Today in photos
Communist supporters march to mark May Day in downtown St. Petersburg, Russia. A dead elephant is carried by a crane before being buried, in Gauhati, India. And the Columbia - High Road cycling team rides against the clock to win the 3rd stage of the 63rd Tour de Romandie UCI ProTour cycling race. View a slideshow of these images and more.
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Yelena Saratova shouts as she and other Communist supporters march to mark May Day in downtown St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, May 1, 2009, with a portrait of the Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin at left. During the Soviet era, May 1 was a major celebration of worker solidarity, Soviet might and the advent of spring. After the Soviet collapse, it provided an opportunity for Communists and others angry over the switch to lopsided capitalism to vent criticism.
Dmitry Lovetsky Associated Press
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Residents of Russia's predominantly Muslim province of Chechnya wear traditional costumes as they dance during an official celebration of May Day in the provincial capital Grozny, Friday, May 1, 2009. During the Soviet era, May 1 was a major celebration of worker solidarity, Soviet might and the advent of spring.
Musa Sadulayev Associated Press
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A protester looks out from behind a banner calling for better worker's rights, during May Day march in Athens on Friday, May 1, 2009. Some thousands of protesters marched through the Greek capital during May Day protests, as strikes disrupted public transport, ferry services and flights by Greek carrier Olympic Airlines.
Thanassis Stavrakis Associated Press
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A Chinese child stands near the Great Hall of the People across from Tiananmen Square during the first day of the May holidays in Beijing, China, Friday, May 1 , 2009.
Ng Guan Associated Press
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People in traditional clothes erect a maypole in Grossgmain, Austrian province of Salzburg, Friday, May 1, 2009. Following a century-old tradition, May Poles are set up on the first of May all over Austria.
Kerstin Joensson Associated Press
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Leftist demonstrators throw stones at riot police during clashes in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, May 1, 2009. Some thousands of Turkish union workers held a rally Friday at a site where several dozen people died during a similar May Day demonstration some three decades ago, but the event was marred by nearby battles between riot police and leftists.
Burhan Ozbilici Associated Press
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Wendy Haight of Louisville, Ky., wears a fancy hat in the paddock area before the Kentucky Oaks race at Churchill Downs Friday, May 1, 2009, in Louisville, Ky.
David Phillip Associated Press
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Palestinian security officers loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, also known Abu Mazen, walk through a field during military training in the West Bank town of Jenin, Friday, May 1, 2009.
Mohammed Ballas Associated Press
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The Columbia - High Road cycling team rides against the clock to win the 3rd stage of the 63rd Tour de Romandie UCI ProTour cycling race, a team time trial over 14,8km from Yverdon to Yverdon, in Valeyres-sous-Ursins, Switzerland, Friday, May 1, 2009.
Dominic Favre Associated Press
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A worker holds up two cub lions during the celebrations of the International Workers' Day at the Revolution square in Havana, Friday, May 1, 2009.
Javier Galeano Associated Press
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The three day old female Rothschild Giraffe pup, born on April 28, receives a lick from her mother Mar, at the Knies Kinderzoo in Rapperswil, Switzerland, Friday May 1, 2009. The pup that hasn't been named so far, is the 12th birth of a Rothschild Giraffe in Knies Kinderzoo. The Rothschild Giraffe, named after Tring Zoological Museum's founder, Lord Walter Rothschild, also known as the Baringo Giraffe, after the Lake Baringo area of Kenya, or as the Ugandan Giraffe, is the second most endangered giraffe subspecies with only a few hundred members.
Patrick Kraemer Associated Press
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A dead elephant is carried by a crane before being buried, in Gauhati, India, Friday, May 1, 2009. An eighteen year old wild elephant which was knocked down by a train on April 23 and rescued by forest officials, died in a state zoological park Friday.
Anupam Nath Associated Press