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Reuters photographer Lee Celano photographs oil in a marsh near Pass a Loutre, Louisiana, May 20, 2010. For nearly a month, roughly 5,000 barrels of oil per day have been gushing from BP's broken Deepwater oil well situated in the Gulf of Mexico.
Here's a window into how photogs are maneuvering themselves to capture the impact of the oil spill in the Gulf. Lee Celano shows us how it's done in this picture.
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A dead, oil-covered Northern Gannet lies on Grand Isle Beach in Grand Isle, La. on Friday, May 21. A month after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon, sheets of heavy oil are starting to clog fragile marshlands on the fringes of the Mississippi Delta.
These are some of the first images we are getting of dead, oil-covered wildlife washing up on shore. So sad.
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New Jersey-born NASA Astronaut Garrett Reisman wears a Yankee symbol on his arm as he participates in a seven-hour spacewalk at the International Space Station on Monday, May 17.
Did you know Reisman threw the ceremonial first pitch from the International Space Station for the Yankees in April 2008?
Jose Jacome/EPA
One of 39 giant tortoises bred on the island of Santa Cruz arrive to repopulate Pinta Island, Galapagos archipelago, on May 17, 38 years after of the recovery of 'Lonesome George', the then last tortoise of his species.
Nice to see one of the original locals coming back
Dan Marschka/Lancaster Newspapers via AP
A tow truck operator looks to tow a Jeep Liberty after the driver, who claims the accelerator stuck, drove it through the back wall of his garage on Monday, May 17, in Lancaster, Pa. The driver was not hurt.
How embarrassing.
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A water spout hits the sea behind a surfer on Sydney's Bondi Beach on May 17, 2010. A rare sight in Australia, the water spout lasted around five minutes and expired before landfall.
Stunning.
Bela Szandelszky/AP
Local residents try to rescue a car from flooding water near the village of Alsovadasz, northeastern Hungary, Monday, May 17, 2010. Officials in Hungary and Serbia say that three people have died as a result of flooding caused by heavy rainfall.
I hope they got it out safely.
Eranga Jayawardena/AP
Sri Lankan army soldiers run for cover as it rains and lightning strikes during the rehearsal of a Victory Day parade scheduled for Thursday, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, May 17, 2010.
This is a really interesting day for extreme weather photos.
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A herdsman makes his way through the snow in Hami, in northwest China's Xinjiang region, on May 16, 2010, after a continuous snowstorm hit the area since May 12.
Five days straight of this...
Eranga Jayawardena/AP
A Sri Lankan man walks through a flooded road in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, May 17, 2010. Heavy monsoon showers caused floods in many parts of the country.
The umbrella in this situation seems about as effective as Don Quixote's lance was at tilting at windmills.
Prakash Hatvalne/AP
Mamta, 7, right, stands with her husband Santosh, 11, at a mass marriage at Chachoda village in Rajgarh town Sunday, May 16, 2010. Even though child marriages are illegal in India, they are still held particularly in poverty-stricken villages.
This strikes me as tragic.
Gurinder Osan/AP
An Indian worker sorts metal scrap as he loads them onto a truck near a shop that was contaminated with radioactive material at a junk market in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 17, 2010.
Which job would you rather -not- have: This one, or the one in the next picture?
Atef Hassan/Reuters
A policeman removes a landmine near the Rumaila oil field in Basra Province May 10, 2010. The Explosive Ordnance Disposal team have lifted about a million explosives planted during the 1991, gulf war Police Colonel Mahdi Habib said.
I think my vote is for this one. But it might be a push.
Omar Sobhani/Reuters
A man walks past mannequins displaying men's clothing for sale in Kabul May 17, 2010.
This picture stands out from the typical earth-tones-puncuated-by-blue-burqas pictures from Kabul.
Tara Todras-Whitehill/AP
Palestinian children hold up a large kaffiyeh, an Arab headdress, as they march in Ramallah May 17, 2010 to commemorate "Nakba", Arabic for catastrophe, commemorating the uprooting of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians 1948 Israeli-Arab war.
A smart place for a photographer to place herself to get this frame.
Daniel Bar-on/AFP - Getty Images
Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim on May 16, 2010. The mayor suspended services here following clashes over the relocation of ancient graves. The tombs are being moved by archaeologists to make way for a new bomb-proof hospital emergency ward.
How would you like to live somewhere where the hospital emergency ward needs to be made bomb-proof?
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Fishing boat maintenance worker Robert Utech holds his head after discussing his mounting debt with friends in his mobile home on May 16, 2010 in Buras, Louisiana. Utech said his work hours have been cut in half, as many fishing boats are idle due to the oil spill offshore.
One wonders how many times scenes like this are being played out right now.
John Quigley/AP
In a photo provided by John Quigley, Gulf Coast fishers and environmental groups join forces at Grand Isle, La., Sunday May 16, 2010, to send a message to BP and President Obama. The event was sponsored by the Commercial Fisherman of America and Global Green USA.
This picture sort of "speaks" for itself.
Manish Swarup/AP
Motorcyclists ride near burning tires put by anti-government protesters in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, May 17, 2010. Thailand's Red Shirts offered peace talks to end street battles as a government deadline passed without capitulation.
Another "scenic" picture of Bangkok that makes me wonder what it's like to be there: What it smells like, sounds like and feels like.
Luke Duggleby/Redux Pictures
Top image: The bound feet of Wang Guifeng, 79, sitting next to a neighbor with unbound feet. Bottom image: Xiong Xiufeng, 89, (left) and Zhu Xiaoqiong, 91, walk through their ancient village. They are two of three remaining women with bound feet in a village where the practice was once common. These women are the last reminder of a tradition that was intended as a status symbol, and a key to the women's chances of marrying into wealth.
Foot binding, which involved deforming or even breaking the bones of the feet, was practiced in China for over 1,000 years. What do you think of this practice dying out?
Luke Duggleby/Redux Pictures
Top image: Sitting in her home, a traditional courtyard house, Wang Guifeng, 79, shows her uncovered bound foot. She had her feet bound when only a small child and is renowned for having the most beautiful lotus feet in the village. In the bottom image, she wraps her feet which acts like a support and keeps them in shape. The practice often results in lifelong disabilities for women with bound feet.
The practice was banned in the early 1900s. Are there any practices here in America, past or present, that are similar?
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Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off of launch pad 39-a at Kennedy Space Center for its final scheduled launch May 14, 2010 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Atlantis is scheduled for a 13-day mission to the International Space Station.
I will miss these scenes.
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A red shirt anti-government protester taunts the military as violence in central Bangkok escalates on May 14, 2010 in Thailand. Protesters and military clashed after the government launched an operation to disperse anti-government protesters who have closed parts of the city for two months.
Today we debated adding this picture--one of several we've seen of protesters disrobing as they confront troops--to our slideshow on the protests. The man's action is certainly crass and arguably trivial in light of the tragic violence in Bangkok. On the other hand, it depicts a mood and style of protest that is playing a part in the news. More on that in the links below.
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A Thai biker flees the area of clashes amid heavy smoke around the fortified ''Red Shirt'' anti-government protesters' camp in Bangkok on May 14, 2010.
Some of the frames coming out of Bangkok, on the other hand, look like scenes from a post-apocalyptic film.
Mauricio Lima/AFP - Getty Images
An Afghan boy prepares to bowl a ball while playing cricket inside the ruins of a compound, which use to be home to a timber manufacturing factory in the late 80's, on the western outskirts of Kabul on May 14, 2010.
Not your typical cricket field.
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