Monday: The day in photos
West Indies cricket player Andrew Richardson makes an unsuccessful wicket appeal during the first round of the three-day tourist match between West Indies and Leicestershire County in Leicester, England. (Matt Dunham / Associated Press)
A Chinese worker naps on his cycle beneath a billboard publicizing a new retail development project in Beijing. (Ng Han Guan / Associated Press)
A South African election official paints the finger of Sarah Kgomongwe, 97, at her home in Soweto to signify that she had voted. The country’s elderly and infirm are allowed to cast ballots two days before the general public. South Africa’s ruling party leader Jacob Zuma today called for a big turnout for Wednesday’s election, which is expected to launch him to the presidency. (AFP / Getty Images)
A child appears distracted as Bahujan Samaj Party supporters listen to party president Mayawati (she goes by one name) at an election rally in Allahabad, India. The national elections, which began last week, will take place over five phases through May 13. (Rajesh Kumar Singh / Associated Press)
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An Indonesian boy jumps into a polluted river in Jakarta. (Bagus Indahono / EPA)
Ball girls work on their tans under the Spanish sun on the first day of the Barcelona Open tennis tournament. (Jasper Juinen / Getty Images)
Umm Anas, center, the mother of Anas Hitham Hammed, who was killed by unknown gunmen during a jewelry store heist in Iraq, kisses his photo during the Baghdad funeral. Robbers with silencer-fitted weapons killed at least seven people during daylight raids in a busy Shiite shopping district on Sunday. (Khalid Mohammed / Associated Press)
