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
In Pictures: Derby Day devotees, Kenyan style
A man rides his scooter past tires set on fire to block a street in Beirut, Lebanon, in protest of the kidnapping of Lebanese Shi'ite men in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. Syrian rebels kidnapped 13 Lebanese Shi'ites in Aleppo as they returned home from a pilgrimage, triggering protests in Beirut in the latest unrest to spill over from Syria's 14-month-old uprising. Hasan Shaaban/Reuters
Nik Wallenda practices at the Seneca Niagara Casino parking lot in Niagara Falls, N.Y., for his upcoming wire walk over the horseshoe falls. Despite Wallenda's protest, it was announced yesterday that he will wear a tether for the June 15 walk. Doug Benz/Reuters
Trumpeters from different military units in their ceremonial uniform simultaneously play a fanfare at the Wellington Barracks in London in a Guinness World Record attempt for the longest line of fanfare trumpeters and to mark the run-up to the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. The 91 trumpeters set the first world record of its kind. Sang Tan/AP
Demonstrators dressed as clowns stage a performance in front of the Spanish Education Ministry in Madrid during a general student and teacher strike against educational cuts imposed by the Spanish governmen. Activists say the cuts will put 100,000 substitute teachers out of work. Sergio Perez/Reuters
Noah Taylor hugs his bear as Julie Helton and her daughter, Madeline, 2, enjoy the Teddy Bear program during Terrific Toddler Tuesday at the Gaston County Museum on Main Street in Dallas, N.C. Mike Hensdill/The Gaston Gazette/AP
Holy Trinity parishioners watch as Portzen Construction demolishes an elementary school in Dubuque, Iowa. After no buyers were found for the property, parish officials decided to raze the building to expand the church parking lot. The school was open from 1929 to 1988. Telegraph Herald/AP
Visitors walk on a new elevated walkway as they pass by a rescued tiger at The Wild Animal Sanctuary on the prairie near Keenesburg, Colo. The 720-acre sanctuary is a refuge for large carnivores such as tigers, bears and lions that have been seized from illegal or abusive situations around the world. Rick Wilking/Reuters
Cast member Brad Pitt poses on the red carpet ahead of the screening of the film 'Killing Them Softly,' in competition at the 65th Cannes Film Festival in France. Vincent Kessler/Reuters
A visitor shields herself from the sun with an umbrella at the Chelsea Flower Show in London. Toby Melville/Reuters
Students at McAdoo-Kelayres Elementary School go under a stick while doing the limbo as they exit the school's gymnasium in McAdoo, Pa., following a visit from the Philadelphia Phillies Phanatic. The event was sponsored by cafeteria workers in appreciation of the students' good behavior during the current school term. Ellen F. O'Connell/Hazleton Standard-Speaker/AP
Spc. Aaron Zehner, US Army, kisses his daughter Madison in Fort Wayne, Ind. Zhener returned from Afghanistan last night after a 9-month deployment. Swikar Patel/The Journal Gazette/AP
Shovels and hard hats stand prepared for the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Irving Elementary School in Joplin, Mo. The old school, located nine blocks east of the new site, was completely destroyed by the May 22, 2011, tornado. The groundbreaking was one of a number of events taking place on the anniversary of the Joplin tornado. Roger Nomer/The Joplin Globe/AP
Members of the English National Ballet pose outside The Orangery restaurant at Kensington Palace in London as part of a publicity event for a summer charity fundraiser with Swan Lake as the theme. Toby Melville/Reuters
Sri Lankan workers stand near seized elephant tusks at a customs warehouse in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Officials seized 400 African elephant tusks from Dubai-bound cargo. Eranga Jayawardena/AP
US President Barack Obama talks to class seniors before he attends the 2012 Joplin High School commencement ceremony inside the Leggett and Plant Athletic Center at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, Mo. Larry Downing/Reuters
A worker carries a bucket filled with sorted potatoes inside the Agriculture Product Marketing Committee yard on the outskirts of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. Back in December, after a bumper harvest of potatoes, furious farmers dumped tons of their crop on roads in protest over a crash in prices. Now the annual wholesale inflation rate of the potato is 53 percent. Amit Dave/Reuters
Saudis ride camels in Ashwaq city during celebrations for the 7th anniversary of Saudi King Abdullah's accession to the throne. Mohamed Alhwaity/Reuters
A US Army soldier from 3/1 AD Task Force Bulldog uses his night vision equipment before an early-morning joint patrol with Afghan National Army soldiers in a village in Kherwar district in Logar province, eastern Afghanistan. Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
Kosovo Albanians watch a mass burial ceremony in the northern town of Vucitrn, Kosovo, from behind a fence. The twelve Kosovo Albanians' mortal remains were identified 13 years after the war. They were killed by Serbian security forces in the 1999 war. Visar Kryeziu/AP
A man spreads rose petals on the floor to dry in a compound in Lahore, Pakistan. The petals will be used to make incense sticks. Mohsin Raza/Reuters
Protesters hold a candlelight vigil in downtown Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar's government made an uncharacteristic plea for understanding after chronic power cuts set off rare protests in the Southeast Asian country that is easing toward democracy after decades of military rule. Khin Maung Win/AP
Sunni Sheikh Dai al-Islam al-Shahhal, one of the founders of the Salafist movement, steps out of a car to meet Shadi al-Moulawi, a Sunni Islamist and anti-Syrian activist released on bail, in Tripoli, northern Lebanon. A court released Moulawi, whose arrest earlier this month set off violent clashes in northern Lebanon that killed at least eight people. Omar Ibrahim/Reuters
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, Crown Princess Victoria, holding Princess Estelle, and Prince Daniel smile during the christening ceremony at the Royal Chapel in Stockholm. Princess Estelle is the daughter of Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel and she is number two in the Swedish royal succession. Claudio Bresciani/Pool/Scanpix/Reuters
Private company SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket streaks over a model of NASA's space shuttle during liftoff at a Cape Canaveral launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Fla. The rocket is heading for a rendezvous with the International Space Station, opening a new era of dollar-driven space flight. Craig Rubadoux/Florida Today/AP
Workers decorate the National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland, with a banner showing a football fan about two weeks before the European soccer championships kick off at the stadium on June 8 with a Poland-Greece game. The event will run through July 1 in four cities in Poland and four in neighboring Ukraine. Czarek Sokolowski/AP
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
In Pictures: Derby Day devotees, Kenyan style
Greece is rolling out the red carpet for Chinese investors as a means of stabilizing its shaky economy.
Officials in Brussels and Washington may view China’s global shopping spree with alarm, as the Asian power house continues to buy up companies, sovereign debt, ports, and bridges around the world. But the Greeks are already dusting off the red carpet.
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