Monday: The day in photos
A Buddhist prays for the victims of the May 12, 2008, earthquake at the ruins of Beichuan County in China’s Sichuan province. Many commemoration activities are being held to mark the first anniversary of the devastating quake that left nearly 90,000 people dead or missing. (Feng Li / Getty Images)
A woman grieving for her lost ones in Beichuan, which was devastated by the quake, is restrained by relatives. (Ng Han Guan / Associated Press)
A teacher measures the temperature of a girl as she arrives for her first day of school since the outbreak of the swine flu in
Security officers try to adjust Pope Benedict XVI’s frock after the wind caught it during a welcoming ceremony at the Mount Scopus helipad in Jerusalem. The Pope is on a five-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories. (Tara Todras-Whitehill / Associated Press)
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Tamil protesters block roads as they demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament in central London. Scotland Yard said 500 protesters pushed through police lines on Parliament Square and sat down in the road on two sides of the square. (Shaun Curry / AFP / Getty Images)
A boy drinks water from a tank at a refugee camp in Mardan, in northwest Pakistan. The U.N. said more than 360,000 refugees had fled Swat and neighboring Dir and Buner districts since Pakistan’s army launched a new offensive against Taliban militants last week. (Greg Baker / Associated Press)
A man goes through food products destroyed in a fire at a warehouse in Basra, southeast of Baghdad. A huge fire erupted at a wholesale market in central Basra on Sunday night, damaging as many as 20 different warehouses. (Nabil al-Jurani / Associated Press)
Maoist supporters protest against Nepalese President Ram Baran Yadav in Katmandu. Nepal’s political parties were close to agreeing on a new ruling coalition, moving a step forward in forming a new government after the abrupt withdrawal of the Himalayan country’s communists, an official said. (Binod Joshi / Associated Press)
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A Russian girl stands on a pedestrian bridge in downtown Moscow with a full moon in the background. (Dmitry Kostyukov / AFP / Getty Images)
