Selected and fresh photos from around the web.
A puppy stands on a truck carrying people to be evacuated from the area in preparation for the approach of Hurricane Gustav in Batabano, on the southern coast of Cuba, August 30, 2008. Powerful Hurricane Gustav roared toward western Cuba on Saturday with 125 mph (205 kph) winds on its way to the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico after a deadly pass through the Caribbean.
BANGKOK, THAILAND - AUGUST 30: A member of Anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stands behind barbed wire outside Government on August 30, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. The protesters want to unseat the seven-month old coalition government lead by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.
Georgian soldiers run near a blazing building after a Russian bombardment in Gori, 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. A Russian warplane dropped a bomb on an apartment block in the Georgian town of Gori on Saturday, killing at least 5 people, a Reuters reporter said. The bomb hit the five-story building in Gori close to Georgia's embattled breakaway province of South Ossetia when Russian warplanes carried out a raid against military targets around the town.
CARSON, CA - JULY 31: Andre Villa practices in the Moto X Freestyle during the summer X Games 14 at Home Depot Center on July 31, 2008 in Carson, California.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev walks during a meeting of the leaders of the countries of the members of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, in the Kremlin, in Moscow, Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. Russia has scored a key diplomatic victory by securing support for its war in Georgia from six other ex-Soviet nations. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says he and other leaders of nations belonging to the Collective Security Treaty Organization signed a declaration Friday condemning Georgia's attempt to regain control of its province of South Ossetia.
The tide makes its way in as Tropical Storm Hanna makes its way to the coast of the Carolinas in Ocean Isle, North Carolina September 5, 2008. Tropical Storm Hanna was off the east coast of Florida as it moves away from the Bahamas toward the Carolina coast. Hanna was located about 110 miles east of Daytona Beach, Florida, and 375 miles south-southwest of Wilmington, North Carolina.
NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 05: Television personality Robert Verdi at the tents in Bryant Park during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week on September 5, 2008 in New York City.
Italy's Claudia Pettazzoni (L) and Peru's Fidel Rios kiss each other to win the IKE, the International underwater kissing event in Riccione on July 20, 2008. The couple won the world's longest underwater kiss title with a time of 1 minutes and 51 seconds.
A model presents a creation by Belarussian designer Dmitry Prigozhaev during the International Festival of Vanguard Art, Mammoth, in Minsk November 17, 2007.
Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) arrives to accept the nomination. at the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota September 4, 2008.
ST. PAUL, MN - SEPTEMBER 04: Republican U.S presidential nominee U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) pauses while speaking during day four of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Xcel Energy Center on September 4, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota. U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) will accept the GOP nomination for U.S. President Thursday night.
welcomes this announcement from Saudi Arabia, which Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks will discuss when he visits Saudi Arabia later this week 
The company meets Malcolm Wicks on a regular basis as part of its relations with government. ScottishPower already has a special tariff for those facing difficulty meeting their bills.
To secure our energy supplies, and power our homes it is important industry brings forward new energy infrastructure to maintain a diverse energy mix
Once we can develop those technologies, we can help the Chinese, the Indians and others to retrofit power stations and make CCS a component of new coal-fired power stations
If as some kind of gesture we said 'no' to new coal-fired power stations, we would be in a very difficult position of not being able to develop this [CCS] technology ourselves
I don't want to exaggerate, but gas comes from some fairly unstable parts of the world and some not readily associated with human rights and democracy
I think if we did that at the moment, when we do not know 100 per cent that CCS is going to work, the engineering has not yet been tested and no one is fully aware of what the costs might be, then that would put an end to coal-fired power stations and demonstration plant and people would build gas again
