Today in pictures (May 27)

Photographs from around the world for Tuesday, May 27, 2008.

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Tue., May 27, 2008

** RETRANSMITTING TO ADD ADDITIONAL CAPTION INFORMATION ** The head of a statue of a giraffe rests on a chair as it is being transported near Bussum, central Netherlands, Tuesday May 27, 2008. The statue was later put in a field next to the highway to attract attention to the visit of Noah's Ark to the nearby city of Huizen, where a replica of the biblical Ark, built by Dutch creationist Johan Huibers as a testament to his faith in the literal truth of the Bible will be open for visit to the public till June 21st. Reckoning by the old biblical measurements, Johan's fully functional ark is 150 cubits long, 30 cubits high and 20 cubits wide. That's two-thirds the length of a football field and as high as a three-story house. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) ORG XMIT: PDJ101

Peter Dejong The Spokesman-Review
Chinese authorities detonate explosives to try to bring down buildings which were badly damaged in the town of Yingxiu in Wenchuan County of southwest China's Sichuan province Tuesday, May 27, 2008. The number of deaths from the quake has climbed further toward an expected toll of 80,000 or more. The Cabinet said Tuesday that 67,183 people were confirmed killed _ up by about 2,000 from a day earlier _ and 20,790 were sill missing.(AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) ORG XMIT: XDG102

David Guttenfelder The Spokesman-Review
Irish band U2's singer Bono jokes with a shovel after planting a tree with children during an event as part of the Tokyo metropolitan government's "Green Island" project at Odaiba, part of a sprawling man-made island in Tokyo Bay, Tuesday, May 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye) ORG XMIT: TOK101

Itsuo Inouye The Spokesman-Review
A Palestinian protester gets caught in a barrage of tear gas canisters fired by Israeli troops during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Nilin, near Modin, Tuesday, May 27, 2008. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) ORG XMIT: JRL118

Kevin Frayer The Spokesman-Review
A statue of Cuba's Argentine born revolutionary hero Ernesto 'Che' Guevara is paraded through the city as it is transported in a truck to the harbor in Buenos Aires, Tuesday, May 27, 2008. The bronze statue was made by Argentine artist Andres Zerneri out of 75,000 keys that were donated by Argentines. The statue will be placed in Rosario, the city were Guevara was born on June 14, 1928. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) ORG XMIT: XNP104

Natacha Pisarenko The Spokesman-Review
Members of the National League for Democracy party march on a street that leads to the house of their leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, are stopped by plain cloth police officers, back to camera, in Yangon, Myanmar Tuesday May 27, 2008. Myanmar's junta extended the detention of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday, ignoring worldwide appeals to free the Nobel Peace laureate who has been detained for most of the past 18 years. The banner reads "Free Aung San Suu Kyi immediately".(AP Photo) ORG XMIT: BKX107

Str Str The Spokesman-Review
In this image released by the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP), Fred Patacchia, of Hawaii, cuts back on a wave during Round 3 of the Globe Pro Fiji surfing tournament at Cloudbreak Tuesday, May 27, 2008, in Tavarua Fiji. Patacchia defeated three-time ASP world champion Andy Irons to advance to Round 4. (AP Photo/ASP, Kirstin Scholtz) ** MAGS OUT, NO SALES. EDITORIAL USE ONLY ** ORG XMIT: NY152

Kirstin Scholtz The Spokesman-Review
Victoriana Pena, 74, works on a lettuce plantation belonging to U.S. owned company Veg. Packer de Mexico near San Miguel de Allende, on the central state of Guanajuato, Mexico, Thursday, March 27, 2008. American companies farm more than 45,000 acres, 18,211 hectacres, of land in three Mexican states, employing about 11,000 people, a 2007 survey by the U.S. farm group Western Growers shows. ( Photo/Guillermo Arias) ORG XMIT: MXGA207

Guillermo Arias The Spokesman-Review