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  • Londoners express hopes, frustrations as Olympics come to town

    Reuters photographer Stefan Wermuth set out this month to talk to a cross-section of Londoners to gauge their feelings about the Olympic Games coming to their city this summer.

    Wandering the streets of Balham, Westminster, The City, Brixton, Wandsworth, Shoreditch, Battersea, Lambeth and Chelsea with his camera and a basic voice recorder, he met all kinds of different people and encountered a diverse range of opinions.

    Stefan Wermuth / Reuters

    Charley Osborne, a 75 year-old ex-serviceman who has lived in London for fifteen years, stands outside a pub in central London. When asked what he felt about London hosting the Olympics, Osborne said "It's good for London and good for Londoners. I'm not worried about security. We have the best security in the world." 

    Stefan Wermuth / Reuters

    Deborah Blackstock, a 34 year-old mother who has lived all her life in London, poses for a picture in Shoreditch. Asked about the city hosting the Games, Blackstock said "It's a brilliant idea but I'm worried about the traffic." 

    Stefan Wermuth / Reuters

    "It's very nice. Business will be up," said Sadiq Mohammad, a 69 year-old stallholder in Brixton who has lived in the city for eight years. 

    Stefan Wermuth / Reuters

    Karina Zamarska, a 23 year-old actress who has lived in London for five years, was more skeptical. "For London it's obviously not good because so many people will be here" she said. "The tourists will be asking me questions all the time." 

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  • Elise Amendola / AP

    Grounds crew members quickly pull the tarp onto the field during a heavy rain shower in the eighth inning of a baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers at Fenway Park in Boston on May 29, 2012.

    Rain can't dampen Red Sox spirits

    After a 38-minute rain delay the Red Sox completed a 6-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers in Boston Tuesday night. Read a report on the game at NBCSports.com and see more great sports images in The Week in Sports Pictures slideshow.

  • Aung San Suu Kyi, in Myanmar since 1988, starts world tour

    Sukree Sukplang / Reuters

    Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi greets migrant workers from Myanmar, as she visits them in Samut Sakhon province in Thailand on Wednesday.

    Reuters reports: BANGKOK — For 24 years, Aung San Suu Kyi was either under house arrest or too fearful that if she left Myanmar, the government would never let her return.

    Now, in a sign of how much life there has changed, the democracy activist and long-time political prisoner is resuming world travels, arriving Tuesday night in neighboring Thailand after an 85-minute flight from her homeland.

     

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  • Running up Everest: over 150 runners complete grueling marathon

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    Handout photograph released by Himex, the organizers of the Tenzing-Hillary Everest Marathon, participants of the marathon are flagged off at Everest Base Camp in Nepal's Solukhumbu district on Tuesday, May 29.

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    Daniel Mahwell of New Zealand participates in the marathon at Gorakshep, some 5,100 meters above sea level, in Nepal's Solukhumbu district on Tuesday.

    AFP reports: KATHMANDU — More than 150 hardy competitors braved the rarified air and bone-chilling temperatures of Mount Everest on Tuesday to take part in the world's highest marathon, organisers said.

    The Tenzing-Hillary Everest Marathon is part of annual celebrations marking the first conquest of the 8,848-metre (29,029-foot) summit on May 29, 1953, by Sir Edmund Hillary and his sherpa Tenzing Norgay

     

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  • Gang members fitted for new prosthetic legs in San Salvador

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    Mara Salvatrucha gang member Noelio Calderon is attended by a technician to repair his prosthesis in a non profit organization on San Salvador, El Salvador, on May 29. Four imprisoned gang members are having their prosthesis repaired in order to imporve their quality of life as part of the benefits of the truce between gangs and the government.

    Luis Romero / AP

    Shackled inmate Noelio Calderon, a member of the Mara Salvatrucha gang, adjusts his old prosthetic leg at a clinic where he is getting measured for a new one in San Salvador, El Salvador.

    Ulises Rodriguez / Reuters

    Jailed member of street gang Mara Salvatrucha, Santos Benitez Sanchez, 44, who lost his left leg during a fight against a rival gang, waits to be fitted with a prosthetic leg at the clinic of the Salvadoran Handicapped Organization in San Salvador on May 29.

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    Mara Salvatrucha gang member Santos Benito Sanchez is attended by a technician to repair his prosthesis in a non profit organization on San Salvador.

    Four members of the street gang Mara Salvatrucha are having their prosthetic legs repaired or replaced on May 29 as a part of an initiative to improve their quality of life.

    The plan to fit disabled gang inmates with prosthetic limbs is part of a peace process between gangs and the government, pushed by the Catholic Church.

    Around 160 jailed Maras, or gang, members require prostheses for their handicaps, according to the Salvadoran Handicapped Organization.

    --msnbc.com wire services contributed to this blog post

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  • Earthquake in Italy leaves thousands homeless

    Marco Vasini / AP

    A woman holds an umbrella to make shade for an elderly woman laying on a bench after she was evacuated from a nearby hospital, in Mirandola, Italy, on May 29. Factories, warehouses and churches collapsed, dealing a second blow to a region where thousands remained homeless from a previous earthquake.

    Marco Vasini / AP

    Elderly people lay on their beds after they were evacuated from the nearby hospital, after a powerful earthquake killed at least 16 people and injured 200 as it rocked a swath of northern Italy on May 29.

    Olivier Morin / AFP - Getty Images

    Elderly people walk in a temprorary emergency camp after an earthquake on May 29 in Mirandola, Italy.

    A 5.8 tremor destroyed a number of buildings and killed at least 15 people. NBC's Jim Maceda reports.

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    Naval Academy class of 2012 celebrate graduation

    U.S. Naval Academy graduates throw their hats in the air during graduation ceremonies at the U.S. Naval Academy on May 29 in Annapolis, Md. U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta was the commencement speaker for the 1099 graduates of the class of 2012.

  • Minitel online terminals recycled after three decades of use in France

    Bruno Martin / Reuters

    A man works near a stack of French Minitel terminals which are to be broken down into their components for recycling in Portet-Sur-Garonne, southwestern France on May 23. The Minitel, the box-like terminal with a keyboard and monochrome screen, was introduced on the market in 1982 by telecommunications operator France Telecom and used by the French to get information as a phone directory or to purchase train tickets. Although there are between 600,000 - 700,000 of the units still in use, the Minitel service will end on June 30, 2012.

    Bruno Martin / Reuters

    A man separates components from a French Minitel terminal which are to be broken down for recycling in Portet-Sur-Garonne

    Bruno Martin / Reuters

    Circuit boards from French Minitel terminals which are broken down into its components, are collected for recycling in Portet-Sur-Garonne, southwestern France.

    According to Wikipedia, millions of the terminals were handed out free to telephone subscribers in France who then paid by the minute for their dialup use. 

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  • Premature detonation leaves would-be suicide bombers' car a twisted roadside mess

    Noorullah Shirzada / AFP - Getty Images

    An Afghan policeman examines the remains of a car in which five suspected suicide attackers were travelling and which allegedly exploded before they reached their target, on the outskirts of Jalalabad in Nangarhar province, east of Kabul on Tuesday. Two of the suspected suicide attackers were killed and three wounded.

    Rahmat Gul / AP

    An Afghan policeman examines the remains of a damaged vehicle after a suicide attack in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday.

    I wonder if they had any sense that this was about to happen, or if one moment they were just driving and then Boom. 

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  • Trash strewn around Barcelona airport as cleaning workers protest cuts

    Albert Gea / Reuters

    Cleaning staff workers toss pieces of papers during a protest at Barcelona's airport on Tuesday. Cleaning staff working for a company who have a contract with the airport demonstrated against pay and benefits cuts made by their employer.

    Albert Gea / Reuters

    Passengers line up in front of check-in desks during a protest by the cleaning staff at Barcelona's airport.

    Alberto Estevez / EPA

    A woman carries her luggage on an escalator at the Terminal 1 of El Prat airport in Barcelona.

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  • Increased activity of Nevado del Ruiz volcano caused alert from Colombia officials

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    A plume of smoke billows on May 29, from the Nevado del Ruiz volcano, located on the border of the departments of Caldas and Tolima in Colombia, some 130 km west of Bogota in this picture from the Colombian Geological and Mining Institute. Colombian authorities have elevated the alert status in the area to orange due to an increase in the volcano's activity.

    John Jairo Bonilla / EPA

    People cover their faces to keep them from breathing ashes created by Ruiz volcano's eruption in Manizales, Colombia, on May 29. Colombian authorities elevated the alert to orange, after an unusual increase in the volcano activity.

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  • Flags, carriages and silly hats: Finishing touches for Queen's Diamond Jubilee

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    Carriage restorer David Evans cleans the 1902 State Landau carriage at the Royal Mews in Buckingham Palace, as the horses and carriages are prepared for Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee , on May 28 , in London, England.

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    Union Flags fly along The Mall near Buckingham Palace in London, on May 29, ahead of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

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    A woman poses for a photograph in front of a floral crown that has been installed in St James's Park in central London on May 29, to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee. The crown took five weeks to construct, weighs five tonnes and has the blooms of 13,500 plants.

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    Guardsmen perform the Changing of the Guard in Horseguards in central London on May 29, ahead of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. The Queen's Diamond Jubilee will take place June 2-5, and celebrations will include a festival of boats on the river Thames and the lighting of more than 2,000 beacons around the country during a four-day public holiday.

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    From unique prints to fabulous hats, the British monarch's fashion choices often show a sense of fun. Take a look through Queen Elizabeth II's signature looks over the years.

     From Reuters:  Almost half of Britons believe Britain has changed for the worse during Queen Elizabeth's 60-year reign but most think that celebrations to mark her sixth decade on the throne will be good for business and Britain's character, according to a new poll.

     Huge crowds are expected to celebrate 86-year-old Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee next week, which is expected to be marked by a concert at Buckingham Palace, a procession through London and a 1,000-strong flotilla along the River Thames.

     An ITV News/ComRes poll found that 47 percent of those surveyed thought that Britain was not as good a place as before her reign, and just over half said they would not go to a jubilee street party or other celebration.

  • Mahout and his elephant cool off in the Yamuna river in India

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    An Indian mahout washes his elephant in the Yamuna river in New Delhi on May 29.

    Manan Vatsyayana / AFP - Getty Images

    An Indian mahout cools off with his elephant in the Yamuna river in New Delhi on May 29. Heat wave conditions prevailed in the city and the northern state of India with the mercury registering a record high for the month of May of 111 degrees fahrenheit.

     

  • Waiting for the doctor's call: Volunteers take healthcare to Transylvanian children

    Balazs Mohai / EPA

    Children wait for an eye examination in the kindergarten of Lunca de Sus in Transylvania, Romania. Volunteer doctors travel around Hargita county twice a year to examine and treat children in need at local hospitals and schools. Pictures taken between May 7 and May 10, 2012 and made available today.

    European Pressphoto Agency photographer Balazs Mohai followed a group of volunteer doctors and dentists this month as they dispensed treatment to children living in rural communities in Romania's Hargita county, part of the historical region of Transylvania. 

    The International Children's Safety Service sends a team of medical professionals around Hargita twice a year to examine and treat children in need at local hospitals and schools, irrespective of national, political or religious affiliation.

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    Volunteers Adrienn Szabo, left, and Eniko Grozdics examine children in a kindergarten in Armaseni.

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    Volunteer dentists Daniel Kepes, left, and Kiyan Ojtun Arda examine a boy in Sandominic.

    Balazs Mohai / EPA

    A girl waits for an eye examination in the kindergarten of Lunca de Sus.

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    Children play outside a kindergarten in Armaseni as they wait for a medical examination.

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    Volunteer medical workers have dinner in Sandominic after completing their work for the day.

     

  • Factories collapse as second big quake hits northern Italy

    A 5.8 tremor destroyed a number of buildings and killed at least 15 people. NBC's Jim Maceda reports.

    Marco Vasini / AP

    Firefighters search the debris of a collapsed factory in Mirandola, northern Italy, after magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck on May 29, 2012.

    Carlo Ferraro / EPA

    Firemen search the collapsed Hemotronix factory in Medolla, Modena district, Italy, on May 29, after a new earthquake struck the Emilia region in northern Italy, killing at least 10 people and burying several others under rubble. All the deaths were in the Modena area.

    Marco Vasini / AP

    An Italian policeman helps a woman and her baby during an aftershock in Mirandola, northern Italy, Tuesday, May 29, 2012. A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck northern Italy on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people as factories, warehouses and a church collapsed in the same region still struggling to recover from another deadly tremor nine days ago.

    Elisabetta Baracchi / EPA

    Factory workers grieve and console each other outside the Meta factory where three people died after a building collapsed following an earthquake in San Felice, Modena, Italy, on May 29, 2012.

    Elisabetta Baracchi / EPA

    A damaged factory building in San Felice on May 29, 2012.

    Updated at 10:44 a.m. ET -- Msnbc.com news services report — A magnitude 5.8 earthquake shook northern Italy on Tuesday - the second in the region in just over a week - killing at least ten people according to Italian news reports.

    The United States Geological Survey said the quake, which struck at 9:00 a.m. local time (3 a.m. ET), was centered 25 miles northwest of Bologna.

    Three of the victims died when a factory collapsed in San Felice sul Panaro in the Emilia Romagna region, Carabinieri police provincial commander Salvatore Iannizzotto said.

    Television footage on ITV News showed evacuees from the previous quake peering out of shaking tents in disbelief. Read the full story.

    Salmoirago Paolo / EPA

    A volunteer helps people evacuate the Tesoreria Comunale and Marino Palace offices in downtown Milan on May 29, 2012.

     

  • For Mali refugees, struggle to get by is biggest battle

    Joe Penney / Reuters

    A Malian woman lies on the floor of her home, a tent provided by the United Nations' refugee agency, UNHCR, in Mbera refugee camp, Mauritania. Pictures taken on May 23 and 24, 2012.

    Reuters photographer Joe Penney reports from Mbera, a refugee camp in Mauritania, west Africa which has become home to 64,000 Malians who have fled violence in their home country:

    Joe Penney / Reuters

    The inside of a makeshift shelter. Hundreds of families living outside the official camp grounds reside in informal structures built from whatever materials they can find, including sticks, blankets, towels and empty cement bags.

     Mbera functions like a fairly normal Saharan city: there are schools, a butcher, hairdressers, lots of tea and even the odd electric guitar. Traditionally nomadic peoples, many of the Tuaregs and Berabiche Arab tribes who left Mali for Mbera are accustomed to a life of minimal material comfort and establishing their homes under tents built from available materials. But events in Mali have provided a new challenge: political instability and violence.

    Since Tuareg and Salafist rebels began their campaign in January for an independent state called Azawad, in Northern Mali, more than 320,000 people have fled their homes and about half of them have sought asylum in refugee camps in neighboring states.

     The more politically inclined younger generation pin their hopes on an independent Azawad. But for those a bit older who witnessed the negative effects of violence in past decades, the struggle to get by takes precedence. The words of Mohamed Iselkou, a 45-year-old farmer and businessman from Timbuktu, described the sentiments of many in Mbera: "We just want to go home."

    Read the full story and see more pictures on the Reuters Photographers Blog.

    Joe Penney / Reuters

    Ibrahim ag Jiddou, 12, poses for a picture in his makeshift shelter made of sticks and cloth. Jiddou and his family fled violence in his hometown of Lere, Mali, in March. They took 19 hours in a bush taxi to get to Mbera. He says he wants to be a general in the army of an independent state of Azawad when he grows up.

    Joe Penney / Reuters

    Zeinab Mint Hama, 25, poses for a picture with her children (left to right) Zuber, Bon Oumar and Seydna Ali in front of their shelter. Hama fled her hometown of Lere, Mali, in January with relatives and her children because of violence, leaving her husband behind, to ensure the children were safe.

    Joe Penney / Reuters

    Sisters Takia, 20, left, and Fatimata Wallet Mohammed, 18, pose for a picture in their shelter. In March, Takia and Fatimata fled their home in Lere, Mali, along with their parents and five other siblings. They say they are waiting for the international community to recognize the independent state of Azawad before returning home.

     

  • Egyptian protesters return to Tahrir Square

    Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters

    Protesters gather at Tahrir Square, the focal point of the Egyptian uprising, during a protest against presidential candidates Mohamed Mursi and Ahmed Shafiq in Cairo on May 28.

    Fredrik Persson / AP

    The revolutionary youth of Egypt return to Tahrir Square to protest the outcome of the Egyptian presidential election in Cairo, Egypt on May 28.

    Nasser Nasser / AP

    An Egyptian supporter walks on scattered electoral flyers with pictures of presidential runoff candidate Ahmed Shafiq in front of his ransacked campaign headquarters, in Cairo, Egypt.

    The revolutionary youth of Egypt returned to Tahrir Square to protest the outcome of the Egyptian presidential election, in Cairo on May 28.

    The runoff vote for Egypt's next president will pit the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate against the last prime minister to serve under Hosni Mubarak, Ahmed Shafiq, according to official results released Monday by the election commission.

    A mob set fire late Monday to Shafiq's campaign headquarters, the first sign of unrest after the voting yielded divisive candidates.

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  • Every sand castle needs a sand Queen Elizabeth

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    Artist Nicola Wood completes a sand sculpture of Queen Elizabeth II at the annual Weston-Super-Mare Sand Sculpture festival in Weston-Super-Mare, England. Now in its seventh year, the festival features sand sculptures from award-winning artists from across the globe.

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  • Tropical Storm Beryl soaks Memorial Day in Florida, Georgia

    Kelly Jordan / AP

    Winnie Pajcic, 9, holds on to a railing as she leans back in the wind during a visit to Stockton Park in Ortega, Fla., in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Beryl on May 28.

    Kelly Jordan / AP

    Sean Frechette and Connor Sidman skim board around Memorial Park in Riverside, Fla., in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Beryl on May 28.

    Kelly Jordan / AP

    Wes Akers inspects damage on a home in Avondale, Fla., caused by a downed tree in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Beryl.

    Tropical Storm Beryl left little damage after sweeping ashore with 70 mph winds around midnight Sunday at Jacksonville, Fla., before it was downgraded to a tropical depression and continued to dump rain near the Georgia-Florida state line.

    Tropical depression Beryl is drenching parts of Florida and Georgia. The Weather Channel's Mike Seidel reports.

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  • Qatar mall fire kills 19, including 13 children

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    A fireman carries a child from the roof as emergency services seek to rescue people trapped in a fire at the Villaggio mall on May 28, 2012 in Doha, Qatar.

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    Smoke is seen from a fire at the Villagio Mall, in Doha's west end on May 28.

    Reuters

    Firefighters work to put out a fire at the Villagio Mall.

    Qatar's Interior Ministry said 13 children were among 19 people killed in a fire that broke out at Villagio Mall in Doha's west end late Monday morning. The Villaggio mall is a popular shopping and recreational complex with facilities including a cinema, hotel and theme park.

    --The Associated Press contributed to this blog post

    Osama Faisal / AP

    The father of a child killed after a fire took hold of the Villaggio Mall, in Doha's west end is comforted in the Qatari capital of Doha on May 28.

    Reuters

    Firefighters attempt to extinguish a fire at the Villagio Mall, in Doha's west end on May 28.

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  • Air Force family surprised by dad's return from Afghanistan

    David Goldman / AP

    Game to remember: US Air Force Master Sgt. David Sims, center right, of Centerville, Ga., is embraced by his wife Robin, and children, Bree Anna, 10, from left, Brittney, 13, and Dustin, 12, after surprising his family during the fifth inning of a baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the St. Louis Cardinals Monday, May 28, in Atlanta. Sims returned home from his deployment in Afghanistan

    Erik S. Lesser / EPA

    The Sims family showers the returning sergeant with hugs in between innings during an Atlanta Braves-St. Louis Cardinals game in Atlanta, Ga., on May 28.

    David Goldman / AP

    Sims and his wife, Robin, in Atlanta after surprising his family from his deployment in Afghanistan.

     

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    The nation pauses to honor fallen troops.

    On the day that we take the time to honor those who sacrificed everything for their country it is wonderful to see the joy on the faces of these family members when U.S Air Force Master Sgt. David Sims surprised them at Turner Field in Atlanta.

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  • Squatters take over newly built abandoned buildings in Spain

    Marcelo Del Pozo / Reuters

    Unemployed Esperanza Pinto, 32, is seen in a bedroom in the apartment where she lives with her daughter in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain May 23.

    Marcelo Del Pozo / Reuters

    Men carry a fridge into a building that has been occupied in Seville, May 24. More than 30 struggling families are occupying an apartment in Seville in southern Spain that has been empty since it was finished three years ago. The building is one of hundreds of thousands of ghost constructions gathering dust all over Spain that banks and property developers are unable to sell. Most of the occupiers of the flats, which have brand-new wooden floors with sparkling double glazing, have been thrown out of their own homes by landlords or bailiffs after they defaulted on their mortgage or could not pay the rent.

    Marcelo Del Pozo / Reuters

    Antonio Buenavida, 57, makes a gesture of support to retired Ana Lopez, 67, and Manuela Cortes, 65, who are living in an occupied building in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain May 23. More than 30 struggling families are occupying an apartment in Seville in southern Spain that has been empty since it was finished three years ago. The building is one of hundreds of thousands of ghost constructions gathering dust all over Spain that banks and property developers are unable to sell. Most of the occupiers of the flats, which have brand-new wooden floors with sparkling double glazing, have been thrown out of their own homes by landlords or bailiffs after they defaulted on their mortgage or could not pay the rent.

    Marcelo Del Pozo / Reuters

    Hairdresser MariCarmen Angulo rests in the living-room of the apartment where her daughter with her boyfriend are living in Seville, southern Spain.

    Marcelo Del Pozo / Reuters

    Unemployed Aguasanta Quero, 38, poses in the living room of the apartment where she lives with her three sons in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain May 23, 2012.

     From Reuters:

    More than 30 struggling families are occupying an apartment in Seville that has been empty since it was finished three years ago.

    The building is one of hundreds of thousands of ghost constructions gathering dust all over Spain that banks and property developers are unable to sell.

    Most of the occupiers of the flats, which have brand-new wooden floors with sparkling double glazing, have been thrown out of their own homes by landlords or bailiffs after they defaulted on their mortgage or could not pay the rent.

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  • Memorial Day observed around the U.S.

    David Goldman / AP

    American flags wave near the grave of Marine Lance Cpl. Michael Harris as the the sun rises over Georgia National Cemetery on Memorial Day, May 28, in Canton, Ga. Harris died Feb. 6, 2012.

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    Retired U.S. Marine Sgt. Chad Casey, of Canton, Ga., places American flags at the graves at Georgia National Cemetery, Monday, May 28, 2012, in Canton, Ga. 

    Cliff Owen / AP

    Marine Captains' Brady Bustin, of Des Moines, Iowa, left, and Sean Wills, of Herndon, Va., toast fallen Marine 1st Lt. Nicholas Madrazo, in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 28. Madrazo, of Bothell, Wash., was killed Sept. 9, 2008 by a roadside bomb in Parwan province.

    Charles Dharpak/ AP

    The nation pauses to honor fallen troops.

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