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
German diver Sascha Klein trains at the Aquatics Center at the Olympic Park in London. Jae C. Hong/AP
A child writes on a wooden slate as he memorizes the Koran at a school during the holy month of Ramadan in Tripoli, Libya. Ismail Zitouny/Reuters
Liaquat Wilayat (c.) listens to his teacher while he and other children attend a class on how to read verses of the Koran in a mosque on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. Muhammed Muheisen/AP
A worker rows a boat in Chaohu Lake, filled with blue-green algae, in Hefei, Anhui province, China. Stringer/Reuters
A man smiles at the World Santa Claus Congress, held at Bakken in Klampenborg, north of Copenhagen, Denmark. Finn Frandsen/POLFOTO/AP
Muslim men sleep as they wait for the time to break their fast at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia. Tatan Syuflana/AP
A man prepares cookies to be eaten when breaking fast during the holy month of Ramadan in Kabul, Afghanistan. Mohammad Ismai/Reuters
A chapel stands during morning sun next to the lake as mist rises from the water in the Melchsee-Frutt region in the central Alps in Switzerland. Sigi Tischler/Keystone/AP
A mother holds her child as she is reflected on the mirror of a temple in the ancient city of Bhaktapur, near Kathmandu, Nepal. Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
Soldiers jump as they take part during a military training session in muddy water at a military base in Jinan, Shandong province, China. China Daily/Reuters
Olympic pins are seen on the hat of a volunteer in the Athletes Village at Olympic Park in Stratford, east London. Toby Melville/Reuters
A boy reads the Koran at a religious school while waiting to break the fast during the holy month of Ramadan in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Andrew Biraj/Reuters
An Indian man arranges Rakhi, or threads, ahead of Raksha Bandhan festival in Ahmedabad, India. Ajit Solanki/AP
People collect water from Lake Kivu in the eastern Congolese city of Goma. James Akena/Reuters
People hold candles as they visit a memorial for the victims in the shooting across the street from the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colo., Sunday. Ed Andrieski/AP
A two-month-old California sea lion pup plays with its mother at the Attica Zoological Park in Spata, near Athens. Thanassis Stavrakis/AP
A plastic sheet covers the statue of an angel to protect it from the rain before the feast of St. Dominic, in Valletta, Malta. Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters
Worshipers attend the daily Asr prayer, the afternoon prayer, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan. Mohammad Sajjad/AP
Heba Seraj (l.), Shaimaa Hamid (c.), and Shaimaa Abdelhamid (r.), prepare to film a segment of a Ramadan program at the Maria Channel's studio in Cairo, Egypt. Maya Alleruzzo/AP
Former US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (c.) stands with her husband Mark Kelly (r.), NASA astronaut and commander of mission STS-134, and mountain guide Vincent Lameyre before Kelly and two other astronauts walk from L'Aiguille du Midi to the Refuge des Cosmiques near Mont-Blanc in Chamonix, France.
Ethnic Uighur children fetch water from an underground water pipe at an old residential area of Kashgar, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China, on Sunday. Rooney Chen/Reuters
A worker holds wheat grain in a field near the town of Dedoplistskaro, Georgia. David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters
Hundreds of riot police are deployed along a road leading to the Philippine Congress to block protesters demonstrating against Philippine President Benigno Aquino III's State of the Nation address in Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines. Bullit Marquez/AP
Hope Solo, goalkeeper of the US women's Olympic soccer team, dives to block a shot during a training session ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games, in Glasgow, Britain. David Moir/Reuters
A man sunbathes on a rocky beach in Valletta's Grand Harbour, Malta. Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters
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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