In other news, a Mexican airliner with 112 passengers on board was hijacked Wednesday, and British troops rescued a New York Times reporter in Afghanistan.

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Images from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, the "300% Spanish Design" expo in Mexico City and the Hindu Ganesha Festival in India.

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In other news, Gen. Stanley McChrystal warned "the situation in Afghanistan is serious, but success is achievable," as the military reported the deaths of two more American soldiers there.

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Artist Alice Leora Briggs takes an unflinching look at the violence in the border town of Juarez, Mexico.

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In other news, the death toll from Wednesday's bombings across Baghdad climbed to at least 101 people, and ten alleged leaders of Mexican frug cartels have been indicted in the U.S.

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From drug violence to H1N1 flu, President Obama, Mexican President Felipe Calderon, and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper tackled a long list of issues at a summit Monday.

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President Barack Obama met with Mexico's President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Guadalajara Monday to discuss H1N1 flu prevention and efforts to combat a deadly cross-border drug trade.

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Fred De Sam Lazaro reports how Cambodians' proximity to wildlife is sparking new concerns about the spread of avian flu.

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NewsHour special correspondent Jeffrey Kaye reports on the American gun trade that is fueling drug-related violence in Mexico and new efforts to stop it.

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The World Health Organization on Thursday declared a swine flu pandemic, marking the first worldwide flu epidemic in 41 years.

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