Today in photos

Children crowd to receive food being distributed by a social organization at a rehabilitation camp after a fire destroyed their homes at Beharampada slum in India. Tourists enjoy at Palau Pacific Resort in Ngerkebesang, Palau. And spectators watch play from under umbrellas during the first round of the U.S. Open Golf Championship at Bethpage State Park's Black Course in Farmingdale, N.Y. View a slideshow of these images and more.

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Thu., June 18, 2009

Children crowd to receive food being distributed by a social organization at a rehabilitation camp after a fire destroyed their homes at Beharampada slum, in the suburb of Bandra in Mumbai, India, Thursday, June 18, 2009. At least 15 people were injured and 200 shanties were devastated in the fire which broke out in the early hours on Thursday, according to local news reports.

Rajanish Kakade Associated Press
People look on as fire engulfs the Beharampada slum in the suburb of Bandra in Mumbai, India, Thursday, June 18, 2009. At least fifteen people were injured and 200 shanties were devastated in the fire which broke out in the wee hours on Thursday, according to local news reports.
A red sky at dawn is a signal to mariners that the weather changing for the worse, prompting lobsterman Bruce Steeves of Raymond, Maine, to get an early start as he loads traps onto his boat, Thursday, June 18, 2009, in Portland, Maine. Rain is expected to dominate the weather for the next two days.

Robert Bukaty Associated Press
A resident confronts police officers with an image of Santo Nino, or Baby Jesus, following a surprised demolition of their shanties at Las Pinas, south of Manila, Philippines Thursday June 18, 2009. Demolition crew surprised more than a hundred families by tearing down their homes apparently to pave the way for housing development of the area.

Bullit Marquez Associated Press
Photos of 6th century B.C. "Kore" statues of young women are projected onto the walls of the new Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece, early Thursday, June 18, 2008, as the ancient Parthenon temple is seen in the background during a rehearsal for the museum opening ceremony on Saturday. Greek officials hope one day to display the British Museum's Elgin Marbles from the Acropolis in the glass and concrete museum _ despite repeated refusals from London. The Kore statues originally stood on the Acropolis, dedicated by the ancient Athenians to their patron goddess, Athena.

Petros Giannakouris Associated Press
Tourists enjoy at Palau Pacific Resort in Ngerkebesang, Palau, Thursday, June 18, 2009. Palau can probably stop worrying that the expected arrival of 13 Guantanamo detainees might scare off tourists. The diving is just too spectacular.

Itsuo Inouye Associated Press
A supporter of the Brazilian national soccer team is seen prior to their Confederations Cup Group B soccer match against the US at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, June 18, 2009.

Andre Penner Associated Press
Spectators watch play from under umbrellas during the first round of the U.S. Open Golf Championship at Bethpage State Park's Black Course in Farmingdale, N.Y., Thursday, June 18, 2009.

Matt Slocum Associated Press
A Cambodian woman sorts out water lilies after she collected them in a Krang Ambel reservoir as part of her daily income at Kampong Speu province, some 45 kilometers (28 miles) south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, June 18, 2009.

Heng Sinith Associated Press
Alleged drug traffickers are shown to the media during a press conference at a police station in Bogota, Thursday, June 18, 2009. About 13 people were arrested for allegedly conspiring to smuggle cocaine in a joint operation between Colombian police and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, DEA, police said.

Fernando Vergara Associated Press
An Amish boy herds the last straggling dairy cow out to pasture at a farm in Middlefield, Ohio on Thursday, June 18, 2009.

Amy Sancetta Associated Press
The red heels of a demonstrator are seen as about 300 people demonstrated against the outcome of the Iran elections in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, June 18, 2009. Iranian opposition leader Mousavi called his supporters into the streets of Tehran Thursday for a fourth day of protests and urged them to dress in black to mourn those killed in violent clashes over the disputed presidential election. The call for opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to rally again was in open defiance of the country's supreme leader, who has urged the nation to unite behind the Islamic state.

Peter Dejong Associated Press
St. Petersburg firefighters evacuate an unidentified survivor out of a burning apartment building in St. Petersburg early Thursday, June 18, 2009. A natural gas leak caused an explosion at an apartment building in the centre of town causing scores of people to be evacuated, some of them needing medical assistance.

Dmitry Lovetsky Associated Press