Friday: the day in photos
A TV screen-shot taken from South Korea’s MBC broadcasting station as it announced the destruction of a cooling tower at a nuclear facility in North Korea. (Jeon Heon-Kyun / EPA)
Henry James, left, and Herb Crosby sit on top of a house as they wait for floodwaters to arrive after a levee break in Winfield, Mo. A section of an earthen levee broke this morning, releasing Mississippi River water that officials predicted will “ultimately inundate” part of the small town. (Jeff Roberson / Associated Press)
Sen. Barack Obama boards a plane with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton at Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport. They are meeting today in Unity, N.H., to build ... unity among Democrats as the party turns its attention to the general election and likely the Republican presidential nominee, Sen. John McCain. (Alex Brandon / Associated Press)
Russia’s Anna Chakvetadze serves to compatriot Evgeniya Rodina during their women’s singles third-round match at Wimbledon. (Alastair Grant / Associated Press)
A Nepalese police officer detains an exiled Tibetan protester during a rally in front of the visa section of the Chinese Embassy in Katmandu. Hundreds of exiled Tibetans took part in an anti-Chinese protest demanding peace in Lhasa, capital of Tibet. According to local media reports, all the protesters were arrested. (Narendra Shrestha / EPA)
Miss Universe 2008 contestants, from left Laura Dundovic (Miss Australia), Jenyfeer Mercelina (Miss Curacao) and Amanda Ole Sulul (Miss Tanzania) tour Hanoi’s SOS village. They will compete in the 57th annual Miss Universe competition in the central city of Nha Trang, Vietnam, on July 14. (Hoang Dinh Nam / AFP/Getty Images)
A reveler enjoys the mud at the Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, England. The three-day music festival starts today and features headliners such as the Kings of Leon, rapper Jay-Z and Britpop veterans The Verve. (Matt Cardy / Getty Images)
In Khar, in the Pakistani tribal area of Bajour, Pakistani Taliban members get ready to execute two Afghans for allegedly spying for U.S. forces and helping orchestrate a suspected American missile strike that killed 14 people in a border village last month. (Anwarullah Khan / Associated Press)
An Army soldier from Fires Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, rides in a mine-resistant vehicle, or MRAP, on his way to search a village near Muqdadiyah, Iraq, about 60 miles north of Baghdad in volatile Diyala province. (Maya Alleruzzo / Associated Press)
Spain’s Xabi Alonso talks with the press after a training session of the national soccer team of Spain in Vienna. Spain reached the finals of the Euro 2008 European Soccer Championships in Austria and Switzerland, and will face Germany on Sunday in Vienna. (Bernat Armangue / Associated Press)
A view of hundreds of red balloons fixed on the Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro by members of the social movement Rio de Paz (peace river). The balloons represent the number of people who will die violently within the next six months. (Antonio Lacerda / EPA)
