In Pictures: Ultra-Orthodox Jews
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In Pictures: Oh to be young again, Mr. President!
In Pictures: Facing the devastation of the Oklahoma tornadoes
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In Pictures: Sinkholes around the world
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A woman holds her newborn baby at Cure International's hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. Better healthcare and more girls attending school have knocked Afghanistan from its position as the worst place on earth to be a mother, Save the Children said in a major report, but stressed the precarious nature of any gains. Mohammad Ismail/Reuters
A man walks by buses blocking the street during the second day of a nationwide transportation strike in La Paz, Bolivia. David Mercado/Reuters
Indians from the Hunikuni tribe protest slave labor outside the Chamber of Deputies in Brasilia, Brazil. Brazil's lower house is expected to vote on a constitutional amendment that would punish landholders found to be using slave labor by confiscating their property, among other penalties. Eraldo Peres/AP
President Barack Obama uses an umbrella as he steps off Air Force One upon his arrival at Albany International Airport in Albany, N.Y. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP
Displaced Congolese carry their belongings after the village of Kibumba was occupied by an armed militia consisting of current or former members of the National Congress for the Defence of the People in Congo. Mutinous soldiers linked to Congolese ex-general Bosco Ntaganda, who is wanted for alleged war crimes by the International Criminal Court, say they have formed a new rebel group called the March 23 Movement. Marc Hofer/AP
Gretchen Colby casts her vote at Belville Elementary School in Brunswick County, N.C. North Carolina could be the next state to pass a constitutional amendment defining marriage as solely between a man and a woman. Ken Blevins/The Star-News/AP
Tulips bloom in front of the Houses of Parliament a day before Britain's Queen Elizabeth will attend the State Opening of Parliament on her Diamond Jubilee year in central London. Andrew Winning/Reuters
A worker prepares to disassemble a 26-foot tall statue of Marilyn Monroe in Chicago. The sculpture 'Forever Marilyn,' by artist Seward Johnson and based on a scene from the movie 'The Seven Year Itch,' was taken down after being on display since last July. Jim Young/Reuters
A man sits in a booth while monitoring share prices during a trading session at the Karachi Stock Exchange in Pakistan. Akhtar Soomro/Reuters
A young Nepalese boy carrying an infant sits on the banks of the Bagmati River after his home was demolished by government forces in Katmandu, Nepal. Government forces have reportedly vacated more than 200 squatters who have set up their homes illegally along the banks of the river. Binod Joshi/AP
Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen arrive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Benefit celebrating the opening of 'Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations' exhibition in New York Monday night. Lucas Jackson/Reuters
Barber instructor Lyudmila Sidorova cuts the hair of Hayyim Broy, an 87-year-old Jewish Red Army veteran of World War Two, in his apartment in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. Local school girls and would-be barbers, accompanied by their professional instructor, visited war veterans on the eve of Victory Day to help the elderly prepare for the holiday. Broy was seriously wounded during a battle in Berlin in May, 1945. Ilya Naymushin/Reuters
A white-faced saki (pithecia pithecia) feeds in its compound in the zoo of Nuremberg, southern Germany. Timm Schamberger/dapd/AP
Zhang Wuyi sits in his double-seater submarine during a test operation at an artificial pool near a shipyard in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. Zhang, a 37-year-old local farmer who is interested in scientific inventions, has made six miniature submarines mainly designed for harvesting aquatic products, such as sea cucumbers. The sub has a diving depth of 20-30 meters and can travel for 10 hours.. Reuters
A rose lies on the tracks at the former Nazi death camp Birkenau in Oswiecim, southern Poland. Some 1.5 million people, mostly Jews, but also Poles and other nationals, died in its gas chambers or from disease, hunger and forced labor during WW II. Yves Logghe/AP
A man jumps into a pond from the top of a building to cool himself off on a hot afternoon in New Delhi. Kevin Frayer/AP
Indonesians hold lanterns during a ceremony commemorating World Red Cross Day in Jakarta, Indonesia. Dita Alangkara/AP
Jordanian special forces take part in a drill during a parade at the opening of the Special Operations Forces Exhibition and Conference at King Abdullah I Airbase in Amman, Jordan. Ali Jarekji/Reuters
Singer Lady Gaga poses for a photograph with a fan upon her arrival at Narita international airport in Narita, east of Tokyo. Toru Hanai/Reuters
Five Libyan men sit in a steel cage in a courtroom at the start of their trial in the town of Zawiyah, Libya. The five men are accused of 'plotting terrorist activities,' and some of the men confessed to fighting for Muammar Gaddafi's forces during last year's war. They also said this was the first such trial in a civilian court since the end of the conflict. Ismail Zitouny/Reuters
Bakarwal nomad child Tasveer Khan carries a lamb on his shoulders as he poses outside his tent on the outskirts of Srinagar, India-administered Kashmir. Bakarwals are nomadic shepherds of the Jammu Kashmir state who wander in search of good pastures for their cattle. Dar Yasin/AP
A South Korean worker attaches a devotee's name tag with their wishes on a lantern in preparation for the birthday celebration of Buddha, which falls on May 28, at Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea. About one-third of South Korea's 48 million people are Buddhists. Lee Jin-man/AP
Sen. Richard Lugar leaves a polling location after meeting with voters in Greenwood, Ind. Lugar is being challenged by two-term state Treasurer Richard Mourdock. Darron Cummings/AP
Members of a local dance troupe perform in Setif, Algeria, during a visit by Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika at the commemoration of the Algerian war of independence in May 1945. Louafi Larbi/Reuters
A group of young Sri Lankan Buddhist monks spend their evening at the sea front in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Eranga Jayawardena/AP
Austrian table tennis player Chen Weixing serves the ball during a training session in Schwechat outside Vienna. Chen will participate at the 2012 Olympic Games. Leonhard Foeger/Reuters
In Pictures: Ultra-Orthodox Jews
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/23
In Pictures: Huge hurricanes
In Pictures: Oh to be young again, Mr. President!
In Pictures: Facing the devastation of the Oklahoma tornadoes
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?
Britain scrambles jet: A British security official said the situation involving the Pakistan International Airlines flight, which carried more than 300 people, did not appear to be terror-related, but that police were still investigating
Two men were arrested on suspicion of endangering an aircraft Friday after a U.K. fighter jetwas scrambled to divert their plane as it traveled from Pakistan to Britain, officials said. The incident further rattled the U.K. just days after a British soldier was brutally killed on a London street in a suspected terror attack.
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