Greek athlete Niki Liosi lights the Olympic torch from a cauldron with the Olympic Flame atop the Athens Acropolis. Greece formally hands over the Olympic flame to a London delegation led by Princess Anne and including David Beckham at the Panathenaic stadium. (Reuters)
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano delivers a speech to members of the constituent assembly in Tunis, Tunisia. (AP)
Sri Lankan army sniffer dogs during rehearsals of a military parade in Colombo, Sri Lanka (AP)
A gay rights activist (R) clashes with an Orthodox Christian activist in Tbilisi, Georgia. Dozens of gay rights activists marching on the streets to mark The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) were stopped by Orthodox Christian activists. (Reuters)
Newly produced trucks at an industrial port before they are loaded to a cargo ship in Yokohama, south of Tokyo. Japan's economy bounced back from a year-end lull in the first quarter, powering ahead of other major industrial nations. (Reuters)
A worker arranges flowers during preparations for the Chelsea Flower Show in London. (Reuters)
A village boy leads his goat past a parched pond on the outskirts of the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar, India. (AP)
Students from the Yermolov Cadet School test their helmets before a parachute jump outside the southern Russian city of Stavropol. (Reuters)
Artemis Racing of Sweden competes against other multihulls, during the America's Cup World Series regatta in Venice, Italy. (Reuters)
Balinese Hindus carrying Pratima, the symbol of God, walk on a beach during a cleansing ceremony called Melasti in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia. Balinese believe that through this cleansing ceremony, they can drive bad spirits away and cleanse their spirituality. (Reuters)
A 3-year-old Poodle looks at people touring a pet fair in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP)
The sun rises behind some coastal grasses in Dauphin Island, Alabama, USA. (AP)
Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki, of Japan, makes a leaping catch at the wall to rob Cleveland Indians' Carlos Santana of a hit in the fourth inning of a baseball game in Cleveland, Ohio. (AP)
