In Pictures: Derby Day devotees, Kenyan style
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/16
In Pictures: Dazzle like Beckham
In Pictures: Weather extremes 2013
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/15
In Pictures: Duchess Kate's royal baby bump
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/14
In Pictures: Keffiyeh is rebel chic
An Indian village woman peers out from her sari veil during a protest against the ineffective implementation of a social empowerment program in Allahabad, India. Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP
A rainbow is seen in the sky as lightning strikes after a rainstorm in Haikou, Hainan province, China. China Daily/Reuters
A girl looks at Barbie dolls during a Barbie exhibition in Zagreb, Croatia. Antonio Bronic/Reuters
Katusha Team's Joaquim Rodriguez of Spain celebrates on the podium after winning the 186-km 10th stage of the Giro d'Italia from Civitavecchia to Assisi. Alessandro Garofalo/Reuters
Sumatra Orang-Utan, (Pongo abelii), Cahaya holds her baby Malou in her arms, at the Zurich Zoo, Switzerland. Malou was born April 6, 2012. Steffen Schmidt/AP
A Buddhist prays at a Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea. Six leaders from South Korea's biggest Buddhist order, the Jogye, have quit after secret video footage showed some supposedly serene monks playing high-stakes poker, drinking and smoking. Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters
A girl leans on a chain, during a protest to mark the 64th anniversary of Nakba, at Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp near the port city of Sidon, in south Lebanon. Nakba, or catastrophe, marks Israel's founding, following its 1948 war for independence. Ali Hashisho/Reuters
The Soyuz TMA-04M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan carrying Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, NASA Flight Engineer Joseph Acaba and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin to the International Space Station. Bill Ingalls/NASA/AP
An honor guard stands to attention as Chinese People's National Congress chairman Wu Bangguo arrives at the seat of the Dutch government in The Hague. Wu Bangguo was invited to mark 40 years of bilateral ties between China and The Netherlands. Peter Dejong/AP
Master police officer Rande Repp, of the Salina Police Department Color Guard, prepares to raise the flag during the Peace Officer Memorial Day ceremony in Salina, Kan. Tom Dorsey/Salina Journal/AP
RAF C130 Hercules participate in a fixed wing aircraft rehearsal for a flypast for the forthcoming Diamond Jubilee celebrations for Britain's Queen Elizabeth after taking off from RAF Brize Norton in southern England. Luke MacGregor/Reuters
Participants line up as they take part in an annual rescuers' and firefighters' competition among school teams in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. Ilya Naymushin/Reuters
Sheep rest in front of furnaces in Duisburg, Germany. Germany's economy grew 0.5 percent in the first quarter of 2012. Frank Augstein/AP
New French President Francois Hollande, looks out the sunroof of his car as he rides up the Avenue des Champs-Élysées after the presidential handover ceremony in Paris. Michel Euler/AP
A man looks at a creation by Cuban artist Fabelo Hung along Havana's seafront boulevard 'El Malecon' during the 11th Biennial contemporary art exhibition. The creation, a panoramic picture of the 'Malecon' with inserted images of icebergs floating near, is titled 'Fresh Air'. Desmond Boylan/Reuters
A surfer falls off his board while riding after sunset in Cardiff, California. Mike Blake/Reuters
A woman wearing a mask walks at the Bund along the Huangpu River on a hazy day in Shanghai, China. The US consulate in Shanghai began posting hourly air quality readings for the city this week, with data showing 'very unhealthy' conditions. Aly Song/Reuters
Masked Palestinians hurl stones at Israeli troops, not seen, during clashes outside the Ofer military prison, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. Bernat Armangue/AP
An Indian woman washes her face with water gushing out of a public tap between train tracks at a railway station in Jammu, India. Channi Anand/AP
Cattle graze in the fog at a farm near Gentry Lane in Boyle County near Danville, KY. Clay Jackson/The Advocate Messenger/AP
A heraclides thoas butterfly rests on a leaf in Butterfly Garden in La Guacima, Costa Rica. Juan Carlos Ulate/Reuters
A tugboat attempts to float the fishing vessel 'Eihatsu Maru,' which ran aground at Clifton, one of Cape Town's most popular tourist beaches. Rescuers evacuated 19 of the 28 Taiwanese crew aboard the fishing vessel on Saturday. Mike Hutchings/Reuters
An Afghan woman walks with a donkey outside Kabul. Mohammad Ismail/Reuters
In Pictures: Derby Day devotees, Kenyan style
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/16
In Pictures: Dazzle like Beckham
In Pictures: Weather extremes 2013
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/15
In Pictures: Duchess Kate's royal baby bump
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/14
In Pictures: Keffiyeh is rebel chic
South Korea, long in the shadow of other Asian 'tiger economies,' is suddenly hip and enormously prosperous – so much so that it may have outgrown its thankless dream of reuniting with the North.
For months the young emperor to the north has been threatening to turn this thriving metropolis into a "sea of fire." But it's not easy to ruffle the jaunty vibe of 75-year-old Kim Chong-shik as he strolls among young couples and shoppers along the boutiques of the Gangnam District.
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