Today in pictures (May 14)
Photographs from around the world for Wednesday, May 14, 2008.
Section:Gallery
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Yves Rossy, known as the 'Fusion Man,' flies with a jet-powered single wing over the Alps in Bex, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. Some people go fishing on their day off. Yves Rossy likes to jump out of a small plane with a pair of jet-powered wings and perform figure eights above the Swiss Alps. The revolutionary human flying machine comes after five years of training and many more years of dreaming. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ORG XMIT: ANS104
Anja Niedringhaus The Spokesman-Review
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Residents look on as paramilitary police officers search through the rubble of a collapsed building in Dujiangyan, in China's southwest Sichuan province Wednesday May. 14, 2008. The official death toll from Monday's earthquake reached almost 15,000 Wednesday, with many thousands more missing. (AP Photo/Greg Baker) ORG XMIT: XGB104
Greg Baker The Spokesman-Review
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** RETRANSMISSION OF ALTERNATE CROP ** A man tries to calm a woman crying beside the dead body of her daughter following Monday's powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Hanwang town in Sichuan province, China, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ORG XMIT: XAW104
Andy Wong The Spokesman-Review
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Former President Jimmy Carter, right, and his wife Rosalynn Carter work on a Habitat for Humanity home in the Upper Ninth Ward of New Orleans Wednesday, May 14, 2008. The Carters were participating in a building project along the Gulf Coast in areas that were damaged by Hurricane Katrina.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ORG XMIT: LAAB109
Alex Brandon The Spokesman-Review
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Lebanese children play soccer in front of a road-block set by Hezbollah and other Shiite militiamen on the highway leading to the international airport of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. Earlier Wednesday anti government factions opened a path for the motorcade of the high-powered Arab League delegation to help mediate an end to street confrontations that have claimed more than 50 lives. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky) ORG XMIT: BSZ101
Bela Szandelszky The Spokesman-Review
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Workers continue repair at the Schwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. (AP Photo) ORG XMIT: XAF106
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A homeless Myanmar boy smiles on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar on Wednesday May 14, 2008. (AP Photo) ORG XMIT: XAF108
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, wearing a head scarf, visits the Ottoman era Green mosque in Bursa, western Turkey, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II began her first visit to Turkey in 37 years on Tuesday, praising the predominantly Muslim country's role as a bridge between West and the Islamic world. (AP Photo/Riza Ozel, Pool) ORG XMIT: IST108
Riza Ozel The Spokesman-Review
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Dean Serencko, right, holds fiance, Jacqueline Pedercini, in front of the home they share that was destroyed by wildfires in Palm Bay, Fla., Wednesday, May 14, 2008. (AP Photo/John Raoux) ORG XMIT: FLJR101
John Raoux The Spokesman-Review
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Suzanne Motsinger pauses to grab a coffee at a free breakfast stand sponsored by Absolute Bikes in support of National Bike-To-Work week in Flagstaff, Ariz. Wednesday May 14 2008. The stands were set up at various locations around town to give a boost to those participating in the event. (AP Photo/Arizona Daily Sun, Jake Bacon) ** ARIZONA REPUBLIC OUT ** ORG XMIT: AZFLA101
Jake Bacon The Spokesman-Review