 | Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca) wields the Speaker's gavel for the first time after being elected the first ever female Speaker of the House of Representatives on the first day of the 110th Congress in Washington, January 4, 2007. click to open  |
 | House Minority Leader John Boehner, right, hands the gavel to newly elected Speak of the House Nancy Pelosi in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007. click to open |
 | U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca) wields the gavel for the first time after being elected the first ever female Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives on the first day of the 110th Congress in Washington, January 4, 2007. click to open |
 | Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui speaks to reporters while touring the Jefferson Memorial in Washington October 17, 2005. Lee is in Washington to pedal his vision of an independent Taiwan, aiming to draw international attention to China's military threats against his island. The 82-year-old former president stepped down in 2000 after a 12-year tenure and retains much influence in Taiwan. click to open |
 | Former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui tours the Jefferson Memorial in Washington October 17, 2005. Lee is in Washington to pedal his vision of an independent Taiwan, aiming to draw international attention to China's military threats against his island. The 82-year-old former president stepped down in 2000 after a 12-year tenure and retains much influence in Taiwan. click to open |
 | Former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui smiles beneath a statue of Thomas Jefferson while touring the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC, October 17, 2005. Lee is in Washington to pedal his vision of an independent Taiwan, aiming to draw international attention to China's military threats against his island. The 82-year-old former president stepped down in 2000 after a 12-year tenure and retains much influence in Taiwan. click to open |
 | Activist from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) with the Australian flag painted on their buttocks and fake blood on other parts of their bodies rally in front of the Australian embassy on Sep 27th 2005 in a bid to force Australian sheep farmers to stop a controversial farming practice. click to open |
 | Anti-war demonstrators march through the streets of London to protest at the continued presence of British and US troops in Iraq. Thousands of people have marched in London to demand the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq, while similar protests were held or expected in other European cities and in Washington. click to open |
 | Anti war demonstrators carry posters as they march past the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005 in Washington. Opponents of the war in Iraq marched by the tens of thousands Saturday in a clamorous day of protest, song and remembrance of the dead, some showing surprisingly diverse political views even as they spoke with one loud voice in wanting U.S. troops home. click to open |
 | Anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan of Vacaville, California, waves to thousands of supporters at a series of protests and marches to end the war in Iraq, in Washington, September 24, 2005. Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in the nation's capital to support Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed in Iraq and who held a vigil outside President George W. Bush's Crawford Texas ranch in August. click to open |
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