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
Demonstrators attend a protest in front of the Syrian Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad as they hold pictures of two Turkish journalists whom activists say are missing in Syria. The Turkish Foreign Ministry said it was working to find out information on the whereabouts of reporter Adem Ozkose and cameraman Hamit Coskun. Osman Orsal/Reuters
Ethnic Hungarian men wear historic hussar outfits during celebrations of the anniversary of the 1848 revolution against the Hapsburgs, one of the most important royal houses of Europe, in the Nyerges Pass, Romania. Thousands of ethnic Hungarians gathered in towns across Romania's Transylvanian region to celebrate the holiday. Vadim Ghirda/AP
Indonesian students shout slogans over burning tires during a protest against a government plan to raise fuel prices in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Indonesian government plans to raise fuel prices by about 33 percent next month to avoid a budget deficit due to expensive fuel subsidies. Achmad Ibrahim/AP
People look at the iCub robot during the Innorobo European summit, an event dedicated to the service robotics industry, in Lyon, central France. The robot, created by the Italian Institute of Technology, is used for research into human cognition and artificial intelligence. Laurent Cipriani/AP
A group of Amish men wait at the Kentucky Capitol for their case concerning traffic symbols on horse-drawn buggies to be argued in the state supreme court in Frankfort, Ky. John Flavell/AP
A busker plays an electric guitar as he stands in the river Thames at low tide on the Southbank in London. Andrew Winning/Reuters
A serviceman protects his face from the cold as he takes part in a drill conducted by Russian airborne troops at a firing ground near the settlement of Sadovyi outside the southern city of Stavropol, Russia. Eduard Korniyenko/Reuters
Zhuo Hanling, his wife and daughter look at one of their third generation iPads after being first in line to purchase the tablet computer in Singapore. Apple's new iPad went on sale in Singapore early on Friday, greeted by throngs of fans hungry to get ahold of the US consumer giant's latest 4G-ready tablet computer. Tim Chong/Reuters
US President Barack Obama bends down to pet his dog, Bo, outside the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Larry Downing/Reuters
Red Bull driver Mark Webber of Australia poses for a photo ahead of the Australian Formula One Grand Prix at Albert Park in Melbourne, Australia. Twenty four drivers will take to the grid Sunday to contest the first race of the 2012 F1 season. Rob Griffith/AP
An Afghan vendor displays clothing he is selling to US soldiers at a bazaar in Forward Operating Base Joyce in Kunar province, eastern Afghanistan. Erik De Castro/Reuters
Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon has his head shaved bald as part of a fundraising event for the Pediatric Cancer Foundation prior to a spring training baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies in Port Charlotte, Fla. At rear left is pitcher James Shields, who was next in the stylist's chair. Charles Krupa/AP
A worker carries sacks of rice at a warehouse owned by Indonesia's state procurement agency Bulog in Makassar of Indonesia's South Sulawesi province. Last year, Southeast Asia's largest economy imported 1.9 million tons of rice from Thailand, Vietnam, and India. Yusuf Ahmad/Reuters
Al Ahli soccer fans take part in a protest against the ruling military council and interior ministry in front of the general prosecutor's office in Cairo. The fans were demanding quick investigations into the deaths of soccer fans at a stadium in Port Said in early February. Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters
A woman poses for a photo inside a fish display at the Two Oceans Aquarium in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. Schalk van Zuydam/AP
People sign the condolence register as others look at pictures of the children who died in a bus crash in Switzerland that are displayed in the town hall of Lommel, Belgium. A bus carrying a Belgian school group home from a ski trip crashed into the wall of a Swiss tunnel, killing 22 children and six others. Mischa Rapmund/Reuters
A woman poses for photos among some of the 10,000 clay flowers that form artist Fernando Casasempere's 'Out of Sync' installation in the court at Somerset House in central London. Casasempere's installation will be on show until April 27. Andrew Winning/Reuters
Drummer Hamza Caliskan dances to the tune of a shrill pipe during a festival in Ankara, Turkey. Thousands of people visit the festival daily to enjoy food, music, and folk dances from the northern province of Kastamonu. Selcan Hacaoglu/AP
Wira, a newborn male baby Sulawesi crested macaques, is held by his mother, Wino, at ZSL London Zoo in London. Born with bright blue eyes and pale skin, Wira's features will get darker with age. His eyes will turn brown and he'll also develop the macaque's iconic crest of hair on his head. ZSL London/handout/Reuters
Pro-regime protesters carry a poster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during a rally supporting Assad in Damascus, Syria. Thousands poured into the streets of the Syrian capital in a show of support for the regime as soldiers tightened their siege in opposition areas on the one-year anniversary of the country's uprising. Muzaffar Salman/AP
Labor union employees from ArcelorMittal shout protest slogans as they demonstrate near the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Steel giant ArcelorMittal will invest $22 million in its idle plant in Florange in north-eastern France, which will restart its furnaces in the second half of 2012, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said last week. Charles Platiau/Reuters
Children play with snowballs after arriving to watch a drill, conducted by Russian airborne troops, at a firing ground near the settlement of Sadovyi, Russia. Eduard Korniyenko/Reuters
Polish and Lithuanian sympathizers of Hungary and the government of Viktor Orban carry Polish and Hungarian flags as they march together with Hungarians over the Elizabeth Bridge in Budapest, Hungary, during a rally marking the 164th anniversary of the outbreak of the 1848 revolution. Zoltan Mathe/MTI/AP
A woman wears a hat to the Cheltenham Festival horse racing meet in Gloucestershire, western England. Stefan Wermuth/Reuters
A craftsman puts the finishing touches on a figure ahead of the Fallas festival in Valencia, Spain. The festival welcomes spring and honors Saint Joseph's Day with the burning of giant elaborate sculptures and effigies in wood and plastic in the early hours of March 20. Heino Kalis/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
Under Hugo Chávez, big businesses endured threats of state takeover. This week, Chávez's successor reached out to the boss of Venezuela's largest privately held company.
In Venezuela, Hugo Chávez's successor seems to be turning toward big business for help in ending rampant scarcities of basic consumer goods and an almost 30 percent annual inflation rate.
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