June 27, 2008: Today in Pictures

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June 27, 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.

Atlanta's Sam Yorks, 6, practices his "quiet scream" before the Circus Camp show on Friday- a different kind of camp where kids learn to juggle, do magic and fly on the trapeze. The camp is held at Dunwoody's Davis Academy through July.

Javon Smith, 6, tries to keep in step with Georgia Force's Vernon Hugen during warm-up drills Friday morning at Flowery Branch. Smith's father, Jermaine Smith, is a defensive lineman with the Arena League team, which hosts a division playoff game at the Gwinnett Arena on July 7th.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner attend a joint press conference during the G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting at Kyoto International Conference Center in Kyoto, Japan on Friday.

A rainbow forms under Cobb County firefighter Bill Dean as he douses additional flames that spread along the hillside of an Acworth office park fire on Friday morning. Morning rush commuters were delayed when Highway 19/41 was closed because of the blaze.

On Friday in London patrons watch Roger Federer in round three of his men's singles match against Marc Gicquel of France at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships.

Bhutanese banners reach skyward at the Smithsonia Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington. Bhutan, Texas and NASA are the themes of this year's festival.

Belgian fashion designer Kris Van Assche acknowledges applause at the end of the presentation of his men's fashion Spring-Summer 2009 collection in Paris on Friday.

Cole Simonds, 5 1/2, of Lilburn, reaches over to grab a beanie frog from volunteer Terry Allen during a therapeutic ride at Parkwood Farms Therapy Center on Thursday. The center provides therapy for children with special needs including autism, Downs' Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, emotional problems and learning disabilities.

Rick Yeomans walks atop a massive wall of sandbags in Clarksville, Mo. that is holding back floodwaters from the Mississippi River as he checks the pumps on Thursday.

Seventy-seven-year-old Bill Thorn of Tyrone has coached football, track, cross country and even his own grandchildren. Thorn has also run in 38 Peachtree Road Races and is planning for number 39 next Friday.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech during a session of the Max-Planck-Society for science and research in Dresden, Germany, on Friday.

Emily Cona, 4, plays with her four-month-old terrier puppy Baby as she wades in the Chattahoochee River in Vinings on Friday. The Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area's Paces Mill offers 3.5 miles of trails and plenty of places to wade fish or fish from shore. The word Chattachoochee means painted rock in the Cherokee language.

Runners are silhouetted early Thursday morning along New York's East River near Pier 35 with one of artist Olafur Eliasson's waterfall installations providing the background.

The Nevada Solar One solar power plant near Boulder City, Nev., displays its array in the Eldorado Valley. Faced with a surge in the number of proposed solar power plants, the federal government has placed a moratorium on new solar projects on public land until it studies their environmental impact.

On Thursday veterinarians examine a Sumatran tiger, captured last year, before releasing it into Bukit Barisan National Park, in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia. Conservationists fear the critically endangered species may become extinct in the next decade due to poaching and habitat loss.

A worker checks the characters for the word "China" near the China World Hotel in Beijing on Thursday. The hotel says only about half its rooms are occupied now, in what is usually a busy travel time, while the perception of high prices and scarce tickets for the August Olympics is keeping visitors away.

Will Smith stars as "Hancock," a disgruntled and misunderstood superhero in the Columbia Pictures' movie set for release July 2.

On Friday in Glasgow, Scotland, former servicemen and women take part in a Veterans Day rally marking their contribution to the armed forces. About 500 people gathered in George Square to celebrate.

A man carries a bundle of balloons as he walks along a street on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Friday.

Voters line up to cast their ballots on Friday in Harare, Zimbabwe. The runoff presidential election, which is being boycotted by oppostion leader Morgan Tsvangirai, only has one candidate -- President Robert Mugabe.

On Thursday in Auburn Hills, Mich., Lee Iacocca is honored with a lifetime achievement award at the Chrysler Technical Center.

This handout photograph shows an aerial view of flooded fields and standing water after Typhoon Fengshen in Roxas, Philippines, on Thursday. At the request of the Filipino government, the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Ronald Reagan is off the coast of Panay Island to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster response.

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Atlanta's Sam Yorks, 6, practices his "quiet scream" before the Circus Camp show on Friday- a different kind of camp where kids learn to juggle, do magic and fly on the trapeze. The camp is held at Dunwoody's Davis Academy through July.

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