Sgt. 1st Class Robert Wallace of Fort Smith says good-bye to his wife, Tracey, and daughter, Kelcey, 9 mo., before departing Fort Chaffee in Arkansas Saturday, Feb. 26. Troops from two battalions of the Army's 2nd Brigade, 393rd Regiment stationed at Fort Chaffee left for Fort Hood, Texas, and are expected to deploy to Iraq in mid-March to train Iraqi forces.

A picture taken Feb. 26 shows lava from the Piton de la Fournaise volcano on National Road 2, near the city of La Rose, on southeastern Reunion island. The volcano erupted Feb. 17.

A vehicle drags a gasoline pump hose westbound on U.S. 50, just east of the Severn River Bridge near Annapolis, Md., Feb. 24. An unmarked police car pulled the driver over at the next exit.

Actor Dustin Hoffman stands with photographers backstage at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 27.

The Walt Disney Concert Hall reflects light as its architect, Frank Gehry, intended on March 2 in Los Angeles. Crews are set to begin a $90,000 makeover of the shimmering stainless steel panels in an effort to reduce the heat reflected across the street to condominiums whose air conditioning system is being overwhelmed.

A Lebanese woman chants slogans and waves a Lebanon flag during an anti-Syria demonstration in Beirut on March 2. American President George Bush demanded that Syria get out of Lebanon, saying Damascus' influence over the political affairs of its neighbor must end.

An Iraqi civilian cries outside a hospital in Baghdad for his brother, who was seriously injured by a suicide car bomb on March 3. At least two police officers were killed and five were injured in the blast.

A couple play in the snow on the National Mall in front of the Washington Monument in Washington on Feb. 28.

Supporters of terror suspect Babar Ahmad, who is facing extradition to the United States, protest outside a court in London on March 2. Britain began extradition hearings for Ahmad, who is wanted in the United States for allegedly running terrorist Web sites, but Muslim groups said he should be tried at home.

An Israeli woman is evacuated on a stretcher from the site of a Palestinian attack in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv on Feb. 25. The militant group Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimed responsibility for the attack, which killed several people and wounded at least 30.

People look at the Ponte Vecchio, or Old Bridge, during a snowfall in Florence, Italy, on March 3. A cold spell from Siberia swept over the Italian peninsula, bringing unusually chilly temperatures.

Members of the battered Illinois National Guard, Transportation Company, return home from Iraq to Paris, Ill., on Feb. 22 for a massive homecoming parade. Residents decorated yards along the parade route with American flags and cardboard cutouts of soldiers. More than 5,000 people lined the streets to pay tribute to the unit