Today in photos
Indian tourists enjoy a ride on a traditional boat, at sunset on the Dal Lake in Srinagar, India. Former U.S. Air Force missile-tracking ship Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg was sunk seven miles off Key West, Fla. Pope Benedict XVI, wearing his Saturn hat, kisses a child during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square. View a slideshow of these images and more.
Section:Gallery
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Indian tourists enjoy a ride on a traditional boat, at sunset on the Dal Lake in Srinagar, India, Wednesday, May, 27, 2009. Set in the Himalayas at 5,600 feet (1707 meters) above sea level, Kashmir is a green, saucer-shaped valley full of fruit orchards and surrounded by snowy mountain ranges. About 100 lakes dot its highlands and plains.
Dar Yasin Associated Press
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Britain's Andy Murray takes a tumble as he moves to return the ball to Italy's Potito Starace during their second round match at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Wednesday May 27, 2009.
Michel Euler Associated Press
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Reformist Iranian presidential candidate, Mahdi Karroubi, sends a flying kiss to his well wishers, as he arrives at his home town of Aligoudarz, during his campaign tour, about 240 miles (400 kilometers) southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran. Clergyman Karroubi, a reformist challenger to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for the June 12 elections has criticized the hard-liner's denial of the Holocaust, saying it has served Israel's interests and pushed the country deeper into international isolation.
Vahid Salemi Associated Press
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A young girl plays on a bridge over a stream of raw sewage, in the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday May 27, 2009. Kibera, which houses almost one million people, is the largest slum in Africa, and one of the biggest in the World. It has only two main water pipes, and in most of the slum there are no toilet facilities, with one hole-in-the ground latrine being shared by up to 50 shacks.
Karel Prinsloo Associated Press
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A dog sleeps next to fish for sale at a food shop in the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday May 27, 2009. Kibera, which houses almost one million people, is the largest slum in Africa, and one of the biggest in the World. It has only two main water pipes, and in most of the slum there are no toilet facilities, with one hole-in-the ground latrine being shared by up to 50 shacks.
Karel Prinsloo Associated Press
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Chairman of the Czech Republic's Social Democrats (CSSD) Jiri Paroubek, reacts after being pelted with eggs by onlookers during a rally for the European Parliament elections, in Prague,Wednesday, May 27, 2009. The European parliament is facing elections across the bloc's 27 members in early June.
Rene Volfik Associated Press
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A Palestinian boy plays with a toy gun with friends in an alley in the West Bank refugee camp of Al-Amari in Ramallah, Wednesday, May 27, 2009.
Muhammed Muheisen Associated Press
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In this photo released by the Florida Keys News Bureau, the former U.S. Air Force missile-tracking ship Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg disappears beneath the surface of the ocean after cutting charges were detonated Wednesday, May 27, 2009, seven miles off Key West, Fla. The 523-foot-long Vandenberg, that played a key role in the Cold War and tracked NASA spacecraft launches in the 1960's, 70's and early 80's, was scuttled to create an artificial reef to attract recreational divers and anglers. It sank in less then two minutes.
Andy Newman Associated Press
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In this photo released by the Florida Keys News Bureau, the former U.S. Air Force missile-tracking ship Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg begins to sink after cutting charges were detonated Wednesday, May 27, 2009, seven miles off Key West, Fla. The 523-foot-long Vandenberg, that played a key role in the Cold War and tracked NASA spacecraft launches in the 1960's, 70's and early 80's, was scuttled to create an artificial reef to attract recreational divers and anglers. It sank in less then two minutes.
Andy Newman Associated Press
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In this photo released by the Florida Keys News Bureau, only air bubbles and smoke remains after the former U.S. Air Force missile-tracking ship Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg was sunk Wednesday. May 27, 2009, seven miles off Key West, Fla. The 523-foot-long Vandenberg, that played a key role in the Cold War and tracked NASA spacecraft launches in the 1960's, 70's and early 80's, was scuttled to create an artificial reef to attract recreational divers and anglers. The ship is resting in 140 feet of water in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
Andy Newman Associated Press
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World famous Ndebele artist Esther Mahlangu walks past a mural she and others started to paint at the Sci-Bono museum in Johannesburg Wednesday May 27, 2009. The art of the Ndebele _ panels of geometric shapes outlined in black and filled in in bright primary colors _ is known around the world. On Wednesday two world renowned Ndebele artists painted their vibrant, geometric designs on the walls of a science museum in a project that uses art and tradition to teach math.
Jerome Delay Associated Press
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South Korean mourners line up to participate in a funeral service of former President Roh Moo-hyun near Roh's home in Gimhae, South Korea, Wednesday, May 27, 2009. Roh is believed to have sent his bodyguard on an errand to a nearby temple just before jumping to his death, a news report said Wednesday.
Kim Ju-Sung Associated Press
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A boy covers his face as he walks among a collection of cardboard pigs in front of the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 27, 2009. The Global online movement Avaaz.org positioned hundreds of cardboard pigs in front the WHO to deliver a petition signed by 225.000 global citizens to the WHO and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) calling on them to investigate an regulate factory farms in accordance with public health standards.
Anja Niedringhaus Associated Press
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Pope Benedict XVI, wearing his Saturn hat, kisses a child during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, in Rome, Wednesday, May 27, 2009.
Pier Cito Associated Press