Today in photos

Children practice dance moves on the floor during a dance class at the Lhasa Experimental Primary School in Lhasa, China. Maoist cadres cremate fellow cadre Rajendra Phuyal in Katmandu. And a man shows off an Apple iPhone 3G S he purchased at an Apple Store in New York. View a slideshow of these images and more.

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Fri., June 19, 2009

Children practice dance moves on the floor during a dance class at the Lhasa Experimental Primary School in Lhasa, China, Friday, June 19, 2009. Tibetan students at the school are taught Mandarin Chinese and Tibetan, while Han Chinese students learn Mandarin and are given the option of studying Tibetan.

Greg Baker Associated Press
Bahujan Samaj Party supporters participate in a protest rally in Allahabad, India, Friday, June 19, 2009. The rally coincides with the 39th birthday of ruling Congress party's General Secretary Rahul Gandhi, to condemn his alleged attempts to woo Dalits, who belong to the lowest rung of the Hindu caste system.

Rajesh Singh Associated Press
A boy writes Tibetan characters during a Tibetan language class at the Lhasa Experimental Primary School in Lhasa, China, Friday, June 19, 2009. Tibetan students at the school are taught Mandarin Chinese and Tibetan, while Han Chinese students learn Mandarin and are given the option of studying Tibetan.

Greg Baker Associated Press
Lin Hui, a seven-year old giant Panda yawns as its 25-day old panda cub sleeps on its chest at the Chiang Mai zoo in Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand Friday, June 19, 2009.

Wichai Taprieu Associated Press
Maoist cadres cremate fellow cadre Rajendra Phuyal in Katmandu, Friday, June 19, 2009. The Nepalese government said it has formed a body to investigate the alleged murder of Phuyal, who died under mysterious circumstances last week.

Gemunu Amarasinghe Associated Press
People walk on the beach beside rows of empty beach chairs on Friday, June 19, 2009 at the Baltic Sea beach resort of Travemuende, Germany.

Fabian Bimmer Associated Press
Osiris Caceres shows off an Apple iPhone 3G S he purchased at an Apple Store Friday, June 19, 2009 in New York. The iPhone 3G S went on sale nationwide Friday. It sports a faster processor, longer battery life, an internal compass, a video camera and a photo camera with better resolution and auto-focus. A 16-gigabyte version of the 3G S will cost $199 and a 32-gigabyte version will be $299.

Mark Lennihan Associated Press
Tiger Woods watches his shot out of a bunker on the 18th fairway during the first round of the U.S. Open Golf Championship at Bethpage State Park's Black Course in Farmingdale, N.Y., Friday, June 19, 2009. Play was suspended on Thursday because of inclement weather.

Morry Gash Associated Press
A child kisses her mother as they join other protesters in a picket at the Myanmar Embassy at Manila's financial district of Makati city, Philippines, to mark the 64th birthday of jailed Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi Friday, June 19, 2009. Protesters from different parts of the globe renewed their calls for the military government of Myanmar to release Suu Kyi, who has now spent 14 birthdays in detention.

Bullit Marquez Associated Press
Two women, one wearing the niqab, a veil worn by the most conservative Muslims that exposes only a woman's eyes, right, walk side by side, in the Belsunce district of downtown Marseille, central France, Friday June 19, 2009. The French government's spokesman says he favors the creation of a parliamentary commission to study the small but growing trend of burqa wear in France. Luc Chatel says the commission could possibly propose legislation aimed at banning the burqa and other fully covering garments worn by some Muslim women.

Claude Paris Associated Press
A Eurocopter-made EC725 Caracal French Air Force combat helicopter, carrying a nine-men commando team, performs its demonstration flight at Le Bourget, north of Paris, during the 48th Paris Air Show, Friday June 19, 2009.

Remy Mauviniere Associated Press
A visitor passes by one of the dinosaurs, during the Dinosaurs of Argentina exhibition in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, June 19, 2009. Among the most attractive exhibits are the complete skeletons of seven dinosaurs, including a 14-meter-long gigantosaurus from the Cretaceous period and a 17-meter long rebbachisaurus, a herbivore from the same period.

Darko Vojinovic Associated Press