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  • Man arrested outside Westminster Abbey

    Lise Aaserud / AFP - Getty Images

    Police officers arrest a man as he tries to get into Westminster Abbey in London, on the day of the royal wedding of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton, on April 29.

    You can find more royal wedding coverage on our blog, The Windsor Knot.

    And more photo coverage in our slideshows:

    Royal fans flock the streets of London.

    Royal security.
    Preparations for the royal wedding.

    Wacky royal wedding memorabilia.
    The royal guestlist - who's coming to the wedding?
    A royal courtship.
    History of British royal weddings.
    Kate Middleton's style.
    Crown jewels.

  • AFP - Getty Images

    Anti-government protesters hold banners calling for an end to a military siege in Nawa near the southern Syrian town of Daraa, the epicentre of protests that have shaken President Bashar al-Assad's once uncontested rule, on April 28. A defiant Syria vowed to restore "security and stability" despite growing international censure for its violent crushing of dissent, as activists called for more protests on April 29.

    Syrian protesters call for end to military siege

    Read more about the latest developments in Syria.

  • Royal fans all set for the big day

    Martin Bureau / AFP - Getty Images

    Royal supporters share a laugh as they wait along the processional route on the day of the wedding of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton, on April 29 in central London.

    You can find more royal wedding coverage on our blog, The Windsor Knot.

    And more photo coverage in our slideshows:

    Royal fans flock the streets of London.

    Royal security.
    Preparations for the royal wedding.

    Wacky royal wedding memorabilia.
    The royal guestlist - who's coming to the wedding?
    A royal courtship.
    History of British royal weddings.
    Kate Middleton's style.
    Crown jewels.

  • Bill Ingalls / NASA via Getty Images

    In this handout image provided by NASA, the space shuttle Endeavour is seen on launch pad 39a as a storm passes by prior to the rollback of the Rotating Service Structure, Thursday, April 28, 2011, at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. During the 14-day mission, Endeavour and the STS-134 crew will deliver the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and spare parts, including two S-band communications antennas, a high-pressure gas tank and additional spare parts for Dextre. Launch is targeted for April 29 at 3:47 p.m. EDT.

    NASA prepares for final launch of space shuttle Endeavour

    By Alan Boyle / msnbc.com

    The wild weather that is sweeping through America's Southeast has had a mild impact on the outlook for the shuttle Endeavour's final flight, with forecasters raising the chances of a delay in Friday's launch from 20 to 30 percent. Read the latest here.

  • Sue Ogrocki / AP

    An Asian elephant calf, born at the Oklahoma City Zoo April 15, is pictured with her mother, Asha, right, a 16-year old Asian elephant, and her aunt, Chandra, left, a 14-year old Asian Elephant, at the zoo in Oklahoma City, Thursday, April 28.

    New baby elephant born at the Oklahoma City Zoo

    You can go to the Oklahoma City Zoo's site and help name the baby elephant. She's definitely a contender for our 'cutest-thing-ever' list; you can see other nominees here. See more animal photos in our weekly slideshow, 'Animal tracks.'

  • Scientists place tracking bands on legs of peregrine falcon chicks as their parent flies nearby

    Here's an uncommonly close look at a peregrine falcon (the world's fastest animal):

    Ben Margot / AP

    "Dapper Dan", a male peregrine falcon, keeps watch as he circles the 33rd floor of the Pacific Gas & Electric building as scientists from the University of California Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group affix leg bands on three baby peregrine falcons Thursday, April 28, 2011, in San Francisco. Each young falcon will get a band on each leg. One band is the normal U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service bird band which contains a phone number to call in the event someone finds a peregrine. The second band is a visual identification band that can be read from a distance with binoculars.

    Ben Margot / AP

    "Dapper Dan", with the Bay Area beyond.

    Ben Margot / AP

    Glenn Stewart, right, director of the University of California Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group, places a band on one of three baby peregrine falcons as it is held by Teague Scott, a UC Santa Cruz environmental studies student, near the edge of the 33rd floor of the Pacific Gas & Electric building Thursday, April 28, 2011, in San Francisco.

    Ben Margot / AP

    A three week old peregrine falcon is banded by University of California Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group scientists.

    For more about peregrine falcons, here's the wikipedia article.

  • Aerial photos show path of tornado through Tuscaloosa, Alabama

    Dusty Compton / AP

    This aerial photo shows the path of the tornado in Tuscaloosa, Ala. on Thursday, April 28, 2011. A powerful and deadly tornado cut through Alabama Wednesday evening. President Barack Obama said he would visit Alabama Friday to view damage and meet with the governor and families devastated by the storms. Obama has already expressed condolences by phone to Gov. Robert Bentley and approved his request for emergency federal assistance.

    Marvin Gentry / Reuters

    An aerial view shows extensive damage to houses in the path of tornadoes in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, April 28, 2011.

    Marvin Gentry / Reuters

    An aerial view shows extensive damage to homes and businesses in the path of tornadoes in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, April 28, 2011. Tornadoes and violent storms ripped through seven southern U.S. states, killing at least 259 people in the country's deadliest series of twisters in nearly four decades.

     

  • Eliot J. Schechter / Getty Images

    Photographers set up remote cameras near Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-134 as it sits on launch pad-39A at the Kennedy Space Center April 28, 2011 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA continues to prepare for the last trip to orbit for Space Shuttle Endeavour, which will be launching on April 29.

    Photographers set up remote cameras in advance of space shuttle launch

    I was impressed by the camera shelter that resembles a dog house. Here's a story about tomorrow's launch.

  • Royal feline fever! Larry, the Downing Street cat, gets in the royal wedding spirit

    James Glossop / WPA Pool via Getty Images

    Larry, the Downing Street cat, in a Union flag bow-tie in the Cabinet Room at number 10 Downing Street on Thursday, April 28, in London. Prince William will marry his fiancee Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey tomorrow.

    James Glossop / WPA Pool via Getty Images

    Larry, the Downing Street cat, in the Cabinet Room at number 10 Downing Street on Thursday.

    James Glossop / WPA Pool via Getty Images

    Larry, the Downing Street cat, in the Royal Wedding spirit in the Cabinet Room at number 10 Downing Street on Thursday.

     More royal wedding coverage on our blog, The Windsor Knot. More royal photos in PhotoBlog.

    And more photo coverage in our slideshows:
    Life of Kate Middleton
    Life of Prince William
    Preparations for the royal wedding.
    Wacky royal wedding memorabilia.
    The royal guest list - who's coming to the wedding?
    A royal courtship.
    History of British royal weddings.
    Crown jewels.

     

  • Deadliest tornado outbreak in nearly 40 years kills hundreds

    Butch Dill / AP

    Residents search through what is left of their homes Thursday, April 28, 2011 after a tornado hit Pleasant Grove just west of downtown Birmingham, Ala., Wednesday afternoon.

    Bob Andres / Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP

    John Franklin, Jr, and his wife Kathy, help recover belongings from their son's home, in Bartow County, Ga. on Thursday. Dozens of tornadoes ripped through the South, flattening homes and businesses and killing at least 215 people in six states in the deadliest outbreak in nearly 40 years.

    Marvin Gentry / Reuters

    The aftermath of overnight tornadoes that left ruined neighborhoods include a house that was taken off its foundation in Pratt City, a suburb of Birmingham, Ala., on Thursday. Devastating storms and tornadoes raked though the U.S. South, killing at least 185 people as they ripped houses to rubble, flipped cars and uprooted trees and power lines, officials said on Thursday.

    Full story here: Storms, tornados ravage South

    Slideshow here: Severe storms rip across U.S.

    More than 200 people were killed in five states after a powerful storm system spawned dozens of tornadoes across the South. NBC's Thoung Troung reports.

     

  • Torsten Blackwood / AFP - Getty Images

    Workers gesture after completing a pair of colored brick murals featuring the faces of Britain's Prince William and Catherine Middleton near Sydney on Thursday, April 28. The two 100 meter square brick murals, which contain 8,300 bricks and 7,500 half bricks of different shades, will stay in place for three months to celebrate the royal wedding in London.

    Prince William and Kate cemented in Sydney murals

    See more royal wedding-related pictures on PhotoBlog here.

  • China's census reveals an aging, increasingly urban population

    Carlos Barria / Reuters

    People enter a subway station in People's Square, Shanghai on April 28.

    China's population is aging rapidly, the government said Thursday, though its leaders are refusing to relax strict family planning controls that are part of the cause.

    The results of a national census conducted late last year show the proportion of elderly people in the country of 1.34 billion jumped, while that of young people plunged sharply.

    The census results, announced Thursday, also show that half the population now lives in cities. Continue reading.

  • Police arrest, tear gas Uganda's opposition leader

    AP reports from Kampala, Uganda: Police in Uganda have again arrested the country's top opposition leader during a protest march.

    An Associated Press reporter who witnessed the arrest says Kizza Besigye locked himself inside his vehicle and that police used an ax and the butts of their guns to smash open the windscreen. Police then fired tear gas into the vehicle.

    Marc Hofer / AFP - Getty Images

    A plainclothes policeman smashes the car window of opposition leader Kizza Besigye in Kampala, Uganda on April 28.

    Stephen Wandera / AP

    Another police officer tear gases Besigye in his car.

    Judith Nabakooba, a police spokeswoman, said Besigye was arrested for causing chaos. She said that his supporters hurled stones at passing vehicles.

    The arrest is Besigye's fifth for participating in "walk to work" protests. Besigye, who says he is protesting government corruption and high food and fuel prices, came second to President Yoweri Museveni in Uganda's February presidential election.

    Read the full story.

    Marc Hofer / AFP - Getty Images

    A policeman goes after a sympathizer of opposition leader Besigye.

    Marc Hofer / AFP - Getty Images

    Besigye, center, wipes his face while he is dragged away by two plainclothes policemen.

    AFP - Getty Images

    Besigye sits in the Kasangati police station on April 29 after he was detained and attacked with teargas by the police earlier at Mulago roundabout in Kampala.

    Related content on PhotoBlog:

    Besigye arrested for third time, April 18.
    Demonstrators injured at protest over high gas prices, April 14.

     

     

  • Noel Celis / AFP - Getty Images

    Demolition crew members throw rocks towards squatters during a demolition of a squatter area in Manila, the Philippines on April 28. The squatters lost their homes in a huge fire last week, and government orders to relocate them resulted in violence after the residents resisted the demolition teams.

    Pitched battle between Filipino squatters and demolition crew

    As previously noted on PhotoBlog, poor housing conditions and land disputes are serious issues in the Philippines.

  • AFP - Getty Images

    The new Maharaja of Jaipur, 13 year old Kumar Padmanabh Singh, is blessed by priests at his coronation ceremony at the city palace in Jaipur, India on April 28.

    The Maharaja is dead. Long live the Maharaja!

    According to AFP, Padmanabh Singh's grandfather, polo-playing Sawai Bhawani Singh, was hailed as "the last Maharaja of Jaipur" when he died two weeks ago because he had come to the throne shortly before all royal privileges were swiped out. Like all Indian royal titles, the Maharaja of Jaipur is no longer legally recognised after independence from Britain in 1947 and government reforms in the 1970s.

    Read more about the death of the last Maharaja and his 13 year old successor.

  • Jaafar Ashtiyeh / AFP - Getty Images

    A Palestinian man reads the Al-Quds newspaper at a coffee shop in the northern West Bank city of Nablus on April 28, a day after a surprise deal to end decades of rivalry between Fatah and Hamas was welcomed by the Palestinian leadership as the parties begin work to set up a new government. The newspaper's headline reads in Arabic, "Fatah and Hamas end the division and sign a reconciliation agreement".

    Pondering the Palestinian reconciliation deal

    Read more about the unity agreement between Fatah and Hamas and Israel's response.

  • Dafen Oil Painting Village, where fake art is mass produced

    Jason Lee / Reuters

    A combination picture shows the half-hour process of painter Zhao Xiaoyong working on a Van Gogh self-portrait in his gallery at Dafen Oil Painting Village in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong province April 24, 2011. Zhao said he has sold more than 70,000 pieces of Van Gogh's paintings, with the price ranging from 200 to 1,500 yuan ($30-$230) a piece. Dafen village, a suburb in Shenzhen, is believed to be the largest mass producer of oil paintings in the world. Artists here manufacture some 60 percent of the total global trade volume, according to China Daily. Thousands of artists and dealers rent shops or exterior walls on buildings to display and sell oil paintings, but they will soon need to find other places as the local government has pledged to ban the practice in an effort to brush up its image before the upcoming Universiade, local media reported.

    Jason Lee / Reuters

    A vendor smokes as he waits for customers in a gallery at Dafen Oil Painting Village in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong province April 24, 2011.

    Jason Lee / Reuters

    Painters joke as they work in a studio at Dafen Oil Painting Village in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong province April 25, 2011.

    Jason Lee / Reuters

    A painter, who has lost a right arm, paints in a studio at Dafen Oil Painting Village in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong province April 26, 2011.

    Jason Lee / Reuters

    A painter rests on his bed in a rental house, which also contains his art studio, at Dafen Oil Painting Village in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong province April 27, 2011.

     

  • Huge tornadoes slash into Ala. cities

    Don Kausler, Jr. / AP

    A funnel cloud approaches Tuscaloosa, Ala. where reported wide spread damage has occurred from the storm in this photo taken looking north from Taylorsville, Ala. Wednesday April 27, 2011.

    Butch Dill / AP

    Residents survey the destruction after a tornado hit Pratt City, Ala. just north of downtown Birmingham, Ala. on Wednesday, April 27, 2011.

    Caroline Summers / AP

    Residents attempt to retrieve their belongings after a tornado destroyed their apartments Wednesday, April 27, 2011 Tuscaloosa, Ala.

    Butch Dill / AP

    Residents survey the destruction after a tornado hit Pratt City, Ala. just north of downtown Birmingham, Ala., on Wednesday, April 27, 2011.

    Get the latest updates from here and see the slideshow.

    Watch as a tornado crosses through Tuscaloosa, Alabama, as recorded by Chris England of the Crimson Tide Production Team for the University of Alabama Athletics Department.

     

  • Peruvian shamans stage beach side ceremony to wish William and Kate well

    Martin Mejia / AP

    A photograph of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton, left, stands by a photograph of Prince William's mother, the late Princess Diana, right, on La Herradura beach by a skull during a ritual by Peruvian shamans to send good vibes to their royal wedding in Lima, Peru, Wednesday April 27, 2011. Kate and William will marry on Friday.

    Martin Mejia / AP

    A Peruvian shaman performs in front of a photo of the Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton during the ritual.

     

  • Miguel Sierra / EPA

    Residents of rural communities in La Ifigenia and Santa Rita in La Marta mountain, which naturally divides the Mexican states of Coahuila and Nuevo Leon, remain in their houses as large forest fire approaches their community, on 27 April 2011. More than 1,500 brigade members are still trying to extinguish the fire which began a month ago in the mountains of Chihuahua, Mexico.

    Wildfire heads for communities in northern Mexico

    See more weather photos from around the world here.

  • Figure skater finishes performance despite taking an elbow to the face

    For more sports images, check out The Week in Sports Pictures slideshow.

    Dmitry Lovetsky / AP

    Canadian skater Meagan Duhamel hits Eric Radford with her elbow as they perform their pair's short program at the ISU Figure skating World championships in Moscow, Russia, on April 27.

    Dmitry Lovetsky / AP

    Canadian skater Eric Radford is seen with bleeding nose as he and Meagan Duhamel perform their short program at the ISU Figure skating World championships in Moscow, Russia, on April 2.

    Denis Sinyakov / Reuters

    Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford of Canada perform during the pairs short program competition at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Moscow on April 27, 2011. Radford took a hit to the face during their performance.

    Denis Sinyakov / Reuters

    Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford of Canada perform during the pairs short program competition at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Moscow April 27, 2011. Radford took a hit to the face during their performance.

    Grigory Dukor / Reuters

    Eric Radford of Canada ices his face beside Meagan Duhamel after their performance during the pairs short program competition at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Moscow on April 27. Radford took a hit to the face during their performance.

  • Live video: Memorial service for photojournalist Chris Hondros



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  • Bernard Troncale / The Birmingham News via AP

    Sandra Smith, left, is hugged by a neighbor in Moody, Ala., Wednesday, April 27, 2011 after a tree fell into her mobile home bedroom and missed crushing her by just a few inches. Smith was asleep when the tree fell and was not injured. Violent weather passed over much of Alabama early Wednesday.

    Falling tree crushes motor home, just missing resident

    Read more on the violent weather tearing up the South here. Slideshow here.

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