Saturday: The Day in Photos
The space shuttle Discovery deploys a drag chute as it touches down at the
An Afghan policeman at the damaged Kandahar prison Saturday after a prison break there. Taliban militants overran the main prison in southern Afghanistan, killing guards and setting free 1,000 inmates, including jailed Taliban comrades, officials said. The commando-style attack, carried out by suicide bombers and other militants using small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades, broke open the entrance of the jail. (Humayoun Shiab / EPA)
People travel on boats in a flooded town in Longhai in southeast China’s Fujian province Saturday. According to local media reports, at least six people have been killed and four are missing after torrential rain fell in the southern China provinces. Disaster officials said more than 10 inches of rain fell over a 12-hour period. (Bao Yan / EPA)
Swedish fans before the group D match between Sweden and Spain in Innsbruck, Austria, at the Euro 2008 European Soccer Championships. (Vadim Ghirda / Associated Press)
Students have a pillow fight during a flash mob in University Square in Bucharest, Romania, to commemorate the days of repression of a June 1990 anticommunist demonstration. (Radu Vioreanu / EPA)
A Dalmatian named Gladys vom Hause Deudika looks at her ribbon during the International Dog Show in Erfurt, Germany. (Jens Meyer / Associated Press)
Rider Alexa Bendfeldt parts from her mount El Greco and gets an unexpected early morning dip in the water hazard while participating in an equestrian event in Luhmuehlen, near Hamburg, Germany. (Kay Nietfeld / EPA)
Participants in the Bavarian Highland Games in Pfaffenhofen, Germany, compete in a tug-of-war. The teams compete in different traditional Scottish sports. (Armin Weigel / EPA)
Balinese woman wearing traditional attire perform during the opening of the 30th Balinese Art Festival in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. (Firdia Lisnawati / Associated Press)