The day in pictures, May 21, 2011

Saturday has stood the revolutionary sport. In many countries, discontent tossed over the edge. And athletes continue to find out who is stronger. Not without holidays.

The sun sets over the horizon near the city of Changchun in Jilin Province, Northeast China. One Californian preacher promised end of the world today. As you can see - not come true.





Clouds and rain are not afraid of the Indian residents of Kolkata. After all, with such weather temperature dropped. That is good news.



The injured pilot whale peeking out of the water off the coast of the Scottish Loch CARRON.



Bahraini boys swim at sunset in the Persian Gulf, near the town of Karzakan.



In Nepal, it began a two-day strike to demand the timely adoption of the renewed Constitution. The deadline - next Saturday.



The Afghan capital, Kabul, is not so gloomy, as the majority of the media. Here, for example, a restaurant, a shining lights of advertising.



In Phnom Penh, a parade was held to mark the opening of the "rice season", Cambodia.



Palestinians run away from Israeli soldiers fired tear gas in a suburb of Nablus.



Tbilisi hosted opposition rally demanding resignation of the President of Georgia - Mikheil Saakashvili.



Czech Prague today, too, it was swallowed up tens of thousands of demonstrators, unhappy upcoming pension and tax reforms.



Leaders of the Group of Eight G8 will arrive at the meeting in the French town of Deauville in a week, and in the nearby Le Havre already beaten storefronts on this occasion.



Ivorian elders await the start of the inauguration ceremony of President Alassane Ouattara in the city of Yamoussoukro.



Jenson Button (first) and Lewis Hamilton (second) of the McLaren team in the warm-up lap before the qualification Grand Prix of Spain.



14th stage of the multi-day bicycle race "Giro d'Italia" was held between the Austrian city of Linz and the Monte Zoncolan.



Footballer Spanish "Barcelona" Bojan Krkic scored goal rejoices as a child. His club became champion ahead a few rounds ago. So glad apparently only for himself.



Karim Benzema with his Madrid "Real" pan outsider from Almeria. The eight goals scored, "cream".



Klaas-Jan Huntelaar from the "Schalke" scored the fifth ball "Duisburg" in the German Cup final.



The coach of the Scottish football club "Celtic" Neil Lennon holds the Scottish Cup. His team is in the final just beat "Motherwell" with the score 3: 0.



Players «Vancouver Canucks» rejoice third of goals at the gate «San Jose Sharks». But the comeback after a score of 1: 4 and did not take place. The final score of 3: 4. "Orcas" is ahead in the series with a score of 2: 1.



53-year-old Bosnian Serb Momir Bojić demonstrates his Volkswagen Beetle, made of oak. This marvel in wonder not only the residents of his native Banja Luka.



Laszlo Revie stands near the first Hungarian airplane "Kvas" 1911 at an air show in a suburb of Budapest, Hungary.



Trio rodeo queens riding in a car Ford Thunderbird 1955 model year in the parade in the city of Nampa America, Idaho, USA.



Work bodipeyntera Johanna Stetter at the exhibition Beauty «BEAUTY FORUM 2011" in Leipzig, Germany ranked second.



Director Emir Kusturica and actress Elodie Boucher on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival before screening of the film "Source».



Photo by AP