World in Photos
A Nepalese woman stands at the gate of Narayanhiti Royal Palace in Katmandu, Nepal, before King Gyanendra’s first and last press conference. The Constituent Assembly overwhelmingly voted to abolish the country’s 240-year-old monarchy and Nepal became a republic in May. Gyanendra is moving to a modest former summer lodge on the outskirts of the city. (Narendra Shrestha / EPA)
Workers clean oil from a beach in Piriapolis, Uruguay, where an oil-covered seal lies dead. An undetermined amount of fuel oil was spilled June 4 after two ships collided near the harbor. (Marcelo Hernandez / Associated Press)
A Portuguese fan sports his colors at Geneva Stadium in Switzerland before the Portugal-Czech Republic match in the Euro 2008 soccer championships. (Antonio Cotrim / EPA)
Residents watch the Jian Jiang River flood their town in China’s Sichuan province as water flows out of a lake created by debris blockage from last month’s devastating earthquake. (Liu Jin /AFP / Getty Images))
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A refugee carries a piece of furniture retrieved from the ruins of the May 12 earthquake in Chengjiaba in China’s Sichuan province. Chengjiaba was left a virtual ghost town with only a few local people scavenging for possessions. (Michael Reynolds / EPA)
A health worker removes a rooster from a Hong Kong street market, where all poultry was being slaughtered to protect against the spread of bird flu virus. (Kin Cheung / Associated Press)
Riot helmets are at the ready in a police car before the match between Spain and Russia in the Euro 2008 soccer championships in Innsbruck, Austria. (Hans Klaus Techt / EPA)
A 70-year-old member of the Masai tribe waits for help in casting his vote at a polling station in the western Kenyan town of Olmelil. Election-related violence has plagued Kenya since December. (Roberto Schmidt / AFP / Getty Images)
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Germany’s former Formula 1 car racing champion Michael Schumacher, now on a motorcycle, falls during a test run at the Sachsenring racetrack near Hohenstein, Germany. He was not injured and will compete in a race Sunday. (Ralph Koehler / Associated Press)
