Category: Face Of The Day

A teenager refreshes in a fountain in Lille, northern France, on July 1, 2010, as temperatures soared all over the country. By Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images.

Two Tasmanian Devils eat fresh meat placed inside a fake dead kangaroo designed to look like road kill at Taronga Zoo's new Tasmanian Devil Breeding Centre in Sydney on June 30, 2010. The centre will play an important role in helping to save the world's largest remaining carnivorous marsupial. By Greg Wood/AFP/Getty Images.

Nepalese farmers throw mud at each other in a paddy field in Tau-Daha village on the outskirts of Kathmandu on June 29, 2010. The farmers are celebrating National Paddy Day on 'Asar 15' of the Nepali calendar as the annual rice planting season begins. By Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images.

Kenyans hold up fliers during a 'No' rally called by religious leaders in opposition to the proposed Kenya constitution in the lakeside town of Nakuru on June 27. The rally, attended by Kenya's former President Daniel Moi, is the second since a series of grenade attacks rocked a similar rally in Nairobi on June 13, killing at least six and injuring scores more. The attack is a sharp reminder of the 2007-2008 post-election violence and is generating public tension as campaigns for and against a proposed Kenya constitution heat-up ahead of the August 4 referendum. By Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images.

Australia has a new prime minister – Julia Gillard, seen above in a recent photo by Raveendren/Getty. The Reuters story of the internal Labour party coup here. Bonus: she's Welsh by birth! It's the culmination of quite a record of female advancement down under:

South Australian Liberal Kay Brownbill became the first woman elected to the House of Representatives without being preceded by her husband when she won the seat of Kingston in 1966, while Joan Child became the first Labor woman member in the House when she won the Victorian electorate of Henty in 1974. South Australian senator Janine Haines became the first female leader of a major Australian party when she was elected to head the Australian Democrats on Don Chipp's retirement in 1986. Australia has had female premiers and chief ministers in Victoria, Western Australia, Queensland, NSW, the ACT and Northern Territory.

Our favorite Portland pet photographer features Ramen Noodle, the two-legged dog with the heart of a champion.

 

Rudy Alfaro, aka 'Smurf', a member of the 'Mara 18' gang, remains at a court room in Guatemala City on June 22, 2010. The gang are accused of violating several women in the prison where they are kept for other crimes. By Johan Ordonez/AFP/Getty Images.

"Devin of Springfield, Illinois," one of a series of photographs:

In 2009, Austin, Texas photographer Dave Mead traveled to Anchorage, Alaska to capture portraits of the 2009 World Beard and Mustache Championship contestants. The celebrated Magnificent Specimens will be on display at Chelsea Market in New York City, May 9 – June 30, 2010.

Prints available here.

English artist Paul Wright creates hyper-realistic portraits using only the brush tool in Photoshop. Many more faces here.

A lion cub yawns at the Lion Park in Johannesburg, during a visit of the Slovenian national football team on June 14, 2010. By Mustafa Ozer/AFP/Getty Images. No, Mr Colbert, this is not a response to soccer.