Selected and fresh photos from around the web.
People watch fireworks during the first edition of 'Golden Nights' International Pyrotechnic Festival in Bucharest July 5, 2008.
Australian singer Kylie Minogue smiles as she poses for photographers with the OBE she received from Britain's Prince Charles for her services to music at Buckingham Palace in London July 3, 2008.
Serena (L) and Venus Williams of the U.S. talk to each other during their quarter-finals doubles match against Bethanie Mattek of the U.S. and Sania Mirza of India at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London July 2, 2008.
Acrobats perform during the presentation of A400M military aircraft in Seville, southern Spain June 26, 2008. Europe unveiled the A400M military aircraft on Thursday, giving the public a first glimpse of a powerful turboprop plane built to supply seven NATO countries with urgently needed strategic airlift capacity.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown with his wife Sarah Brown arrives at New Chitose Airport to participate in the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit on Monday, July 7, 2008 in Chitose, Hokkaido, Japan.
French singer Camille performs during the 42nd Montreux Jazz Festival July 6, 2008.
WATKINS GLEN, NY - JULY 06: Ryan Hunter-Reay driver of the #17 Rahal Letterman Racing Team Ethanol Dallara Honda celebrates winning the IRL IndyCar Series Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen on July 6, 2008 at the Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York.
LONDON - JULY 06: Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates with the trophy winning the Championship during the men's singles Final match against Roger Federer of Switzerland on day thirteen of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 6, 2008 in London, England.
A visitor places her hands on a "Tangible Earth", a digital globe which real time global metrological data is fed through the Internet from about 300 places in the world, is displayed at an exhibition pavillion inside the media centre for G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit in Rusustu town, on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido July 6, 2008.
People wait in the rain before the men's finals match at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London July 6, 2008.
Spectators hold umbrellas on centre court as rain stops play during the semi-final match between Zheng Jie of China and Serena Williams of the U.S. at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London July 3, 2008.
Our pitching staff is great ... If we play defense and hit, we'll be fine. We play quality teams all year. Every game we play is against good competition, so the competition won't scare us. As long as our pitchers are ready to go, I like our chances. 
Some of our younger guys are starting to hit the ball ... We definitely have the pitching. We have a lot of talent. If we put together one good week, like I know we're capable of, I don't see us losing. I think we have a really good shot.
We have set ourselves up to win this with our pitching staff ... We have a really deep pitching staff this year -- even deeper than last year. We have to back them up with the bats. Pitching is the key to the game.
We have some of the top teams in the country here: the Florida Legends, Jack Cust DiamondJacks, Dallas Giants, Bayside Yankees, Brooklyn Youth Service and the Long Island Titans. I could go on and on ... Many of those teams are competing for a World Series berth every year. We're up for the challenge.
I don't remember what game it was but he had written that our line was capable of winning eight games ... That became our battle cry, to win eight games.
