A boater navigates over Cocibolca Lake, also known as Nicaragua Lake, near Granada, Nicaragua. A concession to build a canal across Nicaragua linking the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, which would go through the waters of Lake Nicaragua, will be awarded to a Chinese company. Photo: AP
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon waves after delivering the commencement address to students earning graduate degrees from Denver University, in Denver. Photo: AP
The Christ the Redeemer statue is lit up at dusk surrounded by clouds in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo: AP
Demonstrators protest the increase of public transportation fares for buses and the subway in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Photo: AP
A man and his child stand in the jaws of a giant T-Rex at Dinofest in Drumheller, Alberta. The annual festival celebrates everything prehistoric with a blend of family-friendly activities to highlight Drumheller's deep rooted history of dinosaurs and paleontology. Photo: AP
Smoke billows from the scene of a bus that caught fire in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province. A express bus burst into flames on an elevated road killing at least 47 people. Photo: AP
Tony Kanaan, of Brazil, heads down the front stretch during a practice session for Saturday's IndyCar auto race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Photo: AP
With the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station as a backdrop, Huy Pham of San Juan Capistrano walks south along the beach at San Onofre State Beach, after it was announced that the nuclear plant will be closing permanently. Photo: AP
Shannon Richardson is placed into a Titus County Sheriff's car after an initial appearance at the federal building Texarkana, Texas. The FBI says Shannon Richardson admitted sending ricin-tainted letters to US President Barack Obama and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Photo: AP
Priscilla Morales cries as she is consoled by a parking enforcement officer in Santa Monica, California. Ms. Morales was in the library at Santa Monica College, where a gunman who killed at least six people with an assault-style rifle was shot to death in a gunfight with police. Photo: AP
Wearing a giant mask depicting Chinese President Xi Jinping, Giovanni Vassallo of San Francisco, walks away from protesters carrying the statue of self-immolation near the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage , California. Photo: AP
