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Russian guards of honour attend a ceremony to inaugurate a monument dedicated to World War I Russian soldiers in Paris June 21, 2011.CHARLES PLATIAU/Reuters

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Fatmire Bajramaj of Germany's women's national football team takes part in a training session on June 21, 2011 in Berlin. The FIFA Women's World Cup is taking place in Germany from June 26 to July 17, 2011.JOHANNES EISELE/AFP / Getty Images

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Indian Sikh pilgrims look out of a window after boarding a train for Pakistan at a railway station in Amritsar on June 21, 2011. Hundreds of Indian Sikh pilgrims were expected to arrive in Pakistan from India to celebrate 172nd death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.NARINDER NANU/AFP / Getty Images

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Snake handler Subhendu Malllik holds up an Indian baby cobra hatchling after it emerged from an egg on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar on June 21, 2011.ASIT KUMAR/AFP / Getty Images

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Workers install the "K Computer" super computer at Japan's Riken institute laboratory in Kobe city in Hyogo prefecture, Western Japan on June 21, 0211.JIJI PRESS/AFP / Getty Images

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Union Jacks are waved as Queen Elizabeth II departs following the 300th Anniversary Service of St Paul's Cathederal, on June 21, 2011 in London, England.WPA Pool/Getty Images

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A man with his child waits for a boat in flood waters in Ghatal town in West Midnapore, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) north west of Kolkata, India, Tuesday, June 21, 2011.Bikas Das/The Associated Press

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Palestinians take part in a rally at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip June 21, 2011, calling on Egyptian authorities to open the crossing permanently.IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA/Reuters

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Anti-government protesters shout slogans during a demonstration to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa June 21, 2011.SUHAIB SALEM/Reuters

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A reveller reaches up to the sky during the summer solstice at Stonehenge, near Salisbury in England, Tuesday, June 21, 2011.Matt Dunham/The Associated Press

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Yoga practitioners salute the sun while celebrating the solstice in New York's Times Square, Tuesday, June 21, 2011.Richard Drew/The Associated Press

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Demonstrators raise their arms during a protest rally against a new austerity package in front of the parliament in Athens June 21, 2011. Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou's cabinet is expected to survive a confidence vote late on Tuesday.YIORGOS KARAHALIS/Reuters

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) laughs with Japanese Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto as they speak to reporters at the U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee meeting at the State Department in Washington June 21, 2011.KEVIN LAMARQUE/Reuters

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Afghan boys and girls play on skateboards to mark World Skateboarding Day in Kabul, Afghanistan Tuesday, June 21, 2011. Hundreds of Afghan boys and girls took to their skateboards to celebrate World Skateboarding Day in Kabul.Musadeq Sadeq/The Associated Press

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A protestor sits in front of riot police during a peaceful ongoing rally against plans for new austerity measures, outside the Greek Parliament in Athens, Tuesday, June 21, 2011.Kostas Tsironis/The Associated Press

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Syrian refugees gesture from the window of a warehouse in which they are sheltering, near the Syrian border, in the Altinozu camp, Turkey, Tuesday, June 21, 2011.Vadim Ghirda/The Associated Press

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