An Indian watermelon vendor takes a nap on a hot summer afternoon in Allahabad, India. Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP
Red telephone boxes is seen being renovated at X2 Connect in Newark, northern England. The former British Telecom units are renovated by eight workers over a period of four weeks for private clients. The company currently has orders for over 100 units for customers across the world including a client in Saudi Arabia who has ordered one as a shower. Nigel Roddis/Reuters
A nun films as Pope Benedict XVI leads his weekly audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican. Max Rossi/Reuters
In this photo released by the US Embassy Beijing Press Office, blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng (c.) holds hands with U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke (r.) as US State Department Legal Advisor Harold Koh (l.) applauds, before leaving the U.S. embassy for a hospital in Beijing. /US Embassy Beijing Press Office/AP
Los Angeles Lakers' Steve Blake (l.) and Kobe Bryant (r.) battles Denver Nuggets' Kenneth Faried for a loose ball during the second half of a NBA first-round playoff basketball game in Los Angeles, Tuesday evening. The Lakers won 104-100. Chris Carlson/AP
Tiger Woods reacts after hitting his tee shot on the third hole during the pro-am of the Wells Fargo Championship golf tournament at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, N.C. Chuck Burton)/AP
Argentina's Silvina D'Elia (top r.) prepares to shoot on goal during the women's International Invitational Hockey Tournament against China at the Riverbank Arena on the Olympic Park in London. Eddie Keogh/Reuters
Smoke is seen after United Arab Emirates F-16 fighter jets fired missiles during joint military manoeuvres with the French army in the desert of Abu Dhabi. Ben Job/Reuters
A boy rests next to another boy standing at the demolished site of a compound of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad. Osama bin Laden was killed a year ago, on May 2, 2011, by a United States special operations military unit in a raid on his compound in Abbottabad. Mian Khursheed/Reuters
Military personnel watch on a screen as President Barack Obama makes a live address at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. Charles Dharapak/AP
Myanmar pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi (c.) and elected lawmakers of her National League for Democracy party swear during a regular session of Myanmar Lower House at parliament in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Khin Maung Win/AP
In this photo taken by Canadian Peter Mark in the end of April, 2012 and released today, a motorbike lies on a beach in Graham Island, western Canada. Japanese media say the motorcycle, lost in last year's tsunami, washed up about 4,000 miles away in Canada. The owner, Yokoyama, was located through the license plate number, Fuji TV reported. Peter Mark/Kyodo News/AP
Don Sparling spends a hot afternoon bathing his 209-pound English Mastiff, Charlie, in his back yard in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Paul Davis/Daily American Republic/AP
Soccer star David Beckham sits courtside with his wife Victoria during Game 2 of the Los Angeles Lakers against Denver Nuggets NBA Western Conference quarter-final basketball playoff evening game in Los Angeles, California. Alex Gallardo/Reuters
Mallard ducklings follow their mother into the grass on the south side of Nebraska Hwy. 2 near 13th Street in Lincoln, Neb. Francis Gardler/The Journal-Star/AP
Models wait to be photographed after a show by designer Lisa Ho at Sydney Fashion Week in the New South Wales Art Gallery. Tim Wimborne/Reuters
A Chicago Bulls fan looks on from the stands before the start of the game 2 of the NBA Eastern Conference quarter-final playoff basketball game against the Philadelphia 76ers in Chicago. Jim Young/Reuters
A horse makes it's way off the track after a morning workout at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. Charlie Riedel/AP
San Francisco Giants pitcher Matt Cain throws to a Miami Marlins batter during the fourth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco Tuesday evening. Jeff Chiu/AP
Freedom for Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni was a cause célèbre among dissidents and human rights groups critical of the Chávez regime. Venezuela conditionally released her after three years in detention.
Jailed Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni, often referred to as “Hugo Chávez’s political prisoner,” was freed on Friday after spending more than three years in detention. Following petitions from international bodies and human rights groups, the court decision immediately ignited social media networks, with many celebrating the release as a victory for human rights and Venezuela's political opposition.
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