Today in photos

Village boys carry their cycles and wade through floodwaters at Nayagarh district. Russia's Anastasia Davydova and Svetlana Romashina dive on their way to win the gold medal of the duet technical synchronized swimming event, at the FINA Swimming World Championships. And Somali Islamist militants carry their weapons as they patrol the streets of northern Mogadishu. View a slideshow of these photos and more.

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Tue., July 21, 2009

Village boys carry their cycles and wade through floodwaters at Nayagarh district, some 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Bhubaneshwar, capital of the eastern Indian state of Orissa, Tuesday, July 21, 2009. Heavy monsoon rains in the state have killed 12 people since last Sunday, even sweeping away a bus while it crossed a small bridge.

Biswaranjan Rout Associated Press
Russia's Anastasia Davydova and Svetlana Romashina dive on their way to win the gold medal of the duet technical synchronized swimming event, at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Rome, Tuesday, July 21, 2009.

Mark Terrill Associated Press
South Korean elementary school students crawl through muddy water during an exercise at a marine boot camp for students on Daebu Island, in Ansan, South Korea, Tuesday, July 21, 2009. Some students took part in the three-day camp as a way to mentally and physically strengthen themselves.
Iraqi Army soldiers inspect the site of a roadside bombing in a market in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, July 21, 2009. A series of bombings in Baghdad and west of the capital killed several and wounded dozens.

Karim Kadim Associated Press
Young wedding dress models nap before an event in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, July 21, 2009.

Wally Santana Associated Press
Fired workers of Ssangyong Motor use slingshots to fire pieces of metal at riot policemen at the automaker's factory in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Tuesday, July 21, 2009. Fired auto workers occupying part of a South Korean automaker's assembly line used slingshots to fire pieces of metal at riot police Tuesday, while media reports expressed fears of a violent ending to the standoff.

Ahn Young-Joon Associated Press
Somali Islamist militants carry their weapons as they patrol the streets of northern Mogadishu, Tuesday, July 21, 2009. Islamic insurgents with alleged links to al-Qaida have looted two United Nations compounds in southern Somalia, and announced they will ban three U.N. agencies from operating in areas the militants control. The United Nations confirmed Monday that al-Shabab militants had stolen emergency communication equipment from its compound in Baidoa city, and two cars and some furniture from its compound in the town of Wajid. No injuries were reported.

Mohamed Nor Associated Press
Security guards try to enter a market hall in downtown Warsaw, as stall owners barricaded inside, spray fire extinguishers at them, in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, July 21, 2009. Bailiffs are trying to enforce a city authorities decision to shut down and relocate the market, but traders are refusing to leave the place. A museum of modern art is planned on the site of the market hall.

Alik Keplicz Associated Press
Kashmiri Muslim women, seen through a veil, raise their hands in prayer as a head priest, unseen, displays a holy relic believed to be the hair from the beard of Prophet Mohammad, during special prayers at the Islamic festival of Shab-e-Meraj at the Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, July 21, 2009. Shab-e-Meraj is celebrated as the anniversary of Prophet Mohammad's ascent to heaven.

Mukhtar Khan Associated Press
Graphic artist Blake Bermel selects a can of paint as he applies finishing touches to one of his pieces of legal aerosol graffiti Tuesday, July 21, 2009, in Austin, Texas. Bermel, 31, lives and works in Austin.

Harry Cabluck Associated Press
Two of four new-born Binturongs, also known as the Asian Bearcats, sit in a basket at the Tierpark zoo during their presentation to the media in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday July 21, 2009. The four cubs were born on May 16, 2009 in the Tierpark zoo.

Maya Hitij Associated Press