The world in pictures (click thumbnail to see full image)

  • THAILAND - A crocodile hatches during a crocodile hatching festival at Sriracha Tiger Zoo, 120 km (74 miles) east of Bangkok May 13, 2008. The zoo consists of more than 200 Bengal tigers and 100,000 crocodiles.
  • INDIA - Two men cool themselves by a roadside water tank during a sweltering summer day in the eastern city of Kolkata May 13, 2008. Temperatures have remained above normal in several parts of India, a local newspaper reported.
  • CHINA - Rescuers search for victims in the debris of a hospital after the earthquake in Dujiangyan, in southwest China's Sichuan province. A massive earthquake toppled buildings across a wide area of central China on Monday, killing more than 8,533 people, trapping hundreds of students under the rubble of schools and causing a toxic chemical leak in one of the worst quakes in decades.
  • UNITED KINGDOM - Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Catrall, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis arriving for the world premiere of Sex and the City at the Odeon West End Cinema, Leicester Square, London.
  • PERU - Policemen patrol the streets near a hotel in Lima May 13, 2008. The European Union-Latin America and Caribbean Summit (EU-Latam) will be held in Lima between May 16 and 17.
  • UNITED STATES - Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington.
  • UNITED STATES - A firefighter walks away from burning brush in the Oakmont Preserve subdivision in Malabar, Fla., Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Wildfires continued to burn for the third day in Brevard County, in east Central Florida.
  • UNITED STATES - Honda's ASIMO robot conducts the Detroit Symphony Orchestra as it performs "Impossible Dream" during a concert in Detroit, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Honda Motor Co. designed ASIMO, which stands for Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility. ASIMO can't respond to the players, but mimicked the actions of a conductor who was videotaped beforehand.