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A baby otter that has been added to the Virginia Aquarium is shown in Virginia Beach, Va., on Tuesday, May 29, 2012. The Virginia Beach facility says it is conducting an online contest to name the new addition. The male otter was adopted after it was found alone near St. George, S.C., apparently abandoned by his mother.
 

A baby otter that has been added to the Virginia Aquarium is shown in Virginia Beach, Va., on Tuesday, May 29, 2012. The Virginia Beach facility says it is conducting an online contest to name the new addition. The male otter was adopted after it was found alone near St. George, S.C., apparently abandoned by his mother.

Photograph by: Ross Taylor, AP

 
A baby otter that has been added to the Virginia Aquarium is shown in Virginia Beach, Va., on Tuesday, May 29, 2012. The Virginia Beach facility says it is conducting an online contest to name the new addition. The male otter was adopted after it was found alone near St. George, S.C., apparently abandoned by his mother.
Indian laborers move a large wooden wheel that will be fixed as part of a wooden chariot in to place outside the Lord Jagannath Hindu temple ahead of the annual chariot festival at Puri, Orissa state, India, Tuesday, May 29, 2012. The nine-day festival begins on June 21.
Graffiti is seen on a road outside the Televisa channel building in Mexico City May 29, 2012. Thousands of teachers from the state of Oaxaca and Mexico City protested against the mandatory evaluation tests for teachers and demanded the removal of their union leader Elba Esther Gordillo, local media reported. The graffiti reads, "Peace, freedom, resistance."
A formation of U.S. Navy Blue Angel fighter jets perform a flyover above graduating Midshipmen during the United States Naval Academy graduation and commissioning ceremonies in Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, May 29, 2012.
Spanish bullfighter 'El Fandi' performs with a 'Las Ramblas' ranch fighting bull during a bullfight at the San Isidro fair, in Las Ventas bullring, Madrid, Tuesday, May 29, 2012.
Rock legend Bob Dylan is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom from U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 29, 2012.
May 29: The RAF Falcons Parachute Team arrives at RAF Fairford, Fairford, southern England with the Diamond Jubilee flag during the launch of the 2012 Royal International Air Tattoo Tuesday May 29, 2012. The world's biggest military airshow, July 6-8 is celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's diamond Jubilee.
May 29: A boy walks past floral crown after it was unveiled in St James's Park in central London, May 29, 2012. The floral crown was installed to commemorate Britain's Queen Elizabeth's diamond jubilee this weekend.
MAY 29 - Douglas Kajiwara, of Hayabusa falconry company, holds a falcon as a plane takes off from Salgado Filho international airport in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil, on May 15, 2012. Trained falcons and hawks are used to keep birds away from the airport to avoid accidents during ladings and take offs.
May 29: Participants run from the starting point during the Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon at Everest Base Camp, 5,364 metres (17,598 ft.) above sea level May 29, 2012.
May 29: A Qatari man walks in a graveyard during a funeral procession in Doha May 29, 2012. Qatar's interior ministry said at least 19 foreign nationals, including 13 children, were killed in a fire that ripped through the Villaggio Mall in Qatar on Monday.
Boy Scout Troop #305 member Hunter Lynn carries an American flag along Main Street in Walla Walla, Wash., on Memorial Day, Monday, May 28, 2012. Lynn and other scouts place flags along the streets of downtown Walla Walla and team up every year with members of Jonathan M Wainwright AMVETS Post #1111 to start Memorial Day with a banner display.
Bottles of beer labeled La Matraque, or Billy Club, with the red square, emblem of the student movement against tuition hikes, are seen in the cooler of a Montreal convenience store on Monday, May 28, 2012.
A U.S. Army soldier (R) of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division walks with a soldier of Afghan National Army (ANA) during a joint patrol in the town of Senjaray, Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 28, 2012.
Women dressed in traditional "Gailtaler" costumes participate in village celebrations in Feistritz an der Gail, in the Austrian province of Carinthia, May 28, 2012. The annual celebrations are centered around an alpine farming custom called "Kufenstechen" which, according to the first written records, dates back to 1630. In turn the unmarried young men ride bareback on Noriker horses, beating a wooden barrel with an iron club until the last wooden splinter has fallen down, followed by a dance "under the lime trees" with the unmarried women wearing traditional "Gailtaler" costumes.
A supporter of Egyptian presidential candidate and former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq, with campaign flyers on his face, reacts outside his campaign headquarters in Cairo May 28, 2012. A group of Egyptian protesters set fire to Shafiq's campaign headquarters in Cairo on Monday, the state news agency MENA reported, after the ex-prime minister made it into the second round of the vote.
Women collect pinatas for storage at a warehouse in Managua May 28, 2012. Hundreds of pinatas are made to celebrate International Children's Day, which falls on June 1 in Nicaragua.
May 28: A participant operates a homemade flying machine during the annual Red Bull Flugtag (Flight Day) event in Mainz May 28, 2012.
May 28: Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain casts his shadow as he returns the ball to Michael Llodra of France during the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris May 28, 2012.
May 28: A diadem, modelled on the one worn by the Queen at her coronation in 1953, is seen at Asprey jewellers ahead of her Diamond Jubilee in central London May 28, 2012. Entitled 'The Diamond Queen', the work has been valued at over 1 million pounds (1,570,460 US dollars). All proceeds of sales will go to charity.
MAY 28 - Venezuelan cadets wave from the flagship "Simon Bolivar" as they leave the port of Cartagena, Venezuelan.
May 28: A Kurdish man walks between coffins draped with Kurdish flag containing the remains of victims during a burial ceremony in Sulaimaniya, 260km (162 miles) northeast of Baghdad, May 28, 2012. More than 700 Kurds, killed by former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, were honoured in a ceremony in northern Iraq on Monday. Kurdish officials gathered at the Police Academy in Suleimaniya province to mourn 730 victims of Iraq's notorious 'Anfal' campaign, whose bodies were discovered in mass graves in southern Iraq in July 2011. Rights groups estimate that up to 180,000 people were killed when Saddam Hussein's troops began a military campaign against Iraq's minority Kurds in 1988, razing villages and rounding up local people, forcing many into camps.
May 28: People jostle while holding water pots as they collect water from a lorry from Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) in the outskirts of Dhaka May 28, 2012. Water supply to Dhaka dwellers has dropped drastically in the last one month due to power cuts and the summer heat, local media reported.
May 28: A woman injured during an explosion sits on a police pick-up in Kenya's capital Nairobi, May 28, 2012. A blast struck a shopping complex in Nairobi's business district during Monday's lunch hour, wounding more than a dozen people, but it was not immediately clear what had caused the explosion. Dense black smoke billowed from the badly damaged building and sirens blared as emergency service crews rushed to Moi Avenue, a major road running through the city centre.
MAY 28 - A fan of U.S. pop star Lady Gaga waits outside the Singapore Indoor Stadium for the Lady Gaga Born This Way Ball concert to start on Monday May 28, 2012 in Singapore
A dressed monkey named Shah Rukh sits next to his owner to make a living in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, May 27, 2012.
Smoke is pictured billowing from the site of wildfires at the Whitewater-Baldy Complex in southwestern New Mexico in the Gila National Forest in this May 23, 2012 handout photo obtained by Reuters May 27, 2012. The Whitewater-Baldy Complex fire, started by a lightning strike, has been burning out of control for 11 days, destroying more than 82,252 acres (33,286 hectares) and prompting officials to issue evacuation orders in nearby communities.
A man of African origin wears traditional make-up during the Karneval der Kulturen (Carnival of Cultures), a street parade of Berlin's ethnic minorities, in Berlin, May 27, 2012. Around 4,700 members from 80 communities in the German capital attended the 16th annual parade on Sunday, celebrating the city's cultural diversity.
Indian Army Vajra Corps soldiers perform during their annual training exercise named Ashwamedh at a camp in Jalandhar, India, Sunday, May 27, 2012. Jalandhar is about 400 kilometers (250 miles) east of Indias border with Pakistan.
Canada's Ryder Hesjedal Kisses the trophy after winning the 95th Giro d'Italia, Tour of Italy cycling race, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, May 27, 2012. Hesjedal won the 95th Giro d'Italia finishing 16 seconds ahead of Joaquin Rodriguez in the general classification after overhauling the Spaniard's lead on the final stage in Milan. Hesjedal started the 21st stage 31 seconds behind Rodriguez, but completed the 28.2-kilometer (17.52-mile) individual time trial in 34 minutes, 15 seconds to finish the race in a total time of 91 hours, 39 minutes and 2 seconds. He becomes the first Canadian to win the Giro. Marco Pinotti won the stage in 33:06.
Nicolas Mahut of France returns the ball to Andy Roddick of the U.S. during the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris May 27, 2012.
Models present creations from Lenny's collection during Fashion Rio Summer 2012/2013 in Rio de Janeiro May 25, 2012.
Revellers attend the Wave and Goth festival in Leipzig May 25, 2012. The annual festival, known in Germany as Wave-Gotik Treffen, features up to 150 bands and musicians playing Gothic rock and other styles of the "dark wave" music subculture attracting a regular audience of up to 20000, according to organizers. The festival runs from May 24 to May 28.
Revellers attend the Wave and Goth festival in Leipzig May 25, 2012. The annual festival, known in Germany as Wave-Gotik Treffen, features up to 150 bands and musicians playing Gothic rock and other styles of the "dark wave" music subculture attracting a regular audience of up to 20000, according to organizers. The festival runs from May 24 to May 28.
Cast member Reese Witherspoon poses during a photocall for the film "Mud", in competition at the 65th Cannes Film Festival, May 26, 2012.
Participants interview each other during a blind date party in Shanghai May 26, 2012. The event, aimed at providing chances for the unmarried under the age of 45, has attracted about 10,000 single young people to participate, local media reported.
A police officer finds the rifle used by a gunman from a rooftop in a Finnish town centre in Hyvinkaa May 26, 2012. The gunman opened fire from the rooftop in the early hours of Saturday, killing an 18-year-old woman and wounding eight other people, police said. An 18-year-old man has been detained after the shooting outside bars and restaurants in Hyvinkaa just before 2 a.m. (2300 GMT). Police said the suspect was believed to have used two rifles.
Eldery women look at revellers dressed in their subculture attire outside a venue at the Wave and Goth festival in Leipzig May 26, 2012. The annual festival, known in Germany as Wave-Gotik Treffen, features over 150 bands and artist in venues all over the city playing Gothic rock and other styles of the dark wave music subculture. The event that counts as one of the biggest of its kind attract a regular audience of up to 20,000 the organisers said.
A worker takes a nap on sacks filled with wheat at a wholesale grain market at Dadri town in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh May 26, 2012. Six companies, including global traders, bid for wheat from India's stocks to sell overseas at prices between $150-$230 per tonne, trade sources said, prices that might tempt the world's second-biggest producer as it tries to cut its huge stockpiles.
Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) listen while Contingent Commander for Uganda, Brigadier Paul Lokech (not seen), briefs members of 09 Battalion before an advance on the town of Afgoye to the west of the Somali capital Mogadishu, in this handout photo released on May 25, 2012. At least five people were killed when a shell hit the minibus they were using to flee fighting in a town north west of the capital, as African Union and government soldiers intensify their fight against al Shabaab militants. Earlier this week, African Union and Somali government troops stepped up their attacks on al Shabaab militants in Mogadishu's northern outskirts, forcing hundreds of families to flee their makeshift homes and head for the city centre.
 
 
 
 
 

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