July 8, 2008: Today in Pictures

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July 8, 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.

Edith Page-Gude was among those attending presidential candidate Barack Obama's town hall meeting at McEachern High School in Powder Springs on Tuesday morning.

Claire Piccarillo, 9, of Alpharetta, comes up after a dive in the deep end of the pool Monday. Wills Park public pool in Alpharetta was a good place to cool off. The pool is open daily at noon.

Georgia Force's Tiger Jones makes his way to score a touchdown, dragging Cleveland Gladiator Alex Teems. The Force is out of the playoffs after losing 73-70 Monday night at Gwinnett Arena.

John Betts, who lost his son David in a March 2007 bus accident in Atlanta, speaks to reporters in Washington on Tuesday. Relatives of members of the Bluffton University baseball team bus crash victims attended a meeting of the National Transportation Safety Board.

Bengal tiger cubs Jasmine and Jafarh rest following feeding at the Saskatoon Zoo in Saskatoon, Sask., on Monday. The tigers' mother Rani didn't have milk, so the cubs, just over one month old, are currently fed by zookeepers.

Jim "Mouth" Purol of Anaheim is shown attempting to set a world record by sitting in all 92,542 seats of Pasadena's Rose Bowl on Tuesday. The 56-year-old, wearing a hat to ward off the heat, started his quest Monday morning in an attempt to set a Guinness World Record in the newly created category, "Most Seats Sat in 48 Hours."

The Dave Matthews Band, with opening act Gomez, performed for a sold-out crowd at Lakewood Amphitheater Monday night.

Security officers take cover in Grozny during a gunbattle with a suspected Islamic militant, who was holed up on the third floor of a dilapidated apartment building in the Chechen capital. Police said two officers were wounded in Tuesday's skirmish.

Elizabeth Butterworth, 22, a rising senior at Agnes Scot College, helps sort food Tuesday. The Atlanta Community Food Bank has plenty of help as three shifts of volunteers come six days a week. The problem in these hard economic times are monetary and non-perishable product donations are down.

Gwinnett County poll worker Carolyn Allen directs a voter to the next station during advance voting at the Singleton Road Activity Building Tuesday afternoon in Norcross. Voting started Monday and continues though Friday.

A law enforcement officer stands guard outside funeral services for former Sen. Jesse Helms at Hayes-Barton Baptist Church in Raleigh, N.C., on Tuesday. Helms, who represented North Carolina in the Senate from 1973 to 2003, died Friday.

Denis Menchov of Russia strains in the last kilometer of the fourth stage of the Tour de France cycling race in Cholet on Tuesday.

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Edith Page-Gude was among those attending presidential candidate Barack Obama's town hall meeting at McEachern High School in Powder Springs on Tuesday morning.

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