Monday: The day in photos
A Grant’s zebra named Primo, born Friday, stands with his mother in Rome’s Bioparco Zoo. (Andrew Medichini / Associated Press)
New Hampshire postal worker George Knapp shows off an 8-week-old kitten he adopted at the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Boston. The kitten, named PD for postage due, was found in a public mailbox in Boston earlier this month. (Eric J. Shelton / Associated Press)
Members of the South African national soccer team stretch during a training session for the FIFA Confederations Cup 2009 at Rand Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Jon Hrusa / EPA)
Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland serves to Vesna Manasieva of Russia during their first-round singles match at Wimbledon. (Kirsty Wigglesworth / Associated Press)
Ricky Barnes reacts as he misses a putt on the 18th green during the fourth round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Bethpage State Park in New York. Barnes tied for second with Phil Mickelson and David Duval. Lucas Glover won the championship. (Don Emmert / AFP/Getty Images)
Portuguese marines bring in pirates captured near Somalia. The Portuguese frigate Corte-Real was called in to stop an attack on a Singapore merchant ship. (Joao Pedra Fonseca / EPA)
U.S. Marines fire mortars at Taliban positions from inside their base at Now Zad in
An Iraqi Army soldier walks by weapons seized by Iraqi security forces in several operations in Baghdad. Iraqi forces are set to assume security responsibilities after a planned withdrawal next week of U.S. troops from major cities. (Khalid Mohammed / Associated Press)
A French Honor Guard helps his fellow guard after he fell down while waiting for the Emir Of Qatar Sheik Hamed Bin Khalifa Al Thani and his wife Sheika Muza Bint Nasser Al Misnad to arrive for the state dinner at the Elysee Palace in Paris. (Francois Mori / Associated Press)
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