Today in Photos

When looking through the photo wire report today the variety of head gear worn by some of the subjects jumped out. We start with the first day of racing at Ascot in England, there is a tennis photo, and some people protesting climate change in the Philippines.

Section:Gallery

Tue., June 16, 2009

Top hats and glasses of beer sit side-by-side as two racegoers study the racing form, on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting at Ascot near Windsor, England, Tuesday, June, 16, 2009. A leading event in the English social calendar, which is attended by all the major figures of Britain's royal family, has been run since the first race in 1711, in which there were seven competitors.

Alastair Grant Associated Press
A racegoer arrives wearing a stylish hat on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting at Ascot near Windsor, England, Tuesday, June, 16, 2009. A leading event in the English social calendar, which is attended by all the major figures of Britain's royal family, has been run since the first race in 1711, in which there were seven competitors.

Alastair Grant Associated Press
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II arrives by carriage at the parade ring on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting at Ascot near Windsor, England, Tuesday, June, 16, 2009.

Alastair Grant Associated Press
Britain's Prince Charles with his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall arrive in the parade ring on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting at Ascot near Windsor, England, Tuesday, June, 16, 2009.

Alastair Grant Associated Press
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, centre, talks with her daughter-in-law, the Duchess of Cornwall, left, and grandaughter, Princess Beatrice, in the parade ring on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting at Ascot near Windsor, England, Tuesday, June, 16, 2009.

Alastair Grant Associated Press
Isabella Kirstensen wears a creation on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting at Ascot near Windsor, England, Tuesday, June, 16, 2009.

Alastair Grant Associated Press
Isabella Kirstensen wears a creation on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting at Ascot near Windsor, England, Tuesday, June, 16, 2009.

Alastair Grant Associated Press
In this May 16, 2009 file photo, Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas performs at Z100's Zootopia at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, N.J.

Charles Sykes Associated Press
Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark serves to Alisa Kleybanova of Russia during their Eastbourne grass court tournament singles tennis match in Eastbourne, England, Tuesday, June 16, 2009. Wozniacki won 6-3, 6-3.

Kirsty Wigglesworth Associated Press
Protesters in alien costumes hold placards with a message as they stage a picket in time for the high-level discussion on climate change and clean energy Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at the Asian Development Bank in suburban Pasig City east of Manila, Philippines. The protesters were calling for a genuine climate change solutions and to stop the funding of coal powered technology which they claimed as the single greatest cause of climate change.

Pat Roque Associated Press