today in photos
A mother and grandmother mourn for their child who died at a school in the May 12, 2008 earthquake Arcelor. Mittal steel workers attack the company's headquarters in Luxembourg . And see an aerial view of the sand dunes at the Lencois Maranhenses National Park . View a slideshow of these images and more.
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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a mother and grandmother mourn for their child who died at a school in the May 12, 2008 earthquake, at a cemetery in Qingchuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Tuesday, May 12, 2009.
Tao Ming Associated Press
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People visit the quake devastated town of Beichuan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Tuesday, May 12 , 2009. State leaders laid flowers and survivors burned paper money for departed spirits as a mournful China marked the first anniversary Tuesday of a devastating earthquake that left nearly 90,000 people dead or missing and 5 million homeless.
Ng Guan Associated Press
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Christian worshippers arrive for the Papal mass in the Kidron Valley, facing the Mount of Olives and the site where Christianity says Jesus was arrested, in Jerusalem, Tuesday, May 12, 2009.
Oded Balilty Associated Press
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Maoist supporters clash with Policemen as they try to break a barricade and enter the restricted area of President Ram Baran Yadav's office during a protest in Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, May 12, 2009. Baton wielding policemen clashed with protesters demanding the president resign for not supporting the communist-led government's attempt to fire the army chief.
Gemunu Amarasinghe Associated Press
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Soldiers from the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry fire mortars from the Korengal Outpost at Taliban positions in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar Province on Tuesday May 12, 2009.
David Guttenfelder Associated Press
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An aerial view of the sand dunes at the Lencois Maranhenses National Park taken from an Air Force helicopter providing relief supplies to flood victims in Maranhao sate, Brazil, Tuesday, May 12, 2009. Flooding has killed 40 and forced nearly 300,000 Brazilians from their homes.
Andre Penner Associated Press
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Local people sit near Sangihe beach in Menado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Tuesday, May 12, 2009. Indonesia is hosting The World Ocean Conference and Coral Triangle Initiative Summit which will shape the scientific debate ahead of final negotiations to replace the U.N. treaty on global warming in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December.
Achmad Ibrahim Associated Press
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A demonstrator holds a flag during a Tamil silent march, calling for a cease fire in Sri Lanka, in Paris, Tuesday, May 12, 2009. A mortar shell struck the only functioning medical facility in Sri Lanka's northern war zone Tuesday, throwing bloody bodies into the dirt outside and killing 49 people, a government health official said.
Christophe Ena Associated Press
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ArcelorMittal steel workers attack the company's headquarters in Luxembourg, Tuesday May 12, 2009. As the company held its annual shareholders' meeting, some of 1,000 workers from Belgium and France hurled cobblestones and steel fencing at the building, smashing windows and tearing off a steel molding from the ornate 1920's exterior.
Geert Wijngaert Associated Press
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ArcelorMittal steel workers attack the company's headquarters in Luxembourg, Tuesday May 12, 2009 to protest temporary layoffs during the economic slump. While the company held its annual shareholders' meeting of the the world's biggest steel maker, some of 1,000 workers from Belgium and France hurled cobblestones and steel fencing at the building, smashing windows and tearing off a steel molding from the ornate 1920's exterior.
Geert Wijngaert Associated Press
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Traute Gier from Waco, Texas, named herself as a child of the air lift , attends a ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of Berlin Airlift in Berlin Tuesday, May 12, 2009.
Markus Schreiber Associated Press
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Preakness entry Friesan Fire gets a bath after a workout at Pimlico Race Course, Tuesday, May 12, 2009, in Baltimore. The 134th running of the Preakness horse race will be held Saturday.
Rob Carr Associated Press
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Peter Wallerstein, founding director of Marine Animal Rescue, moves a playful baby elephant seal that was weak and undernourished after beaching itself near the Redondo Beach Pier, Monday, May 11, 2009. Wallerstein surmised that the 4-month-old pup was weaned off mother's milk and was having trouble finding food on its own. It was taken to the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro.
Brad Graverson Associated Press