April 21, 2008: Today in Pictures

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April 21, 2008: Today in Pictures

Today's best photos: around the world in pictures is a daily look at photos from Atlanta, national and world news, entertainment, sports and celebrities through the eyes of photographers from ajc.com and other sources.

Dire Tune of Ethiopia covers her face after winning the women's division of the 112th Boston Marathon on Monday.

Tattoo artist and employee Mary Brennan (left) waits for a customer while Danny Campbell leaves Area 54 Tattoos with a new tattoo of a four leaf clover on his arm. Owner Rodney Pendleton faces resistance from Peachtree City officials as he applies his body art in a shopping center that also houses fast food franchises.

Firefighters battle a seven alarm fire in a Philadelphia warehouse on Monday. Nearby homes were evacuated because of flying embers but firefighters were able to keep the flames from spreading to those structures. Authorities report no injuries at this time.

Colorful carp streamers called koinobori fly over the Turuuda River in Tatebayashi, Gunma prefecture, north of Tokyo on Monday. The colorful kites are traditionally flown in Japan to celebrate Children's Day, which is slated for May 5.

Protesters from Greenpeace, dressed as orangutans, demonstrate outside the Unilever office in London on Monday as a policeman looks on. Greenpeace called for a moratorium on the expansion of palm oil plantations in Indonesia rainforests, where orangs are typically found.

A Turner Field crowd watches Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Jair Jurrjens who had a stellar performance, allowing just three hits over seven innings, with one run, on Sunday. The team swept the Dodgers in their weekend series.

On the eve of the internationally recognized Earth Day, Taipei's city government writes "Cool Below 2 Degrees" celsius (about 28 degrees F) Monday on the side of the Taipei 101 building, to address global warming in Taiwan.

The object of many photographs over the past week during his U.S. visit, Pope Benedict XVI acknowledges the crowd as he arrives for a Sunday Mass at Yankee Stadium in New York.

The new cruise liner AIDAbella is accompanied by smaller boats as it arrives at the cruise ship harbor in Warnemuende, Germany, on Monday. AIDA ships operate from German ports to Scandinavia and the Baltic.

In Rosario, Argentina, the bridge connecting Rosario city with Victoria is covered in smoke on Sunday. The Argentine National Institute of Agrotechnology reported hundreds of fires late last week causing a thick mantle of smoke to reach the Buenos Aires capital.

Children make crosses from palm leaves in preperation for Palm Sunday at Saints Raphael, Nicholas and Irene's Greek Orthodox Church in Cumming on Sunday.

Gabriel Shaffer-Merriman, 5, covers his ears from the loud speakers as Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) campaigns in Johnstown, Pa., on Sunday.

Flames' Eric Nystrom (right) is hit by San Jose Sharks' Matt Carle in game six of their NHL playoff in Calgary, Canada, on Sunday.

An audience gathers around MAX, an interactive robot for Ford, during the AJC International Car Show at the Georgia World Congress Center on Sunday. The robot, which has the ability to talk, ask and answer audience questions, helps promote Ford's "Innovation First" slogan.

Supporters of presidential candidate and former Roman Catholic Bishop Fernando Lugo celebrate after opponent Blanca Ovelar concedes defeat in Asuncion, Paraguay, on Sunday. The world's longest-ruling political party lost its six-decade grasp on power with the presidential victory of the former bishop.

Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett (top) lands on Atlanta Hawks guard Josh Childress as they battle for a loose ball in game one of their NBA first-round playoff series in Boston on Sunday. The Celtics won, 114-81.

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Dire Tune of Ethiopia covers her face after winning the women's division of the 112th Boston Marathon on Monday.

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