Monday: The day in photos
A woman and her child sport tiger-painted faces in support of Tamil Tiger rebels during a protest in London’s Parliament Square. Hundreds of protesters continue to demonstrate against Sri Lanka’s government after a ceasefire was declared by the Tamil rebels. (Akira Suemori / Los Angeles Times)
A woman stops to smell the roses during the press view of the Chelsea Flower Show in London. Originally known as the Great Spring Show, the Chelsea Flower Show was first held in
A yet-to-be-named 4-day-old Eastern Black Rhinoceros is seen next to her mother, Ema, inside an enclosure at the Chester Zoo in England. (Paul Thomas / Associated Press)
A Filipina activist shouts slogans during a rally near the gates of the Malacanang Presidential Palace in Manila. Farmers are calling on Philippine President
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A supporter of Myanmar’s detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi lights candles during a vigil in Taipei, Taiwan. Supporters demanded that Myanmar’s military junta free Suu Kyi from detention. (Wally Santana / Associated Press)
Police shoot tear gas at shipyard workers during a protest in Gijon, northern Spain. The workers, who were forced to retire early from the Spanish shipbuilding company Naval Gijon, have occupied the company’s premises to demand that the firm continue paying their salaries after it closes at the end of the month. (Juan Avellaneda / Associated Press)
A folk dancer from the Indian state of Rajasthan performs during celebrations outside the residence of Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi. The Congress Party began putting together a new Cabinet after a definitive electoral victory this weekend that gives the government a free hand to pursue economic reforms. (Gurinder Osan / Associated Press)
A Continental worker from Clairoix
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A mother feeds her children porridge for breakfast at a camp on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia. Families are having trouble finding food and water after hard-line opposition groups launched an unprecedented nationwide offensive 10 days ago against the administration of President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed. The fighting has killed at least 110 people and displaced roughly 30,000, mainly in Mogadishu. (Mohamed Dahir / AFP/Getty Images)
A boy sells fruit drinks at the Sheikh Yasin refugee camp at Mardan in northwest Pakistan. More than a million Pakistanis have fled fighting between the army and Taliban militants in the Swat Valley, with roughly 100,000 living in camps near Mardan, south of the battle zone. (Greg Baker / Associated Press)