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?
In Pictures: Sandy: Chronicle of an unrelenting storm
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev speaks with residents of an assisted living facility for war and labor veterans in Tambov, Russia. Dmitry Astakhov/Presidential Press Service/RIA-Novosti/AP
A firefighting boat prepares to approach the scene of a fire in a slum area in Manila. Officials say a fire that swept through a sprawling squatters' colony on Manila Bay's rim has left two people missing and some 10,000 others homeless. Pat Roque/AP
NASCAR driver Danica Patrick listens to Denny Hamlin after she took her first laps at Darlington Raceway during practice for a Nationwide Series auto race in Darlington, S.C. Mary Ann Chastain/AP
Brazilian soldiers are briefed before beginning a river patrol in search of drugs and gold from illegal mining along the Oiapoque River that separates Brazil's northeastern border from French Guiana. Brazil's Army began Operation Agate with the Federal Police, Customs, the National Aviation Agency, and the government's environmental police force along a large part of the northern border to combat smuggling and environmental crimes. Paulo Santos/Reuters
Members of the Samaritan religion take part in the traditional pilgrimage marking the holiday of Passover atop Mount Gerizim near the West Bank city of Nablus. The Samaritans, who trace their roots to the biblical Kingdom of Israel in what is now the northern occupied West Bank, observe religious practices similar to those of Judaism. Ammar Awad/Reuters
A Syrian man stands by a portrait of former Syrian president Hafez Assad inside the damaged military intelligence building in Damascus, Syria. Twin suicide car bombings killed scores of people in Damascus Thursday. Bassem Tellawi/AP
American artist Jeff Koons poses next to his artwork 'Titi' (2004-2009) in the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen, Switzerland. The exhibition 'Jeff Koons' can be seen from May 13 until Sept. 2012. Georgios Kefalas/Keystone/AP
France's newly-elected President Francois Hollande reacts with his supporters at the General Council of Correze in Tulle, France. Hollande, President of the Council, is in Tulle to express his gratitude to residents following his election. Regis Duvignau/Reuters
Angelina Chibiku, an elderly resident at the Society For the Aged Destitute, sits in her room at the home in Harare, Zimbabwe. Workers at the facility say there is no money to keep it running two decades after it was officially opened by Britain's Princess Diana. Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP
Texas Rangers first basemen Brandon Snyder (l.) and shortstop Elvis Andrus crash into one another as they miss a pop fly in the seventh inning against the Baltimore Orioles in their first game of a doubleheader during their MLB American League baseball game in Baltimore, Md., Thursday. Patrick Smith/Reuters
Stablehand trainee Torie Stanelle stands between Haflinger horses in one of Europe's largest Haflinger stud-farms in Meura, central Germany. More than 330 horses live there. Jens Meyer/AP
US artist Kurt Wenner poses with his 3D art installation at the terminal three departure hall at Changi International Airport in Singapore. The 30 feet by 30 feet installation was commissioned by the airport as part of their 'Be a Changi Millionaire' promotion. Tim Chong/Reuters
Cori Walters hugs her daughter Hannah Walters, 6, at the California Institute for Women state prison in Chino, Calif. An annual Mother's Day event, Get On The Bus, brings children in California to visit their mothers in prison. Lucy Nicholson/Reuters
Traditional straw shoes, or jipsin, hang from the bags of students in traditional scholars' costume outside a lecture hall at a Confucian shrine at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, South Korea. The high school students are taking part in a re-enactment of the traditional state examinations, Gwageo. Lee Jae-Won/Reuters
Toyota Motor Corp's new Corolla Axio sedan (l.) and Fielder wagon are unveiled at a line-off ceremony at the Miyagi plant in Ohira village in northern Japan. The plant, which shut down operations after being affected by the earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan last year, resumed operations April 18, 2011. Yuriko Nakao/Reuters
An actor wears a mask during a project organized by Afro-Cuban artist Manuel Mendive ahead of the upcoming 11th Biennial contemporary art festival in Havana, Cuba. The project, entitled 'The Heads,' is a parade of hundreds of actors taking part in a performance as they move through central Havana. The Havana Biennial runs from May 11 to June 11. Desmond Boylan/Reuters
Five Miniature Schnauzers sit on a sofa at a dog show in Dortmund, Germany. Martin Meissner/AP
Fireworks explode during the opening ceremony for the 2012 Yeosu Expo in Yeosu, South Korea. The Yeosu Expo will run until August 12. Its theme is 'The Living Ocean and Coast.' Ha Sa-hun/Yonhap/Reuters
Serena Williams of the US celebrates after winning a point against Maria Sharapova of Russia during their women's quarter-final singles match at the Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid. Andrea Comas/Reuters
Members of the Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity team, which includes rover drivers and scientists, test out an engineering model of its next generation Mars rover, dubbed 'Curiosity,' in the desert near Baker, Calif. According to a press release from NASA, the rover is 89 days away from its August appointment with Mars. Gene Blevins/Reuters
Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela's Miguel Rubiano Chavez of Colombia celebrates on the podium after winning the 130-mile sixth stage from Urbino to Porto Sant'Elpidio, Italy, of the Giro d'Italia. Alessandro Garofalo/Reuters
The ArcelorMittal Orbit sculpture is seen before its official unveiling in Olympic Park in London. The steel sculpture, designed by Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond, stands 376 feet high and incorporates the five Olympic rings. Sixty-three percent of of the sculpture is recycled steel. Tim Hales/AP
Kristian B. Ipsen of the US performs during the men's three-meter springboard preliminaries at the USA Diving Grand Prix in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Alan Diaz/AP
Alysha Moncus texts a message before the University of Tennessee's Spring commencement in Knoxville, Tenn. Moncus, of Leavenworth, Kan., was a awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree. J. Miles Cary/Knoxville News Sentinel/AP
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II meets Kenyan tribesmen during a tea party for the cast of the Diamond Jubilee Pageant at Windsor Castle, England. Steve Parsons/PA Wire/AP
An ostrich stands in his enclosure in the zoo in Berlin. Andreas Prost/dapd/AP
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?
In Pictures: Sandy: Chronicle of an unrelenting storm
Scotland will vote in 2014 whether to split off from England and the rest of the United Kingdom. Scottish nationalists argue that Scotland would be better off alone.
Ending Britain's 306-year rule would allow Scotland to reverse generations of economic mismanagement and free its lawmakers to boost economic growth, say Scottish nationalists campaigning to split from the UK.
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