Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/22
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
Katie Cramer talks with neighbor Megan Hendricks (l.) outside Cramer's home that was hit by a tornado in Dexter, Mich. Rebecca Cook/Reuters
Runners are reflected in a puddle as they take part in the second international Jerusalem Marathon. The annual sporting event included running tracks for full and half marathons which passed through a section of the Old City. Ammar Awad/Reuters
A man looks at an Apple iPad in an Apple store in downtown Shanghai, China. Aly Song/Reuters
Pedro Poblador, who failed to pay the mortgage on his home after losing his job, protests in front of the bank in Barcelona, Spain, to try to stop his eviction. Spain has the highest unemployment rate in the 17-nation eurozone. Emilio Morenatti/AP
Members of the St. Louis Cardinals warm up before a spring training baseball game against the Miami Marlins in Jupiter, Fla. Patrick Semansky/AP
An Ethiopian migrant looks through a fence as he waits to be repatriated at a transit center in the western Yemeni town of Haradh on the border with Saudi Arabia. Some 12,000 migrants, mostly from the Horn of Africa, are stranded in Haradh, which they use as a stepping stone to reach Saudi Arabia. Khaled Abdullah/Reuters
Helpers work on the slope during the Alpine Skiing World Cup team competition at the World Cup finals in Schladming, Austria. Lisi Niesner/Reuters
Workers carry a packed basket of vegetables at a wholesale vegetable market in Kolkata, India. Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters
Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney greets diners at a restaurant during a campaign stop in Rosemont, Ill. Jim Young/Reuters
Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar celebrates scoring his 100th century during the Asia Cup cricket match against Bangladesh in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Tendulkar, who had been stuck on 99 centuries for a year, became the first cricketer to score 100 international centuries. Aijaz Rahi/AP
A convoy of hearses leave the military airport of Melsbroek, Belgium. A tour bus slammed into a tunnel wall in the Swiss Alps in a horrific accident that killed 22 12-year-old students returning from a joyous ski vacation as well as the six adults who were accompanying them. Yves Logghe/AP
A member of the Russian Honor Guard at a base in Moscow looks out from behind a flag during the first rehearsal for the annual victory parade in May. The Honor Guard consists of the highest calibre recruits from the army, picked to perform ceremonial duties. /Pavel Pavlov/Reuters
A war veteran takes a picture near the portraits of the sailors killed while on duty onboard South Korean warship Cheonan, that was sunk by North Korea in March 2010 near the sea border, during an anti-North Korea protest rally in Seoul, South Korea. Lee Jin-man/AP
Alexandre Despatie of Canada dives during the men's 3m springboard semi-final in the FINA Diving World Series in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters
Muslims pray to invoke the wrath of the almighty on Salman Rushdie as they hold a protest against his presence in India after Friday prayers outside Jama mosque in New Delhi. Some Muslim groups are protesting the visit of the author due to the alleged blasphemous content in his 1988 novel 'The Satanic Verses.' Saurabh Das/AP
A Trabant convertible, a vintage East German car, drives past the Reichstag, the seat of Germany's lower house of parliament, on a sunny spring day in Berlin. Thomas Peter/Reuters
A Malaysian activist paints her face with Syrian flags in support of Syrian anti-government protesters during a demonstration outside the Syrian embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Bazuki Muhammad/Reuters
Nepalese children play outside a closed store at Bhaktapur on the outskirts of Katmandu, Nepal. Niranjan Shrestha/AP
Actor George Clooney is arrested for civil disobedience after protesting at the Sudan Embassy in Washington. Clooney was protesting the escalating humanitarian crisis in Sudan. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
Stacey Musimbi, 4, a deaf student, sits inside her classroom in the specialized deaf unit program at the Little Rock Inclusive Early Childhood Development Center in Kenya's capital Nairobi. Little Rock is one of the few schools providing education to children with special needs in the sprawling Kibera slums. Samantha Sais/Reuters
Xu Tiancheng uses Qi Gong, or 'Internal Energy,' to practice a headstand on a flat nail at a pedestrian street in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. According to Xu, he has been practicing Qi Gong for more than 5 years. Reuters
Maria Kirilenko of Russia serves to compatriot Maria Sharapova during their quarter-final match at the Indian Wells WTA tennis tournament in Indian Wells, Calif. Mike Blake/Reuters
Syrian demonstrators wave a Syrian revolution flag during a protest against the Syrian government outside of the Syrian embassy in Nicosia, Cyprus. Petros Karadjias/AP
Two Japanese tourists retrieve some of their valuables from a rental car standed in the ocean at Oyster Point, Australia. The tourists were fooled by low tide and their GPS into believing they could drive to a nearby island across about 9 miles of mud and water. Chris McCormack/The Redland Times/Reuters
People create shadows on a metal wall on a sunny spring day in Berlin. Thomas Peter/Reuters
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/22
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
The French Parliament is considering a new bill that would allow university science classes to be taught in English. Politicians and academics across the spectrum are upset.
When two French ministers last month launched a new program to respond to the challenges of population aging, they gave it an English name: “Silver Economy.” But that didn’t strike a chord with their boss.
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