Today in pictures (May 21)
Photographs from around the world for Wednesday, May 21, 2008.
Section:Gallery
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Baggage handler Mikaaill Heard loads luggage onto a cart outside the American Airlines terminal at Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, Wednesday, May 21, 2008. American Airlines said Wednesday it would begin charging $15 for the first checked bag, cut domestic capacity 11-12 percent later this year, and eliminate an unspecified number of jobs as it tries to deal with record fuel prices. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ORG XMIT: PAMR101
Matt Rourke The Spokesman-Review
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A group of soldiers clean a road from pieces of broken glasses next to collapsed buildings following last week's earthquake in Hanwang town in China's southwest Sichuan province Wednesday, May 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) ORG XMIT: XOB106
Oded Balilty The Spokesman-Review
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A policeman shields himself from smoking flares hurled by protestors as French fishermen demonstrate in front of the Agriculture Ministry in Paris, Wednesday, May 21, 2008. Mounting protests over rising fuel costs have disrupted ports and oil terminals along France's coasts. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon) ORG XMIT: PAR108
Jacques Brinon The Spokesman-Review
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Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., walks out of at the Massachusetts General Hospital after he was released in Boston, Wednesday morning, May 21, 2008 with his wife, Vicki, right, and niece Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, center right. Kennedy was diagnosed at the hospital with a malignant brain tumor. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia) ORG XMIT: MASS101
Stephan Savoia The Spokesman-Review
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Czech artist Harald Eichhorn finishes building the Simpsons' television set, Wednesday, May 21 2008, at the village of Pera in southern Portugal's Algarve coast. The sculpture is part of a series depicting Hollywood films and characters created by more than 60 sculptors in a park that opens to the public Thursday. (AP Photo) ORG XMIT: XAF101
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Neighborhood residents look on as the body of a whale is removed with a bulldozer, on Yoff beach in Dakar, Senegal Wednesday, May 21, 2008. The bodies of at least 38 whales have washed up on a Dakar beach and wildlife officials say as many as 100 swam up close to shore. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) ORG XMIT: DKR110
Rebecca Blackwell The Spokesman-Review
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A volunteer sets up Smurf figures on a square at dawn in Erlangen, southern Germany, Wednesday, May 21, 2008. Several thousands of the uncoloured figures were distributed all over town to surprise passers-by and to commemorate the 50th birthday of the popular comics characters. Finders of the figurines were asked to take part in a colouring contest. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher) ORG XMIT: XDE104
Diether Endlicher The Spokesman-Review
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A boy plays with a capybara on the banks of the Xingu River near Altamira, Brazil, Tuesday, May 20, 2008. A proposed hydroelectric Belo Monte dam, to be built in the Xingu River, would be the world's third largest for power production but claims are growing that it could kill the Indians' fish, displace 15,000 people and help destroy the rain forest. (AP Photo/Andre Penner) ORG XMIT: XAP311
Andre Penner The Spokesman-Review
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A man carries wood past soldiers taking a break from recovery work in the earthquake hit town of Hongbai, in Shifang county, in China's southwest Sichuan province Wednesday May 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Greg Baker) ORG XMIT: XGB123
Greg Baker The Spokesman-Review
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A group of homeless Myanmar cyclone survivors look on at a monastery, being used as a temporary shelter, on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Wednesday, May 21, 2008. Myanmar will not allow U.S. naval ships and helicopters poised off its shore to deliver aid to cyclone victims, according to state-controlled media Wednesday which cited fears of an American invasion aimed at grabbing the country's oil reserves. (AP Photo) ORG XMIT: XKC102
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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe addresses a police graduation ceremony in Harare, Wednesday, May 21, 2008. Mugabe, who was the guest of honour at the graduation ceremony, said that the country was ready for the Presidential run off election between him and Morgan Tsvangirai set for June 27. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) ORG XMIT: HRE104
Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi The Spokesman-Review