Today in pictures (May 16)
Photographs from around the world for Friday, May 16, 2008.
Section:Gallery
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President Bush and first lady Laura Bush are greeted by members of the Saudi delegation during an arrival ceremony at Riyadh-King Kahlid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Friday, May 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ORG XMIT: SASW102
Susan Walsh The Spokesman-Review
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A rescuer takes a rest with his dog during a search and rescue operation for a earthquake survivors following Monday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Beichuan county, Sichuan province, China, Friday, May 16, 2008. A strong aftershock sparked landslides Friday near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake, again cutting off ravaged areas of central China. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ORG XMIT: XAW127
Andy Wong The Spokesman-Review
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Rescue workers search for survivors amongst the debris of collapsed buildings in Beichuan county, in southwest China's Sichuan province, Friday, May 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ORG XMIT: XAW112
Andy Wong The Spokesman-Review
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Chinese soldiers march near a collapsed highway near Yingxiu, a town close to the epicenter of Monday's quake epicenter, accessible only on foot and by boat in southwestern China's Sichuan province, Friday, May 16, 2008. A strong aftershock sparked landslides Friday near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake, burying vehicles and again cutting off ravaged areas of central China. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) ORG XMIT: XHG125
Ng Guan The Spokesman-Review
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A small car is crushed by a rock along a highway near Yingxiu, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Friday, May 16, 2008. A strong aftershock sparked landslides Friday near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake, burying vehicles and again cutting off ravaged areas of central China. Vehicle crushed by initial quake not aftershock. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) ORG XMIT: XHG117
Ng Guan The Spokesman-Review
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Rescue workers move rubbles by hand to search for survivors near the epicenter of Monday's quake in Yingxiu, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Friday, May 16, 2008. A strong aftershock sparked landslides Friday near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake, burying vehicles and again cutting off ravaged areas of central China. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) ORG XMIT: XHG102
Ng Guan The Spokesman-Review
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A woman mourns near a collapsed school that buried dozens of children in Yingxiu, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Friday, May 16, 2008. The town located near the epicenter of Monday's quake, is hard hit with entire neigborhood flattened and severe loss of lives. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) ORG XMIT: XHG123
Ng Guan The Spokesman-Review
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Chinese soldiers carries an elderly man and a baby, who survived Monday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Beichuan county, Sichuan province, China, Friday, May 16, 2008. A strong aftershock sparked landslides Friday near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake, again cutting off ravaged areas of central China. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ORG XMIT: XAW114
Andy Wong The Spokesman-Review
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Marcus Fraser of Australia enters the water on the seventh hole to play his second shot during the 2nd round of the Irish Open Adare Manor Golf Club, Limerick, Ireland, Friday, May 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) ORG XMIT: XPM118
Peter Morrison The Spokesman-Review
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A child holds a bucket as he stands at the top of a hill in a poor neighborhood in Lima, Peru, Thursday May 15, 2008. Heads of State from Europe, Latin American and the Caribbean will meet on May 16th to discuss climate change, trade, poverty and the global food crisis. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) ORG XMIT: PUEF110
Esteban Felix The Spokesman-Review
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A North Korean soldier, left, uses a pair of binoculars to watch visiting U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez at the border village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, in South Korea, Friday, May 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) ORG XMIT: SEL113
Ahn Young-Joon The Spokesman-Review
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Czech model Petra Nemcova arrives for the premiere of the film "The Third Wave" during the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Francois Mori) ORG XMIT: CAN150
Francois Mori The Spokesman-Review