South African voters line up to cast ballots in Wednesday’s presidential election, which was won by African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma. (Nic Both / EPA)
A U.S. soldier gets help from a U.S. and an Iraqi comrade as he squeezes through a metal door during a joint search operation in Mosul. The city is considered to be the last stronghold for Al Qaeda in Iraq. (Maya Alleruzzo / AP)
A dancer performs amid fireworks in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the kickoff to Brazil’s Year of France, a series of cultural events in response to France’s 2005 Year of Brazil. (Vanderlei Almeida / AFP/Getty Images)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy pays respects to novelist Maurice Druon at a funeral Monday in Paris. (Ian Langsdon / EPA)
A tourist reads a magazine in the Dead Sea. (Pavel Wolberg / EPA)
South Korean police detain a protester during a rally in support of a U.S.-led program aimed at halting the spread of weapons of mass destruction. (Ahn Young-joon / Associated Press)
Relatives mourn the victims of an attack by a banned Kenya sect known as Mungiki. Twenty-seven villagers were reportedly hacked to death. (George Mulala / EPA)
