BOTTOMS UP: Belarussian military veterans drank Monday during Victory Day celebrations marking the anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany, in Minsk, Belarus. (Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
BOXED IN: A boy played with a box over his head in the informal settlement of Masiphumelele in Cape Town, South Africa, Monday. The area was rebuilt within a week of a fire that destroyed 1,500 homes. (Nic Bothma/European Pressphoto Agency)
ADDRESSING THE MEDIA: Chubu Electric Power President Akihisa Mizuno held a news conference in Nagoya, Japan, Monday. The company agreed to shut a nuclear plant until it can better defend against the type of massive earthquake and tsunami that triggered a crisis in March. (Toru Hanai/Reuters)
FLOOD GATES: A spider web dotted with water framed the view of machinery brought in to open the Bonnet Carré Spillway Monday in Norco, La., to ease pressure on the levee system. The river was approaching record flood levels and was expected to crest in Memphis, Tenn. (Sean Gardner/Reuters)
POLICE BARRICADE: Police blocked off a World War II memorial to prevent clashes between members of Ukrainian nationalist organizations and pro-Victory Day supporters in Lviv, Ukraine, Monday. (Gleb Garanich/Reuters)
OFF THE RAILS: Men cleared the scene after a passenger train traveling from Mumbai to Pratapgarh, India, derailed Monday. At least 30 people were injured. (Xinhua/Zuma Press)
UP HIGH: A firefighter stood atop a ladder, trying to extinguish a fire feeding on soybean oil at the Windsor Quality Food plant in Huntington Park, Calif., Monday. About 150 firefighters battled the blaze. The cause of the fire wasn't immediately known. (Nick Ut/Associated Press)
ON TV: A walked past televisions showing an address by Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Monday. Pakistan met U.S. demands for an inquiry into how Osama bin Laden lived for years under the noses of its military, but refused to be blamed alone for bin Laden's evading capture. (Banaras Khan/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
KEEPING THE FAITH: Coptic Christians prayed Monday in Imbaba, Egypt, for the 12 people killed in Christian-Muslim clashes over the weekend. Their church was set on fire by radical Islamists. (European Pressphoto Agency)
PILING UP: Piles of uncollected rubbish lined a street in Pozzuoli, a suburb of Naples, Italy, Monday, as soldiers arrived in the city to clear some of the 4,000 tons of garbage. (Roberto Salomone/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
WRECKAGE: A man photographed the wreckage of a motorcycle used in a suicide attack in Qarghayi, Afghanistan, Monday. The rider blew himself up in front of a compound belonging to the district chief, who said three people were killed and 12 were wounded in the blast. (Rahmat Gul/Associated Press)
CARRIED AWAY: Antigovernment protesters placed a wounded demonstrator on a motorcycle in Taiz, Yemen, Monday. Security forces opened fire on demonstrators and launched rocket-propelled grenades at an office building, killing three people, witnesses and medics said. (Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
BIDING TIME: A traveler sat with her luggage near a soldier on guard at New York's Penn Station Monday. Amtrak and rail projects in 15 states are being awarded $2 billion that Florida lost after the governor canceled plans for high-speed train service, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said at the station Monday. (Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters)
AIRBORNE: Driver Daniel Sordo and co-driver Carlos del Barrio competed in the Mini Cooper WRC Rally in Sardinia, Italy, Sunday. (Andre Lavadinho/Panoramic/Zuma Press)
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