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Images from the weekend

Images from the weekend

Browse some of the most interesting photos shot from around the world over the weekend.

Photos: 4 elephants call former citrus farm home

Photos: 4 elephants call former citrus farm home

At the newly opened National Elephant Center in Fellsmere, Fla., the pachyderms have discovered how to pluck the fruit from the trees with their trunks and pop it into their mouths.

Scenes from Kenya mall hostage siege

Scenes from Kenya mall hostage siege

 
  • An unidentified man walks through floodwaters at the Days Inn in Paducah, Ky., Saturday, June 1, 2013. Herb Burlingame, 56, of Sedalia, Mo., said that when he awoke in his room at the Days Inn that the floodwater was ankle deep in his room. Severe weather overnight brought 6 to 8 inches of rain to the region. (AP Photo/Stephen Lance Dennee)
  • A tornado touches down near El Reno, Okla., Friday, May 31, 2013, causing damage to structures and injuring travelers on Interstate 40. I-40 has been closed after severe weather rolled through the area. (AP Photo/The Omaha World-Herald, Chris Machian) MANDATORY CREDIT
  • Esta imagen proporcionada por la televisora KFOR-TV, nubes de tormenta se desplazan sobre Guthrie, Oklahoma, el jueves 30 de mayo de 2013. El Centro de Pron�co de Tormentas en Norman, Oklahoma, advirti�e hay un riesgo moderado de problemas climatol�os sobre gran parte del este y el centro de Oklahoma el jueves, la misma �a donde un enorme tornado la semana pasada provoc� muerte de 24 personas. (Foto AP/KFOR-TV) CREDITO OBLIGATORIO
  • This image provided by KFOR-TV shows storm clouds moving over Guthrie, Okla., on Thursday, May 30, 2013. The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., warns there�s a moderate risk of severe weather over much of eastern and central Oklahoma on Thursday, the same area where a tornado last week killed 24 people. (AP Photo/KFOR-TV, Chase Thomason) MANDATORY CREDIT
  • A tornado forms near Banner Road and Praire Circle in El Reno, Okla. on Friday, May 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams)
  • CORRECTS DAY TO MAY 29, 2013 - This aerial photo shows crews cleaning up in the area where a tornado damaged several buildings along Saginaw Street in Mt. Morris Township, Mich., near Flint, May 29, 2013. Severe thunderstorms pushed across Michigan's Lower Peninsula on Tuesday night, leading to several funnel cloud sightings, including a tornado that landed near Goodrich High School southeast of Flint, the National Weather Service said. No injuries were immediately reported. (AP Photo/The Saginaw News, Jeff Schrier) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT
  • People stop traffic to help one of several loose horses across I-40 just east of 81 in El Reno, Okla., after a tornado moved through the area on Friday, May 31, 2013. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Jim Beckel)
  • A truck squeezes past an overturned tractor-trailer on I-40 west of Banner Rd. Friday, May 31, 2013 in El Reno, Okla. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Jim Beckel) LOCAL STATIONS OUT (KFOR, KOCO, KWTV, KOKH, KAUT OUT); LOCAL WEBSITES OUT; LOCAL PRINT OUT (EDMOND SUN OUT, OKLAHOMA GAZETTE OUT) TABLOIDS OUT
  • A man on a motorcycle drives through flood water on Western Ave. at NW 5th Street in Oklahoma City on Friday, May 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams)
  • Parts of Oklahoma City experience extreme flooding after multiple tornado's passed through Central Okla. on Friday May 31, 2013 in Oklahoma City. A violent storm formed over the prairie west of Oklahoma City late Friday afternoon, dropped a tornado in a suburb and rolled into the state capital as viewers brave enough to remain above ground watched on statewide television. (AP Photo/Nick Oxford)
  • An overturned semitrailer rests on its side on the eastbound lanes of Interstate 40, just east of El Reno, Okla., after a reported tornado touched down, Friday, May 31, 2013. (AP Photo/The Omaha World-Herald, Chris Machian) MANDATORY CREDIT
  • This aerial photo shows a damaged house and uprooted trees in Fenton Township, Mich. Wednesday, May 29, 2013. Severe thunderstorms pushed across Michigan's Lower Peninsula on Tuesday night, leading to several funnel cloud sightings, including a tornado that landed near Goodrich High School southeast of Flint, the National Weather Service said. No injuries were immediately reported. (AP Photo/The Saginaw News, Jeff Schrier) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT
  • A man stands on top of his car as it is flooded on S. May Avenue near SW 25th in Oklahoma City, Friday, May 31, 2013, after severe weather moved through the area. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Sarah Phipps) LOCAL STATIONS OUT (KFOR, KOCO, KWTV, KOKH, KAUT OUT); LOCAL WEBSITES OUT; LOCAL PRINT OUT (EDMOND SUN OUT, OKLAHOMA GAZETTE OUT) TABLOIDS OUT
  • Flood waters on Eastbrook Drive overtake cars parked in the street on Saturday, June 1, 2013 in Fort Wayne, Ind. Residents evacuated their homes after overnight storms dumped heavy rainfall, causing severe flash flooding. (AP Photo/The Journal Gazette, Chad Ryan)
  • Fort Wayne firefighters Jerry Shultz, left, and Brian Sorgen, right, help Karen Hudda wade through the flood waters in front of her West State Blvd. home on Saturday, June 1, 2013 in Fort Wayne, Ind. Residents evacuated their homes after overnight storms dumped heavy rainfall, causing severe flash flooding. (AP Photo/The Journal Gazette, Chad Ryan)
 

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