Workers clean oil from a beach in Piriapolis, Uruguay, where an oil-covered seal lies dead. An undetermined amount of fuel oil was spilled June 4 after two ships collided near the harbor. (Marcelo Hernandez / Associated Press)
A Portuguese fan sports his colors at Geneva Stadium in Switzerland before the Portugal-Czech Republic match in the Euro 2008 soccer championships. (Antonio Cotrim / EPA)
Residents watch the Jian Jiang River flood their town in China’s Sichuan province as water flows out of a lake created by debris blockage from last month’s devastating earthquake. (Liu Jin /AFP / Getty Images))
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A refugee carries a piece of furniture retrieved from the ruins of the May 12 earthquake in Chengjiaba in China’s Sichuan province. Chengjiaba was left a virtual ghost town with only a few local people scavenging for possessions. (Michael Reynolds / EPA)
A health worker removes a rooster from a Hong Kong street market, where all poultry was being slaughtered to protect against the spread of bird flu virus. (Kin Cheung / Associated Press)
Riot helmets are at the ready in a police car before the match between Spain and Russia in the Euro 2008 soccer championships in Innsbruck, Austria. (Hans Klaus Techt / EPA)
A 70-year-old member of the Masai tribe waits for help in casting his vote at a polling station in the western Kenyan town of Olmelil. Election-related violence has plagued Kenya since December. (Roberto Schmidt / AFP / Getty Images)
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Germany’s former Formula 1 car racing champion Michael Schumacher, now on a motorcycle, falls during a test run at the Sachsenring racetrack near Hohenstein, Germany. He was not injured and will compete in a race Sunday. (Ralph Koehler / Associated Press)