A first-year midshipman, or plebe, is splashed with mud while participating in Sea Trials at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. Sea Trials, modeled after the Marine Corps' Crucible and the Navy's Battle Stations recruit programs, is an annual capstone event for fourth class midshipmen and serves as a leadership challenge for upper class midshipmen, who lead each activity during the exercise. Chad Runge/US Navy/Reuters
Oriano Caretti looks at the overturned shelves of Parmesan wheels in his Parmesan cheese factory in San Giovanni in Persiceto, Italy. A magnitude-6.0 earthquake shook northern Italy early Sunday, killing at least three people and toppling some buildings. Luca Bruno/AP
Leaders, including UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, US President Barack Obama, Secretary General of NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (l. to r., front row), pose for a picture following a meeting on Afghanistan between leaders at the NATO Summit in Chicago. Jim Young/Reuters
An eclipse is seen at the Bund along the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China. The sun and moon aligned over the earth in a rare astronomical event, an annular eclipse that dimmed the skies over parts of Asia and North America, which briefly turned the sun into a blazing ring of fire. Aly Song/Reuters
Egyptians sit in front of a mural depicting a combination of the faces of former president Hosni Mubarak and Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi in Cairo. The election that starts on Wednesday is the last stage in a messy transition to democracy, overseen by generals who took control after Mubarak was driven out and have pledged to hand power to a new president by July 1. Suhaib Salem/Reuters
Cast member Jeremie Renier attends a photocall for the film 'Elefante Blanco,' by director Pablo Trapero, at the 65th Cannes Film Festival in France. Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters
Policemen charge the Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities activists during a general strike in Katmandu, Nepal. Protesters demand that states proposed in a new constitution be determined on the basis of ethnic groups. Niranjan Shrestha/AP
Switzerland's Jean-Baptiste Febo swims a men's 400 meter heat at the European Swimming Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. Michael Sohn/AP
Crowds line the streets as a locally-organized torch relay race is run ahead of the Olympic Torch Relay in Hatherleigh in southwest England. Some 8000 runners are participating in the Olympic Torch Relay that will cover more than 8000 miles throughout Britain, Northern Ireland and Ireland over the next ten weeks before the London 2012 Olympics. Toby Melville/Reuters
Indian boys walk on a parched portion of the River Sabarmati in Ahmadabad, India. Huge swathes of rural farmland has turned dry as farmers await the annual monsoon rains. Ajit Solanki/AP
Priyanka Gandhi Vadera (l.,) daughter of India's ruling Congress party Chief Sonia Gandhi, pays tribute at her father, Rajiv Gandhi's, memorial in New Delhi as her husband, Robert Vadera, watches on the 21st anniversary of the former Prime Minister's death. Rajiv Gandhi was killed by a female suicide bomber during election campaigning on May 21, 1991. Adnan Abidi/Reuters
Irina, a 31-year-old female bear, looks through the bars of her cage in Synevyr National Nature Park in the Ukraine. The Vier Pfoten (Four Paws) animal welfare organization, together with authorities, confiscated and transferred the bear to the park. In 2011 the Ukrainian Minister Of Ecology And Natural Resources announced a ban on keeping brown bears in poor private captivity. Mihai Vasile/Four Paws/Reuters
Britain's Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, sign the Canadian government's guest books at CFB Gagetown, New Brunswick. The Prince of Wales and his wife are on a three-day royal tour of Canada as part of the events that mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Christinne Muschi/Reuters
An annular solar eclipse is seen as the moon passes between the earth and the sun at sunrise near the coastal township of Gumaca, Quezon province, Philippines. Millions of Asians watched as the rare 'ring of fire' eclipse crossed their skies. Bullit Marquez/AP
Claressa Shields reacts while being interviewed at Flint Northwestern High Schol in Flint, Mich. Shields has earned a shot to box for gold at the London Olympic Games. Shields qualified for the Olympics by being a top-two finisher from the Americas at the world women's boxing championships in China. Ryan Garza/The Flint Journal/AP
A hotel staff member guides visitors through a bomb shelter under the garden of the Metropole hotel during its reopening ceremony in Hanoi, Vietnam. The shelter, that used to be functional during the Vietnam war from 1965 to 1975, once sheltered US folk singer Joan Baez and actress Jane Fonda, foreign war correspondents and foreign diplomats, who took shelter in it during the Christmas Bombings in 1972. Kham/Reuters
Policemen in riot gear push anti-war protesters away from the site of the NATO Summit in Chicago on Sunday. A lawyers' group representing the demonstrators said at least 12 people were injured, some with head wounds from police batons. Adrees Latif/Reuters
Lara Cathcart (l.) and Chris Mitchell dance with other members of the Barleycorn Country Dancers during the Fresno Pirate Festival at Roeding Park, in Fresno, Calif. The two-day gathering of pirate enthusiasts was open to the public. John Walker/The Fresno Bee/AP
A Filipino fan of pop star Lady Gaga wears red shoes with a toy skull as they wait outside the concert venue before her performance in suburban Pasay, south of Manila, Philippines. Authorities in the conservative, majority Roman Catholic country approved the concerts, but said they won't allow nudity or lewd acts. Aaron Favila/AP
A Lebanese Sunni masked gunman holds up his weapon as he attends the funeral procession in Akkar, north Lebanon, of anti-Syrian regime Sunni cleric Sheik Ahmed Abdul-Wahid, who was shot at a Lebanese army checkpoint. Hussein Malla/AP
Chelsea pensioner Eddie Johnson poses for photographers on a stand displaying roses at the Chelsea Flower Show in London. Luke MacGregor/Reuters
A woman carries containers of water into her home in the town of Ponta do Sol on the island of Santo Antao in Cape Verde off the coast of West Africa. Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters
Georgian border police watch pilgrims gather at the David Gareja monastery complex near Gardabani, Georgia. Pilgrims to one of former Soviet Georgia's most renowned monasteries, part of which lies in Azerbaijan, are again able to visit the entire complex after an agreement between the countries' border police. The monastery, dating from the 6th century, is one of the Georgian Orthodox Church's most sacred sites. Shakh Aivazov/AP
Supporters of Sri Lanka's former army chief Sarath Fonseka light fire crackers celebrating his release from prison in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Fonseka, who was imprisoned after losing an election to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, was released from prison to thousands of cheering supporters. Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP
A Pakistani boy, whose family fled the tribal area of Khyber due to ongoing crackdown operations against militants, holds a book during a school session in Peshawar, Pakistan. Mohammad Sajjad/AP
Tribeswomen from Dayak Kenyah wearing traditional costumes perform a dance during a meeting of Kenyah tribal leaders in Malinau district of the Indonesia's East Kalimantan province. The meeting discussed the preservation of Kenyah culture with members of the tribe who have worked in other countries in Southeast Asia. Yusuf Ahmad/Reuters
School of Drama graduates (from l.) Alex Trow of Colorado, Lupita Nyong'o of Kenya, and Fisher Neal of Tennessee celebrate during Yale University's commencement exercises in New Haven, Conn. Jessica Hill/AP
Cambodia's lost city of Mahendraparvata lay hidden beneath a canopy of dense vegetation. Airborne lasers produced a detailed map of a vast cityscape, including highways and previously undiscovered temples near Cambodia's prized Angkor Wat temples.
Cambodia's lost city has been found. Airborne laser technology uncovered a network of roadways and canals, illustrating a bustling ancient city linking Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temple complex.
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