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
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/16
In Pictures: Dazzle like Beckham
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/15
In Pictures: Duchess Kate's royal baby bump
President Barack Obama reacts as he is introduced by former President Bill Clinton at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York. Mark Lennihan/AP
Local school children wait to hear Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's speech at a public event at Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Ind. Fort Wayne is home to one of the largest Burmese population in the US. Brent Smith/Reuters
Comedian Bill Murray hides the Ryder Cup trophy in his shirt as he gets ready to tee off on the first hole during a celebrity scramble event at the Ryder Cup PGA golf tournament at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Ill. Chris Carlson/AP
Miners stand on the side of a highway blanketed with stones to block traffic on the outskirts of El Alto, Bolivia. Hundreds of independent miners have blocked traffic into Bolivia's capital city. Independent and state miners have been staging rival protests for months for control of the Colquiri tin mine. Juan Karita/AP
Ivan, a 4-year-old lion, sits inside a private roadside zoo in Novi Pazar, Serbia. Ivan and two other lions were acquired from the Belgrade Zoo by a private person in 2009, before the Serbian legislation that prohibits possession of dangerous wild animals came into force in 2010. The Serbian CITES management and enforcement authority confiscated the animals and asked Four Paws Animal Welfare Foundation to transfer them to Africa. Mihai Vasile/Four Paws/Reuters
An officer looks at a candidate as she does push-ups at a recruitment center during the selection process for a professional contract in the Russian army in the southern Russian city of Stavropol. Eduard Korniyenko/Reuters
A protester wears glasses with the euro and dollar symbols painted on the lenses before a protest march in Madrid. Thousands of people were expected to converge on the Spanish Parliament to protest the conservative government's handling of the economic crisis and to demand fresh elections. Paul White/AP
A child touches a model of a Triceratops dinosaur in the exhibition 'World of Dinosaurs' in Hohenfelden, central Germany. The exhibition shows 65 models of 56 species of dinosaurs. Jens Meyer/AP
A farmer spreads walnuts during a drying process in Srinagar, Indian-Administered Kashmir. Walnuts are grown in large quantities and are sold from 100 Rupees ($1.87) to 300 Rupees ($5.61) per kilogram in Kashmir, farmers said. Fayaz Kabli/Reuters
A man carries an idol of the Hindu elephant-headed god Ganesha to immerse it in the Arabian Sea on the fifth day of the ten-day-long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India. Rajanish Kakade/AP
A boy, his face painted in colors of Yemen's national flag, sells flags in Sanaa during a demonstration commemorating the 50th anniversary of North Yemen's 1962 revolution. The demonstration also demanded that Yemen's former President, Ali Abdullah Saleh, be put on trial for the killings of protesters who demanded the end of his 33-year rule. Khaled Abdullah/Reuters
Visitors enjoy a ride in a merry go round on a sunny day at the famous Bavarian Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, southern Germany. The festival, to be held from Sept. 22 to Oct. 7, will attract about a million visitors. Matthias Schrader/AP
Anti-government protesters run from riot police who dispersed their planned march in Bilad al-Qadeem, Bahrain, calling for the release of political prisoners. Police chased protesters with tear gas and stun grenades as they arrived for the march, preventing it from starting. Hasan Jamali/AP
A Secret Service agent waits for Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, to exit his vehicle in Newark, N.J., to board a flight for a campaign stop in Ohio. Evan Vucci/AP
An Indian Hindu woman waits to enter her home in a narrow alley in Varanasi, India. Varanasi is among the world's oldest cities. Millions of Hindu pilgrims gather annually here for ritual bathing and prayers in the Ganges river, considered holiest by Hindus. Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP
Thirty penguins walk to the ocean during their release on the outskirts of the city of Cape Town, South Africa. More than two hundred penguins found covered in oil following a spillage by a stricken bulk carrier were washed clean of oil, fed and restored to health by workers from the South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds. Schalk van Zuydam/AP
Lisa Chadwick (r.) and James Johnson (c.) listen to Vice President Joe Biden during a rally at the Chesterfield County Fairgrounds exhibition hall in Chesterfield, Va. Steve Helber/AP
Mohamad sits in his tent at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan. Mohamad and his family arrived in Jordan to escape the violence in Syria. British-based charity Save the Children published first-person accounts from interviews with refugee children who said they had witnessed massacres and seen family members killed during the 18-month-old conflict. Jonathan Hyams/Save the Children//Reuters
USA's Phil Mickelson hits a shot on the sixth hole at the Ryder Cup PGA golf tournament at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Ill. Charlie Riedel/AP
Boats cross the water in front of the 100-story Princess Tower (c.), the world's tallest residential building at 414 meters, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Princess Tower opened on Sept. 13. Kamran Jebreili/AP
A worker stands against the backdrop of a cargo ship being loaded with wheat at Mundra port in the western Indian state of Gujarat. Amit Dave/Reuters
A first grade student listens during computer lessons in school in Tallinn, Estonia. Estonian Tiger Leap Foundation has launched a program called 'ProgeTiiger' where Estonian students will be introduced to computer programming and creating web and mobile applications. Ints Kalnins/Reuters
France's President Francois Hollande (c.) waits to speak during the 67th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters
Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, speaks with Amr al-Dabbagh, former governor of the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority, in the audience during the Clinton Global Initiative in New York. Jason Reed/Reuters
Democratic candidate for US Senate, US Rep. Chris Murphy (c.) visits a job fair that he is sponsoring in New Britain, Conn. Murphy says he's seeking to refocus Connecticut's increasingly personal and contentious Senate race, challenging his Republican rival Linda McMahon to talk about issues that the voters care about. Jessica Hill/AP
Pedestrians walk next to campaign posters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in Caracas, Venezuela. Chavez held a 10-point lead over rival Henrique Capriles in a polling company's final survey ahead of the Oct. 7 election, but the report showed Capriles narrowing the gap. Fernando Llano/AP
A model presents a creation by Belgian designer Jean-Paul Lespagnard as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show during Paris fashion week. Charles Platiau/Reuters
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
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/16
In Pictures: Dazzle like Beckham
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/15
In Pictures: Duchess Kate's royal baby bump
Tunisia's ruling Ennahda party began by reaching out to Salafist groups, but after fringe groups became increasingly violent, it changed gears, taking a hardline stance to reining them in.
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