Today in photos

A Lipizzan horse of the Spanish Riding School from Vienna and its handlers perfoms during a rehearsal in Berlin. A visitor takes picture of a sculpture "Nude No. 2" by China's artist Mu Boyan at the Hong Kong International Art Fair in Hong Kong. And Aboriginal elder Major Sumner performs a ritual dance outside the World Museum. View a slideshow of these images and more.

Section:Gallery

Wed., May 13, 2009

A Lipizzan horse of the Spanish Riding School from Vienna and its handlers perfoms during a rehearsal in Berlin, Wednesday, May 13, 2009. The famous Spanish Riding School from Vienna will perform in the German capital from May 14, 2009 to May 16, 2009.

Franka Bruns Associated Press
Kentucky Derby winner and Preakness hopeful Mind That Bird gets a bath after outside the stakes barn at Pimlico Race Course, Wednesday, May 13, 2009, in Baltimore. The 134th running of the Preakness horse race will be held Saturday.

Rob Carr Associated Press
Pope Benedict XVI, second right, inspects an honor guard, during a welcoming ceremony with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, not pictured, at the Palestinian headquarters, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Wednesday, May 13, 2009. The Pope is on a five day visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

Muhammed Muheisen Associated Press
A visitor takes picture of a sculpture "Nude No. 2" by China's artist Mu Boyan at the Hong Kong International Art Fair in Hong Kong Wednesday, May 13, 2009.

Kin Cheung Associated Press
An elderly woman holding her voter card walks towards a polling station to cast her vote in Calcutta, India, Wednesday, May 13, 2009. Millions of Indian voters headed to the polls Wednesday to pick a new parliament in the final phase of the country's month long national election.

Sucheta Das Associated Press
Kashmiri protesters shout freedom slogans near burning tires set up as blockade during a protest against the general elections, in Bomai village, some 65 kilometers (40 miles) north of Srinagar, India, Wednesday, May 13, 2009. Millions of Indian voters headed to the polls Wednesday to pick a new parliament in the final phase of the country's month long national election. Security was tight across north India, where more than 68,000 paramilitary soldiers were deployed, and Kashmir, where separatists have called for a boycott of the polls.

Dar Yasin Associated Press
A fisherman takes a nap at a fishing port in North Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 13, 2009. If carbon emissions are not cut by 25 percent to 40 percent by the year 2020, higher ocean temperatures could kill off vast marine ecosystems and half the fish in them, according to the World Wildlife Fund, which warned that 100 million people earning a living off the sea could be forced to leave inundated coastlines and find new jobs.

Tatan Syuflana Associated Press
A Pakistani girl looks out from her make-shift home in slums of Lahore, Pakistan on Wednesday, May 13, 2009. More than sixty percent people are living below the poverty line in Pakistan and earn merely US$3.00 a day. A recent wave of inflation made their lives more miserable.

K. Chaudary Associated Press
The injured leg of policeman Shahab Uddin is seen as he recovers at a hospital in Peshawar, in northwest Pakistan, Wednesday, May 13, 2009. Uddin was injured in a grenade attack that left 5 other policemen dead in Upper Dir, on April 1.

Greg Baker Associated Press
The top of a dandelion seed head is seen in the morning light in Marysville, Pa., Wednesday, May 13, 2009.

Carolyn Kaster Associated Press
This image provided by NASA shows a high oblique scene looking toward the Red Sea, Sinai Peninsula and the Mediterranean Sea. Saudi Arabia is in the foreground and Egypt's Nile River and its delta can be seen (left) toward the horizon. Israel and Jordan can be seen near the top edge of the frame. The Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of Aqaba (near frame center) extend from the Red Sea, bottom, toward the Mediterranean Sea. The image is among the first group of still images downlinked Tuesday May 12, 2009 by the crewmembers onboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis enroute to the Hubble Space Telescope.
A vendor takes a rest at her store selling pork inside a market in Beijing, China, Wednesday, May 13, 2009. Health officials Wednesday confirmed mainland China's second swine flu case in a week _ a student who recently returned from Canada _ and stepped up screening for domestic travelers to head off an outbreak within the country. Worries about swine flu were also contributing to a collapse in pork prices, which fell 28.6 percent in April from the same month last year, the China Daily reported.

Andy Wong Associated Press
The pack pedals downhill at Passo Rolle during the fifth stage of the Giro d'Italia, Tour of Italy cycling race, from San Martino di Castrozza to Alpe di Siusi, Wednesday, May 13, 2009.

Alessandro Trovati Associated Press
Baboons are seen near the Dhi Ain village, 24 Km southwest of Al Baha city south-western the Capital Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, May 13, 2009. The famous village of Dhi Ain is sometimes known as "marble village" as it is built on a small marble mountain. The grove of palm trees is lush due to a small stream nearby. The villagers say that the marble village glows at sunset. It also has a steep escarpment road, running into and out of tunnels on the way up and down. Dhi Ain was famous for its fruits and banana plantations which still grow there. The village dates back to 400 years ago.

Hassan Ammar Associated Press
A stray dog looks on as a Nepalese Policemen create a human barricade during a Maoist protest near Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav's compound, in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, May 13, 2009. Almost daily protests have taken place against Yadav since last week when he rejected the government's decision to sack the army chief, Rookmangud Katawal.

Binod Joshi Associated Press
Aboriginal elder Major Sumner performs a ritual dance outside the World Museum following the return of an Australian indigenous human skull in Liverpool, England, May 13, 2009. The remains which where taken from Australia between 1902 and 1904 have been part of the museum's collection since 1948 when they where purchased from Dr William Broad.

Paul Thomas Associated Press