Snapshots From Around the World 6/7/05

This is part of a series that is posted randomly throughout the week. The series is a selection of photos and sometimes editorial cartoons that sum up visually what is going on around the world. Unless otherwise noted, I don’t necessarily endorse the actions or the sentiments portrayed in the photos, and I can’t vouch for the accuracy of the captions. Feel free to add any current events photos or editorial cartoons in the replies.

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A police officer inspects the scene of a killing in the southern city of Basra, 500 kms from Baghdad. A former member of the Baath party and now a local councilor for the Swafa neighborhood of the city, Kadhem Abed Shalash was shot dead by three unknown assailants according to an AFP reporter at the scene.(AFP/Essam al-Sudani)

Piglets scramble for a ball, covered in mashed carrots, at the country’s first ‘pig-ball’ championship in Moscow, Sunday, June 5, 2005. The event, staged as part of an agricultural exhibition on Moscow’s outskirts, is set up like soccer, with two teams of five piglets. The winning piglets got a trophy for their efforts, and a trough of mashed carrots. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

Plaintiff Diane Monson sits next to her marijuana plants at her Oroville, Calif., home on Monday, June 6, 2005. Federal authorities may prosecute sick people whose doctors prescribe marijuana to ease pain, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, June 6, 2005, concluding that state laws don’t protect users from a federal ban on the drug. (AP Photo/Max Whittaker)

Workers dump tannery waste into a ditch at Hazaribagh in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka June 5, 2005. There are 149 tanning factories in Hazaribagh and according to the Department of Environment, they discharge 15,000 cubic litres of liquid waste and 19 tons of solid waste every day, polluting the environment and causing health hazards. The world marks annual World Environment Day on Sunday grappling with headaches caused by fast-growing cities. (Rafiqur Rahman/Reuters)

People walk past an art installation by Spanish artist Nuria Roman called ‘Entre Ciclos’ in Valencia June 5, 2005. Several artists displayed works of art related to recycling and the environment to celebrate World Environment Day 2005. (Heino Kalis/Reuters)

Emilie Garemko holds up a sign across the street from the Calvary Christian Academy in Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday, June 5, 2005. In a ceremony filled with religious references, Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed a bill at the church school gymnasium Sunday that imposes more limits on late-term abortions and requires minor girls to get written parental consent for abortions. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

U.S. Army Lt. Eric Vandewalle of Ocean Shores, Washington, and Lt. Dwight Cathcart II, of Columbia, South Carolina, both of the 116th Brigade, 42nd Infantry Division, speak to village elders as a 12-year-old boy watches, in Rubaydah 30 miles south of Kirkuk, March 26 2005. (AP Photo/Antonio Castaneda)

Campbell’s Soup goes do-it-yourself in Japan

Seeds come in a tin that looks like a red-and-white Campbell’s can. Inside is a choice of seeds to grow miniature tomatoes, pumpkins or green peas(AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno)

June 6: National day : Swedish girls in folk dresses wait to great the Swedish Royal family at the Skansen open-air museum in Stockholm, when the National Day for the first time is celebrated as a national holiday in Sweden. (AFP/Sven Nackstrand)

June 6: La Paz demo : Demostrators wearing balaclavas and holding mock rifles take part in a mass protest demanding the nationalization of the country’s natural gas industry. (AFP/Aizar Raldes)

Tiken Jah Fakoly : Singer Tiken Jah Fakoly of Ivory Coast performs on stage of the ‘Musiques metisses’ festival in Angouleme. (AFP/Alberto Bocos Gil)

June 5, Ivory Coast: Missing her child : A woman, whose child went missing following clashes between rebels and government forces, cries in the refugee camp set up by a Catholic mission in Duekoue. (AFP/Kampbel )

June 5: At the summit : A lamb peaks over the top of the Sorn mountain with the Kaldbak fjord behind it while grazing. (AFP/Odd Andersen)

June 5: Playtime in Cape Verde : Little girls play elastics about 30km outside of Praia. Cape Verde has no big shopping malls and computer-game centres and these children enjoy a good old fashioned way of life. (AFP/Alexander Joe)

June 5: Cooling off : Pakistani youth enjoy bathing at a pool to escape the summer heat in Lahore. (AFP/Arif Ali)

Matariki festival : Members of the Maori dance and culture group Kahurangi perform at the opening of the Matariki festival in the Hawkes Bay on the east coast of New Zealand. (AFP/David Hancock)

Getting hotter : The Fuego volcano is seen from the San Marcos village, in Jalisco State, Mexico. The volcano increased its activity making authorities to declare a ‘Yellow Alert.’ (AFP/Hector Guerrero)