Today in pictures (May 23)
Photographs from around the world for Friday, May 23, 2008.
Section:Gallery
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A visitor looks at Edvard Munch's painting "The scream" after it was restored, conserved and put back on show to the public at the Munch Museum in Oslo Friday May 23, 2008 , The painting was stolen from the Munch Museum in Oslo in August of 2004. (AP Photo/Stian Lysberg Solum / Scanpix Norway) ** NORWAY OUT ** ORG XMIT: OSL101
Stian Solum The Spokesman-Review
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A Billings Logan Airport Crash Fire and Rescue truck, equipped with foam for fighting fuel fires, responds to the scene of an early morning airplane crash, Billings Heights, Billings, Mont., early Friday morning May 23, 2008. A small airplane crashed into a building, causing an explosion and fire and killing the pilot, officials said. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Mike Fergus said the Beachcraft 1900 had just taken off from Billings Logan International Airport when it crashed into a building in the Billings Heights at 1:25 a.m. (AP Photo/The Gazette, Paul Ruhter) ORG XMIT: MTBIL101
Paul Ruhter The Spokesman-Review
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American actor Dennis Hopper poses for the photo call of " Chelsea on the Rocks" during the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Friday, May 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles) ORG XMIT: CAN133
Matt Sayles The Spokesman-Review
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A child who survived the last week's earthquake plays with a paper airplane at an earthquake refugees camp in Mianzhu, in China's southwest Sichuan province Friday, May 23, 2008. Rebuilding shattered buildings and cracked roads in central China will take three years, the government said Friday, as the death toll from the earthquake rose to more than 55,000. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) ORG XMIT: XOB102
Oded Balilty The Spokesman-Review
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A wedding dress scarf lies in front of the remaining facade of a deserted Bai Lu catholic seminary after it was collapsed following last week's powerful earthquake in Pengzhou, in southwest China's Sichuan province, Friday, May 23, 2008. Five couples were having wedding photos taken when the earthquake struck, and all escaped without injury. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ORG XMIT: XAW102
Andy Wong The Spokesman-Review
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An Ultra-orthodox Jewish man cuts the hair of his son, a tradition, near the grave of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai during Lag Ba-Omer celebrations at Mt. Meron in northern Israel, Friday, May 23, 2008. Tens of thousands of worshippers gathered to celebrate Lag Ba-Omer which marks a divine sent plague that killed thousands of disciples of a revered Rabbi in ancient times. The holiday also marks the anniversary of the death of Rabbi Bar Yochai, a famous rabbi who died approximately 2,000 years ago according to Jewish tradition and was a prominent leader in the rebellion against the Romans. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) ORG XMIT: JRL102
Sebastian Scheiner The Spokesman-Review
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Graduates of the U.S.Naval Academy toss their hats at the Naval Stadium in Annapolis,Md., on Friday May 23, 2008. The class of 2008's 1,037 midshipmen graduated from the academy during it's 158th traditional ceremony. (AP Photo/ Jamie C. Horton) ORG XMIT: MDJH102
Jamie Horton The Spokesman-Review
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In this photo provided by the Zoological Society of San Diego, three baby Burmese star tortoises are seen at the San Diego Zoo in San Diego on Thursday, May 22, 2008. The three tortoises hatched on different days last week. (AP Photo/Zoological Society of San Diego, Ken Bohn) ** NO SALES ** ORG XMIT: NY207
Ken Bohn The Spokesman-Review
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Debris covers a car after Thursday's tornado in Windsor, Colo., Friday May 23, 2008.(AP Photo/Will Powers) ORG XMIT: COWP107
Will Powers The Spokesman-Review