Protesters man a barricade near Gezi park, in Istanbul, early Saturday. Protesters were holding debates in several locations in Gezi Park to discuss the results of a meeting their representatives had with the prime minister and whether his proposal was enough for them to end their occupation of the park. Photo: AP
Iranian women line up to vote in the presidential and municipal council elections at a polling station in Qom, 78 miles (125 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran. Iran's supreme leader delivered a salty rebuke to the U.S. Friday as Iranians lined up to vote in a presidential election that has suddenly become a showdown across the Islamic Republic's political divide: hard-liners looking to cement their control and re-energized reformists backing the lone moderate. Photo: AP
The Japanese naval ensign flies off the stern of the Japanese ship JS Shimokita as it leaves Naval Base San Diego, in San Diego. A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft made an unprecedented landing on a Japanese naval vessel off the California coast Friday, despite protests in Japan over concerns of the tilt-rotor aircraft's safety record. Photo: AP
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, right, meets with Venezuela's Archbishop Diego Rafael Padron Sanchez, left and Italian Pietro Parolin, Holy See's representative in Venezuela, second from left, at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela. Maduro will travel to the Vatican to meet Pope Francis on Monday, June 17. Photo: AP
An explosion at The Williams Companies Inc. plant in the Ascension Parish town of Geismar La. The fire broke out Thursday morning at the plant, which the company's website says puts out about 1.3 billion pounds of ethylene and 90 million pounds of polymer grade propylene a year. Photo: AP