Daredevil
Robert Craig Knievel, Jr. who picked up the nickname "Evel" during a 1956 stint in jail, is perhaps the most iconic motorcycle stuntman of all time.
In 1953, the explorer from New Zealand and his climbing partner Tenzing Norgay achieved the impossible by reaching the top of the world's highest peak.
Street Fighting
Kenji Nagai, a Japanese photographer, falls to the ground after being shot in confrontations between Burmese protesters and government security forces. Kenji later died.
Safety
Rescuers carry a student out of the debris of a collapsed middle school at the earthquake-affected Yinghua Township in Shenfang, southwest of Sichuan province.
Pleather
A girl straightens her overcoat as she passes one of the monuments in the open-air museum of World War II in Kiev. Ukraine, along with Russia and other post-Soviet countries celebrated Victory Day on May 9, 2008, marking the end of the war.
Journey to Mars?
Two members of the Mars Society rehearse life and work on the Red Planet at the Mars Desert Research Station, a simulated Mars environment in Hanksville, Utah. The society is dedicated to encouraging the exploration and settlement of Mars.