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: Facing the devastation of the Oklahoma tornadoes
In Pictures: Sandy: Chronicle of an unrelenting storm
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/20
In Pictures: Weather extremes 2013
In Pictures: The Israeli separation barrier: A West Bank wall
In Pictures: Derby Day devotees, Kenyan style
Greenpeace activists burn an effigy representing the nuclear industry in a demonstration in front of the Hungarian Parliament, demanding an end to the use of nuclear energy in the world, in Budapest. The activists said nuclear energy leaves no room for the development of renewable energy sources. Laszlo Balogh/Reuters
An anti-government protester runs with a piece of brick she was using to bang out slogans against the government on a dumpster in the western village of Malkiya, Bahrain. Police dispersed a rally showing support for the jailed hunger-striking activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja. Hasan Jamali/AP
People take part in a rally to support presidential candidate and Russia's current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the Luzhniki stadium on the Defender of the Fatherland Day in Moscow. Russia will go to the polls for a presidential election on March 4. Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters
A commando stands guard during the Turkish Army's annual winter military exercises near the eastern town of Sarikamis, Turkey. Umit Bektas/Reuters
About 3,000 Baekseok University students create the shape of a drop of blood at a ski resort in Pyeong Chang, South Korea. The Korean National Red Cross and the faculty jointly arranged the event as part of a campaign to encourage blood donation. They plan to seek a listing for the 'World's largest blood drop' by Guinness World Records. Shin Jun-hee/Yonhap/AP
An Indian farmer sprays fertilizer at his paddy field in Burha Mayong about 28 miles east of Gauhati, India. Agriculture is the source of livelihood for around 115 million farming families, about 70 percent of India's population. Anupam Nath/AP
Children play with a ball during a flood near their house in Jakarta, Indonesia. Heavy rain caused flooding in some parts of the capital. Supri/Reuters
A man balances on a fence post as he watches the sun set over the Pacific Ocean in Santa Monica, California. Gary Hershorn/Reuters
French rugby union player Sebastien Chabal feeds an emu named Diji, as a wallaby named Autumn at Taronga Zoo, in Sydney. Chabal is in Sydney to play in a one-off club rugby match Saturday. Rick Rycroft/AP
Tractor drivers play dominoes during lunch time at a repair shop in the village of Kamenuki, some 224 miles south-west of Minsk, Belarus. Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters
European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn presents the EU Commission's interim economic forecast during a news conference at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels. The European Union's top economics official said that recent economic surveys showed that an expected slowdown in the euro zone would be mild. Francois Lenoir/Reuters
Children cross the Batllava Lake to go to school in Kosovo's village of Orllan. Students at Orllan are starting their first few days of school after two weeks of disruption due to bad weather. They have to cross the frozen artificial lake of Batllava, which supplies water to the capital Pristina, to reach their school on the other side. Hazir Reka/Reuters
Anti-Syrian regime protesters hold up Kurdish flags with a fleet of cars during a rally in the northeastern town of Qamishli, Syria. Local Coordination Committees in Syria/AP
Soldiers of the 1st German paratroop battalion 331 sit onboard an Air Force C-130J transport plane for a training flight at the air base in Ramstein. The joint Germany - US training exercise was cancelled due to adverse weather conditions. Alex Domanski/Reuters
Pakistani laborers chant slogans during a protest demanding their government to provide them with permanent jobs, near the parliament in Islamabad, Pakistan. Muhammed Muheisen/AP
The 'Golden Victoria' sculpture from the top of Siegessaeule, the Victory column in Berlin is silhouetted against a cloudy sky. Tobias Schwarz/Reuters
A Kashmiri villager slips as he clears snow off the roof of his house, which is under construction, in Gagangeri, some 50 miles northeast of Srinagar, India. Heavy snowfall across Kashmir valley has prompted authorities to issue an avalanche warning for most areas lying close to the mountains. Dar Yasin/AP
Tribesmen performs on a wazza, a traditional Sudanese horn, during a tourist campaign event organized by Sudan's Tourism Ministry in Khartoum. Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters
A white Bengal tiger sticks out its tongue in its snow-covered enclosure in the Belgrade Zoo. Ivan Milutinovic/Reuters
A father gives his baby a head massage with eggs after a haircut at a care center in Hefei, Anhui province. According to traditional Chinese belief, getting a haircut on the second day of the second Chinese lunar month is likely to bring good luck. Reuters
A Myanmar woman talks to an elderly Buddhist nun as she donates some money while novice nuns watch from inside a vehicle in Yangon, Myanmar. Altaf Qadri/AP
The clock tower of Big Ben is seen behind spring flowers in Parliament Square during a warm winter day in London. Stefan Wermuth/Reuters
An Indian National Security Guard (NSG) commando stands with his sniffer dog during the inauguration ceremony of their regional hub in Mumbai. The NSG is a federal contingency force established in 1984 and a quick reaction elite force for neutralizing militants, hijackers and kidnappers in situations which are beyond the capability of local forces to handle. Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
Afghans are seen outside an American military base during an anti-US demonstration in Mehterlam, Laghman province east of Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan police fired shots in the air to disperse hundreds of protesters who tried to break into an American military base in the country's east to vent their anger over this week's Quran burnings incident. Rahmat Gul/AP
A man plays football on a beach in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters
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: Facing the devastation of the Oklahoma tornadoes
In Pictures: Sandy: Chronicle of an unrelenting storm
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/20
In Pictures: Weather extremes 2013
In Pictures: The Israeli separation barrier: A West Bank wall
In Pictures: Derby Day devotees, Kenyan style
Greece is rolling out the red carpet for Chinese investors as a means of stabilizing its shaky economy.
Officials in Brussels and Washington may view China’s global shopping spree with alarm, as the Asian power house continues to buy up companies, sovereign debt, ports, and bridges around the world. But the Greeks are already dusting off the red carpet.
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