Day In Pictures

The space shuttle Atlantis lifts off Monday May 11, 2009 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Seven astronauts are beginning a 12-day mission that includes the fifth and final servicing of the Hubble Space Telescope.

Covered Masses

Tourists carry umbrellas as they walk along the Fuerstenzug monument on a rainy day in Dresden, Germany, Monday, May 11, 2009.

Vantage Point

A Georgian police officer looks through binoculars from the Georgian checkpoint near the village of Akhmaji, 38 miles north-west of capital Tbilisi, on the boundary line with Russian-controlled South Ossetia, Monday, May 11, 2009. Georgia's president Mikhail Saakashvili faces four of his fiercest opponents in talks Monday after a month of street protests and demands for his resignation.

Papal Pause

Pope Benedict XVI rekindles the Eternal Flame at the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, Monday, May 11, 2009. The German-born Pope Benedict XVI says the cries of Holocaust victims continue to reverberate 60-years after the second World War.

Swine Flu Screening

A Hungarian medical officer, wearing a mask as a precaution against swine flu, checks a screen showing a passenger having his temperature monitored as part of a screening procedure at the Ferihegy International Airport of Budapest, Hungary, Monday, May 11, 2009. Hungary has started screening all arriving air passengers for flu-like symptoms with a machine that measures temperatures.

Portrait Of A Prince

Britain's Prince William stands in front of artist Bridget Riley's work, Cataract 3, during his tour of of the Whitechapel Gallery London, Monday, May 11, 2009. Prince William re-opened the gallery which has undergone an extensive refurbishment.

Bunker Boxers

U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry soldiers take defensive positions after receiving fire from Taliban positions in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar Province May 11, 2009. Spc. Zachery Boyd, left, was wearing "I Love NY" boxer shorts after rushing from his sleeping quarters to join fellow platoon members, Spc. Cecil Montgomery, right, and Jordan Custer.

Holey Moley

A cat tosses a mole into the air Monday, May 11, 2009, near Maysville, Ky. Upon hitting the ground, the mole quickly disappeared.

Colorful Flyover

The Italian Airforce squad "Frecce Tricolori" flies over the pack of cyclists during the third stage of the Giro d'Italia, Tour of Italy cycling race, from Grado to Valdobbiadene, Monday, May 11, 2009.

Tent City

Pakistani refugees walk past tents at a refugee camp near Mardan, in northwest Pakistan, Monday, May 11, 2009. Pakistani warplanes bombed suspected militant positions in a stronghold close to the capital Monday, pressing ahead with a fierce offensive that has driven hundreds of thousands from their homes, many into crowded refugee camps.