Today in Photos

Today's photo slide show features photos from a Pit Bull rescue operation manned by parolees from the California prison system. Other images include a baby parade, the anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall, and a sand sculpture depicting a person wearing a mask to keep from contacting swine flu.

Section:Gallery

Thu., Aug. 13, 2009

This photo taken Aug. 11, 2009 shows parolee Armando Galindo,39, sharing a moment with Tyr while cleaning his kennel at Villalobos Rescue Center, 35 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Villalobos Rescue Center, in Canyon Country is one of the largest pit bull rescues in the world providing a place to live or work for six parolees, 225 pit bulls, 204 volunteers, two French bulldogs, and 19 cats.

Richard Vogel Associated Press
This photo taken Aug. 8, 2009 shows Tia Maria Torres, taking time to play with Capono a male pit bull at the Villalobos Rescue Center in Canyon Country 35 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Torres provides a place to live or work for six parolees, 225 pit bulls, and 204 volunteers. Torres, 49, started Villalobos Rescue Center, the largest pit bull rescue in the United States 14 years ago. She added the ex-cons three years ago.

Richard Vogel Associated Press
This photo taken Aug. 11, 2009 shows Naja a a young pit bull waiting in her cage at the Villalobos Rescue Center, 35 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. In Canyon Country Villalobos Rescue Center, is one of the largest pit bull rescues in the world providing a place to live or work for six parolees, 225 pit bulls, 204 volunteers, two French bulldogs, and 19 cats.

Richard Vogel Associated Press
People wearing masks as a precaution against swine flu walk past a swine flu alert sand sculpture on the beach at Puri, about 67 kilometers (42 miles) Bhubaneswar, India, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009. Authorities ordered the closure of all schools and movie theaters in Mumbai on Wednesday, as the number of swine flu fatalities in the country rose to 15, officials and news reports said.

Biswaranjan Rout Associated Press
A street hawker walks after collecting plastic cans used to carry water from a whole sale dealer in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009. Excessive irrigation and the unrelenting thirst of tens of millions of people are causing ground water levels in northern India to drop dramatically, a problem that could lead to severe water shortages, according to a study released Wednesday.

Mahesh A Associated Press
Cadets of the National Cadets Corps march during a rehearsal ahead of the Independence Day celebrations in Jammu, India, Thursday, August 13, 2009. India became independent from British rule on Aug.15, 1947.

Channi Anand Associated Press
Two Bulgarian woman walk past a painted wall during warm weather at the Black Sea coast near the town of Varna, east of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009.

Petar Petrov Associated Press
14-month-old Caitlyn Brewer, of Oley, Pa,. strikes a pose for the judges as she pops up from a flower pot during the 100th annual Ocean City, N.J. baby parade held Thursday Aug. 13, 2009. This year's event produced over 135 entrants for the parade.

Dale Gerhard Associated Press
A tourist looks between concrete plates of the east side of the former Berlin Wall at the wall memorial at Bernauer Street in Berlin, Germany Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009, prior to the 48th anniversary remembrance celebration of the construction of the Wall. A wreath was placed at the memorial wall in remembrance of the wall's construction. The wall memorial was constructed in Bernauer Street using original parts of the wall in memory of the barrier which separated east and west Berlin which fell in 1989.

Markus Schreiber Associated Press
A worker checks the roof of the Olympic Stadium prior to World Athletics Championships in Berlin on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009.

Anja Niedringhaus Associated Press