Today in Photos

Today's gallery features photos from several sports venues, an oil fire in the mid-east, fashions from France, political meetings in China and several other images on varied subjects from around the world.

Section:Gallery

Fri., March 6, 2009

A Pakistani man drives his motorcycle carrying children on it along a street in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Friday, March 6, 2009.

Emilio Morenatti Associated Press
White House visitors are wind blown by President Barack Obama's helicopter as he returns to the White House in Washington, Friday, March 6, 2009, after a day trip to Columbus, Ohio.

Ron Edmonds Associated Press
A woman walks over parched land at Basudevpur village in Bhadrak district, about 130 kilometers (81 miles) north-east from Bhubaneswar, India, Friday, March 6, 2009.

Biswaranjan Rout Associated Press
Police negotiate with a woman who began shouting at them as she holds her child in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, next to the venue of this week's National People's Congress meetings, Friday, March 6, 2009. Police called in dozens of paramilitary police to clear the area of onlookers before grabbing the woman and separating her from her child, and then taking both away in a police van. Security in the area around Beijing's Great Hall of the People has been increased in an effort to prevent any protests during the annual meeting of China's legislature.

Greg Baker Associated Press
A soldier dressed as usher seats behind curtains guarding during the National People's Congress meetings in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, China, Friday, March. 6, 2009. The security situation in China's far western Xinjiang region will be "more severe" this year, Nur Bekri, chairman of the Xinjiang government, warned Friday.

Alexander Yuan Associated Press
Smoke from a scrapyard fire billows over the oil fields of Sakhir, Bahrain, Friday, March 6, 2009, where oil and gas pipelines crisscross the sand.

Hasan Jamali Associated Press
President Barack Obama boards Air Force One to depart Columbus, Ohio, Friday, March 6, 2009.

Gerald Herbert Associated Press
A model wears a creation by British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood as part of her fall-Winter 2009-2010 ready-to-wear collection presented in Paris, Frday, March 6, 2009.

Thibault Camus Associated Press
Clemson players watch the final minutes from the bench during the second half of their 74-55 loss to North Carolina in an NCAA college basketball game at the Atlantic Coast Conference women's tournament in Greensboro, N.C., Friday, March 6, 2009.

Chuck Burton Associated Press
Panama's Paolo Espino does sit ups during a training session a day before the start of Pool D of the World Baseball Classic in San Juan, Friday, March 6, 2009.

Fernando Llano Associated Press
Competitors stop their running against a barrier, during a Women's 60m hurdles semifinal, at the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Turin, Italy, Friday, March 6, 2009.

Massimo Pinca Associated Press
Veterinarians and zoo keepers measure a leopard after tranquilizing it at a state zoological park in Gauhati, India, Friday, March 6, 2009. A pair of leopards (male and female) was sent from Assam state zoo to Manipur state zoo in exchange of a male Serow on Friday.

Anupam Nath Associated Press