News photos of the day
Date: 6/21/2012 Album ID: 1491294
Photos by Associated Press
News photos from around the world, June 21, 2012
A Pakistani child who was injured in an explosion in a Sunni shrine, receives treatment at a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Thursday, June 21, 2012. A Pakistani police officer said that two children were killed by the explosion at the shrine as dozens of people gathered there.(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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A Pakistani girl, who was injured in an explosion in a Sunni shrine, is rushed to a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Thursday, June 21, 2012. A Pakistani police officer said that two children were killed by the explosion at the shrine as dozens of people gathered there.(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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A Rohingya Muslim baby rests in a swing at an unauthorized camp that houses Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled Myanmar during an ethnic strife in 1992, in Kutupalong, Bangladesh, on World Refugee Day, Wednesday, June 20, 2012. World Refugee Day, a day initiated by the United Nations to raise awareness on the plight of refugees worldwide, is observed on June 20 every year.  (AP Photo/ Saurabh Das)
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In this Tuesday, June 5, 2012 photo, a Syrian man stands next to the grave of 40 Syrians killed in a raid by Syrian forces in April 2012, in the town of Taftanaz, 15 kilometers east of Idlib, Syria. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
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A young bull moose wandered into the skate park in Nederland Wednesday morning June 20, 2012. He was tranquilized and relocated by Nederland police and Colorado Parks and Wildlife. (AP Photo/Lois Ott, Town of Nederland)
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A car is stranded in floodwaters rushing down a hillside in Duluth, Minn., early Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Hours of torrential rainfall have sparked major flooding across the city and along the North Shore of Lake Superior, with some homes being evacuated due to rising water. (AP Photo/The Duluth News-Tribune, Andrew Krueger)
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CORRECTS DATE TO WEDNESDAY JUNE 20, NOT 19 - A  man gets dangerously close to the raging Miller Creek as it flows through Lincoln Park in West Duluth, Minn., Wednesday, June 20, 2011. Residents evacuated their homes and animals escaped from pens at a zoo as floods fed by a steady torrential downpour struck northeastern Minnesota, inundating the city of Duluth, officials said Wednesday. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Brian Peterson)  MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT
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A car sits in a giant sinkhole in Duluth, Minn. Wednesday, June 19, 2011. Residents evacuated their homes and animals escaped from pens at a zoo as floods fed by a steady torrential downpour struck northeastern Minnesota, inundating the city of Duluth, officials said Wednesday. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Brian Peterson)  MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT
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In this image made from amateur video footage released by the Tibetan Youth Congress, a Tibetan runs in flames in his self-immolation to protest against Chinese rule, on a street in Yushu prefecture in China's Qinghai province Wednesday, June 20, 2012. The exile group released a graphic video showing two Tibetans collapsing in flames during another suicidal protest against Chinese rule. The group and the official Xinhua News Agency said one man died and the other was seriously injured. (AP Photo/The Tibetan Youth Congress)
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks to supporters at the Holland State Park beach Tuesday, June 19, 2012. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press,Chris Clark )
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A woman is consoled as police investigate a crime scene outside a Houston night club, Wednesday, June 20, 2012.  Three people were killed and two wounded from gunfire outside the night club.  The shooting occurred in a strip mall parking lot outside the Score's Cabaret strip club and an adjacent night club. The shots rang out right around 3 a.m., just as some 300 people were exiting the night club after a rap concert.  (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Johnny Hanson)
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A toddler plays with crime scene tape as police investigate a crime scene outside a Houston night club, Wednesday, June 20, 2012.  Three people were killed and two wounded from gunfire outside the night club.  The shooting occurred in a strip mall parking lot outside the Score's Cabaret strip club and an adjacent night club. The shots rang out right around 3 a.m., just as some 300 people were exiting the night club after a rap concert.  (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Johnny Hanson)
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Kenya Wildlife Service rangers load the carcasses of six lions speared to death by residents of Oloika area in retaliation after the lions raided a boma (livestock enclosure) and ate four goats, in Kitengela, Kajiado County, Kenya, Wednesday, June 20, 2012. The Kenya Wildlife Service said the killings are a big loss to Kenya's economy, given the number of tourists who travel to Kenya to see big game. The lions had strayed outside of Nairobi National Park in search of food when they killed the goats. (AP Photo/Dennis Kibet)
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Smoke billows from the headquarters of the Maharashtra state government in Mumbai, India, Thursday, June 21, 2012. Hundreds of employees were evacuated Thursday from the seven-story government building as more than two dozen fire engines battled a major fire that raged for more than three hours in India's financial and entertainment capital. (AP Photo)
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Coal miners stand behind burning tires as they block a road in La Robla village, near Leon, Spain, Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Strikes, road blockades, and mine sit-ins continue as 8,000 mineworkers at over 40 coal mines in northern Spain continue their protests against government action to cut coal subsidies. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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In this photo made on Monday, June 18, 2012, and made available Wednesday by the Colorado National Guard, a helicopter drops a load of water above the High Park wildfire, about 15 miles west of Fort Collins, Colo.. The fire already has destroyed at least 189 homes since it was sparked by lightning June 9. (AP Photo/Colorado National Guard, Jess Geffre)
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Girls leap through a wall of water at Yards Park in Washington, on Thursday, June 21, 2012. Heat index values are expected to exceed 100 degrees across the northeast on Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Lucas Olivo, 6, of Cheverly, Md., opens his mouth wide while running through a wall of water at Yards Park in Washington, on Thursday, June 21, 2012. Heat index values are expected to exceed 100 degrees across the northeast Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Aymara indigenous men hold up their hands to feel the first rays of sun during a new years' ritual at the ruins from the ancient civilization of Tiwanaku, in the highlands in Tiwanaku, Bolivia, Thursday, June 21, 2012. The Aymara Indians celebrate the year 5,520 as well as the southern hemisphere's winter solstice, marking the start of a new agricultural cycle. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
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The sunrise is photographed from the Stonehenge replica at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin in Odessa, Texas, Wednesday, June 20, 2012.   (AP photo/Mark Sterkel, Odessa American)
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