Chicago balloon, farm show, giant waterlily

Steam enthusiasts demonstrate their engines on the first day of the Great Dorset Steam Fair on Wednesday in Tarrant Hinton, near Blandford, United Kingdom. Over 250,000 people are expected to attend the event, which is in its 41st year and includes displays and demonstrations of steam and vintage machinery and engines. The fair has become the biggest event of its kind in Europe. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Small ice figures are seen on the stairs of Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin, Germany on Wednesday, as part of an art project by World Wide Fund for Nature. One thousand ice figures by Brasilian artist Nele Azevedo were melting within 30 minutes, symbolizing the effect of global warming. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)

Three-month-old Sophia Marmarinos lies on the leaf of a giant waterlily (Victoria Amazonica) under the watchful eye of an employee of the botanical garden, at the Rotterdam Zoo, Netherlands on Wednesday. The zoo organized the event for parents to take picture of their children. The leaves can grow up to 10 feet in diameter and can easily support a weight of 33 pounds. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Six-month-old Sanne Timmerman lies on the leaf of a giant waterlily (Victoria Amazonica) at the Rotterdam Zoo on Wednesday. The zoo organised the event for parents to take pictures of their children on the leaves. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Passengers get an aerial view of the city while riding the AeroBalloon at Navy Pier on Wednesday in Chicago. The helium-filled balloon, which opened for riders today, is tethered to the ground along Chicago's lakefront. The balloon ascends to 350 feet can hold up to 18 passengers. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

A mechanic from the 101st Airborne Division from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, checks rear rotor of the Black Hawk helicopter at the FOB Solerno in Paktika province on Wednesday in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh)

An Afghan with the job of clearing mines, stands in the entrance to a cave at the archaelogical site of Shahr-i-Zohak on Wednesday in Bamiyan, Afghanistan. Afghan Technical Concultants and the UN Mine Action center are working together to clear the ancient preserved ruins in the Bamiyan area. The project started on May 5th and will finish on October 15. Aid workers say tourism is one of the greatest economic hopes for reviving this isolated and archaeologically stunning part of Afghanistan, a region that has seen little infrastructure development even though Bamiyan is one of the safest parts of the country. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

A rickshaw puller rests in Katmandu's Durbar square during the week-long Indra Jatra festival in Katmandu, Nepal on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Greenpeace released this photograph on Wednesday, "rice art" covering 16,000 square meters area in a field in Ratchaburi province in central Thailand, made by planting two varieties of organic rice and depicting traditional rice farming. (AP Photo/Greenpeace, Athit Perawongmetha)

A Hindu priest performs morning rituals with a traditional oil lamp on the banks of the River Ganges in Allahabad, India on Wednesday. Allahabad, on the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswathi, is one of HinduismÌs most important centers. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Hindu devotees take holy dips as they perform the "Pind Daan" rituals performed for the soul of ancestors in the river Ganges in Allahabad, India on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Visitors admire the antique John Deere exhibit at the Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Ill. on Wednesday. The annual agricultural trade show will run through Thursday this week. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Visitors admire a combine in the Lexion exhibit area at the Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Ill. on Wednesday. The Lexion combines are powered by Caterpillar engines. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

A fisherman carries his net to the seashore at dusk on Wednesday, in the fishing village of Malkiya, Bahrain, southwest of Manama, capital of the Persian Gulf island nation. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

Tibetan children perform a traditional dance at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharmsala, India on Wednesday. Tibetans mark this day as Democracy Day, commemorating the day a democratic system of government was introduced in exile in 1960 by the Dalai Lama. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)

People stand outside a house destroyed by an earthquake in Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesia on Wednesday. A powerful earthquake rattled southern Indonesia on Wednesday, killing at least 32 people crushed by falling rock or collapsed buildings and sending thousands fleeing outdoors for safety in the middle of the work day. (AP Photo/Pikiran Rakyat Daily)

A boy who was injured in the earthquake sits at a hospital in Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesia on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Faisal Amirudin)

A man looks at an Ekeko that represents a deity of the altiplano regions shared by Peru and Bolivia during an Indigenous Fair in Lima on Wednesday. Peru disputes Bolivia's claim that they are the sole originator of the Ekeko tradition, as the deity is known throughout Peru as well. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

An alligator trapped in the Stacy Park pond in Trenton, N.J. rests in a plastic carrier before being removed from the scene on Wednesday. (AP Photo/The Trentonian, Jackie Schear)