Friday: Day In Photos
People queue up for food in a refugee camp in Kyacek Tan, Myanmar. International relief agencies are continuing efforts to get aid into Myanmar for up to 1 million people made homeless by Tropical Cyclone Nargis. (Chumsak Kanoknan / Getty Images)
Villagers wash their belongings in outdoor puddles on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar. The U.N. warned that the cyclone death toll will rise dramatically unless Myanmar’s military rulers let foreign disaster workers in to help. (Khin Maung Win / AFP/Getty Images)
Residents eat under the destroyed roof of a house in Yangon, Myanmar. (Hla Hla Htay / AFP/Getty Images)
A Shiite gunman fires his weapon during a gun battle in a newly seized neighborhood in Beirut. The Shiite group Hezbollah seized control of neighborhoods in the Lebanese capital’s Muslim sector from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government. (Bela Szandelszky / Associated Press)
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Supporters of the Hezbollah militia set up a barricade on the beach road in Beirut. Hezbollah gunmen seized nearly all of the Lebanese capital’s Muslim sector from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government in the country’s worst sectarian clashes since the bloody 15-year civil war. (Darko Bandic / Associated Press)
A Lebanese woman clears broken glass from her car after clashes between Hezbollah gunmen and government supporters in Beirut. (Bela Szandelszky / Associated Press)
Muscovites watch Topol-M strategic missiles on parade in Red Square to celebrate the 63rd anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany. (Sergei Ilnitsky / EPA)
Russian World War II veterans sing in Moscow’s Gorky Park on the the 63rd anniversary of their victory over Nazi Germany. (Dmitry Khrupov / EPA)
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A girl runs out to offer flowers to a Belarusian World War II veteran during Victory Day celebrations in Minsk, Belarus. Belarus celebrates the allied victory over Nazi Germany on May 9, honoring the 3 million Belarusians who died in the war. (Sergey Grits / Associated Press)
The coffin of Philadelphia Police Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski is drawn by horses to the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, near City Hall, center right, in
Mexican federal police salute during a ceremony to honor officers recently killed in Mexico City. Three officers, including Mexico’s acting federal police chief, have been killed this week as drug traffickers lash back at a nationwide crackdown on organized crime. (Gregory Bull / Associated Press)
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A woman wears Goth makeup at the annual Wave-Gothic festival in Leipzig, Germany. The festival draws more than 20,000 people. (Sebastian Willnow / AFP/Getty Images)
Chameli, a female golden langur, looks out from her cage at a zoological park in Gauhati, India. The golden langur is the most endangered primate species in India. (Anupam Nath / Associated Press)