TRASSENHEIDE, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 03: Workers put finishing touches on the nearly-completed "The World Stands on its Head" ("Die Welt Steht Kopf") House on the Baltic Sea Island of Usedom on September 3, 2008 in Trassenheide, Germany. The upside down house, complete with upside down interior furnishings, is the brainchild of Klaudiusz Golos and Sebastian Mikiciuk, and will become a local tourist attraction that will open its doors to the public tomorrow. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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Picture of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) taken on December 10, 2008 at the Sierra del Chincua sancturay in Angangueo, in the Mexican state of Michoacan. Millions of monarch butterflies arrive each year to breed at the Oyamel forest in Angangueo, after travelling more than 4,500 kilometres from the United States and Canada. AFP PHOTO/Mario Vazquez MORE PICTURES IN IMAGE FORUM
LONDON - OCTOBER 09: A broker on ICAP''s dealing floor calls for prices on October 9, 2008 in London. Share prices are up on the day as markets react to the interest rate cut. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
ALBUQUERQUE, NM - OCTOBER 04: Hor air balloons soar over Balloon Fiesta Park during the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta on October 4, 2008. This year there are over 600 hot air balloons. representing 42 states and 24 countries. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
AYUTTHAYA, THAILAND - APRIL 16: Weicharn, a rice farmer, plows his rice field before planting a new crop April 16, 2008 in Ayutthaya, Thailand. Fears of a looming rice shortage were heightened today as rice prices climbed to record highs on the back of rising demand, export bans and bad weather delaying planting in the US. Asian prices have soared even more sharply as big importers have rushed to build stocks on fears supplies will become scarce as exporters clamp down on shipments. (Photo Paula Bronstein/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Weicharn
UPMINSTER, UNITED KINGDOM - AUGUST 01: A plane flies through the sun over the Damyns Hall Aerodrome during a partial eclipse on August 1, 2008 in Essex, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
DHAKA, BANGLADESH - AUGUST 01: Commuters ride an evening bus August 1, 2008 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Residents of the capital city, already some of the poorest people in the world, have had to endure rising transportation costs due to the global increase in fuel prices. In some cases fuel prices have risen 33 percent to 67 percent in the last month alone. According to a recent World Bank study, Bangladesh is among at least 33 countries that are at risk of serious political unrest if food and fuel prices keep rising. Bangladesh is currently one of the world''s poorest countries, where nearly 40 percent of the 144 million population survive on less than a dollar a day and on average spend eighty percent of their income on food. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
