Lance Corporal Jimmy Finley from Ruston, Louisiana of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines Unit grills steaks for dinner at a Forward Operating Base on June 26, 2009 in Deleran, Afghanistan. The Marines are part of a stepped up effort by American troops fighting Taliban forces in southern Afghanistan. By Joe Raedle/Getty Images.
Pakistani parents anxiously wait for a doctor to see their sick children at a special ward for IDP's at the Mardan District hospital on June 24, 2009 in Mardan, Pakistan. Most of the children are getting treated for stomach ailments, diarrhea and dehydration from living at the camps. Over 1.9 million internally displaced persons are living at internally displaced people (IDP) camps as a result from recent fighting and on-going military operations against the Taliban. Pakistani forces battle militants in tribal areas after vowing an full assault on a Taliban chief in the lawless Afghan border region known to be an Al-Qaeda hideout. In the cleared areas such as Buner many families are waiting to return but are currently still waiting for basic facilities like electricity and water before most leave the camps. By Paula Bronstein/Getty Images.
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales looks on during a visit to the Ty Mawr Lime head office and training centre on June 22, 2009 in Llangasty, Brecon, Powys, Wales. The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall kick off four days of intensive touring in the principality today. By Ben Birchall/WPA Pool/Getty Images.
In Tehran, street art is part of the resistance. Above is an image that keeps cropping up on the streets – that weird Mayan looking thing, holding Moussavi up. The next generation is desperately trying to prevent the Islamist monsters from genocidal war, economic immiseration and the hideous abuse of a great faith. I keep associating it with the Obama movement – the art, the youth, the desire for change, the innovative use of inormatio technology, the yearning to avoid a clash of religion if we can avoid it. A lovely piece mocking Ahmadinejad is after the jump. More here, whence this came.
A female Snow Leopard shows off her teeth in the newly opened Allison Maher Stern Snow Leopard Exhibit at Central Park Zoo on June 11, 2009 in New York City. The new habitat offers zoo visitors an up-close view of the Snow Leopard, one of the world's most endagered big cats. Scientists estimate there are only a few thousand left in the wild, The new exhibit houses three Snow Leopards. By Chris McGrath/Getty Images.
Libya's leader Moamer Kadhafi stands during his meeting with Italy's President Giorgio Napolitano (not pictured) at Rome's Quirinale presidential palace on June 10, 2009 during Kadhafi's first visit to Italy. The three-day visit seals a major rapprochement since Italy signed a deal with its former 1911 to 1947 colony last year pledging five billion dollars (3.5 billion euros) over the next 25 years as compensation for colonising it. Rome has also stepped up its relations with Tripoli in recent years in a bid to rein in a massive influx of clandestine migrants, many of whom come by boat from Libya across the Mediterranean. By Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty.
Youths enjoy the sunshine in the Padiham area of Burnley, the stronghold of the far-right British National Party, on June 9, 2009 in Burnley, England. Sharon Wilkinson of the BNP won its first county council seat in England in the party's stronghold of Burnley in Lancashire. The party also won two European parliament seats. By Christopher Furlong/Getty Images.
Supporters of Iranian reformist presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi hold up posters bearing his portrait and green balloons during a pro-reform electoral campaign rally at Badr stadium in southern Tehran on June 8, 2009. The former premier has emerged as his main rival of incumbent hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the June 12 presidential election. Green, associated in Iran with descendants of the Prophet Mohammad, has been chosen as the campaign color of the moderate candidate, who was the Islamic republic's prime minister during the war with Iraq in the 80s. By Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty.
Lebanese supporters of the Christian Phalangist and Lebanese Forces parties celebrate their victory in the central Lebanese city of Zahleh in the Bekaa valley on June 8, 2009. Lebanon was anxiously awaiting the results of a hotly-contested election on Sunday that could see an alliance led by the Hezbollah militant group unseat the pro-Western majority in parliament. By Joseph Barrak/AFP/Getty.
A Jewish settler smokes at the outpost of Ramat Migron after Israeli policemen demolished it on June 3, 2009 in Ramat Migron, east of the West Bank city of Ramallah. Both of the outposts — Ramat Migron (east of Ramallah) and Maoz Ester (between Ramallah and Jericho) — have been dismantled by Israeli authorities several times over the past few months, only to be re-erected within hours by zealous settlers. By Uriel Sinai/Getty.
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