Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/23
In Pictures: Huge hurricanes
In Pictures: Oh to be young again, Mr. President!
In Pictures: Facing the devastation of the Oklahoma tornadoes
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/22
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/21
In Pictures: Sinkholes around the world
In Pictures: What happened to the green revolution in Iran?
In Pictures: Sandy: Chronicle of an unrelenting storm
An address sign for a home along the Wisconsin River in Caledoia Township is seen under flood waters after the Caledonia-Lewiston levee breached along the river in Columbia County, Wis., on Monday. The Caledonia-Lewiston levee, a series of sand dikes along the Wisconsin River, is posing a threat to about 150 homes in Columbia County. Allen Fredrickson/Reuters
A man walks on the beach as lightning lights up the night sky in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday. Rajanish Kakade/AP
Chimpanzee groom Yangyang (l.) holding hands with his bride Wanxing walks on a red carpet while attending their symbolic wedding at Hefei Wildlife Park in Hefei in central China's Anhui Province, on Tuesday. According to a local news report, the park brought in 4-year-old Yangyang from Guinea last year to mate with 6-year-old Wanxing. AP
Dr. Elena Bodnar places a face mask on Gus Rancatore, as John Durant (r.), director of the MIT Museum, watches, at the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Mass., on Tuesday. Elena Bodnar of Hinsdale, Ill., and colleagues who designed and patented the bra that can be quickly converted into a pair of gas masks, one for the wearer and one to be given to some bystander in need, won the 2009 Nobel Public Health Prize. Adam Hunger/Reuters
A worker climbs on a pile of rice bags inside a warehouse of the government National Food Authority (NFA) in Bicutan, Philippines, on Tuesday. Romeo Ranoco/Reuters
Some of a group of 52 fallow deer, captured on Robben Island, off Cape Town, South Africa, wait to begin a long road journey to their new home on Tuesday. They are the last group of the nonindigenous animals that are being relocated to the Lions Rock sanctuary by the Four Paws conservation group. In recent years rabbits, cats, and deer have been culled to lessen the negative environmental effects to the island, a World Heritage site where former President Nelson Mandela spent much of his 27 year incarceration. Mike Hutchings/Reuters
This combination picture shows Rachel Bello guiding a stranded turtle to safety on Walker Road in Great Falls, Va., on Monday. A snapping turtle crossing the road forced drivers to detour around it. Hyungwon Kang/Reuters
A man unloads sacks of coal at Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Tuesday. Ramon Espinosa/AP
A police officer stands by the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, on Tuesday. The Eiffel Tower was evacuated after an anonymous caller phoned in a bomb threat from a telephone booth, marking the second alert at the monument in two weeks. Thibault Camus/AP
US Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin holds the Cup as he poses with his team ahead of the 2010 Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor in Newport, south Wales, on Tuesday. Brian Snyder/Reuters
Israelis gather to watch Eliraz Sade (r.) and Natan Bashevkin compete in a live reality contest inside a large billboard, in the port of Herzeliya, Israel, on Tuesday. Yellow Pages in Israel launched a live reality contest "Master of the Billboard." Ariel Schalit/AP
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez arrives for a news conference at Miraflores Palace in Caracas. Venezuela's parliamentary election was an important victory for the country's socialist "revolution" despite opposition claims to the contrary, Chavez said on Monday. Jorge Silva/Reuters
"Nuclear power harms Germany" is the Greenpeace message projected on the cooling systems of the nuclear power plant in Grafenrheinfeld near Schweinfurt, Germany, on Tuesday. Greenpeace staged an overnight protest against the German government's intention to extend the country's use of nuclear power, ahead of a meeting of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Cabinet to sign off on the plan. Jens Meyer/AP
A detective stands in the middle of Woolson Street in the Mattapan neighborhood of Boston, near a house where five people were shot, including a toddler, on Tuesday morning. Stephan Savoia/AP
Coal miners rest during the fourth stage of their protest march near Villoldo in the northern region of Palencia, Spain, on Tuesday. The coal miners started the fourth stage of their protest march, walking from the town of Villoldo to Monzon de Campos in Palencia as they continued an ongoing strike which started on Sept. 8 to demand wages they say they are owed by their employers. Feliz Ordonez/Reuters
Police prepare to enter Calhoun Hall on the Austin campus of the University of Texas. A gunman opened fire Tuesday inside the Perry-Castaneda Library, then fatally shot himself, and police are searching for a possible second suspect, university police said. Tamir Kalifa/The Daily Texan/AP
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/23
In Pictures: Huge hurricanes
In Pictures: Oh to be young again, Mr. President!
In Pictures: Facing the devastation of the Oklahoma tornadoes
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/22
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/21
In Pictures: Sinkholes around the world
In Pictures: What happened to the green revolution in Iran?
In Pictures: Sandy: Chronicle of an unrelenting storm
The number of tourists coming to Japan dropped dramatically after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011. But between the weak currency and fading memories of the disaster, tourism saw a record high last month.
Tourists have stayed away in droves in the two years since a deadly triple disaster on Japan's northeast coast, but Japan is mounting a remarkable comeback, with foreign visitor numbers reaching a record high last month.
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