Photos of the day

Spl. Taylor Jordan from the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry lifts weights in the rain at his platoon's base Camp Restrepo in the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar Province. A hippopotamus looks on in a pool of water on a hot summer day in Mumbai, India. And workers tie down reinforced steel bars before the start of a concrete pour of the street-level plaza at the Sept. 11 memorial. View a slideshow of these images and more.

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Fri., May 8, 2009

Spl. Taylor Jordan from the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry lifts weights in the rain at his platoon's base Camp Restrepo in the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar Province on Friday May 8, 2009.

David Guttenfelder Associated Press
A reflection of an Afghan man who lost his leg in an explosion is seen on water created by rain in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, May 8, 2009.

Rafiq Maqbool Associated Press
Zheng Shuzhen from Henan province weeps with a photo of her 1-year-old granddaughter Zhou Mengxin outside a Health Ministry office in Beijing, China, Friday, May 8 , 2009. Several Chinese parents pressed the country's Health Ministry on Friday to investigate the deaths of their babies, saying that they should be included on an official list of children who died after drinking milk powder tainted with an industrial chemical.

Ng Guan Associated Press
The child of a laborer cries in the shade of an umbrella on a hot afternoon at Gopinath Pur village, about 150 kilometers (94 miles) from Bhubaneswar, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, Friday, May 8, 2009. Authorities last week confirmed that at least 18 people have died from heat stroke in Orissa state.

Biswaranjan Rout Associated Press
A girl carries sand-filtered drinking water in the river Brahmni, near Gopinath Pur village, about 150 kilometers (94 miles) away from Bhubaneswar, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, Friday, May 8, 2009. Authorities last week confirmed that at least 18 people have died from heat stroke in Orissa state.

Biswaranjan Rout Associated Press
A hippopotamus looks on in a pool of water on a hot summer day in Mumbai, India, Friday, May 8, 2009.

Gautam Singh Associated Press
U.S. actor Tom Hanks, wearing a baseball cap of the Yomiuri Giants, throws the first pitch before the start of Japan's professional baseball game between the Giants and the Chunichi Dragons at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, May 8, 2009. Keen baseball fan Hanks is in Tokyo to promote his latest film "Angels & Demons" which will be shown around the world on May 15.

Koji Sasahara Associated Press
An Orthodox priest conducts a funeral ceremony for remains of Soviet soldiers killed during World War II, at a memorial cemetery at the village of Sinyavino, 50 km (31 miles) east of St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, May 8, 2009. The remains of over 500 soldiers killed in heavy battles during World War II near Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, in 1942-1944, were buried during a ceremony in Sinyavino on the eve of the Victory Day, celebrated in Russia on May 9.

Dmitry Lovetsky Associated Press
The Jesusita fire approaches Highway 154 in the hills of Santa Barbara, Calif. on Friday, May 8, 2009.

Dan Steinberg Associated Press
Workers tie down reinforced steel bars before the start of a concrete pour of the street-level plaza at the Sept. 11 memorial Friday, May 8, 2009 at ground zero in New York. The 8-acre memorial will ultimately form a tree-filled, cobblestoned plaza that surrounds twin reflecting pools built above the World Trade Center towers' footprints. The owners of the site are trying to open the above-ground plaza by the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Mark Lennihan Associated Press
A woman washes clothes in a flooded street in Bacabal, in the Brazilian northeastern state of Maranhao, Friday, May 8, 2009. Northern Brazil's worst floods in decades have driven tens of thousands from their homes to seek refuge wherever they can, packing onto flatbed trucks and braving rivers teeming with deadly reptiles in a scramble for higher ground.

Andre Penner Associated Press
A Canada goose gosling is seen near an adult, along the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Friday, May 8, 2009.

Matt Rourke Associated Press
One-horned rhinoceroses run during a rhino census in the Pobitora wildlife sanctuary, 55 kilometers (34 miles) east of Gauhati, India, Friday, May 8, 2009. According to the 2006 census, Pobitora has the highest density of rhino population in the world.

Anupam Nath Associated Press
Forest officials participate in a rhino census in the Pobitora wildlife sanctuary, 55 kilometers (34 miles) east of Gauhati, India, Friday, May 8, 2009. According to the 2006 census, Pobitora has the highest density of rhino population in the world.

Anupam Nath Associated Press
A couple kisses while dancing at the PM club and bar in Mexico City's trendy Condesa neighborhood, early Friday, May 8, 2009. Roughly two weeks since the swine flu outbreak forced the closure of bars, restaurants, and other places where people mingle, Mexico City's vibrant night life is returning to normal.

Brennan Linsley Associated Press