Today in Pictures: Thursday, Jun. 16, 2005
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE / REUTERS
Back from the Dead
Australian hostage Douglas Wood gives the thumbs-up sign amid U.S. military personnel shortly after he was freed in Baghdad on Wednesday. Iraqi troops found and freed Wood during a sweep against insurgents in the capital. The Australian had spent 47 days in captivity, and had seen his captors execute three fellow hostages