Pictures Of Recent Events [May 8 2012]

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Runners are doused with water-soluble non-toxic colored corn starch after the Color Me Rad 5K at the Virginia Beach Sportsplex on May 6, 2012. The run benefits the YMCA of South Hampton Roads. (Photo by L. Todd Spencer/Virginian–Pilot)

A tornado strikes Tsukuba city, northeast of Tokyo on May 6, 2012. The tornado tore through the area, injuring at least 30 people, destroying dozens of homes and leaving thousands more without electricity. (Photo by Kyodo News)

A young girl cries after her home on the banks of the Bagmati River was demolished by government forces in Katmandu, Nepal on May 8, 2012. (Photo by Binod Joshi/Associated Press)

A flock of blue plastic sheep stand in front of the Schwerin Castle on May 4, 2012 in Schwerin, northeastern Germany. The sheep created by German artists Rainer Bonk and Bertamaria Reetz are part of an art project, that is touring Europe since three years already. According to the artists, they shall transport the peaceful message [all are equal' everyone is important]. In every of the more than 50 European cities, where the flock was on display, one sheep was left as peace ambassador. (Photo by Jens Buttner/AFP)

Villagers try to cross the Seti river through a damaged suspension bridge about 125 miles west of Katmandu, Nepal on May 6, 2012. Flash floods from the Seti river in western Nepal swept away dozens of people along with their cattle and houses, officials said. Thirteen bodies have been recovered. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/Associated Press)

A worker attaches devotees' name tags with their wishes on lanterns in preparation for the birthday celebration of Buddha, which falls on May 28, at Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Lee Jin-man/Associated Press)

A bear that wandered into a University of Colorado Boulder dorm complex falls from a tree after being tranquilized by Colorado wildlife officials on April 26, 2012. Colorado wildlife official Jennifer Churchill said that the 200-pound male bear was tagged and relocated to a remote Rocky Mountain area. The bear was hit by two cars on May 3 and died. (Photo by Andy Duann)

An Israeli activist chants slogans during a [SlutWalk] rally in Jerusalem on May 4, 2012 to protest sexual violence and counter claims that women's attire or behaviour provoke rape and sexual assault. The [SlutWalk] phenomenon began in Toronto last April when hundreds of women and men took to the Canadian city's streets for a march to protest a police constable's comment that [women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized]. Sticker reads in Hebrew [How am I dressed? dial 1-800, none of your buisiness]. (Photo by Gali Tibbon/AFP)

Nepalese police scuffle with illegal squatters residing on the banks of the Bagmati River in Katmandu on May 8, 2012. Government forces have reportedly vacated more than 200 squatters who set up their homes illegally along the banks of the river. (Photo by Binod Joshi/Associated Press)

Occupy Wall Street partcipants gather to stage a May Day demonstration march at Bryant Park in New York, May 01, 2012. The Occupy movement that shook the United States last year, spawning similar protests worldwide, announced widespread May Day demonstrations and strikes against social inequality Tuesday. The protests, billed as stretching from New York to California, and from Spain to Australia, raised the possibility of disruption in dozens of urban centers on the date when many countries observe International Workers' Day. (Photo by Emmanuel Dunand/AFP Photo)

A statue of Saint Domenico surrounded by snakes is held up by worshippers during an annual procession dedicated to the saint, in the streets of Cocullo, in the Abruzzo region, on May 1, 2012. (Photo by Tiziana Fab/AFP Photo)

Midwifes simulate a childbirth as they stage a flashmob on May 5, 2012 in front of the Health Ministry in Berlin. They demonstrated against rising contributions to professional indemnity insurances. (Photo by Sebastian Kahnert/AFP)

This handout image provided by the National Trust on May 3, 2012 shows a screen shot taken from the forthcoming new mini-animation [A Jubilee Bunt-a-thon], which will be shown for the first time at over 70 Jubilee tea parties at National Trust properties during Diamond Jubilee celebrations. (Photo by National Trust)

World and Olympic Champion Swimmer Rebecca Adlington poses during a photo session on September 7, 2011 in Nottingham, England. (Photo by Clive Rose/British Gas)

A woman carries a poster of former Cuban President Fidel Castro as thousands of Cubans march under the slogan [Preserve and Perfect Socialism], at Revolution Square in Havana during Labour Day on May 1, 2012. (Photo by Adalberto Roque/AFP Photo/Getty Images)

A 4.43 metre estuarine (saltwater) crocodile is seen on a boat trailer following its capture from Daly River on May 2, 2012 in Darwin, Australia. The reptile, believed to be responsible for the disappearance of 9 local dogs in the past month, had been sighted close to the Daly River Aboriginal community and local police had concerns for the well being of local residents. The croc entered the trap on May 1, and was retrieved with the help of locals on May 2, 2012. (Photo by Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife Service)

Combine harvesters crop soybeans in Campo Novo do Parecis, about 400km northwest from the capital city of Cuiaba, in Mato Grosso, Brazil on May 2, 2012. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/GettyImages)

Police disperse opposition and begin to arrest protesters in downtown Moscow on May 6, 2012. The protesters were trying to reach the Kremlin in a demonstration on the eve of Vladimir Putin's inauguration as president. (Photo by Sergey Ponomarev/Associated Press)

A wounded opposition protester winces in pain during a rally in Moscow on May 6, 2012. (Photo by Mikhail Metzel/Associated Press)

Pro-Putin activists hold flags with portraits of Russian president-elect Vladimir Putin during a rally on the eve of his inauguration as president in Moscow on May 6, 2012. (Photo by Mikhail Metzel/Associated Press)

Police detain a woman after they broke up protesters gathering in downtown Moscow shortly before Vladimir Putin's inauguration on May 7, 2012. (Photo by Ivan Sekretarev/Associated Press)

Vladimir Putin enters St. Andrew's Hall to take the oath of office during his inauguration as new Russia's president, in the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow. Putin was sworn in as Russia's president for a third term after four years as prime minister. (Photo by Alexei Druzhinin/Government Press Service/RIA-Novosti)

Russian opposition protesters gather on the opposite side of the presidential administrations building in downtown Moscow, a day after Vladimir Putin's inauguration on May 8, 2012. Putin took the oath of office in a brief but regal Kremlin ceremony on Monday, while on the streets outside thousands of helmeted riot police prevented hundreds of demonstrators from protesting his return to the presidency. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/Associated Press)

Actor/social activist George Clooney speaks during [A Conversation With George Clooney] at Wortham Center Brown Theater on May 3, 2012 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Gary Miller/FilmMagic)

Team members of PlanetSolar wave with flares as they achieve the first around-the-world tour with only solar energy, on May 4, 2012 in Monaco. The biggest solar boat ever built progressed through Atlantic Sea, Panama canal, Pacific Ocean and is back to Mediterranean Sea through Suez Canal. More than a year and a half after leaving Monaco, the 31-metre (102-foot) Swiss catamaran, skippered by a Franco-German-Swiss team of five members, completes the 30,000 miles of this first world voyage only powered by solar energy. The Swiss-flagged boat, which was built in Germany and cost 26 million USD, is topped by 500 square metres of black solar panels, with a bright white cockpit sticking up in the centre. (Photo by Valery Hache/AFP)

An Oakland police officer pauses after being hit in the face with paint as officers advanced on Occupy protesters blocking an intersection during a May Day demonstration in Oakland, California on May 2, 2012. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

The French manufactured Thai Air-force ATR72-500 that is operated by the Royal Thai Air Force was written off on April 30, 2012 in a crash in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Airport sources said that a primary investigation revealed that at 8:51am (local) the pilot under instruction lost control of the aircraft because of a crosswind. Of the 15 people on board, eight were Thai Air Force pilots on a cross country familiarization exercise. (Photo by AFP)

Mascots representing a variety of sports club and associations participate in the Mascot Grand National 2012 for Have a Heart Charity at Kempton Park race course in Sunbury on Thames, southern England May 7, 2012. (Photo by Luke MacGrego/Reuters)

Afghan men harvest and collect opium sap from the bulb of the plant in Mamoond Spin Ghar area in Nangarhar province on May 6, 2012. Opium poppy-crop cultivation in Afghanistan reached 131,000 hectares in 2011, seven per cent higher than in 2010 due to insecurity and high prices, said the summary findings of the 2011 Afghan Opium Survey released by the Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MCN) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). (Photo by Noorullah Shirzada/AFP)

Clusters of balloons exploded Friday during a campaign rally in the central Republic Square in Yerevan, Armenia, injuring at least 144 people, authorities said, on Friday May 4, 2012. (Photo by Tigran Mehrabyan/AFP)

Workers wear panda costumes as they carry a box to transport Giant Pandas back to the wild, at the Wolong National Nature Reserve in Wolong, southwest China's Sichaun province on May 3, 2012. The bears will be left to fend for themselves to learn crucial survival skills, and scientists plan to gradually reduce human interactions until they can live in the wild without any assistance, and while there have already been 10 attempts at setting pandas free over the past 30 years, and only two are thought to have been successful as the bears find it very hard to survive on their own. (Photo by AFP Photo/AFP)

Sana, a five-year-old girl, plays on a cloth sling hanging from a signalling pole as smoke from a garbage dump rises next to a railway track in Mumbai. (Photo by Vivek Prakash/Reuters)

Spring Breakers’ Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine and Vanessa Hudgens in Interview Magazine, May 2012 Issue (Photo by Michael Muller for InterviewMagazine.com)

Egyptian protesters beat a man as he tries to escape on the back of a motorcycle after he was accused of attacking demonstrators in the Abbassiya district of Cairo on May 2, 2012. At least 12 people were killed when attackers stormed an anti-military protest near the defense ministry in Cairo. The fate of the man is unknown. (Photo by AFP/Getty Images)

Edvard Munch's [The Scream] is auctioned at Sotheby's May 2012 Sales of Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary Art on May 2, in New York City. The masterpiece is one of four versions created by Munch and is the only one that is privately owned. The masterpiece sold for a record breaking $119 million. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Oakland police officers detain an Occupy protester who was attempting to block a street on May 1, in Oakland, Calif. Occupy Wall Street groups across the country joined with unions on May Day, a traditional day of global demonstrations supporting unions and leftist politics. (Photo by Justin Sullivan)

Ng Ah Kwai, 50, of Penang, Malaysia, who was born with deformed arms, paints with his foot during the Mouth and Foot Painting Convention in Singapore May 1, 2012. (Photo by dgar Su/Reuters)

Aspiring dancers audition at Radio City Music Hall in New York for a chance to become a world-famous Radio City Rockette in the upcoming 2012 production of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. The show, celebrating 85 years, will run November 9 – December 30. 2012 . (Photo by Timothy A. Clary/AFP)

People look at the [Pissing Stalin Golden Monument] created by activists of Ukrainian nationalist party Svoboda in Kiev on May 7, 2012 as art-provocation before V-day celebration. (Photo by Sergei Supinsky/AFP)

A police officer beats a girl who was taking part in celebrations at Spain's Bank Metro station in Madrid after Real Madrid won the Spanish Soccer League game, May 3, 2012. (Photo by Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP)

School children wait with inflatable corgie dogs prior the arrival of Queen Elizabeth II for a visit to Exeter, England on May 2, 2012. The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are visiting the South West of England as part of their Diamond Jubilee Tour of the country. (Photo by Ben Bichall/Getty Images)

A handout picture released by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) shows cosmic dust clouds in Messier 78. A new image of the region surrounding the reflection nebula Messier 78, just to the north of Orion’s Belt, shows clouds of cosmic dust threaded through the nebula like a string of pearls. The observations, made with the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope, use the heat glow of interstellar dust grains to show astronomers where new stars are being formed. (Photo by AFP/ESO/APEX)

A zookeeper feeds a newly-born white Bengal tiger cub in private zoo in Yalta, May 7, 2012. Tigrulia, presented to a local zoo in 2009 by then prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, gave birth to four cubs on Sunday. (Photo by Stringer/Reuters)

Sun Fengqin (R), 60, participates in a pole-dancing class in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, April 27, 2012. In China, where older women are expected to lead a quiet life tending to their grandchildren, retired grandmother Sun Fengqin's hobby is unusual – she pole dances. Swings, spins and sultry moves are all in the repertoire of the long-haired 60-year-old, who took on pole dancing in admiration of what she saw as a sexy sport despite its image in China as something associated with strip clubs. Pole dancing has over the last few years evolved into a popular pastime and a way of staying in shape, with devotees promoting it as a legitimate form of dance and acrobatics. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)

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