Widespead flooding
Tom Mahan takes a picture of a section of Pryor Creek Road south of Huntley, Mont. that was washed away from flood water in Pryor Creek on Sunday, May 22, 2011. Widespead flooding in the area closed a stretch of Interstate 90 from Hardin, Mont. to Ranchester, Wyo.
tornado hit Joplin,
A man carries a young girl who was rescued after being trapped with her mother in their home after a tornado hit Joplin, Mo. on Sunday evening, May 22, 2011. The tornado tore a path a mile wide and four miles long destroying homes and businesses
Storm clouds dwarf
Lady Gaga,
Lady Gaga, center, performs on the Main Stage at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend, held at Carlisle Airport, Britain Sunday, May 15, 2011.
Israelis soldiers take position
Israelis soldiers take position along the fence after protesters crossed from Syria into the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights close to the Druze town of Majdal Shams on May 15, 2011. Two people were killed and dozens wounded when Isreali soldiers opened fire. Bloodshed broke out as Palestinian refugees across the region living in refugee camps gathered along the Israel's borders in a show of mourning over the 1948 creation of the Jewish state known in Arabic as the "Nakba" or "Catastrophe."
SANA shows thousands of Palestinian refugees
A handout photo released by Syria’s official news agency SANA shows thousands of Palestinian refugees and Syrians moving toward the separating line between Syria and Israel, 15 May 2011. They had gathered in Ein El-Tina village in the Golan Heights and marched towards Majdal Shams village on the Israeli side of the Heights to commemorate 'Nakba Day', when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were displaced from their homeland in 1948 and the Israeli state was established. They came under Israeli fire, killing eight and injuring many more according to Syrian reports.
flowering Titan Arum
Visitors look at a flowering Titan Arum plant (Amorphophallus titanum) at Berlin's Botanical Garden, May 15, 2011. The flower, also known as the Corpse Flower, uses its pungent attraction to entice the insects it needs for pollination and only blooms for an average of 48 hours.
traditional Korean flower cap
South Korean assistants put a traditional Korean flower cap on a student during the Coming-of-Age Day ceremony to mark adulthood in Seoul on May 16, 2011. About 100 young women and men, including 20 foreigners, were invited to the ceremony hosted by the Seoul city administration to revive the centuries-old tradition of Chosun dynasty.
navy X-47B Unmanned Combat Air
In this Feb. 4, 2011 file photo released by the U.S. Navy and Northrup Grumman, the navy X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS-D) aircraft successfully completing its historic first flight at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. to mark a critical step in the program, moving the team forward to meet the demonstration objectives of a tailless fighter-sized unmanned aircraft to safely take off from and land on the deck of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier. The U.S. is developing aircraft carrier-based drones that could provide a crucial edge as it tries to counter China's military rise.
voting in village panchayat
Kashmiri villagers queue as they prepare to vote during a sixth phase of voting in village panchayat (civil bodies) elections on the outskirts of Srinagar on May 16, 2011. An Indian soldier was killed when Pakistani snipers allegedly shot across the sensitive border in divided Kashmir, an Indian paramilitary official said May 15. The incident occurred late May 14, in Indian Kashmir's Suchetgarh region, a Border Security Force (BSF) official said after the shooting shattered more than a year of calm along the militarised border in the Himalayan region. India and Pakistan have fought two of their three wars over Muslim-majority Kashmir, which is held in part by each but claimed in full by both
A man is suspended
A man is suspended in the air with hooks attached through his skin, in Lviv, Ukraine, Sunday, May 8, 2011. Body suspension is a bizarre ritual where a person hangs from flesh hooks put through temporary extreme piercing in the body
Paris Hilton
MAY 07: Boxer Manny Pacquiao (L) poses with Paris Hilton at a post-fight news conference after Pacquiao defeated Shane Mosley by unanimous decision to retain his WBO welterweight title at the MGM Grand Garden Arena May 7, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Afghan children play on swings in Kabul
Afghan children play on swings in Kabul on May 8, 2011. A wave of attacks on government targets in the Afghan city of Kandahar May 7 were "revenge" by extremists for the killing of Osama bin Laden, a statement from President Hamid Karzai's office said.
Shaven-headed young boys wearing 3-D glasses watch a 3-D TV
Shaven-headed young boys wearing 3-D glasses watch a 3-D TV monitors at SK Telecom Ubiquitous Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 9, 2011. A group of children entered a temple, the main temple of Korean Buddhism's Chogye Order, to experience a monk's life for a month to celebrate Buddha's birthday on May 10
Korean woman rides a bicycle
A North Korean woman rides a bicycle with her child on her back, on the banks of Yalu River near the Chongsong county of North Korea, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, May 8, 2011. Picture taken May 8, 2011.
two-head conjoined female twin babies
A view of the two-head conjoined female twin babies in a hospital in Suining city in southwest China's Sichuan province 09 May 2011. Two previous ultrasonic scans in September and February both reported a single embryo to her mother Bao Qiaoying, a migrant worker, until a check on 03 May found it was with two heads. The parents decided for abortion but it was already too late. The hospital says they are China's first reported two-head conjoined twin babies, born 4.05kg together by caesarean on 05 May.
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