June 4, 2008: Today in Pictures

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June 4, 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.

Zoo Atlanta's 24-year-old Sumatran Orangutan, 'Madu,' probably never heard the expression, "Don't talk with your mouth full," as she tries to get one more ear of corn into her mouth during a morning snack.

Some 100,000 poppies were placed in three different places in Madrid, Spain, to celebrate the arrival of the summer.

On Wednesday Braves pitcher John Smoltz announces he'll have season-ending shoulder surgery as manager Bobby Cox listens before their game against the Marlins in Atlanta.

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., is covered in hands as supporters surround him after his primary election night speech in St. Paul, Minn. on Tuesday.

Armed with a staple gun, a Clinton campaign worker helps prepare for a rally at Baruch College in New York on Tuesday.

Catcher Adam Bender tags out Neil Solis with the Angels, in a play at home in Lexington, Ky., recently. Adam lost his left leg to cancer when he was 1-year-old.

A blast of blinding light covers the face of Amy Hurst and O-Aesthetics' medical director Okiki Louis during an Intense Pulsed LIght treatment in Atlanta. IPL uses light to bleach darkly pigmented areas of the skin caused by sun damage, age and sporadic pigmentation.

Soldiers with the U.S. Army's 1st Platoon, Charlie Company, 1/21 laugh as a colleague slips into an empty building through a small window during a search for weapons in the village of Fira Shiha, near Abu Ghraib, on Wednesday.

Amanda Long, 21, of Rochester, Wash., cuddles with 4 1/2-month-old Dionicio in her room at the Washington Corrections Center for Women, where she is part of the Residential Parenting Program.

Protesters hold candles at Victoria Park in Hong Kong on Wednesday to mark the 19th anniversary of China's bloody pro-democracy crackdown centered at Beijing's Tiananmen Square in June 1989.

A horse and rider pause in the middle of a muddy track during a workout at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., on Wednesday.

Luis Prommavongsa, 27, lends himself to acrobatic freestyle moves and quick play as he returns a shot in a game of sepak takraw at the Lao Wat Buddhist Temple in Snellville on Tuesday. Takraw, developed in Southeast Asia, is one of the oldest known foot sports - players use their head, body and legs for volleying and smashing the ball but can't touch the ball with their hands.

Palestinians unload bags of flour donated by the United States Agency for International Development at a depot in the West Bank village of Anin near Jenin, on Wednesday. Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip rely on food aid from different organizations including the United Nations and USAID.

Angry fishermen from France and Italy rip down a European Union flag close to the European Commission headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday. The fishermen clashed with Belgian riot police in a protest demanding the EU do more to alleviate high fuel prices.

Russia's Dinara Safina defeats opponent Elena Dementieva during their quarterfinal match at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris on Wednesday.

An eight-day-old zebra baby is seen with its mother in Hanover, Germany, on Wednesday. The female foal does not have a name yet.

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Zoo Atlanta's 24-year-old Sumatran Orangutan, 'Madu,' probably never heard the expression, "Don't talk with your mouth full," as she tries to get one more ear of corn into her mouth during a morning snack.

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