Sderot, Israel, June 8, 2009--A student dances in foam during a street party marking the start of a gay pride festival at Sapir College.
Dadaab, Kenya, June 5, 2009--Cheikh Mukhtar carries the body of 20-month-old Anfac Anwar Mohammed minutes after she died from starvation at a camp for refugees from neighboringSomalia.The United Nations said on June 5 that 96,000 Somalis had fled their homes during a month of battles between rebels and the government in Mogadishu.
Hyderabad, India, June 8, 2009--A boy swallows a live fish dipped in homemade medicine--said to be an asthma cure--during the Goud family's annual gathering, which roughly coincides with the start of monsoon season. The free event has been running for decades and typically draws hundreds of thousands of people.
The fish, usually a murral or sardine, is said to clear phlegm as it wriggles down the throat.
Peshawar, Pakistan, June 10, 2009--A Pashtun man searches debris with a metal detector outside the popular Pearl Continental Hotel hours after a suicide bomber set off a truck bomb.
The attack, which killed nine people, has renewed anger toward the Taliban among Pakistanis in this northwestern city, the Reuters news agency reported.
Tokyo, Japan, June 9, 2009--A cooking robot pours batter for okonomiyaki--savory pancakes popular in Japan--onto a heated grill during a demonstration at the International Food Machinery and Technology Exhibition.
Designed by engineers at Osaka-based firm Toyo Riki, the robot can stir ingredients, pour batter onto a grill, flip the cakes with a spatula, and serve them up on a plate.
Where No Dog Has Gone Before
Scrooble the dog, who overcame cancer, looks through a CT scanner during a visit to the new treatment center at the University of Edinburgh's Royal School of Veterinary Studies.
Spanish Village
A four-year-old girl plays during the "Coca" festival in Redondela, Spain.
A hammock tied under a water tanker gives shade and rest to a young child whose parents work at a road construction site in Gurgaon, India.
Among the two million people displaced by fighting in Pakistan's Swat Valley are this boy and his family. He was photographed in a refugee camp in Nowshera.
U.S. President Barack Obama talks to aides as he sits on the steps of the U.S. Ambassador's residence in Paris.
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