An attendee watches a presentation of the Nintendo DSi system at the Nintendo media briefing on opening day of the 2009 E3 Expo on June 2, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. The 2009 E3 Expo will feature over 200 leading-edge computer, technology and video game publishers and developers, according to organizers. The industry-only trade show runs June 2-4 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (LACC). By David McNew/Getty Images.
Matthew Kashani, 10, of Roslyn Heights, New York, tries to reach a participant in the annual Salute to Israel Parade march May 31, 2009 in New York. Thousands marched up Fifth Avenue to celebrate the creation of the State of Israel in 1948 and also the 100th birthday of the city of Tel Aviv. By Hiroko Masuike/Getty Images.
A participant attends the Wave Gothic Festival on May 30, 2009 in Leipzig, Germany. The music festival, which started out in 1992 with a small line up of only ten bands, has grown to span four days and dozens of musical acts playing inside and outside venues across Leipzig. By Katja Buchholz/Getty Images.
Lauren Kirk of Bloomington, Indiana, thinks as she tries to spell a word during the 2009 Scripps National Spelling Bee competition May 27, 2009 in Washington, DC. Participants competed in the annual event to become the best speller of the year. By Alex Wong/Getty.
A U.S. flag stands in front of a grave stone at Arlington National Cemetery May 21, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. It took 1,300 soldiers, sailors and Marines about three hours to place a flag at each of the more than 300,000 gravestones at Arlington for the Memorial Day weekend. (By Chip Somodevilla/Getty)
Cadets in the graduating class of the United States Military Academy at West Point participate in commencement exercises on May 23, 2009 in West Point, New York. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates gave the commencement speech to the 970 graduates at the elite military academy. (By Spencer Platt/Getty)
by Patrick Appel
This is some of the creepiest portraiture I've seen in some time. The website says that, "children we ask to much of, to be perfect, like dolls." A description of the work:
Young children, internally displaced due to the Pakistan Army's offensive against the Taliban, in Swat and Buner, scramble to get a piece of ice being handed out by aid workers at the Chota Lahore relief camp on May 20, 2009 in Swabi, Pakistan. Hundreds of thousands of people are believed to have been displaced as a result of military operations against the Taliban. Over 150,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDP's) who have fled Swat, Buner and Lower Dir, face harsh living conditions in camps. (Daniel Berehulak/Getty)
The 47 million year old fossilized remains of a primate is seen at the American Museum of Natural History May 19, 2009 in New York City. 'Ida' is the most complete fossil primate ever found, it was preserved in Germany's Messel Pit and measures approximately 3 feet in length. Norwegian paleontologist Dr. Jorn Horum of the University of Oslo led the team that has secretly studied the fossil for the past two years. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty)
Johann Beardraven of the Australian Bushrangers poses during a media call ahead of the World Beard and Moustache Championships at Bonython Park on May 17, 2009 in Adelaide, Australia. The World Beard and Moustache Championships will be held at Anchorage, Alaska on May 23, 2009. The competition features a variety of categories from the Dali mustache to the full beard freestyle. (Photo by James Knowler/Getty)
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