Confetti litters a hotel ballroom floor in Nashua, N.H., where Sen. John McCain and his supporters had celebrated his victory in the state’s Republican presidential primary. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton campaigns in Nashua, N.H. (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)
Photographers cast a shadow on a hanging U.S. flag as they try to capture the entrance of Sen. Barack Obama as he prepares to speak at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
As Republican candidates held a debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., their supporters gathered outside in the snow. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Desperate Kenyans in the Mathare slum of Nairobi try to get flour from the Red Cross. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Students vying to become hostesses for medal ceremonies during the Beijing Olympics attend an etiquette class at Changping Vocational School in Beijing. (Guang Niu / Getty Images)
Doris Whitcher carries photos away from her tornado-damaged home near Strafford, Mo. (Mark Schiefelbein / AP Photo)
Muslim women raise their hands in prayer during religious ceremonies in Srinagar, India. (Altaf Qadri / EPA)
A college student hustles through a snowy scene in Moscow, Idaho. (Steve Hanks / AP Photo)
A Palestinian worker inspects shattered glass at the top floor of the American School in Gaza City . The school was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade during the night, but no one was injured. (Mohammed Abed / AFP / Getty Images)
