Today in pictures (May 19)
Photographs from around the world for Monday, May 19, 2008.
Section:Gallery
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A Beijing taxi driver cries while standing beside his car honking his horn for three minutes to honor the victims of last week's devastating earthquake, Monday, May 19, 2008. Across the country traffic stopped and people stood in silence at 2:28 PM, the one-week anniversary of the quake. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) ORG XMIT: XRB108
Robert Bukaty The Spokesman-Review
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In this photo released by Myanma News Agency, Senior Gen. Than Shwe, Myanmar's junta leader, center, talks with survivors of Cyclone Nargis at a makeshift shelter in Myanmar Monday, May 19, 2008. Myanmar's junta on Monday announced a three-day mourning period for victims of the cyclone that left at least 130,000 people dead or missing, while the country's neighbors made plans to help distribute foreign aid to survivors. (AP Photo/Myanma News Agency, HO) ORG XMIT: XBK105
Myanma Agency The Spokesman-Review
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A local man throws rocks at South African police in the Reiger Park informal settlement outside Johannesburg Monday May 19, 2008. Mobs rampaged through poor suburbs of Johannesburg in a frenzy of anti-foreigner violence over the weekend, killing at least 12 people, injuring dozens and forcing hundreds to seek refuge at police stations. The attacks capped a week of mounting violence that started in the sprawling township of Alexandra. Angry residents there accused foreigners, many of them Zimbabweans who fled their own country's economic collapse, of taking scarce jobs and housing. . (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) ORG XMIT: XJD105
Jerome Delay The Spokesman-Review
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Police arrest a man suspected of inciting violence in a raid on a squatter settlement east of Johannesburg Monday, May 19, 2008 in an attempt to quell anti-foreigner violence which has erupted in and around the city. The foreigners, many of them Zimbabweans who had fled economic collapse and political violence in their homeland, are being driven out of squatter settlements. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell) ORG XMIT: XDF101
Denis Farrell The Spokesman-Review
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Supporters wait for Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., to speak at a town hall meeting in Billings, Mont., Monday, May 19, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) ORG XMIT: MTCC106
Chris Carlson The Spokesman-Review
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Li Qing, an earthquake survivor at a collapsed school in Beichuan cries after received a birthday cake and gifts from her parent at a temporary shelter in Mianyang, Southwestern Sichuan province, China, Monday, May 19, 2008. A Child holds a bowl look while others line up to receive food at a earthquake refugees camp in Anxian, 20km from Beichuan, Southwestern Sichuan province, China, Monday, May 19, 2008. China stood still Monday, mourning for tens of thousands of earthquake victims, while the government appealed for more international aid to cope with the country's deadliest natural disaster in a generation. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ORG XMIT: XAW112
Andy Wong The Spokesman-Review
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A Turkish man smokes at a bar in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, May 19, 2008. A law extending a smoking ban in Turkey to most enclosed areas, including taxis, ferries and shopping malls, came into effect Monday in the nicotine-addicted nation. Smoking was already barred on buses and airplanes and in larger offices. A ban on lighting up in bars, restaurants and coffeehouses will be implemented next year. (AP Photo/Serkan Senturk) ORG XMIT: IST107
Serkan Senturk The Spokesman-Review
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Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Tetsuzo Fuyushiba shakes hands with kimono-clad Hello Kitty as South Korean singer Younha looks on at his office in Tokyo Monday, May 19, 2008. Fuyushiba appointed the popular cartoon character as ambassador to welcome tourists from China and Hong Kong, and Younha as ambassador to invite more South Korean tourists. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) ORG XMIT: KSX102
Koji Sasahara The Spokesman-Review