Friday: The Day in Photos

The Washington, D.C., Metro subway system sits in near total darkness when a power outage struck much of the downtown area at the McPherson Square station. A power outage today caused a blackout in parts of downtown Washington, including the White House, leaving thousands without electricity and sparking fires on the subway, officials said.  (Tim Sloan / AFP / Getty Images)

A Palestinian protester holds a flag as tear gas fired by Israeli troops lingers in the air during a demonstration against Israel’s separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bil’in near Ramallah. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. The protester’s T-shirt reads: “We demand the right to return, reparations now!”  (Kevin Frayer / Associated Press)

Camilo Villegas of of Colombia watches his ball come out of a bunker on the first green during the second round of the U.S. Open championship at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego.  (Lenny Ignelzi / Associated Press)

Students from Hallahan Catholic Girls’ High School take part in a decades old tradition of jumping into the Swann Memorial Fountain at Logan Square in Philadelphia on the last day of their school year.  (Matt Rourke / Associated Press)

A farmer walks past bales of straw on a field in Gaoling County of Shaanxi Province, China. Every year, China, produces about 700 million tons of agricultural straw. China issued a no-burn edict for farmers from May to September and urged local farmers and companies to recycle the agricultural waste and develop businesses in the fields of power generation, biomass production and construction material production.  (China Photos / Getty Images)

An almost toothless Thai protester shouts anti-government slogans during a demonstration in Bangkok, Thailand. The People’s Alliance for Democracy continues to stage daily rallies in Bangkok that have begun to attract others unhappy with high food and fuel prices.  (David Longstreath / Associated Press)

President George W. Bush talks with the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development’s Secretary General Angel Gurria upon arriving for a speech to comemmorrate the 60th Anniversary of the Marshall Plan in Paris. In advance excerpts of his speech to the OECD, Bush predicted that his successor in January will inherit “the broadest and most vibrant” transatlantic ties ever but urged more unity in battling Islamist extremism.  (Jim Watson / AFP / Getty Images)