Mexican soccer fans cheer for their team before a FIFA World Cup qualifying round match against the U.S. at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City. (Jorge Nunez / EPA)
Lambs for sale show their stuff at Europe’s biggest one-day livestock market, held annually in Lairg, Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images)
That’s some birdie! A plane rests atop a tree at the 15th hole of Caird Park Golf Course in Dundee, Scotland. The pilot was rescued after being trapped for about an hour. He suffered a head injury but was able to talk to emergency workers. (Danny Lawson / Associated Press)
The caskets of three of the five Italian tourists killed in a crash of their sightseeing helicopter in New York are carried to hearses. Their helicopter collided with a small plane on Saturday, plunging both crafts into the Hudson River. Nine people total were killed. (Stephen Chernin / Associated Press)
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President Obama presents the Medal of Freedom to Crow War Chief Joe Medicine Crow-High Bird during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House. Obama presented the medal, the highest civilian honor in the United States, to 16 people during the ceremony. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
U.S. Marine Lt. Joe Cull throws a smoke grenade to help provide cover for Afghan National Army forces who were trying to usher women and children out of the way of a potential crossfire between the Marines and the Taliban in the city of Dahaneh. (Julie Jacobson / Associated Press)