Photos of the Day | Tuesday, March 1, 2011
In this handout image provided by NASA, backdropped by a cloud-covered part of Earth, space shuttle Discovery approaches the International Space Station during STS-133 rendezvous and docking operations February 26, 2011 in Space. Docking occurred at 2:14 p.m. (EST) Discovery, on its 39th and final flight, is carrying the Italian-built Permanent Multipurpose Module (PMM), Express Logistics Carrier 4 (ELC4) and Robonaut 2, the first humanoid robot in space to the International Space Station.
Vehicles are stuck in high water after heavy rain caused flooding near the intersection of Papermill and Northshore Drives Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 in Knoxville, Tenn. The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning until 7 p.m. and a tornado watch until 8 p.m for the area.
Two homes in the Lake Tanglewood area in Texas burn to the ground as emergency personnel can do nothing but watch Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011. Texas Forest Service spokesman Lewis Kearney said two wildfires joined about five miles south of Amarillo to destroy or damage the almost two dozen homes Sunday afternoon.
An anti-government protestor reacts as he and other demonstrators shout slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, March 1, 2011. Yemen's embattled president has accused the United States and Israel of trying to destabilize his country and the Arab world.