Monday: Day in Photos

A youth sits on a cairn as he views the controversial Scout Moor Wind Farm in Rochdale, England. The development is near completion and will soon supply power to the national grid with 26 turbines. It will have a capacity of 65 megawatts, providing enough electricity to power 30,000 homes. The wind farm was denied permits by the local council but was given the go-ahead by the national government in 2005.  (Christopher Furlong /Getty Images))

Men carry a portable shrine while praying for climbers’ safety on Mt. Fuji at Sengentaisha Shrine in Shizuoka, Japan. Japan’s highest mountain is open to the public for climbing for two months starting Tuesday.  (Koichi Kamoshida / Getty Images)

A street vendor sells dust masks in the midst of a sandstorm in Baghdad, Iraq. The storm in the Iraqi capital caused traffic jams and grounded flights.  (Hadi Mizban / Associated Press)

Thousands of fans cheer the German national soccer team at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate one day after the Euro 2008 tournament final in which Germany lost to spain, 1-0. It was Spain’s first championship in 44 years.  (Markus Gilliar / Getty Images)

In Seoul, demonstrators join in a candlelight vigil during a Roman Catholic service as part of protests against the South Korean government’s policy of allowing imports of U.S. beef. Police have begun to take a harder line against the protests, which were sparked by fears of mad cow disease and have disrupted the capital for weeks. The country’s top prosecutor said they have been taken over by violent radicals.  (Kim Jae-Hwan / Getty Images)