A dead bird lies in a pool of oil on East Grand Terre Island, La. A few minutes later, the tide brought in more oil and covered the bird. Although pelicans are hardy and can be saved if found early enough, smaller birds are more vulnerable to the oil once they are exposed to it. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Spain’s Rafael Nadal jubilates after defeating Sweden’s Robin Soderling during the men’s singles finals match of the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros Stadium. It is Nadal’s fifth French Open title. (Michel Euler / Associated Press)
A NATO military vehicle burns after a convoy was hit by a suicide attack in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. (Rahmat Gul / Associated Press)
Former world champion Masao Fujisawa performs on his Jet Ski as an exhibition to attract people to visit the Asakusa shopping and amusement district at the Sumida River Festival. (Toru Yamanaka / AFP / Getty Images)
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A reveler poses for a photo during the annual gay pride parade on Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Nelson Antoine / Associated Press)
Brown pelicans fly past the rising sun at Queen Bess Island, La. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill continued to move ashore in several gulf states. (Charlie Riedel / Associated Press)
Mary Hoefflin, left, and Lauren Densic hug amid tornado debris on Main Street in Millbury, Ohio. Authorities say tornadoes and thunderstorms that swept through the Midwest overnight killed at least seven people in Ohio, destroyed homes and damaged a high school gymnasium where graduation was to be held Sunday. (Paul Sancya / Associated Press)
U.S. Army Pfc. Preston Young alerts his command post after a roadside bomb detonates near members of his platoon in the farmland of Afghanistan’s Arghandab Valley. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
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A fountain offers relief from the heat at the Rock in Rio music festival in Arganda del Rey, near Madrid. (Dominique Faget / AFP/Getty Images)
A pooch is dressed up for an international dog show in Minsk, Belarus. (Victor Drachev / AFP/Getty Images)
An oil-covered pelican fights to survive as BP’s oil-containment efforts in the Gulf of Mexico continue. Concerns are mounting that the population of Louisiana brown pelicans could be destabilized. Full coverage(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Francesca Schiavone reacts after her upset victory to win the women’s final of the French Open tennis tournament. (Michel Euler / Associated Press)
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An oil-drenched pelican struggles in Barataria Bay off East Grand Terre Island, La. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
President Obama and Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, right, visit oil-threatened Grand Isle, La. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Israeli forces approach a model of a ship during a demonstration by Palestinian and foreign activists protesting Israel’s deadly May 31 raid of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. (Abbas Momani / AFP/Getty Images)
Mourners pray during a funeral service for Cevdet Kiliclar, one of the people slain when Israeli forces on May 31 raided an aid flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip. (Bulent Kilic / AFP/Getty Images)
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The southern village of Kuhat can be viewed easily from the hilltop position occupied by the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division. Residents were initially unhappy about the overwatch position the Army had established, but many have since warmed to the troops’ constant presence. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
Spc. Jacob Lind watches over the Arghandab Valley from his position on top of a hill as the sun comes up about 5 a.m. Both the U.S. Army and the Afghan National Army staff positions in this volatile area of Kandahar province. Shifts rotate every few days. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
A Russian Proton rocket carrying the Arabsat 5B telecommunications satellite blasts off from the Baikonur cosmodrome. (AFP/Getty Images)
Brazilian soccer player Robinho practices in Johannesburg in preparation for the World Cup in South Africa. (Fabrice Coffrini / AFP/Getty Images)
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Danica Patrick pauses during practice at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth in advance of the Firestone 550. (Cody Duty / Associated Press)
At a railway station in Bhubaneswar, a young man seeks relief from a deadly heat wave sweeping northern India. (Asit Kumar / AFP/Getty Images)
The shadow of a participant in the Louis Vuitton Trophy regatta is seen on a sail. (Mario Laporta / AFP/Getty Images)
A boy sends bubbles aloft near Heidelberg in southern Germany. The weekend forecast calls for warm and dry weather. (Daniel Roland / AFP/Getty Images)
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A pelican covered in oil struggles to fly near East Grand Terre Island, La. A wildlife rescue effort in the gulf has been a challenge. Full story(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
A boat and boom are dwarfed by oil sheen in the Gulf of Mexico along Louisiana’s coast. BP reported progress in efforts to contain the oil spill. Full story(Charlie Riedel / Associated Press)
Seize BP puts out petitions at a demonstration outside BP offices in Washington. The grass-roots campaign is urging the government to seize BP’s assets. (Saul Loeb / AFP/Getty Images)
Two Chinese boys at a school for migrant workers’ children in a Beijing suburb step on bricks to avoid floodwaters after a heavy downpour. Summer rainstorms annually deluge many parts of China, often with devastating results leading to hundreds of fatalities. (AFP/Getty Images)
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An employee walks through British artist Antony Gormley’s new installation, “Breathing Room III,” during a photo call for his new exhibition, “Test Sites,” at the White Cube Gallery in London. The exhibition is set to run until July 4. (Carl De Souza / AFP/Getty Images)
A view from Guadalupe, Ecuador, takes in the Tungurahua volcano in eruption. The volcano grew more active Tuesday, spewing out incandescent materials during powerful explosions, the national Geophysical Institute said. The renewed activity came after the volcano experienced one of its biggest eruptions Friday. That forced the evacuation of at least seven villages and the closing of the airport and schools in Guayaquil, the country’s biggest city. (Marie Crovisier / AFP/Getty Images)
A protester with a Palestinian flag on her face demonstrates in Paris, demanding the lifting of the Gaza Strip blockade and condemning Israel’s deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in which nine activists were killed and scores wounded. International pressure mounted on Israel to conduct an independent inquiry into the bloody raid in which Israeli commandos clashed with international activists as the military intercepted the vessels. (Joel Saget / AFP/Getty Images)
Activists of the Ukrainian women’s movement FEMEN dressed as policemen “beat” journalists, photographers and cameramen during their symbolic protest action called “100 days” on Independence Square in Kiev, the capital. They protested against the limitation of democratic liberties and freedom of the press during the first hundred days of Viktor Yanukovich’s presidency. (Sergei Supinsky / AFP/Getty Images)
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Grounds crew workers pull a tarp off the field after rain delayed the start of a baseball game between the Florida Marlins and the Milwaukee Brewers. (Lynne Sladky / Associated Press)
Firefighters and bystanders try to extinguish a large fire that killed scores of people in a residential area of Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital. Fire official Abdus Salam said the blaze started late Thursday after an electrical transformer exploded, igniting a three-story apartment building. (Khorshed Alam / Associated Press)
Debris flies through the air as a tornado tears through the coastal town. The storm leveled 12 homes and damaged 30 others, injuring six people and leaving thousands without power. (Ross Tuckerman / AFP/Getty Images)
Fans, security and photographers surround Paris Hilton as she poses on a camel in front of Giza Pyramids in Egypt. (Amr Nabil / Associated Press)
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A police officer stands outside the house of gunman Derrick Bird as forensics officers gather evidence from inside, in north-west England. Friends and neighbors of Bird, who killed 12 people on a shooting spree in northern England on Tuesday, have expressed shock that a “normal” guy could wreak such devastation. Media reports suggest killings could have been caused by a family feud or trouble at work. (Derek Blair / AFP/Getty Images)
A man watches a flooded street near the bank of the river Danube in southern Germany. After heavy rainfall, many streets are flooded near the banks of the rivers Danube and Inn, which confluence in Passau. (Christof Stache / AFP/Getty Images)
A gust of wind blows pontiff’s aide Bishop James Harvey’s cloak over his face, left, as he holds down Pope Benedict XVI‘s cloak, during his weekly general audience, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. (Andrew Medichini / Associated Press)
Colleagues greet Spc. Andrew Kimbell, 25, of the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division’s 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, center, on his return to Afghanistan after a 15-day leave in Spencer, Iowa. The 82nd Airborne Division is fanned out in Arghandab, a region in Kandahar beset by Taliban resistance. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
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Floral tributes are left at the scene of a shooting in the Lake District. A gunman killed at least 12 people in a rampage through the popular tourist region before apparently turning the gun on himself, British police said. (Derek Blair / AFP/Getty Images)
President Obama speaks about the economy at Carnegie Mellon University. (Charles Dharapak / Associated Press)
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe waves the national flag at the beginning of a friendly match between his country and Brazil. The match is in preparation for soccer’s World Cup, which gets underway in South Africa on June 11. (Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi / Associated Press)
A picture of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is set ablaze at Taksim Square during a protest against Israel’s deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. Angry demonstrations continued across Turkey for a third day, with protesters gathering outside the Israeli ambassador’s residence in Ankara, the Turkish capital. (Bulent Kilic / AFP/Getty Images)
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Atlanta Braves shortstop Yunel Escobar clears the Philadelphia Phillies’ Wilson Valdez as he turns a double play on a ball hit by Chase Utley in the third inning. Atlanta won, 2-1, completing a three-game sweep of Philadelphia. (John Bazemore / Associated Press)
Mark Rosenthal holds a 3-foot-long alligator at the Woodhaven animal shelter. The alligator was spotted walking down Riverside Drive in Trenton, Mich., and was captured by local police. (Carlos Osorio / Associated Press)
Young South Africans play soccer in an open field. South Africa will host soccer’s World Cup, which begins June 11. (Hassan Ammar / Associated Press)
First Lady Michelle Obama administers a pledge to junior rangers at the Red Rock National Conservation Area in Las Vegas during an event to help launch Obama’s “Let’s Move Outside!” initiative to promote more outdoor activity for children. (Isaac Brekken / Getty Images)
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Former President Clinton, the special U.N. representative for Haiti, is welcomed by Haitians during a visit to a housing project. Donor countries were to meet in the Dominican Republican to discuss the international effort to rebuild Haiti, still struggling to recover from a massive quake in January. (Thony Belizaire / AFP/Getty Images)
An anti-Israel demonstrator shouts in front of the U.S. Embassy in the Malaysian capital. About 400 demonstrators from different religious and political groups gathered to denounce Israel’s deadly raid on a peace flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip. (Saeed Khan / AFP/Getty Images)
Protesters burn a homemade Israeli flag in Chicago during a rally against Israel’s raid on an aid flotilla headed to the Gaza Strip. (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune)
The shadows of demonstrators are seen on a Turkish flag during a protest in front of the United Nations headquarters in the Lebanese capital. The protest was held to denounce Israel’s deadly raid on an aid flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip. (Joseph Eid / AFP/Getty Images)
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Models present creations by designer Triya during Rio Fashion Week, showcasing the summer 2010/2011 collection at the Pier Maua. (Vanderlei Almeida / AFP/Getty Images)
A window washer goes about his work. Australians working to pay off mortgages received a break from the central bank, which decided to keep interest rates at 4.5%. (Greg Wood / AFP/Getty Images)
Garrett Jones of the Pittsburgh Pirates falls short in a diving attempt at a ball during a game against the Chicago Cubs at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. The Pirates won, 3-2. (Jared Wickerham / Getty Images)
Teenagers jump into the water at a Black Sea resort. Despite being a coastal vacation resort, Sochi is scheduled to host the XXII Olympic Winter Games in 2014. (Igor Yakunin / Associated Press)
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An boy washes watermelons in a canal before taking them to sell at a market. (Channi Anand / Associated Press)
Cape penguins play with a minature soccer ball at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium. The new attraction was launched in connection with the upcoming FIFA World Cup in South Africa. (Yoshikazu Tsuno / AFP/Getty Images)
German soldiers wave goodbye to the crews of two Blackhawk Medevac helicopters during a regular replacement of choppers at their base. Germany has more than 4,500 troops in Afghanistan as part of the U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force. (Miguel Villagran / Getty Images)
Pakistani police clash with Shiite protesters as they try to reach the U.S. Consulate during a demonstration against Israel. Pakistan has condemned an Israeli commando attack on a flotilla of aid ships bound for the Gaza Strip. At least nine people were killed in the raid. (Asif Hassan / AFP/Getty Images)
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Israelis demonstrate as Sheik Raed Salah, the head of the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel, is brought into court after he was arrested on the Gaza aid flotilla. Salah was interviewed by Israeli police in connection with his role in the flotilla, which clashed with Israeli forces, leading to at least nine deaths. (Uriel Sinai / Getty Images)
U.S. Airman 1st Class Sean J. Vazquez, 20, of Fitchburg, Mass., holds a wreath dedicated to those who have died in the Afghanistan war during a ceremony at Kandahar airfield, where thousands of American troops are stationed. In the background, members of the Air Force’s 451st Expeditionary Wing stand at attention. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
Demonstrators in Peshawar, Pakistan, burn tires during a protest against Israel after its military moved against a relief aid fleet on its way to the Gaza Strip. Pakistan condemned the commando attack, calling the killings of nine to 16 people “brutal and inhuman.” (A Majeed / AFP/Getty Images)
A Memorial Day event breaks up during a thunderstorm at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Ellwood, Ill. President Obama was scheduled to give an address, but instead urged spectators to return to their cars for safety. (Charles Rex Arbogast / Associated Press)
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Julietta Corti, left, and Diana Venora cheer a flyover of the Condor Squad during the Memorial Day program at Los Angeles National Cemetery. Venora has five uncles who served in three branches of the military and a grandfather who served in World War II. Corti has a brother in the Air Force Reserve in Iraq. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
Vacation turnout on the beach at Gulf Shores, Ala., was good over the holiday weekend. BP pledged $70 million to help gulf states promote tourism. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
President Obama walks to the Oval Office after his return from Elwood, Ill. (Jewel Samad / AFP/Getty Images)
English driver Mike Conway is airborne after colliding with Ryan Hunter-Reay (37) in the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday. Conway then struck the catch fence at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He suffered a broken left leg. (Mark Miller / Associated Press)
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Mike Conway’s car is out of control after a crash Sunday on lap 199 of the Indianapolis 500. The 26-year-old Briton was airlifted to the hospital with a leg fracture. Dario Franchitti won the race. (Kurt Bauer / Associated Press)
Jolie Van Gilder, left, holds her mother’s hand during a rally against BP and the gulf oil spill. (Jae C. Hong / Associated Press)
A Philippine soldier blows his bugle along the halls displaying engraved names of soldiers killed during World War II at the commemoration of Memorial Day at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in Ft. Bonifacio, Manila. (Noel Celis / AFP / Getty Images)
A border collie competes in a European Disk Dog event in Mogyorod, Hungary. (Bela Szandelszky / Associated Press)
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A man walks on the Chinese side of the riverbank near the Friendship Bridge to North Korea in Dandong. (Ng Han Guan / Associated Press)
Four knights ride on an enormous horse float during the Ros Beiaard parade in Dendermonde, Belgium. (Yves Logghe / Associated Press)
Visitors walk by U.S. artist Teddy Crin’s “Cultural Traffic” in the Maxxi, Italy’s new national museum of contemporary art, during a preview day. The Maxxi will open its doors to the public on May 30. (Alberto Pizzoli / AFP/Getty Images)
Buddhist monks participate in a special prayer to commemorate the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha. The holiday falls on the first full-moon day in May. (Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP/Getty Images)
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Chinese artist Li Wei performs outside a shop. His current exhibition, “Beyond Gravity,” deals with the desire for material goods and power. (Mike Clarke / AFP/Getty Images)
Pakistani police use water cannons to disperse teachers protesting low wages and poor treatment in the southern port city. At least 15 teachers were injured and dozens arrested during a clash between demonstrators and police. (Asif Hassan / AFP/Getty Images)
Ministers and other top officials pose on the stairs of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development headquarters before the start of a meeting. Israel, Slovenia and Estonia were invited to join the organization. (Eric Piermont / AFP/Getty Images)
Residents peer out of their sandbagged residence. Torrential rain in Poland has caused rivers to swell, prompting flood warnings in neighboring Germany. (Michael Urban / AFP/Getty Images)
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A message board bearing comments on the political situation in Thailand catches the attention of a passerby at a shopping mall in the capital. (Bay Isomoyo / AFP/Getty Images)
Japan’s Kaii Yoshida returns to Austrian Werner Schlager during their match at the 2010 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Moscow. (Alexander Nemenov / AFP/Getty Images)
A girl poses with a pair of butterflies at Kew Gardens, where displays illustrate the relationship between flowering plants and their pollinators. (Carl De Souza / AFP/Getty Images)
A protester reacts during speeches denouncing North Korea in Seoul. North Korea announced Thursday that it would scrap an accord aimed at preventing accidental naval clashes with South Korea in retaliation for Seoul blaming Pyongyang for a torpedo attack that sank a South Korean warship. (Wally Santana / Associated Press)
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Coadjutor Archbishop Jose Gomez, left, is greeted by Cardinal Roger Mahony during the welcoming Mass for Gomez at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels downtown. Gomez will work with Mahony and then succeed him as head of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles early next year. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
A black bear that climbed up a tree falls toward a tarp after being tranquilized. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Detroit Tigers left fielder Brennan Boesch makes the acquaintance of a fan Wednesday when he ends up in the stands after catching a foul ball hit by the Seattle Mariners’ Ichiro Suzuki. Seattle prevailed, 5-4. (Ted S. Warren / Associated Press)
A Pakistani youth cools off near a leaking water pipe in Islamabad, where it was about 110 degrees Wednesday. (Anjum Naveed / Associated Press)
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Julia Gnuse, the world’s most tattooed woman according to Guinness World Records, shows off some of her tattoos in New York. (Seth Wenig / Associated Press)
Kevin Garnett of the Boston Celtics psychs himself up for Game 5 of the NBA Eastern Conference finals against the Orlando Magic on Wednesday. But the Celtics fell, 113-92, and take a 3-2 series lead back to Boston for Game 6 on Friday. (Kevin C. Cox / Getty Images)
A child carries a message during a protest by parents against planned cuts in child-care benefits. Trade unions are threatening a general strike next week following a government decision to cut state-sector salaries, pensions and other benefits to meet an International Monetary Fund-set budget deficit target. (Vadim Ghirda / Associated Press)