. 17, 2002. Somewhere, rumor has it, there's a 90-pound carp lurking at the bottom of Sarulesti Lake. And more than 200 fisherman from 30 countries _ with good reason to believe this is no tall tale _ have descended on this bleak plain to reel in the elusive creature. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

2002-09-18T20:41:00.000-07:00

This is a video still of Eric Fischl's "Tumbling Woman," a statue in Rockefeller Center that was meant to commemorate those who jumped or fell to their deaths from the World Trade Center, was abruptly draped in cloth and surrounded by a curtain wall on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2002, in New York. The work, depicts a naked woman with her arms and legs flailing above her head will be removed from the site in response to a number of complaints. (AP Photo/APTN, Rick Gentilo)

2002-09-18T20:39:00.000-07:00

Jarek Dymek of Poland lifts a stone weighing 264.5 pounds during the World's Strongest Man and Woman 2002 competition, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia September 17, 2002. (Reuters/Bazuki Muhammad)

2002-09-18T20:38:00.000-07:00

Colored smoke rises from fireworks at a groundbreaking ceremony for railway lines and roads on the border between North Korea and South Korea, on September 18, 2002. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

2002-09-18T20:37:00.000-07:00

Huntsman Tony Wyng sounds his hunting horn after lighting a giant beacon on Bogson Hill in Houston, Scotland September 16, 2002. Thousands of beacons were set alight nationwide by Countryside Alliance members on the run up to the Liberty and Livelihood march in London on September 22. REUTERS/Jeff J Mitchell

2002-09-18T20:35:00.000-07:00

Peruvian anti-narcotics police incinerate a bag containing cocaine after making drug-busts in Lima, September 18, 2002. Police burned four tons of drugs confiscated in Peru, including cocaine, marijuana, poppy, opium and heroine. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

2002-09-18T20:34:00.000-07:00

A veterinarian is playfully bitten by a six-week-old male lion named Guicho at the Guatemala City zoo, Guatemala, September 18, 2002. (Reuters/Jorge Silva)

2002-09-18T20:32:00.000-07:00

Soft squeezable light bulbs bearing the Enron logo sit in a warehouse full of items to be auctioned Wednesday, Sept. 18th in Houston. Over 10,000 items from Enron will be auctioned off. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

2002-09-17T09:57:00.000-07:00

So proudly we hail
Sherri Bass, right, and her son Brady Rundell wave the U.S. flag from a bridge spanning Highway 54 near downtown Wichita, Kan., on Wednesday. The two waved the flag from the same spot a year ago after watching the terrorist attacks in New York City unfold on television.

2002-09-17T09:54:00.000-07:00

Outside looking inward
Randy Garon listens to the names of victims being read at a memorial service at Ground Zero on Sept. 11 in New York City. The public was not invited to the ceremony, so Garon stood outside the fence that surrounds the site.

2002-09-17T09:27:00.000-07:00

Indian commuters use a plastic sheet to cover themselves from heavy rains in New Delhi September 13, 2002. Five years ago, the Indian capital was rated as one of the most polluted cities in the world, continually shrouded in an eye-stinging smog of foul gas and noxious fumes. Now pollution levels in the wheezing metropolis of 13 million people have come down significantly since the government cracked down on exhaust-belching vehicles and closed down smoke-spewing factories in the late 1990s. (B Mathur/Reuters)

2002-09-17T09:21:00.000-07:00

U.S. Postal's Michael Barry of Canada rides on despite crashing earlier during the 174 kilometer (108 mile) 8th stage of the Tour of Spain, Vuelta a Espana, cycling race from Malaga to Ubrique, southern Spain, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2002. (AP Photo/Denis Doyle)

2002-09-17T09:19:00.001-07:00

A freighter grounded near a protected wildlife area on the South African coast has ruptured its fuel tanks and begun to leak oil, officials involved in the salvage operation said September 13, 2002. The Italian-flagged Jolly Rubino, unmanned and disabled by a raging fire that began Sept. 11, beached on South Africa's northeast coast near a UNESCO world heritage wildlife site with over 1,000 tons of diesel and fuel oil aboard. (Peter Duffy/Reuters)

2002-09-17T09:19:00.000-07:00

A model wears body art by J Maskrey during their catwalk show to end London Fashion Week in London Monday, Sept. 16, 2002, J Maskrey is showing their Spring/Summer 2003 collection. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

2002-09-17T09:15:00.000-07:00

Indian women dry their clothes after a dip in the river Ganges in Allahabad, India, Friday, Sept.13, 2002. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

2002-09-17T09:14:00.000-07:00

A Sri Lankan soldier guards an ammunition storage facility in the southern city of Galle in this file photo. A government negotiator in peace talks with Tamil Tiger rebels said on September 13 he believes peace is for real this time around. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi

2002-09-17T09:13:00.000-07:00

Iraqi soldiers stand guard during a ceremony at the Iraq-Iran border near the town of Fakke, 400 km south-east of Baghdad, on September 17. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

2002-09-17T09:11:00.000-07:00

Contemporary British artist Adam Ball poses for photographers in front of his painting, 'The Tree,' in London Sept 1, 2002. The painting measures 32 feet high by 22 feet wide and took two months to complete. (Reuters/Michael Crabtree)

2002-09-17T09:10:00.000-07:00

'Zeke the Wonder Dog' flies through the air to catch a flying disc, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2002, in Holland, Mich. Zeke is back in action during half-time at Michigan State football home games this season. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Cory Olsen)

2002-09-17T09:09:00.000-07:00

An Iraqi school girl peers from behind a wall decorated with a picture of President Saddam Hussein at a primary school in Baghdad's Saddam City, September 16, 2002. President George W. Bush's chief economic adviser estimates that the U.S. may have to spend between $100 billion and $200 billion to wage an Iraq war, but doubts hostilities would push the nation into recession or sustained inflation. (Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

2002-09-17T09:08:00.000-07:00

An Indian construction worker stacks bricks on her head as she labors at a building site in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2002. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

2002-09-17T09:07:00.000-07:00

Australia's Tourky Loundy is silhouetted during a 10-meter platform dive at Alberca Olympica Stadium in Mexico City, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2002.(AP Photo/Claudio Cruz)

2002-09-17T09:06:00.000-07:00

A model wears clothes by J Maskrey during her show at London Fashion Week September 16, 2002. Maskrey is known for her complex beaded, tattoo-like skin jewelry. (Stephen Hird/Reuters)

2002-09-17T09:05:00.000-07:00

A Sri Lankan boy is lifted into the air as he hangs on to a giant kite during the annual kite festival in Colombo, September 15, 2002. The largest kite, at some 760 square feet, had to be handled by more than 50 people. (Reuters/ Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi)

2002-09-17T09:03:00.000-07:00

Camels are led in front of a setting sun near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2002. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

2002-09-17T09:01:00.000-07:00

Members of the Dutch Royal guard of honor practice ahead of the Dutch 2003 budget presentation, by guiding their horses through thick colored smoke and gunfire, on the beach at Scheveningen September 16, 2002. Queen Beatrix will present the Dutch 2003 budget in The Hague on September 17. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen

2002-09-17T09:00:00.000-07:00

The sun sets at the end of the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, at the beachfront of Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Sept. 16, 2002. Yom Kippur, which means the Day of Atonement, began at sunset on Sunday and ended at the same time on Monday, offering a time of quiet for reflecting and fasting. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

2002-09-17T08:58:00.000-07:00

Workers put a fence in front of a piece of outdoor sculpture outside the Wellington E. Webb Office Building in downtown Denver on Friday, Sept. 6, 2002. The 36-ton marble sculpture of the Roman God Janus was partially designed with disabled people in mind. But it has run afoul of a federal law that protects them: It may be dangerous for blind people. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

2002-09-17T08:57:00.000-07:00

An art restorer uses a crane to reach the hand of Michelangelo's marble statue of David in Florence, Italy, Sept. 16, 2002. Experts began a major cleanup of the 1504 masterpiece Monday, giving David his first wash since 1873.(AP Photo/Fabrizio Giovannozzi)

2002-09-17T08:55:00.000-07:00

Iraqi sodiers hold their weapons during a ceremony on the Iraq-Iran border near the town of Fakke, 400 kms (240 miles) southeast of Bagdhad, September 17, 2002. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

2002-09-17T08:51:00.000-07:00

A Palestinian man stands in the rubble of his house after it was destroyed by Israeli troops at the Khan Younis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, September 17, 2002. Israeli tanks and troops swept through the southern Gaza Strip, destroying metal workshops suspected of being arms factories and arresting 23 Palestinians. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters)

2002-09-13T04:08:00.000-07:00

Up in smoke
Though some of the photographs were beautiful, the integrity of the project space depended on its not being seen as either an art museum or a photo gallery to shop in.

2002-09-13T03:59:00.000-07:00

Anger
The project changes daily, as new pieces are constantly added. This makes for a dynamic and growing process that parallels our society's developing reaction to what has occurred.

2002-09-13T03:58:00.000-07:00

Rest in peace
People chose many different forms of writing -- from simple captions, to descriptions and stories, to poems and essays --to further connect with others.

2002-09-13T03:57:00.000-07:00

Ground Zero
Some contributors felt that only their photographs could speak for them, and their photos are shown without any text.

2002-09-13T03:56:00.000-07:00

Missing
The public shrines had vitality and urgency -- their emotional authenticity lay in the open nature of what was occurring.

2002-09-13T03:55:00.000-07:00

Alone
Every visitor to the project found a unique set of images to be most powerful. People were drawn to what spoke to them.

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Darkened city
Michael Feldsuh handed out fliers, asking everyone he saw with a camera, "Are you taking pictures in response to the tragedy?"

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Heading for home
Everyone's experience was a distinct and private one.

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Anguish
This photograph was taken at 9:58 a.m. September 11.

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Firefighters going in
We rejected suggestions to group contributions thematically or temporally. The work would be clipped to the gallery walls in a simple fashion without glass between the photos and the viewers.