A Black Rattlesnake, which had been rescued with other animals while being trafficked illegally, is seen inside a plastic cylinder at the Federal Wildlife Conservation Center on the outskirts of Mexico City, Friday, May 20. According to Mexico's Federal Wildlife Conservation Department, at least 2,500 different animals are rescued annually in the country. Carlos Jasso /Reuters
Young women look at bullet casings and weapons used during the fighting between the rebels and Moammar Gadhafi forces in Misrata, Libya, Sunday. The European Union established formal diplomatic contact with the Libyan opposition on Sunday by opening an office in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi. Rodrigo Abd/AP
Demonstrators camp out in Madrid's Puerta del Sol, Saturday. Spaniards took their protests over sky high unemployment and austerity into a seventh day across the country, defying a ban on demonstrations in the run up to local elections on Sunday. Dubbed "los indignados" (the indignant), tens of thousands of protesters have filled the main squares of Spain's cities for seven days, in a wave of outrage over economic stagnation and government austerity marking a shift after years of patience. /Paul Hanna/Reuters
Icelandic Photographer Robert Reynisson covers the volcano eruption at the edge of the ash fallout zone in Reykjavik Sunday. Iceland's most active volcano erupted on Saturday, hurling a plume of ash and smoke far into the sky, which aviation officials were closely. Authorities banned flights close to the Grimsvotn volcano but an official said the eruption was not expected to affect European airline traffic at least for the next 24 hours. Ingolfur Juliusson /Reuters
A U.S Navy personnel shelters form heavy rain beneath the wing of an F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet on the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier in Hong Kong. The carrier arrived on Sunday for a four-day routine port call. Tyrone Siu/Reuters
A homeless woman waits to cross the street in the Liberdade neighborhood of Sao Paulo Friday night. Sao Paulo currently has about 14,000 people living on the streets, with more than half of them in the city centre, according to local media. Nacho Doce/Reuters
With his boat parked on the levee, a homeowner walks to the front door of his levee-protected home near the Yazoo River in Yazoo City, Miss. on Saturday. Floodwaters from the Yazoo River continue to get deeper near Yazoo City, Miss. even as the Mississippi River is slowly falling, since it is still so high that water is backing up into its tributaries, especially the Yazoo River. Dave Martin/AP
A Syrian woman living in Jordan poses with the word "Free" painted on her face during a demonstration against Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad outside the U.N. office in Amman, Saturday. /Muhammad Hamed/Reuters
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara (l.) waits to receive the national string from Henriette Dagri Diabate, secretary-general of Quattara's party, the Rally of the Republicans (RDR), during his inauguration ceremony at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Foundation in Yamoussoukro. Ouattara was inaugurated as president of Ivory Coast on Saturday, in a ceremony most Ivorians hope will put a decade of conflict and instability behind them and mend a once prosperous economy. Luc Gnago/Reuters
Relatives of inmates wait for news outside La Planta prison in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday. Venezuelan authorities say inmates at the Caracas prison are holding the warden and 14 other officers hostage. About 200 relatives of prisoners temporarily blocked an adjacent highway to demand action by authorities. Ariana Cubillos/AP
A demonstrator kicks a tear gas canister in clashes with riot police, near the Chilean Congress where President Sebastian Pinera was delivering his State of the Nation address to the National Congress in Valparaiso, Chile, Saturday. For a second day, thousands of protestors from different social sectors gathered to protest against Pinera's government. Carlos Vera/AP
A Jewish worshipper jumps on the roof of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai's tomb during celebrations for the Lag Ba-Omer holiday on Mount Meron in northern Israel, early morning Sunday. Lag Ba-Omer marks the end of a plague that killed thousands of Jewish scholars in ancient times, as well as the anniversary of the death of Bar Yochai, who had rebelled against Roman rule and is believed to be the author of the Zohar, the core text of Kabbalah mysticism. Holiday traditions include lighting bonfires and cutting the hair of three-year-old boys for the first time. Baz Ratner/Reuters
Anti-government protestors reach up to catch a youth after throwing him into the air during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday. Hani Mohammed/AP
A screen shows Pope Benedict XVI addressing astronauts on the International Space Station via a video-link at the press hall at the Vatican Saturday. Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters
A 15-month-old female Bengal tiger peers from its cage during a police news conference in Bangkok, Thailand Sunday. Police in Thailand have arrested a man suspected of being a key player in one of the country's largest tiger trafficking rings, police and a wildlife conservation group said Sunday. Apichart Weerawong/AP
Holly Beaudoin, 8, wears her viking helmet while she watches the Viking Festival Parade travel through downtown Poulsbo, Wash. on Saturday. Meegan M. Reid/Kitsap Sun/AP
Models show their nails to jury members sitting behind the wall during the fourth German Nailart Trophy 'Gothic - the dark side of nailart' at the Beauty Forum trade fair in Leipzig, eastern Germany, on Saturday. Beauty Forum 2011 is the most important cosmetic trade fair in Germany. Jens Meyer/AP
Worker Matt Attwood looks for stones on the floor of the pool in the Homebase garden display ahead of the Tuesday opening of the Chelsea Flower Show 2011, in London Saturday. Luke MacGregor/Reuters
A pile of clothes is left on a sidewalk in Seattle's Wedgewood neighborhood. The beginning of the end of the world was scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. on Saturday. Radio minister Harold Camping has advertised the rapture with billboards and a media campaign. Some have poked fun at the prediction with parties and pranks, such as this pile of clothes and sign. Joshua Trujillo/seattlepi.com/AP
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