April 24, 2008: Today in Pictures

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April 24, 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.

Ron Fry came to Stone Mountain Lake on Thursday for what would've been a perfect day of fishing, with the exception that nothing was biting on his artificial bait. He usually tries to get out on the lake a half dozen times a year.

A detail of Joseph Mallord William Turner's painting "Pope's Villa at Twickenham" is seen through a pair of spectacles during a photo call at Sotheby's auction house's offices in London on Thursday. The piece is estimated to fetch 5 million to 7 million pounds ($9.88 million to $13.83 million) when it is sold in London on July 9.

Charles Wolosko helps set up a goldfish game on Thursday in preparation for Friday's opening of the 66th Annual Yaarab Shrine Circus & Carnival at Jim R. Miller Park in Marietta on Thursday. In this game, if you are able to toss a ping pong ball into one of these little goldfish bowls, your prize is a goldfish to take home.

The Black Knights aerobatic team from the Republic of Singapore Air Force fly F16C Fighting Falcons during an air show in Bangkok, Thailand, on Thursday. The show is part of celebrations to mark the 25th anniversary of the relationship between the Thai and Singaporean Air Forces.

Female inmates at the Metro State Prison in south Atlanta receive their veterinary assistant certificates in a ceremony at the prison's gym on Thursday. Eleven inmates trained a dog from puppy to adult to be a guide dog for the blind and vision impaired during the yearlong project.

A Christian Ethiopian pilgrim sits outside the Ethiopian chapel near the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed to be the site of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem's Old City on Thursday.

Imagine It! Children's Museum of Atlanta has mostly borrowed exhibits, but this time, it's designing and making its own. Exhibits Development Manager Roxanne Flagg (left) and Technical Director Megan Kier work on one of components Wednesday.

A pizza maker performs with his dough during the flying pizza event, part of the World Pizza Championships, in Salsomaggiore Terme, Italy, on Wednesday. Every year this northern spa town gathers the world's best pizza makers for a championship, which includes an acrobatic event with the dough.

Atlanta Botanical Garden amphibian specialist Robert Hill holds a freshly caught Blue Ridge two line salamander during a search for the critters near Dillard on Wednesday. Hill was collecting data concerning chytrid, a fungus that is killing amphibians all over the world but seemingly not affecting salamanders in Rabun County.

Driving their Volkswagen, Giniel De Villiers of South Africa and German co-driver Dirk von Zitzewitz are airborne after a bumpy road upends them, resulting in a rollover during the fifth stage of the Central Europe Rally, the first race of the Dakar Series near Jutaspuszta, Hungary, on Thursday.

Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones works on his bubble skills during a recent game against the Washington Nationals at Turner Field.

Actor and playwright Frank Ingrasciotta will bring his one-man show, "Ragu," to Midtown Atlanta's 14th Street Playhouse this month, where he is practicing on Wednesday.

Newly released detainees take an oath on the Quran to commit no crime after they were released from U.S. custody in Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday.

Five cloned dogs, all sharing the name "Toppy," a combination of the words "tomorrow" and "puppy," look at a ball during their exercise at Defector Dog Training Center in Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday. The country that created the world's first cloned canine plans to put duplicated dogs on patrol to sniff out drugs and explosives.

Kennisha Holden from Redan High School (left) hugs Tanisha Dyess after they took first and second place in the Girls 100-meter dash in the Region 2-AAAAA track championships at Lakewood Stadium in Atlanta on Wednesday.

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Ron Fry came to Stone Mountain Lake on Thursday for what would've been a perfect day of fishing, with the exception that nothing was biting on his artificial bait. He usually tries to get out on the lake a half dozen times a year.

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