Snapshots: the world in 24 hours May 7, 2011
Elementary Students wash their mothers' feet in Dexing, East China's Jiangxi province, May 6, 2011, two days before the Mother's Day.
A Japanese power company postponed its decision Saturday on a government request that it halt three reactors at a coastal nuclear plant until safety measures can be improved to guard against future earthquakes and tsunamis.
Contrary to popular belief, the potential fall of the Los Angeles Lakers won't topple NBA headquarters.
Photo taken on May 6, 2011 shows naked riverbed along the Yangtze River in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province.
The world's largest soft-drink company will celebrate the 125th birthday of Coca-Cola on May 8.
Photo taken on May 7, 2011 shows the "V750" pilotless helicopter during a test flight in Weifang of east China's Shandong Province.
As many as 768 Croats managed to create the biggest human smiley breaking the Guinness World Record. The previous record involved 551 participants and was reached in the Latvian capital of Riga.
China, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, all member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Friday conducted a joint anti-terror drill in Kashi of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
From early morning, hundreds of people stood in a line that en-circled Apple's Beijing store to be one of the first to purchase the latest version of the iPad.
US President Barack Obama embraced the US commandos he sent after terror mastermind Osama bin Laden, saluting them Friday on behalf of America and people all over the world.
A selection of photos shot around the world in 24 hours May 5, 2011
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