4.6 billion euros in EU funding for transport infrastructure, available until 2013

Europe's biggest road projects near Cluj

Peasants work their field near the construction site of one of Europe's biggest road projects near Cluj, 450 km (280 miles) northwest of Bucharest, in this file picture taken July 1, 2004. Romania, which shook off communism in 1989 and joined the European Union in 2007, has a potential 4.6 billion euros in EU funding for transport infrastructure, available until 2013. By the end of last year, Bucharest had managed to use just 47 million euros of that. Like countries suddenly enriched by the discovery of oil, former communist states that have access to billions in European Union development funds can find them both blessing and curse.

Abandoned wheelchairs

Abandoned wheelchairs are scattered in the parking lot at the devastated Greenbriar Nursing Home in Joplin, Mo. Wednesday, May 25, 2011. Eleven residents of the facility died when an EF-5 tornado tore through much of the city Sunday, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses and killing at least 122 people

Hamas supporters take part in a protest

Hamas supporters take part in a protest calling on Egypt to reopen the Rafah border crossing, near the Egyptian border with the Gaza Strip in this April 25, 2008 file photo. Egypt will open its border with the Gaza Strip "on a daily basis" starting from May 28, 2011, the state MENA news agency said on May 25, 2011, to ease entry restrictions for Palestinians.

the Mississippi River in Memphis

A line of severe storms crosses the Mississippi River in Memphis, Tenn., passing by the Memphis Pyramid on Wednesday, May 25, 2011. The dark formation was reported a few minutes earlier as a tornado in West Memphis, Ark.

Despicable Me

This film publicity file image courtesy of Universal Studios shows a scene from the film "Despicable Me." For Universal visitors, August will be the last chance to ride the Jimmy Neutron Nicktoon Blast, which is closing to make room for a 3-D ride based on the "Despicable Me" animated movie

Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez, center, performs at the "American Idol" finale on Wednesday, May 25, 2011, in Los Angeles.

Teen Wolf

From left to right, actor Colton Haynes, actress Crystal Reed, actor Tyler Posey, actress Holland Roden, and Actor Tyler Hoechlin arrive at the MTV series premiere of "Teen Wolf" in Los Angeles on Wednesday, May 25, 2011. The series, a take on the feature film of the same title, debuts on MTV on June 5th after the MTV Movie Awards.

Crews work

Crews work on part of the Warsaw-Berlin highway in Poland near Zyrardow (central Poland) on May 23, 2011. About 500 Chinese workers have been toiling away at the motorway since the beginning of this year in order to meet a 2012 deadline. Poland has become the first country in the 27-member European Union to open its doors to a Chinese company on a public works contract.

watermelon as he takes part in a contest for the biggest

A Chinese man carries a watermelon as he takes part in a contest for the biggest and sweetest watermelon, in Beijing on May 25, 2011. A recent bizarre wave of exploding watermelons -- possibly due to farmers' abuse of a growth-boosting chemical -- has once again spotlighted safety fears plaguing China's poorly regulated food sector.

GeoEye shows

This image provided by GeoEye shows, the second of three images of the destruction in an area of Joplin, Mo. Tuesday May 24, 2011, two days after a devastating tornado tore through the city, killing at least 122 people.

plants rice on a paddy in Chungju

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak plants rice on a paddy in Chungju, North Chungcheong Province, on 26 May 2011 as the nation enters the season for rice planting.

market in Mumbai

A man unloads live chickens from a truck at a wholesale poultry market in Mumbai May 26, 2011. India's food price index rose 8.55 percent in the year to May 14, government data showed on Thursday, picking up pace from an annual rise of 7.47 percent a week ago.

Lived paddy field frogs for sale

Lived paddy field frogs for sale are on display inside a cage at Pudu wet market in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 26 May 2011. Paddy field frog is a small and common amphibian which is found in lowland and secondary forest. This frog can be found in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. Frogs are farmed in Asia but rarely on industrial scale. People say frogs taste like a cross between fish and chicken. It was sold at MYR17 (3.95 euros) per kilogram.

displayed pictures of Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus

Women walk in front of displayed pictures of Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus, Syria, Monday, May 23, 2011. The European Union imposed sanctions Monday on Syrian President Bashar Assad because of his government's continuing crackdown on anti-government protesters, in which more than 900 people have reportedly been killed. The 27-nation bloc instituted an assets freeze and a visa ban on Assad and nine other members of his regime.

volcano in Porong in East Java province

May 25, 2011 shows scientists inspecting deposits of mud near the crater of a volcano in Porong in East Java province. A group of international scientists and experts attending a forum organized by Humanitas, an Australian organization on the mud volcano, locally known as "Lusi" arrived at the site five years after a disaster in which it erupted on May 29, 2006 in a populated area. The Indonesian government blames the eruption on an earthquake that struck days before, about 280 kilometres (174 miles) away from Lusi. But foreign experts accuse a gas drilling company, Lapindo Brantas, of failing to place a protective casing around a section of its well. Lusi has buried 12 villages and displaced more than 13,000 Indonesian families. According to latest scientific studies it will erupt for at least a quarter of century

Thai minority woman rides

A Thai minority woman rides her bicycle past a rice paddy field in Dien Bien Phu city May 26, 2011

the 20th Trans Sport Show in Manila

A worker applies wax on a rare vintage 1939 BMW R12 World War II motorcycle on display, during the opening of the 20th Trans Sport Show in Manila May 26, 2011. The event is the country's longest running motor show, which runs from May 26 to 29 and is dubbed as the "Car show for enthusiasts by enthusiasts".

New motorcycles on a truck in Jakarta

New motorcycles on a truck in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 26 May 2011. According to reports of the Transportation Ministry, there were around nine million registered motorcycles in Jakarta as of December 2010. The city’s population is around 9.5 million people. Governor Fauzi Bowo has said that about 1,000 new motorcycles hit the streets of the capital every day and that the number is increasing. According to the Motorcycle Industry Association of Indonesia (AISI), motorcycle sales rise 32.2 per cent to 664,983 units in January

Wooden sculptures appear to walk down..

Wooden sculptures appear to walk down a path at NIROX, a private foundation established four years ago to cultivate the arts in South Africa located in a private nature reserve in South Africa's Cradle of Humankind, a World Heritage Site some 50 km north of Johannesburg, South Africa, 11 April 2011. NIROX, directed by Benji Liebmann is open to the public for special events, exhibitions, and concerts and includes a sculpture park laid out across the natural landscape, as well as an artist-in-residence programme for locally and internationally renowned artists

Refugees who fled fighting in Western Ivory Coast..

Refugees who fled fighting in Western Ivory Coast gather for a food distribution by Caritas and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the village of Janzon, near Zwedrou, Liberia Wednesday, May 25, 2011. Six weeks after the capture of defiant Ivorian strongman Laurent Gbagbo, more than 100,000 refugees remain in Liberia.