Today in photos

A child looks into a jellyfish display tank at the Singapore Underwater World. In India children lie in sludge as a ritual to induce rain. And Tibetan refugees marching towards Tibet are taken by Nepalese police during their protest against the Chinese government at Andheri town View a slideshow of these images and more

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Fri., June 26, 2009

A child looks into a jellyfish display tank at the Singapore Underwater World, Friday June 26, 2009 in Singapore.

Wong Maye-E Associated Press
Festival-goers in fancy-dress walk through the mud at Glastonbury music festival in Glastonbury England , Friday June 26 2009.

Joel Ryan Associated Press
Candidates run during Indian Army's recruitment rally in Allahabad, India, Friday, June 26, 2009.

Rajesh Singh Associated Press
John Lamont, 2, plays in a water sprinkler, Friday, June 26, 2009, in Decatur, Ill.

Kelly Huff Associated Press
Children lie in sludge as a ritual to induce rain, Nari Bari, about 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Allahabad, India, Friday, June 26, 2009. At least 24 people have died in a scorching heat wave that has swept through at least half a dozen Indian states, the weather department and officials said Friday.

Rajesh Singh Associated Press
Tibetan refugees marching towards Tibet are taken by Nepalese police during their protest against the Chinese government at Andheri town, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) from the Nepal-China border, in Nepal, Friday, June 26, 2009. Officials say police in Nepal detained dozens of Tibetan refugees heading toward the Chinese border to protest.

Gemunu Amarasinghe Associated Press
Iranian clerics talks to other one during a Friday prayer ceremony at the Tehran University campus in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 26, 2009. Ayatollah Ahmed Khatami, a senior cleric, said during nationally broadcast Muslim sermon on Friday that the government should punish "leaders of the riots, who were supported by Israel and the U.S., strongly and with cruelty."

Vahid Salemi Associated Press
Asian calf elephant named Ko raya, who was born on March 15, 2009, takes a bath in the Berlin zoo on Friday, June 26, 2009 .

Fritz Reiss Associated Press
Sparks fly as American Stevie Bonsey crashes his Aprilia during the 250cc qualifying session in Assen, northern Netherlands, Friday June 26, 2009. Bonsey was uninjured and later walked back to the pit lane.

Peter Dejong Associated Press
An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the air force of the Netherlands, seen up-side-down while performing their show during the Airpower 09 airplane show in Zeltweg, Austria, on Friday, June 26, 2009.

Ronald Zak Associated Press
Tanisha Williams, 35, left, cries on the shoulder of her daughter Tiaunah Williams, 14, outside the boyhood home of pop star Michael Jackson Friday, June 26, 2009, in Gary, Ind. Jackson, 50, died in Los Angeles on Thursday, June 25, 2009.

M. Green Associated Press
Sand sculptures of Michael Jackson, a guitar and his fedora hat, made by Sudarshan Pattnaik are seen at the golden sea beach for the fans to pay floral tribute to the "King of Pop" at Puri, India, Friday, June 26, 2009. The 50-year-old musical superstar died Thursday, just as he was preparing for what would be a series of 50 concerts starting July 13 at London's famed 02 arena.

Biswaranjan Rout Associated Press