Today in photos

A young girl with her face painted in Ferrari colors is seen at the Circuit de Catalunya racetrack . Voters queue up outside a polling station in a predominantly Muslim neighborhood in New Delhi, India, And Kudan Elementary School children touch a cheek of Japan's robot teacher Saya. View a slideshow of these images and more.

Section:Gallery

Thu., May 7, 2009

A young girl with her face painted in Ferrari colors is seen at the Circuit de Catalunya racetrack on Thursday, May 7,2009 in Montmelo, near Barcelona, Spain. The Spanish Grand Prix will be driven on Sunday May 10,2009.

Frank Augstein Associated Press
Voters queue up outside a polling station in a predominantly Muslim neighborhood in New Delhi, India, Thursday, May 7, 2009. Thursday's vote is the fourth of five phases in these elections and is spread across the federally administered Indian capital of New Delhi and seven states, including parts of the most populous state of Uttar Pradesh and Indian-controlled Kashmir.

Gurinder Osan Associated Press
Kudan Elementary School children touch a cheek of Japan's robot teacher Saya after a special class by Saya in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, May 7, 2009. Unlike more mechanical-looking robots like Honda Motor Co.'s Asimo, the robot teacher, developed by Tokyo University of Science professor Hiroshi Kobayashi, can express six basic emotions -surprise, fear, disgust, anger, happiness, sadness - because its rubber skin is being pulled from the back with motors and wiring around the eyes and the mouth. Saya, remote-controlled by a human watching the interaction through cameras, called out children's names, casted them preprogrammed phrases and questions as "what sort of robots would you like to be with?" and gave a lecture about robots while showing a video of robots including Asimo, industrial and toy robots.

Koji Sasahara Associated Press
Girls wearing traditional Palestinian outfits hold a dress rehearsal for a dance they are scheduled to perform for Pope Benedict XVI, the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Thursday, May 7, 2009. The Pope will visit Israel and the West Bank during his five-day tour that begins Monday May 11, 2009.

Muhammed Muheisen Associated Press
A Palestinian woman stands on a balcony next to a rotating banner showing Pope Benedict XVI in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Thursday, May 7, 2009. The Pope will visit Israel and the West Bank during his five-day tour that begins Monday May 11, 2009.

Muhammed Muheisen Associated Press
Gilles Simon, from France, reacts during his Estoril Tennis Open second round match with Italy's Fabio Fognini Thursday, May 7, 2009, in Oeiras, outside Lisbon. Simon defeated Fognini 6-0, 7-5.

Armando Franca Associated Press
A young boy cries as he waits for his father, in a truck at a refugee camp in Mardan, in northwest Pakistan, Thursday, May 7, 2009. Thousands of residents are fleeing fighting between the army and Taliban militants in the Swat Valley, in Pakistan's northwest.

Greg Baker Associated Press
Masked Chinese security guard wait for the first group to be released from quarantine at the Guomen hotel in Beijing, China, Thursday, May 7 , 2009. China's Health Ministry said dozens of people placed under quarantine across the country after being on the same flight as a Mexican traveler later diagnosed with swine flu would be released Thursday as planned if they showed no symptoms.

Ng Guan Associated Press
IRL driver Danica Patrick prepares to practice for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Thursday, May 7, 2009.

Darron Cummings Associated Press
Britain's Queen Elizabeth ll arrives at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency during a visit to Bangor, Northern Ireland coastguard, Thursday, May, 7, 2009.

Peter Morrison Associated Press
Workers fold a large tarpaulin billboard in anticipation of Typhoon Chan Hom Thursday, May 7, 2009 in Manila, Philippines. Large billboards are being removed to prevent them from being toppled by strong winds, which have killed several pedestrians during previous typhoons.

Pat Roque Associated Press