Today in Photos
Today's photos are a mixture of images that include two beautiful shots of a glacier in Argentina, a piece of gold made into the design of ancient Chinese armor, a cowboy who graduated from a University in Baghdad and a lonely kangaroo.
Section:Gallery
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A baby kangaroo named Tijana being fed from a bottle by a zoo keeper in Belgrade Zoo, Tuesday, April 21, 2009. Her mother, after being scared by an emu, a large Australian bird, ran away and 6-month-old Tijana fell out from the pouch. Now, the big-eyed baby kangaroo, which normally would feed on her mother's milk inside the pouch, is being fed in an incubator with special milk donated by Australia, the United States and Germany. The zoo keepers said Tijana will be fed from a bottle for the next couple of months before getting such food as rice and bananas.
Srdjan Ilic Associated Press
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Rangers of Conservation Response Unit of Fauna and Flora International (FFI) ride elephants used to drive wild elephants back into the forest to avert conflicts with humans during a patrol in Ulu Masen forest, Aceh province, Indonesia, Tuesday, April 21, 2009. The quickly shrinking habitats of Sumatran elephants due to illegal logging and land clearing has led to clashes with humans, often because the starving animals stray into villages and destroy crops in their search for food.
Heri Juanda Associated Press
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A Baghdad University student wears a cowboy costume at an open air graduation party in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 21, 2009. Some 180 students graduated from Baghdad University Tuesday.
Khalid Mohammed Associated Press
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In this photo taken Saturday, April 18, 2009, released by Dutch defense ministry on April 21, 2009, Yemeni fishermen who are held hostage hold their hands up in the Gulf of Aden. Dutch marines boarded a fishing boat and freed two dozen Yemenis from the clutches of nine pirates. They seized and destroyed AK-47 assault rifles and a rocket launcher but then put the pirates back in their skiff and set them free.
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In this photo provided Tuesday April 21, 2009 by the Global-Newsroom agency, Russian extreme sport star Valery Rozov glides through the air after jumping from a MI-8 helicopter into the active Mutnovsky volcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on Saturday April 18, 2009. Rozov opened his parachute after dropping below the rim of the volcano crater and then landed safely on a sheet of ice in the middle of the simmering crater.
Joerg Mitter Associated Press
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Engineer Thomas Villgrattner of the Institute of Applied Mechanics of the Technical University of Munich wears an EyeSeeCam at the industrial fair in Hanover, Germany,Tuesday, April 21, 2009. 6,150 exhibitors from more than 60 countries will participate in the world's largest fair for industrial technology. The head-mounted eye gaze recognition system can be used to direct cameras and robots.
Joerg Sarbach Associated Press
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A miniature full armor made of gold is shown by Ginza Tanaka staff Ayako Kikuchi at the Japanese jewelry company's head office in Tokyo Tuesday, April 21, 2009. The US$65,000 gold armor, titled as "Great Armor of Success in Life," is part of their display ahead of May 5 national holiday, celebrating boys' day.
Katsumi Kasahara Associated Press
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Visitors walk near a large installation titled "The Awakening", by artist Seward Johnson, in Siracusa, Sicily, Italy, Tuesday, April 21, 2009, where a Group of Eight Environment Ministers Meeting is scheduled from April 22-24, 2009.
Gregorio Borgia Associated Press
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A royal salute is fired by the King's Troop of the Royal Horse Artillery to celebrate Britain's Queen Elizabeth II 83rd birthday, in Green Park, London, Tuesday, April 21, 2009. The queen's birthday is celebrated twice a year, once privately, on her actual birthday, and again with an official national celebration in June.
Kirsty Wigglesworth Associated Press
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Tourists walk along a viewpoint in front of the Perito Moreno glacier at the Los Glaciares National Park, in the province of Santa Cruz, in the southern Argentina's region of Patagonia, Tuesday, April 21, 2009.
Natacha Pisarenko Associated Press
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A tourist takes a photo of the Perito Moreno glacier at the Los Glaciares National Park, in the province of Santa Cruz, in the southern Argentina's region of Patagonia, Tuesday, April 21, 2009.
Natacha Pisarenko Associated Press