BIG CAT: A fully grown male wild leopard tried to climb a net after it fell into a water-reservoir tank at a tea estate in Haskhowa, near Siliguri, India, Wednesday. A rescue team saved the animal. (Diptendu Dutta/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
The scenery for the opera "Andre Chenier" by Italian musician Umberto Giordano is seen on a giant floating stage at Lake Constance during a photo rehearsal in Bregenz, Austria, on July 15, 2011. (Reuters/Dominic Ebenbichler)
A peregrine falcon perched on a beam at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York Harbor Wednesday while another falcon soared through the air nearby. The bridge is home to a pair of the birds and their chicks. (Patrick Cashin/MTA)