July 25th, 2011 Guvecci, Turkey: Jisr Shughur, Syrian Border village. School for Syrian refugees who cross over from the border camp.

Noor Nisa, 20, pregnant, and her mother, Nazer Begam, 40, who live in Weha village, a four hour drive by car to the clinic in Faizabad, wait along the side of the road to be transported to the hospital, after their car broke down, in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan, on Nov. 14, 2009. Nisa's water had just broken. Her husband, Shir Mohammad, who had lost two wives and whose first wife had died during childbirth, was determined to get Nisa to the hospital but his borrowed car broke down, so he went to find another vehicle. Nisa, her mother and her husband were eventually taken by the photographer and her interpreter, who happened to be driving by, to the hospital where Nisa delivered a baby girl.

Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, 1993.

Penguins on Ice, Chinstrap and gentoo penguins on a small ice floe near Danko Island, Antarctic Peninsula.

Color images from Cuba.

Trunk Sniff -- Amelia's World: Animal Affinity.

Two displaced Congolese women stand above new homes built in a camp for the internally displaced in Katoyi in Masisi territory in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's North Kivu on Monday. Katoyi has seen four waves of people arriving since last September following fights in the area between FDLR (Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda) and Maï-Maï armed groups. The most recent wave, beginning on May 14, has brought some 1500 families to Katoyi fleeing what they describe as attacks by the Maï Maï Raïa Mutomboki armed group, with various sources in Katoyi confirming the deaths of over 100 people over the past few weeks.

Displaced Congolese children sit in a classroom of the Katoyi primary school, where displaced people shelter in Masisi territory, North Kivu province, on Monday. Over 100 people are using the school to shelter every night as some 1500 families have arrived in Katoyi since an outbreak of attacks in the area which began on May 14.

Uraguayan peacekeepers from the United Nations Organization Stabilisation Mission in Congo (MONUSCO) patrol around the village of Katoyi in Masisi territory in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's North Kivu province. The UN has deployed a platoon of peacekeepers in Katoyi following reports of massacres in the area, with reports of over a hundred people killed in the area since May 14 of this year.

Participants celebrate after creating the world record for the category of "Most Participants in a Multi-legged Race" in a riverside park in Taipei on Tuesday. A group of 450 tourists from Japan's Junior Chamber International and 152 Taiwanese youth jointly created a new world record in a 603-legged race.

Participants make an attempt to challenge the world record for the category of "Most Participants in a Multi-legged Race" in a riverside park in Taipei.

Pregnant Malaysian shooter Nur Suryani Mohamed Taibi (R) talks to her husband Marhazli Mhotar after competing in the women's single 10m air rifle shooting finals at the 36th Southeast Asian Shooting Championship 2012 in Subang outside Kuala Lumpur June 5, 2012. When Suryani takes aim with her rifle at the London Olympics it will not just be nerves she will be attempting to control inside her. The 29-year-old from Perak, situated 124 miles north of Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur, is due to give birth to her first child on Sept. 2, less than a month after the Games end.

Garbage dumps like this one in New Delhi, India, are often ways for the poorest to scrounge a living by recycling material. In one way those jobs are part of the "green economy" celebrated by the U.N. on June 5, World Environment Day. But those jobs usually don't translate into better lives in the long run.

An Ibis flies over a nest site at the La Barra bird reserve in Metapan, El Salvador, on June 5. Eco-tourism is one tried-and-true way to green an economy, especially in poorer countries.

Victoria Memorial Hall, an icon in Calcutta, India, is lit up in green on June 5 to commemorate World Environment Day.

A Blue Jeans Dart Frog rests on a leaf at the Braullio Carrillo National Park, 31 miles east of San Jose on June 5. According to a recent poll, Costa Ricans would agree to pay higher taxes if it is used for actions to promote the environment, according to local media. Costa Rica, with more than 30% of its territories held in national parks, celebrates World Environment Day today.

The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team fly in formation over Buckingham Palace as The Royal family stand on the balcony on June 5, in London, England. For only the second time in its history the UK celebrates the Diamond Jubilee of a monarch. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II celebrates the 60th anniversary of her ascension to the throne. Thousands of wellwishers from around the world have flocked to London to witness the spectacle of the weekend's celebrations.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth smiles as she leaves St Paul's Cathedral with its Dean, David Ison and the Canon Pastor, Michael Colclough (right) following a thanksgiving service to mark her Diamond Jubilee in central London on June 5.

Metropolitan police officers encourage Royal supporters to cheer before Britain's Queen Elizabeth II Carriage Procession from Westminster Hall to Buckingham Palace in London, Britain, on June 5. The British Royal Family's procession followed a national service of thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral, a reception at Guildhall and a lunch at Westminster Hall. This is the final day of the Diamond Jubilee weekend celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's 60 years on the throne.

The crowd wait to see the Queen after the Carriage Procession from Westminster Hall to Buckingham Palace in London, Britain, on June 5.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, Camilla Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Charles are seen in the State Landau carriage when they pass The Houses of Parliament and Big Ben during the Carriage Procession from Westminster Hall to Buckingham Palace in London, Britain, on June 5.

Guards arrive at Buckingham Palace ahead of a horse-drawn carriage procession carrying Queen Elizabeth and the royal family in London on June 5. Cheering crowds thronged the streets of London on Tuesday for the grand finale to four days of festivities marking Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee attended by millions across Britain.

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Price Harry wave to the crowds from Buckingham Palace during the Diamond Jubilee carriage procession after the service of thanksgiving at St.Paul's Cathedral on the Mall on June 5, in London, England.

The crowd is escorted down The Mall during the Diamond Jubilee carriage procession after the service of thanksgiving at St.Paul's Cathedral on the Mall on June 5, in London, England.

Residents vote shortly after the polls opened in the Wisconsin recall election at the Beloit Historical Society on June 5, in Beloit, Wisconsin. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, a Democrat, is trying to unseat Republican Governor Scott Walker in the recall election. Opponents of Walker forced a recall election after the governor pushed to change the collective bargaining process for public employees in the state.

People wait in line for voting to open on June 5, in Milwaukee. Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker is taking on Democratic challenger Tom Barrett in a recall election.

Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker votes on June 5, in Wauwatosa, Wis. Walker faces Democratic challenger Tom Barrett in a special recall election.

Gubernatorial candidate and Milwaukee's Democratic Mayor Tom Barrett lines up to vote at the French Immersion School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on June 5. Wisconsin voters will decide on Tuesday whether to throw Governor Scott Walker out of office in a rare recall election forced by opponents of the Republican's controversial effort to curb collective bargaining for most unionized government workers.

Voters cast their ballots on June 5, in Milwaukee. Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker is taking on Democratic challenger Tom Barrett in a recall election.

People walk in front of a wall sprayed with graffiti, depicting the ruling military council controlling the presidential elections as a puppet show and a mural depicting presidential candidate and former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq (L), former presidential candidate Amr Moussa and Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi near Tahrir Square during a demonstration in Cairo on June 5. Activists urged Egyptians to turn out for a big protest on Tuesday to reclaim a revolt they say has been hijacked after Hosni Mubarak was jailed for life but top security officials freed in a trial seen as a sign his old guard remain in charge.

An Egyptian protester waves a national flag as he sits on a tree during a demonstration in Tahrir Square to protest against the mixed verdict against former leader Hosni Mubarak and his aides, in Cairo, Egypt, late on June 4.

Kazakh nomads herd their livestock with their caravan across a plain in Altay, farwest China's Xinjiang region. The Altay or known in Chinese as the Aletai region is situated in the most northern part of Xinjiang, sharing a border on the east with Mongolia and on the west with Russia.

Kazakh nomads herd their livestock across a plain in Altay, farwest China's Xinjiang region.

Goaltender Martin Brodeur of the New Jersey Devils can't make the save on a shot for a goal by Anze Kopitar of the Los Angeles Kings in the second period of Game Three on Monday night.

Alex Howe, 9, of Victorville, Calif,, right, yawns next to Sam T.E. Nitz, 13, of Costa Mesa, Calif., as they compete in the National Spelling Bee on Wednesday, May 30 in Oxon Hill, Md.

U.S. Naval Academy undergraduates yawn during graduation ceremonies which they are required to attend at the U.S. Naval Academy May 29 in Annapolis, Maryland. U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta was the commencement speaker for the 1099 graduates of the class of 2012.

A security guard yawns as he keeps watch at a gate of the Chaoyang Hospital, where blind human rights activist Chen Guangcheng is reported to be staying, in Beijing on May 7. Chen said on Monday he expected Beijing to let him and his family travel to the United States without fresh troubles, but he remained unsure of how long it would take for his travel arrangements to be made.

Ikar, a sniffer dog, yawns while riding with handler Vance McFarland, a Specialist of the U.S.Army 82nd Airborne Division, inside an armored vehicle outside Forward Operating Base (FOB) Pasab in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan on May 26.

A large crowd fills The Mall in front of Buckingham Palace to watch The Diamond Jubilee Concert on Monday in London, England. For only the second time in its history the UK celebrates the Diamond Jubilee of a monarch. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II celebrates the 60th anniversary of her ascension to the throne. Thousands of well-wishers from around the world have flocked to London to witness the spectacle of the weekend's celebrations. The Queen along with all members of the royal family will participate in a River Pageant with a flotilla of a 1,000 boats accompanying them down The Thames.

Navy personnel stand at attention during a ceremony and commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Midway at the U.S. Navy Memorial on June 4, 2012 in Washington, D.C.

The crash scene of a heavy air tanker is seen from the air, June 4, 2012, near Hamblin Valley Utah. The P2v Heavy air tanker crashed Sunday afternoon, killing pilots Todd Neal Tompkins and Ronnie Edwin Chambless, both of Boise, Idaho.

Rescue workers and firefighters work to contain a fire while they continue to look for survivors at the scene of the crashed Dana Airline plane in the densely populated Toyin Area of Iju Ishaga in Lagos, on June 4. The flight that crashed in Nigeria's largest city of Lagos, reported both of its engines failed before it went down.

Rescue workers carry bodies at the site of a plane crash in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, June 4. Firefighters pulled at least one body from a building that was damaged by the crash as several charred corpses could be seen in the rubble.

People watch as a crane lifts the remnants of the tail of the plane at Iju-Ishaga neighborhood in Lagos June 4. Nigerian emergency services pulled more bodies out of the still-smouldering, ash-covered wreckage of a plane that crashed killing all 153 people on board.

A rescue worker search through the debris at the site of a plane crash in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, June 4. A passenger plane carrying more than 150 people crashed in Nigeria's largest city on Sunday, government officials said. Firefighters pulled at least one body from a building that was damaged by the crash and searched for survivors.

A wounded woman is helped at the scene following a bomb attack in Baghdad, June 4. A suicide bomber detonated explosives in a car outside Iraq's main religious affairs office for Shiite Muslims on Monday, tearing down part of the three-story building.

A wounded man is helped from the scene after a bomb attack in Baghdad, June 4.

Civil defense personnel work at the site of a collapsed building that was the target of a bomb attack in Baghdad June 4. A powerful car bomb exploded outside a Shiite Muslim administration office in central Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 26 people and wounding around 60 more, just days after six coordinated blasts rocked the Iraqi capital.

Tens of thousands take part in a candlelight vigil at Hong Kong's Victoria Park June 4, 2012 to mark the 23rd anniversary of the military crackdown of the pro-democracy movement at Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989.

Tens of thousands of protesters take part in a candlelight vigil at Hong Kong's Victoria Park June 4, 2012 to mark the 23rd anniversary of the military crackdown of the pro-democracy movement at Beijing's Tiananmen Square.

Thousands of people attend a candle-lit vigil in Hong Kong to commemorate the pro-democracy students who died in an army crackdown in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989.

People take part in a a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong on June 4, 2012 held to mark the crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, are believed to have died when the government sent in tanks and soldiers to clear Tiananmen Square, bringing a violent end to six weeks of pro-democracy protests.

Portraits of victims of the June 4,1989 bloodshed are displayed at the June 4 Memorial Museum run by pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the June 4th military crackdown on a pro-democracy student movement in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.