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Photos of the Week (07/11/10)

Posted by Kevin Fischer on July 11, 2010

Photos of the Week

Discarded cigarette butts huddle near the bottom of a curb outside of Landmark Lanes on the corner of East North and Farwell Avenue in Milwaukee. Wisconsin's indoor smoking ban took effect on Monday. Journal Sentinel photo: Brad Vest


 

Trina Noonan shares a laugh with a friend as Amy Rechlitz and Jodie Zarnowski stand with her outside of La Fuente, a Mexican restaurant on South 5th Street. "We probably had one less margarita than we would have," Noonan said about leaving the restaurant quickly to enjoy cigarettes outside with her friends. Wisconsin's smoking ban went into effect on Monday. Journal Sentinel photo: Brad Vest






Two men stand on the gangway of a Russian plane believed to be carrying candidates for a 14-person spy swap as part of the largest spy swap since the Cold War have parked on the tarmac at Vienna's Schwechat airport, on Friday, July 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)


 

Community and faith leaders from Arizona gather for a prayer during a protest in front of the White House on July 7, 2010 in Washington, DC. Activists plan a 24-hour vigil outside the White House to protest the imminent new immigration law in Arizona. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)






Rusty Gaston, right, and Mike Dominguez, left, begin repairs to the windows of a looted shoe store in Oakland, Calif., Friday, July 9, 2010. Downtown Oakland business owners are woke up to smashed windows and graffiti inside their stores after peaceful protests over the verdict in the Johannes Mehserle trial turned violent. Police say they made 83 arrests overnight for violations including failure to disperse, vandalism and assaulting a police officer. Mehserle, a former Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer, was convicted Thursday of involuntary manslaughter in the death of 22-year-old Oscar Grant. Prosecutors had sought a second-degree murder conviction. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)






Welcome home signs with stuffed animals and balloons adorn the porch of 4 year-old Alisa Maier's home in Louisiana, Mo., Wednesday, July 7, 2010. Maier was abducted Monday night from the yard of her home in Louisiana, Mo. and found safe 70 miles away more than 24 hours later. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)


 

Greenpeace activists invite pedestrians to write a message to the BP oil company on a giant banner, reading: "Oil Kills," in the center of Vienna on July 7, 2010. Clean-up efforts in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill extended to Texas and New Orleans' doorstep but faced renewed foul weather threats on July 7, as BP dismissed reports of deepening financial woes. The BP-leased Deepwater Horizon rig sank on April 22, two days after an explosion that killed 11 workers, unleashing the worst environmental disaster in US history. AFP PHOTO / DIETER NAGL/AFP/Getty Images)


 

Jackie Norwood on vacation from Oklahoma enjoys the beach despite the threat of contamination from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on July 4, 2010 in Biloxi, Mississippi. Jackie said she was not too concerned about the oil spill and that a day on an oily beach is better than a day in Oklahoma. The oil spill may have a huge negative economic impact on gulf coast businesses during what should be a busy 4th of July. Millions of gallons of oil have spilled into the Gulf since the April 20 explosion on the drilling platform. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)


 

Afghan men escape increasing summer temperatures by wading in the Qarga reservoir on July 9, 2010 in a suburb of Kabul, Afghanistan. The banks of the lake are visited by picnicking families on Friday's, recognised by many Muslims as a day of rest. Despite the status of women having improved since the end of the Taliban regime Muslim conservative values mean that women are not permitted to bath in the lake. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)






Solar Impulse's Chief Executive Officer and pilot Andre Borschberg flies in the solar-powered HB-SIA prototype airplane during its first successful night flight attempt at Payerne airport, Thursday, July 8, 2010. The aircraft took off July 7 at 06:51 am and reached an altitude of 8,700 meters (28,543 feet) by the end of the day. It then slowly descended to 1,500 meters (4,921 feet) and flew during the night on the batteries, charged during the day by 12,000 solar cells, which powered the four electric motors. It landed July 8 at 09.00 am (GMT+2) for a flight time of 26 hours and 9 minutes, setting the longest and highest flight ever made by a solar plane. (AP Photo/Keystone, Denis Balibouse, Pool)






Annetta Harris, left, and Alder Chapman, founder of the LeBron James Grandmothers Fan Club, react as James announces in a television interview he is leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers and joining the Miami Heat, at Buffalo Hill Bar and Grill on Thursday, July 8, 2010 in Akron, Ohio. (AP Photo/Akron Beacon Journal, Mike Cardew)


 

Greg Haylett, left, and Garrett Welch react after watching free agent NBA basketball star LeBron James announce he will play for the Miami Heat on television at the Harry Buffalo in downtown Cleveland Thursday, July 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)






A man is arrested after listening to where LeBron James will play next season July 8, 2010 in Cleveland, Ohio. The two-time Most Valuable Player made the choice to play for Miami Heat next season. (Photo by J.D. Pooley/Getty Images)






Workmen remove a large mural of NBA basketball star LeBron James from a building in downtown Cleveland on Saturday, July 10, 2010. James, who played seven years for the Cleveland Cavaliers, signed with the Miami Heat after becoming a free agent after the season. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)






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German soccer fans react as they watch in Berlin, Germany, at a public viewing area the World Cup semi final soccer match between Germany and Spain, taking place in Durban, South Africa, Wednesday, July 7, 2010. Spain defeated Germany 1-0 and will move on to play the final against the Netherlands. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)






Germany's Sami Khedira, center, celebrates with teammate Germany's Per Mertesacker after scoring his side's third goal during the World Cup third-place soccer match between Germany and Uruguay at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Saturday, July 10, 2010. Germany won 3-2. At right is Uruguay's Martin Caceres. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)


 

Frenchman Lloyd Mondory of team AG2r-La Mondiale displays a large scrape on his buttock following a crash in stage one of the Tour de France July 4, 2010 in Brussels, Belgium. Alessandro Petacchi of Italy and team Lampre won the stage.The stage took the riders from Rotterdam to Brussels on a 223.5km course. The iconic bicycle race will include a total of 20 stages and will cover 3,642km before concluding in Paris on July 25. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)


 

Paul Choudoir roller skis along a rural highway with a healthy looking corn crop in the background, Wednesday, July 7, 2010, near Stevens Point, Wis. Choudoir is a member of the University of Wisconsin Green Bay nordic ski team. He uses the lightly traveled country roads near his home to stay in shape for his winter collegiate sport. (AP Photo/Marshfield News-Herald, Dan Young)


 

Revelers run from a Dolores Aguirre Ybarra ranch fighting bull, during the fourth run of the San Fermin fiestas in Pamplona northern Spain, Saturday July 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)


 

Matt Pojanowski, of Woodville, Wisconsin, exits the hard way as his turn in the bull riding competition ended at the Buffalo Championship Rodeo in Buffalo, Minnesota. (Marlin Levison/Minneapolis Star Tribune/MCT)






A reveller jumps into the sea followed by a bull during the 'Bous a la mar' or "Bulls to the sea" festival in the eastern town of Denia, Spain, Monday, July 5, 2010. The bulls are later brought back to land by small boats. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)






A blue peacock shows its colored feathers at the Peacock Island in Berlin, Germany, on Sunday, July 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)






American-born panda Tai Shan bites a cake on his fifth birthday at the Bifengxia Panda Base in Ya'an, in southwest China's Sichuan province, Friday, July 9, 2010. (AP Photo)






Dave Zerbst with his daughter Katie reach out to a beached gray whale south of Harborview Park in Everett, Wash. on Friday morning, July 9, 2010. The gray whale that was stranded off the shores of Washington state and managed to get back to open waters on Thursday has beached itself again Friday. (AP Photo/The Herald, Mark Mulligan) 






John Oliver of Port St. Joe, Fla., gently lifts a sea turtle egg from it's nest and places it in a cooler after harvesting them from the sand in Port St. Joe, Fla., Friday, July 9, 2010. U.S. Fish and Wildlife and other authorities are relocating thousands of sea turtle eggs to a warehouse on the East coast of Florida in an effort to save them from an oily death from the Deepwater Horizon incident. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)






Lilah Ward, 3, of Wichita, Kan., chases some ducks in Riverside Park, in Wichita, as she and her father, Trent Ward, walked through the park on Saturday, July 10, 2010. (AP Photo The Wichita Eagle, Jeff Tuttle)






U.S. Army Specialist Donald Davidson stands at attention during the singing of the National Anthem during an Independence Day BBQ for troops at Kandahar Airfield July 4, 2010 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Troops stationed at Kandahar Airfield were treated to a BBQ dinner and entertainment to celebrate Independence Day. Gen. David Petraeus formally assumed command of the 130,000-strong international force in Afghanistan today replacing Gen. Stanley McChrystal. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)






U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Timothy Secora guards a table with desserts during an Independence Day BBQ for troops at Kandahar Airfield July 4, 2010 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Troops stationed at Kandahar Airfield were treated to a BBQ dinner and entertainment to celebrate Independence Day. Gen. David Petraeus formally assumed command of the 130,000-strong international force in Afghanistan today replacing Gen. Stanley McChrystal. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)






An American flag is seen through rain drops on a wind shield Sunday, July 4, 2010, in Salina, Kan. Rain canceled or postponed many Fourth of July events in the area Sunday. (AP Photo/Salina Journal, Tom Dorsey)






Jets fly over as a giant flag covers the Green Monster before the game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Boston Red Sox on July 4, 2010 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)






Savannah Hogue, 2, of Severna Park, Md., dips a toe in a fountain near the Washington Monument on a hot Fourth of July, Independence Day, afternoon in Washington Sunday, July 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)






A balloon of Uncle Sam is hoisted up on the National Mall in Washington before the start of the Fourth of July, Independence Day, festivities Sunday, July 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)






Pearl Harbor survivor Cecil Malmin salutes during the 4th of July parade Sunday, July 4, 2010, in Alameda, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)






Hot dogs are displayed on stage at the 2010 Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest at the original Nathan's Famous in Coney Island on July 4, 2010 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Joey Chestnut won this year's International Federation of Competitive Eating event, eating 54 hot dogs, while his biggest rival Takeru Kobayashi didn't compete due to a contract dispute with Major League Eating. Subsequently, Kobayashi was arrested for attempting to hop a barricade and get on the stage after the event, charges are pending.






A child gets some relief from the heat by playing in a gigantic lake of mud at the annual Mud Day event July 6, 2010 in Westland, Michigan. The lake was created by mixing approximately 20,000 gallons of water with 200 tons of topsoil. The event, which is sponsored by the Wayne County Parks Department, draws about 1,000 children each year. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)




 

Antisa Khvichava, reportedly 130-year-old Georgian woman, looks at her birthday cake during a ceremony marking her birthday at home in the remote mountain village of Sachino 370 km (229 miles) from Georgia's capital Tbilisi, Thursday, July 8, 2010. Authorities in the former Soviet republic of Georgia claim Antisa Khvichava is turning 130, making her the oldest person on Earth. (AP Photo/George Abdaladze)






Artist Tony Tasset unveils his 30-foot tall eyeball sculpture in Prtizker Park on July 7, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois. The piece will be on display at the small downtown park through October 31. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)



 

Visitors canoe in the small lagoon surrounding the Spoonbridge and Cherry Sculpture Tuesday, July 6, 2010 in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)



 


Trigger, the famed horse ridden by Roy Rodgers, entertainment legend of the rodeo and silver screen is displayed during the Christie's Press Preview for the Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Museum Collection on July 09, 2010 at Christie's in New York City. The items up for auction include numerous personal effects as well as memorabilia and props from the Roy Rodgers TV show from the 1950's, including his taxidermied horse Trigger and his taxidermied dog, Bullet. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)



 

Danny Gokey's tour bus is splattered with insects from the overnight trip from South Dakota to Milwaukee. The former "American Idol" finalist was in town Sunday to perform on the last day of Summerfest. Journal Sentinel photo: Rick Wood


 

A model displays a creation of Hong Kong designer Ella Zhang, a student from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University during the MA Graduation Fashion Show at the Hong Kong Fashion Week Wednesday July 7, 2010. The Hong Kong Fashion Week features about 1,300 exhibitors from 21 countries and regions. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)


 

French fashion designer Eric Tibusch, left, and a model acknowledge applause following their Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2010-2011 collection presented Tuesday, July 6, 2010 in Paris. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)






A model wears a creation of fashion label 'Patrick Mohr' as part of its Spring/Summer 2011 collection presented at the Berlin Fashion Week, on Friday, July 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)