Crude Waters
Waves carry oil from the Deepwater Horizon to the shores of Orange Beach, Alabama. Water thick with oil has battered the Alabama coast, leaving deposits 4-6 inches deep in some points.

Remnants
Bullets and a picture of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra are found in a Buddhist temple previously occupied by Thai "red shirt" protestors. The Thai army has been sweeping through the central Bangkok shopping district in search of weapons and explosives hidden by protestors during the 10-weeks they occupied the city center.

Red Badge of Honor
The blood-soaked uniform of a U.S. Army soldier lies on the floor of the trauma ward at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan.

Imperial Tea Time
Darth Vader helmets re-imagined by street artists Niagara and Eelus are displayed by Lyon & Turnbull auctioneers' assistants Kerry Wallace, left, and Victoria Crake in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Appreciation
A student gives the final touches to classroom decorations in preparation for National Teacher's Day in Herat, Afghanistan.

Head On
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing driver Mike Conway flies through the air after crashing with Andretti Autosport driver Ryan Hunter-Reay during the 94th running of the Indianapolis 500 auto race in Indianapolis.

Dirty Job
A man looks for recyclable waste at a garbage dump site on World Environment Day in Baokang, China.

Self Propelled
An Amish girl roller blades with her groceries along a road in Middlefield, Ohio.

Right Hook
An Israeli police officer clashes with an Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man during a protest over a construction site that is said to be located on a Jewish burial ground.

Size Matters
As part of a promotion inviting members of the public to create their own ads for snack brand Doritos, the company has set up "The King Of Living Rooms" on the banks of the Thames River, where the final entries can be viewed on a giant television set operated by a giant remote control.

Lookout
A soldier stands guard while Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak meets with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

Stuck
An oil covered pelican sits stuck in thick beached oil at Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, La.

Undercover Journalism
APTN photographer Rich Matthews takes a closer look at oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Face Plant
A rider crashes face first into a security wall during the Red Bull Road Rage bike downhill race in Sigulda, Latvia.

National Pride
A mini-van decorated with Portuguese flags speeds away after the arrival of Portugal's national football team in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Evidence of a Good Time
A pair of shoes, champagne bottles and ice lay scattered on the ground at the closing of the first race day at the Royal Ascot in southern England.

Cowgirls
Women dressed as Escaramuzas, also known as cowgirls, and a Charro are seen before their performance during the anniversary of the inauguration of Lienzo La Nacional in Mexico City.

Waiting
Electric scooters wait to be accepted by Palestinians at the Kerem Shalom crossing on the Gaza — Israel border. The scooters were part of the cargo confiscated by Israeli troops from the Gaza-bound flotilla that sailed from Turkey.

A Message
The covered body of a man hangs underneath a bridge in Guadalajara, Mexico. The naked hanging body had the message "Greetings cartel of the crooks" scrawled on it along with numerous aliases written all over it.

Gooooal
A girl plays in front a 2010 World Cup poster at a shopping mall in Beijing.

Capital Punishment
Convicted killer Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed by firing squad in this chamber at the Utah State Prison.

Rare Shadows
Endangered Philippine iguanas rescued from local pet shops are silhouetted inside a container at the city veterinary office in Pasay City, Philippines.

Victory Tour
Rafael Nadal of Spain poses for photos at the Disneyland in Marne-la-Vallee, France after his victory in the French Open.

True Love
A Three-month-old female sea lion named Liz plays with her favorite toy at Orca, the Organization for Research and Conservation of Aquatic Animals, based in Lima , Peru.

Artificial Storm
A soldier shields himself from rotor wash as a U.S. Army MEDEVAC helicopter takes off from a field after picking up wounded Afghan National Army soldiers near Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Spray-on Stripes
A Golden Retriever, dyed to look like a tiger, plays at the Dahe Pet Civilization Park in Zhengzhou, China.

Bumpy Ride
A reveler carries a woman on his back as he walks across burning embers during the night of San Juan in San Pedro Manrique, Spain.

I Spy
Florida Governor Charlie Crist is followed by the media as he "inspects Miami Beach," proclaiming it free of oil and open to the public.

Stained
A mixture of water and paint symbolizing oil dots the ground at a demonstration near a BP gas station in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City.

Wild Thing
Two men attempt to catch a horse during the "Rapa Das Bestas" event in Mougas, northwestern Spain. Throughout the summer hundreds of wild horses are rounded up, trimmed and groomed in different villages in Galicia.

Rain and Shine
President Obama leaves a stage set up at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois during a Memorial Day Ceremony that was beset by a heavy rainfall. Obama urged the crowd to go to their cars during the storm.

Street Fighters
Graduating Saudi special forces soldiers demonstrate their unarmed combat skills in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Enlightenment
A long exposure captures the motion of thousands of candle-carrying worshipers as they circle the Buddha Monthon in celebration of Visakha Bucha, or Buddha Day, which commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha Gautama.

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