WORLD LENS: WEEK OF AUGUST 9
Orlando Magic star Dwight Howard visits India. See more photos from across the world.
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Zimbabwe Restarts Diamond Sales - Zimbabwean Prime Minster Morgan Tsvangirai (c) chats to Mines and Minerals Minister, Orbert Mpofu (l) and Zanu PF Chairman, Simon Khaya Moyo (r) following the granting of a Kimberley Process certificate to Zimbabwe in Harare, on Aug. 11, 2010. Zimbabwe began selling millions of carats of rough diamonds Wednesday that were mined from an area where human rights groups say soldiers killed 200 people, raped women and forced children into hard labor.
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George Bush Visits Haiti - Former President George W. Bush, right, shares a moment with workers of a mango warehouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Aug. 10, 2010. Bush arrived in Haiti on Tuesday, to visit organizations, supported by the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund, and to reassure investors that the money spent would help the nation "get back on their feet."
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Castro Celebrates His 84th Birthday - A boy cuts a cake decorated with a Cuban flag that reads in Spanish "Congratulations Commander" at an event honoring Fidel Castro's 84th birthday at the Ernesto "Che" Guevara Palace of Pioneers in Havana, Cuba on Aug. 13, 2010.
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Dwight Howard Visits India - American basketball player Dwight Howard looks at the ball thrown by one of his fans in New Delhi, India on Aug. 13, 2010. According to news reports, Howard is in India to participate in a series of basketball events in Bangalore and Delhi to promote basketball and the NBA in the world's second-largest nation.
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Protests In Haiti - Residents of camps set up for people left homeless by the Jan. 12 earthquake demonstrate in front of the collapsed presidential palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Aug 12, 2010. Demonstrators said the government is failing on its promises to provide housing as private landowners pressure the camp residents to leave.
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