Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/24
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
Stan Stanfield, an England fan from London, poses with a pig that makes 'predictions' for the Euro 2012 soccer championship matches by choosing a bowl of food placed near the competitors' flags, in a Fan Zone, in Kiev, Ukraine. Efrem Lukatsky/AP
Israeli bride Rinat Shiklar, from Kibbutz Alumim near the Gaza Strip, poses for a wedding photo in front of an Iron Dome rocket launcher near the southern town of Netivot, Israel. Cross-border fighting subsided after Gaza militants said they were ready to accept an Egyptian-brokered truce. Amir Cohen/Reuters
Lucas Olivo of Cheverly, Md., opens his mouth wide while running through a wall of water at Yards Park in Washington. The temperature is expected to exceed 100 degrees across the northeast. Jacquelyn Martin/AP
An indigenous man stands in front of Brazilian army soldiers before a meeting during the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development summit in Rio de Janeiro. Sergio Moraes/Reuters
Kashmiri farmers walk through rice fields in Bandipora, Indian-Administered Kashmir. Fayaz Kabli/Reuters
Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood take part in a protest at Tahrir square in Cairo. Suhaib Salem/Reuters
Anti-government protesters run from tear gas fired by riot police in Diraz, Bahrain. Riot police used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse a demonstration against alleged deaths of infants and miscarriages blamed on excessive tear gas. Hasan Jamali/AP
Aymara indigenous musicians play flutes and drums at dawn during a new years' ritual at the ruins of the ancient civilization of Tiwanaku, Bolivia. The Aymara Indians celebrate the year 5,520 as well as the southern hemisphere's winter solstice, marking the start of a new agricultural cycle. Juan Karita/AP
Youngsters shed their shoes to cool their feet in running water in New York's High Line park. Richard Drew/AP
Employees are evacuated as smoke billows from the Maharashtra state government building in Mumbai, India. Hundreds were evacuated from the seven-story building as more than two dozen fire engines battled the major fire that raged for more than three hours in India's financial and entertainment capital. AP
A bee collects pollen on a sunflower in a field in Biedermannsdorf, Austria, on the first day of summer. Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters
A woman and her daughter wait for someone to come repair their Moskvich car outside Donetsk, Ukraine. Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters
A miner leaves at the end of his shift at the Pochenkova mine in eastern Ukraine's Donbass coalfield in Donetsk. About 3,000 people work in this mine for salaries that vary between $190 to $1267 per month, depending on the risks they face in their tasks. Yves Herman/Reuters
Supporters of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, presidential candidate for the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), attend a rally in Monterrey, Mexico. A poll in the Reforma newspaper showed front-runner Enrique Pena Nieto's lead climbing to 42 percent, while support for leftist Lopez Obrador was 30 percent. Daniel Becerril/Reuters
About 20 young inmates of Ancon prison perform their own script, based on their testimonies in jail, at a public theatre in Lima, Peru. The event, organized by prison authorities, aims to help them reintegrate into society when they get released in the future. Enrique Castro-Mendivil/Reuters
Brittany Viola dives in the women's 10-meter platform semifinals at the US Olympic diving trials on Wednesday in Federal Way, Wash. Elaine Thompson/AP
A student from the University of Indonesia descends into Jomblang cave near the ancient city of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The cave is one of hundreds in the area. Dwi Oblo/Reuters
People dance at the Stonehenge monument in southern England during the summer solstice shortly after 04:52 am. Latter-day druids and revelers flocked to Stonehenge through heavy rain to talk, dance and meditate as they waited for sunrise, which starts the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. Lefteris Pitarakis/AP
Indian Hindus perform rituals as they pray for rain in Jammu, India. Channi Anand/AP
A zoo official shows a 28-day-old African spurred tortoise at the Dusit zoo in Bangkok, Thailand. The tortoise is the world's third largest species of tortoise. Its original habitat is the edge of the Sahara desert in northern Africa. Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters
An Afghan girl jumps on her skateboard in Kabul, Afghanistan. Hundreds of Afghan boys and girls celebrated World Skateboarding Day. Ahmad Jamshid/AP
Racegoer Laura Nelson poses for photographs on Ladies Day, the third day of racing at the Royal Ascot, southwest of London. Stefan Wermuth/Reuters
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron greets Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Downing Street in London. Nobel laureate Suu Kyi continued an emotional visit to Britain, where she left her family 24 years ago and took up her famous struggle against the military dictatorship in her homeland. Luke MacGregor/Reuters
Kenya's athletes (l. to r.) Edward Kibet, Andrew Kiptoo, Jackson Kiviva, Richard Kiplagat, Alfred Yego and Job Kinyor sprint to the finish line during the 800m men's Olympic trial race at the Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi, Kenya. The race is Kenya's semi-final qualifying race for the 2012 London Olympics. Thomas Mukoya/Reuters
Hindu devotees participate in the annual festival of Rath Yatra, or chariot procession, in New Delhi. During the annual procession the idols of lords Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra are paraded in specially-made chariots called raths, which are pulled by thousands of devotees. Manish Swarup/AP
Using umbrellas as goal posts, children play soccer after heavy rains in Taknaf, Bangladesh. Saurabh Das/AP
People in their underwear run into a clothing store in Madrid to get free clothes. A clothing brand marked the start of sales by offering the first 100 customers free clothes as long as they showed up in their underwear. Andrea Comas/Reuters
Ken 'Ironfist' Hayden of York Township performs the pipe ceremony to honor the presence of the creator during the summer solstice celebration at sunrise at Highpoint Scenic Vista in Wrightsville, Pa. Jason Plotkin/York Daily Record/AP
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/24
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
Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said Hezbollah will fight to keep Syria's Bashar Assad in power. He also said Hezbollah fighers are fighting in Syria against Sunni Islamic radicals.
The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group vowed to help propel President Bashar Assad to victory in Syria's bloody civil war, warning that the fall of the Damascus regime would give rise to extremists and plunge the Middle East into a "dark period."
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