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Brother John Baptist Hoang (left), Brother Philip Neri Reese (center) and Father James Brent sing from their pilgrimage hymnal during a stop at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in downtown Washington on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Fourteen Catholic friars from the Dominican order held a pilgrimage from the Dominican House of Studies in Northeast Washington to St. Dominic's Parish in Southwest. This is the first time the friars have held the pilgrimage, which commemorated the date that St. Dominic's body was moved from its original grave to its current resting place in Bologna, Italy. Each of the friars was instructed to have a personal intention for the pilgrimage. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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A Catholic friar of the Dominican order sings hymns from the pilgrimage prayer book before he and 13 other friars headed out on a pilgrimage on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, from the Dominican House of Studies in Northeast Washington to St. Dominic's Parish in Southwest. This is the first time the friars have held the pilgrimage, which commemorated the date that St. Dominic's body was moved from its original grave to its current resting place in Bologna, Italy. Each of the friars was instructed to have a personal intention for the pilgrimage. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Brother Philip Neri Reese prays in the chapel at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, before he and 13 other Catholic friars from the Dominican order made a pilgrimage from the studies house in Northeast to St. Dominic's Parish in Southwest. This is the first time the friars have held the pilgrimage, which commemorated the date that St. Dominic's body was moved from its original grave to its current resting place in Bologna, Italy. Each of the friars was instructed to have a personal intention for the pilgrimage. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Catholic friars from the Dominican order walk through the streets of Northeast Washington on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, as part of a pilgrimage that started at the Dominican House of Studies in Northeast and traveled to St. Dominic's Parish in Southwest. This is the first time the friars have held the pilgrimage, which commemorated the date that St. Dominic's body was moved from its original grave to its current resting place in Bologna, Italy. Along the way the friars sang hymns and said prayers. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Anti-government protesters in Sanaa, Yemen, react during a demonstration on May 23, 2011, demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. (Associated Press)
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Anti-government protesters chant slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, on Saturday, May 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
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** FILE ** Spaniards protest in Madrid's Puerta del Sol plaza on Thursday, May 19, 2011. Spanish university students and youth groups were protesting against a youth unemployment rate of 40 percent and austerity measures taken to end Spain's debt crisis. (Associated Press)
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At Pathum Wanaram Temple in Bangkok last week, Payao Akkhahad and her son, Nattanakrit Akkhahad, look at a portrait of her daughter, Kamolkate, who was killed one year ago at the Buddhist temple. Kamolkate was a volunteer nurse when gunmen fired into the complex on the final day of militant anti-government demonstrations. (Associated Press)
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Vancouver Canucks' Aaron Rome, center, celebrates his goal with teammates Alex Burrows, left, and Christian Ehrhoff, of Germany, against the San Jose Sharks during the third period of Game 2 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs Western Conference finals, Wednesday, May 18, 2011, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward)
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Protesters clash with police outside the Greek parliament during a demonstration by the Panhellenic Federation of Workers Association on Wednesday. The union is protesting the decision to increase working hours from 37.5 to 40 per week. (Associated Press)
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'CRISIS' ENDING: Syrian President Bashar Assad acknowledged that his security forces made mistakes in the crackdown against protesters but suggested that the current crisis was nearing a conclusion. (Associated Press)
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Protesters burn a picture of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with 'Corruption' written across his face during a protest in central Athens on May 13, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Insane Clown Posse, Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope, have a moral vision that might surprise casual followers of the group's frequent controversies. (Associated Press)
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Supporters of Pakistani religious group Jamaat-ud-Dawa, listen to their leaders during a rally Sunday to condemn the United States for the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Lahore, Pakistan. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Palestinians in southern Lebanon mourn a man who was killed Sunday when Israeli soldiers opened fire on protesters who approached the Israeli border. Israeli troops clashed with Arab protesters along three hostile borders on Sunday, leaving 15 people dead and dozens wounded.
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A Palestinian gunman holds his weapon as he looks through a window at the funerals of the Palestinian protesters killed when Israeli soldiers opened fire on Sunday at protesters who approached the northern Israeli border with Lebanon, during a funeral procession at Ein el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee (...)
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Palestinian mourners mourn during the funeral procession of the Palestinian protesters who killed when Israeli soldiers opened fire on Sunday at protesters who approached the northen Israeli border with Lebanon, at Ein el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, in the southern port city of Sidon, southern (...)
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An Israeli police officer fires tear gas at Palestinian protesters, not seen, during clashes in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiyeh, Sunday, May 15, 2011. Israeli troops clashed with Arab protesters along three hostile borders on Sunday, leaving as many as 12 people dead and dozens wounded (...)
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Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, a son of former Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi's, speaks to the media at a press conference in a hotel in Tripoli, Libya, in February 2011. (Associated Press)
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A Palestinian protester adds a tire to a burning barricade blocking the road during clashes with Israeli troops in the Shuafat refugee camp, on the outskirts of Jerusalem. At least 15 protesters were killed and many were wounded. Thirteen Israeli troops were injured.
