Twins take advantage of Jays' errors to win 8-3

Minnesota Twins Justin Morneau, right, celebrates his solo home run with Michael Cuddyer, left, while playing against the Toronto Blue Jays during sixth inning AL action in Toronto on Monday, May 17, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer, left, celebrates the Twins first baseman Justin Morneau's two run homer as Toronto Blue Jays catcher John Buck, right, looks on during eighth inning AL action in Toronto on Monday, May 17, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Minnesota Twins Delmon Young, right, celebrates his solo home run with Nick Punto, left, while playing against the Toronto Blue Jays during second inning AL action in Toronto on Monday, May 17, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Minnesota Twins Delmon Young hits a solo home run to centre field during second inning AL action against the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto on Monday, May 17, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Alex Gonzalez, left, celebrates Blue Jays third baseman Jose Bautista's two run home run against the Minnesota Twins during second inning AL action in Toronto on Monday, May 17, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Alex Gonzalez blows a bubble with his gum while playing against the Minnesota Twins during third inning AL action in Toronto on Monday, May 17, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Minnesota Twins third baseman Nick Punto, right, steals second base as Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Alex Gonzalez, left, drops the ball on the tag during second inning AL action in Toronto on Monday, May 17, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Editor's choice: May 17, 2010.

For years, the Toronto Star Photo Desk has made a daily photo gallery of the best photos from across Canada and around the world. Until now, we've only shared this with our colleagues in the newsroom. Given the great response we've had to the From the Photo Desk blog, we thought we'd share them with you.  Our subscriptions to Associated Press, The Canadian Press, Reuters, and Getty images amount to about 3500 photos per day. Getting it down to 15 or 20 can be a difficult task.Here's the best of what we saw today.

A Thai anti-government red shirt protester throws wood onto a fire on a major Bangkok street as clashes continued. (Getty Images) Read more: Red Shirts Face Down Government Threats 

 A burned out statue depicting the sport of muay Thai boxing sits in the middle of Sathorn Road in the heart of the city on May 17, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. The normally congested road has been devoid of traffic since the military launched an operation to seal off anti-government protesters. (Photo by Getty Images)

 A Thai anti-government red shirt launches a slingshot loaded with a large firecracker toward Thai soldiers as clashes continued on May 17, 2010 in Bangkok. Over 30 people have died and more than 260 injured since military began its crackdown.  (Getty Images)

Mariane Pearl (L) and son Adam Daniel Pearl (2nd-L) react after President Barack Obama signed the Daniel Pearl Freedom of Press Act,  on May 17, 2010 in Washington, DC. The act, named in honor of Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter who was kidnapped and killed by Islamic extremists in Pakistan in 2002, expands the examination of press freedom worldwide in the State Department's annual human rights report.  (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Travellers wait outside Terminal 3 of Heathrow Airport on May 17, 2010 in London, England. A cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland has again caused disruption to UK flights; although restrictions have now been lifted many travellers are experiencing knock-on delays.  (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images) Read More: Volcanic Ash Shuts Down Airports across Britain

A travellers rest with her luggage as flights are delayed and cancelled at Heathrow Airport in London May 17, 2010. Volcanic ash from Iceland grounded 1,000 flights and delayed hundreds of thousands of passengers in parts of northern Europe on Monday. Several of Europe's busiest airports, including London's Heathrow and Schiphol in Amsterdam, were closed for several hours due to fears the ash could damage jet engines and bring down aircraft. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

 Fishing boat maintenance worker Robert Utech wipes a tear while talking about his mounting debt on May 16, 2010 in Buras, Louisiana. Utech said his work hours have been cut in half, as many fishing boats are idle due to the oil-contaminated waters offshore. Unable to pay his bills, Utech is just one of thousands of Gulf coast residents who have been affected either directly or indirectly by the BP oil spill.  (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) Read more: Scientists worry current could carry oil to Keys

Greenpeace Marine Biologist Paul Horsman surveys oil pooled between reeds and brush on the shoreline of the east bank in the mouth of the Mississippi River in Louisiana May 17, 2010.    (REUTERS/Hans Deryk) Read more: Nuke Gulf Oil Spill Says Expert

An Afghan man uses a pair of binoculars to look at the mountains where an Afghan airliner Pamir plane is believed to have crashed in the Salang pass May 17, 2010. The local Pamir Airways plane with 38 passengers and five crew on board, including six foreigners, crashed in Afghanistan on Monday in the inaccessible mountainous Hindu Kush region near Kabul, officials said. (REUTERS/Ahmad Masood) Read more: No reports of Canadians on crashed afghan plane, Ottawa says

A tow truck operator tries to figure out how to tow a Jeep Liberty after the driver drove through the back wall of his own garage, falling one story to the ground Monday, May 17, 2010, in Lancaster, Pa. According to officials, the driver said as he was returning home, the vehicle's accelerator stuck and he couldn't stop before hitting the house. The driver was not hurt, a fire official said. (AP Photo/Lancaster Newspapers, Dan Marschka)

Water bombers pick up water from Half Moon Lake to help fight a 3000 hectare wildfire near Opal, Alberta May 17, 2010. Opal is about 65 kilometers north and east of Edmonton.  (REUTERS/Dan Riedlhuber) 

A resident falls down during a protest near the national palace in Port-au-Prince May 17, 2010.  Protesters demanded the resignation of Haiti's President Rene Preval, according to local media.  (REUTERS/St-Felix Evens)

A long-nosed tree frog (Litoria sp. nov.) is seen in this undated handout photo released May 17, 2010. Scientists exploring a remote Indonesian forest say they have uncovered a collection of new species, including the tree frog, a yellow-eyed gecko and the world's smallest known wallaby. (REUTERS/National Geographic/Tim Laman/Handout )

A bent-toed gecko with yellow eyes (Crytodactylus sp. nov.) is seen in this undated handout photo released May 17, 2010. Scientists exploring a remote Indonesian forest say they have uncovered a collection of new species, including the gecko, a Pinocchio-nosed frog, and the world's smallest known wallaby. (REUTERS/National Geographic/Tim Laman/Handou)

Iraqi soldiers carry coffins bearing the remains of their comrades who were killed during the 1991 Gulf War at Safwan border crossing near Basra, 420 km (260 miles) southeast of Baghdad May 17, 2010. Iraq on Monday held an official ceremony for receiving the remains of 55 soldiers from Kuwait, an Iraqi army source said.  (REUTERS/Atef Hassan)

Sri Lankan army soldiers take cover from rain as they wait for the start of the rehearsal of a Victory Day parade scheduled for Thursday, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, May 17, 2010. Ethnic Tamil leaders called for a day of mourning for civilians killed during Sri Lanka's 25-year civil war, as the government prepared to celebrate the one-year anniversary of its victory over Tamil Tiger rebels. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Read more: One year after war Sri Lanka asked to account for alleged “war crimes” 

A water spout (tornado) hits the sea behind a surfer on Sydney's Bondi Beach on May 17, 2010. A rare sight in Australia, the water spout lasted around five minutes and expired before landfall.  (AFP PHOTO / James ALCOCK)

Bloody battles in Bangkok

Redshirt protesters yell to his friends about the gunfire coming from the military as the violence in central Bangkok continues on May 16, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Athit Perawongmetha/Getty Images)

Thai Buddhist monks gather Sunday, May 16, 2010, at Victory Monument in Bangkok, Thailand to chant prayers for peace.   (AP Photo/David Longstreath)

Local Thais watch anti-government protesters from a behind a barricade at a stand off with Thai military, Sunday, May 16, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand.  (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

Khattiya Sawasdipol cries and holds up a cap of her father, renegade Thai major-general Khattiya Sawasdipol, at a hospital in Bangkok May 17, 2010. The rogue soldier and de facto military chief of Thailand's red shirt protest movement has died. (REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang) 

Supporters of Maj. Gen. Khattiya Sawasdiphol pay last respects at his funeral Monday, May 17, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. Sawasdiphol, the military strategist of the Red Shirts succumbed Monday to a gunshot wound. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

A Thai soldier jumps off a truck to take position on Monday, May 17, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand's Red Shirts offered peace talks Monday to end raging street battles in Bangkok. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

The body of Major General Khattiya Sawasdipol, the chief military advisor of Thailand's "red shirt" anti-government protesters, is carried into a temple during his funeral service in Bangkok May 17, 2010. (REUTERS/Caren Firouz)

A Red Shirt anti-government protester walks with his arms up in a street near Ding Daeng intersection through the smoke of burnt tyres and debris in Bangkok on May 17, 2010. (NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images)

''Red Shirt'' anti government protesters carry a man who was shot during clashes between demonstrators and security forces in Bangkok on May 15, 2010. (NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images)

Army soldiers advance towards a barricade separating them from anti-government 'red shirt' supporters encamped in Bangkok's upscale shopping district May 17, 2010. (REUTERS/Jerry Lampen)

Flyers take out the Boston Bruins in Game 7

Boston Bruins centre Patrice Bergeron (37) is dropped to the ice by Philadelphia Flyers center Darroll Powe, right, on a hard check during the third period of Game 7 of a second-round NHL playoff hockey series in Boston, Friday, May 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Philadelphia Flyers Simon Gagne celebrates the game-winning goal on the Boston Bruins during the third period in Game 7 of their NHL Eastern Conference semi-final hockey game in Boston, Massachusetts May 14, 2010. REUTERS/Adam Hunger
Philadelphia Flyers players, including Lukas Krajicek (2), of the Czech Republic, Arron Asham (45) and Blair Betts (11) celebrate their 4-3 win against the Bruins in Game 7 of a second-round NHL playoff hockey series, Friday, May 14, 2010, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer) Heartbreak for Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask.

Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask, sof Finland, shakes hands with Philadelphia Flyers left wing Simon Gagne (12) after the Flyers defeated the Bruins  4-3 in Game 7 of a second-round NHL playoff hockey series in Boston, Friday, May 14, 2010.(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Violence escalates in Thailand

Central Bangkok deteriorates into a virtual war zone as violence has escalated after a rogue army general, an adviser to the Red Shirt protesters, was shot in the head, leaving him in critical condition. 

EDITORS NOTE: Some of the following photos contain graphic content of grave injury.

A Thai soldier sets a razor wire cordon after clashes with anti-government protesters in Bangkok on May 14, 2010. Thai troops opened fire on "Red Shirt" protesters during clashes in the heart of Bangkok that left one person dead and at least 21 injured. (PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL/AFP/Getty Images)

Thai soldiers open fire as they clash with ''Red Shirt'' anti-government protesters in Bangkok. (May 14, 2010. (NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images)

Renegade Thai major-general Khattiya Sawasdipol is slumped on the ground moments after he was shot on May 13, 2010 while being interviewed by Thai and foreign reporters in Bangkok. Khattiya Sawasdipol, a rogue general leading a militant wing of Thai anti-government protesters, was shot in the head and critically wounded as armed troops blockaded the site of a five-week rally in central Bangkok.  (REUTERS/Cyrille Andres)

An anti-government  'Red Shirt' protester fires a home made rocket towards Thai security forces from  inside their encampment, in Bangkok, Thailand. Protesters and military forces clashed in central Bangkok after the government launched an operation to disperse anti-government protesters who have closed parts of the city for two months. May 13, 2010. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Getty Images)

 

Anti-government 'Red Shirt' protesters use a sling shot to launch a fire cracker towards Thai security forces from  inside their encampment in Bangkok, Thailand. May 13, 2010. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Getty Images)

 

A Thai soldier takes cover after hearing an explosion and gunfire near the red shirts fortified camp in the central financial district of downtown Bangkok. May 13, 2010. The violence came after Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva shelved a plan for November elections and hopes faded for an imminent resolution to a crippling two-month crisis that has sparked outbreaks of violence, leaving 29 people dead and 1,000 injured. (PEDRO UGARTE/AFP/Getty Images)

Thai soldiers arrive in trucks during clashes with anti-government protesters at Bangkok's financial district May 14, 2010. The Thai army fired rubber bullets into Lumphini Park in central Bangkok on Friday after gunshots were heard near an encampment that anti-government protesters have occupied the past five weeks (REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang)

A tire burns as Thai soldiers clash with anti-government protesters at Bangkok's financial district May 14, 2010. (REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang)

A 'Red Shirt' anti-government protestor gestures at Thai soldiers as he stands on a road divider with his pants down during a stand-off near their protest site in downtown Bangkok. May 14, 2010. (CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP/Getty Images)

Residents take cover as anti-government 'red shirt' protesters clash with Thai army soldiers in Bangkok. Thai troops battled anti-government protesters in central Bangkok on Friday, attempting to seal off their encampment after an assassination attempt on a renegade general unleashed a new wave of violence.  May 14, 2010. (REUTERS/Adrees Latif)

A Thai boy sits with soldiers as they wait for the command to confront anti-government protesters at their encampment at Bangkok's financial district May 14, 2010. Thai troops battled anti-government protesters in central Bangkok on Friday attempting to seal off their encampment after an assassination attempt on a renegade general unleashed a new wave of violence.   (REUTERS/Damir Sagolj)

An anti-government protester breaks down in tears after a compatriot was shot in the head in the streets of Bangkok. May 13, 2010. (REUTERS/Jerry Lampen)

Anti-government demonstrators set fire to a police bus near Lumpini Park in downtown Bangkok, Thailand, down the street from Japanese and U.S. embassies after troops fired tear gas in a burst of new violence after nightlong clashes left one person dead. May 14, 2010 (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Molotov cocktails and shell casings collected by military forces from detained anti-government protesters during street clashes in Bangkok, Thailand. Protesters and military clashed in central Bangkok after the government launched an operation to disperse anti-government protesters who have closed parts of the city for two months. May 14, 2010 (Photo by Andy Nelson /Getty Images)

A soldier puts out a fire set during clashes with red shirt anti-government protesters in Bangkok, Thailand. Protesters and military clashed in central Bangkok after the government launched an operation to disperse anti-government protesters who have closed parts of the city for two months. May 14, 2010 (Photo by Paula Bronstein /Getty Images)

An anti-government demonstrator is arrested by Thai soldiers in downtown Bangkok, Thailand. Thai troops fired bullets and tear gas at anti-government protesters rioting near the U.S. and Japanese embassies Friday as an army push to clear the streets sparked deadly clashes and turned central Bangkok into a virtual war zone.  May 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Anti-government protesters raise their arms in submission while being detained by military forces during street clashes in Bangkok, Thailand. May 14, 2010 (Photo by Andy Nelson /Getty Images)

A rope binds together arrested ''Red shirt'' anti-government protesters at the wrists after clashes against Thai soldiers in Bangkok. Thai troops opened fire on "Red Shirt" protesters during clashes in the heart of Bangkok that left one person dead and at least 21 injured. May 14, 2010. (NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images)

A person peers out from behind the shutters of a shop during violent clashes between anti-government red shirt protesters and the military in Bangkok. Protesters and military clashed in central Bangkok after the government launched an operation to disperse anti-government protesters who have closed parts of the city for two months.  May 14, 2010 (Photo by Andy Nelson /Getty Images)

Glitz and glamour on the red carpet in Cannes

  Eva Longoria Parker attends the "Robin Hood" Premiere at the Palais des Festivals during the 63rd Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 12, 2010.   ( Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

 

Actress Aishwarya Rai arrives for the screening of "Tournee", at the 63rd international film festival, in Cannes, May 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)

Cate Blanchett arrives for the screening of "Robin Hood" and for the opening ceremony of the 63rd Cannes Film Festival May 12, 2010.    (REUTERS/Loic venance/Pool)

 Helen Mirren attends the "Robin Hood" Premiere at the Palais des Festivals during the 63rd Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 12, 2010. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images) 

 

Actress Salma Hayek poses for photographers as she arrives for the premiere for the film "Robin Hood", at the 63rd international film festival, in Cannes, May 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

Actress Deepika Padukone arrives on the red carpet for the screening of "Tournee"  the 63rd Cannes Film Festival May 13, 2010.    (REUTERS/Yves Herman)

Danielle Spencer and Russell Crowe attend the "Robin Hood" Premiere at the Palais des Festivals during the 63rd Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 12, 2010.  (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

 

Kate Beckinsale attends the "Robin Hood" Premiere at the Palais des Festivals during the 63rd Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 12, 2010.   (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Canadiens win series in Game 7

Montreal Canadiens center Dominic Moore (L) is mobbed by teammates Tom Pyatt and Maxim Lapierre (c) after scoring in the first period against the Pittsburgh Penguins during Game 7,  May 12, 2010. (REUTERS/David DeNoma)

       

Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby (R) makes a play with the puck after being hit into the boards by Montreal Canadiens left wing Mike Cammalleri in the second period during Game 7, May 12, 2010. (REUTERS/Jason Cohn) 

  Jordan Staal #11 of the Pittsburgh Penguins attempts a wrap around on Jaroslav Halak #41 of the Montreal Canadiens as Roman Hamrlik #44 of the Canadiens defends in Game 7 on May 12, 2010. (Photo By Dave Sandford/Getty Images)

  Matt Cooke #24 of the Pittsburgh Penguins battles for a loose puck with Jaroslav Halak #41 of the Montreal Canadiens in Game 7, May 12, 2010.  (Photo By Dave Sandford/Getty Images)

  Sergei Gonchar #55 of the Pittsburgh Penguins collides with Travis Moen #32 of the Montreal Canadiens in Game 7 on May 12, 2010.  (Photo by Joe Sargent/NHLI via Getty Images)

Subban #76 of the Montreal Canadiens moves the puck in front of the defense of Alex Goligoski #3 of the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 77 on May 12, 2010.  (Photo by Gregory Shamus/NHLI via Getty Images)

Montreal Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban (L) and Mike Cammalleri (R) hug Brian Gionta (C) after he scored in the third period against the Pittsburgh Penguins during Game 7 on May 12, 2010.(REUTERS/David DeNoma)

 
In what is the final game ever played at Mellon Arena Sidney Crosby #87 of the Pittsburgh Penguins is the last player on the Pittsburgh Penguins to step off the ice after being defeated by the Montreal Canadiens in Game 7 on May 12, 2010. (Photo By Dave Sandford/Getty Images)

A Montreal Canadiens' fan cheers for her team during game 7 on May 12, 2010.  (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes)

 

Montreal Canadiens' fans cheer for their team during game 7 on May 12, 2010.  (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes)

Montreal Canadiens fans celebrate the team's 5-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguin in Game 7 on  May 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Crowds gather around a fire in Montreal after the Monttreal Canadiens defeated the Pittsburg Penguins in  game 7 on May 12, 2010 (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes)

Oil approaches the Gulf Coast

An oil soaked bird struggles against the oil slicked side of the HOS Iron Horse supply vessel at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana Sunday, May 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

An oil tainted water sample from the Gulf of Mexico, south of Freemason Island, Louisiana. BP Plc engineers using undersea robots maneuvered a massive metal chamber to fit over a gushing ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday in their best chance to contain a leak that threatens an environmental catastrophe on U.S. shores.   (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)

Oil is seen on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico in an aerial view of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off the coast of Mobile, Alabama. May 9, 2010. (REUTERS/U.S. Navy/Handout)

Dark clouds of smoke and fire emerge as oil burns during a controlled fire in the Gulf of Mexico. The U.S. Coast Guard working in partnership with BP PLC, local residents, and other federal agencies conducted the "in situ burn" to aid in preventing the spread of oil following the April 20 explosion on Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit Deepwater Horizon. May 6, 2010. (AP Photo/US Na- Justin Stumberg)

Oil from the leaking Deep Horizon oil rig is seen swirling through the currents in the Gulf of Mexico. May 6, 2010.  (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

Crewmen aboard the motor vessel Joe Griffin look on as the mobile offshore drilling unit Q4000 lowers a pollution containment chamber into the Gulf of Mexico over the site of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The chamber is designed to cap the oil discharge that was a result of the Deepwater Horizon rig fire and collapse. May 6, 2010. (REUTERS/U.S. Coast Guard/Handout)

A pollution containment chamber is lowered into the Gulf of Mexico over the site of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The chamber is designed to cap the oil discharge that was a result of the Deepwater Horizon rig fire and collapse. May 6, 2010. (REUTERS/U.S. Coast Guard/Handout)

Thick black waves of oil and brown whitecaps are seen off the side of the supply vessel Joe Griffin at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill containment efforts in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana. May 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

At Shell Beach, Louisiana, PFC Frank Messina of the Louisiana National Guard helps in the oil spill cleanup effort. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)

Grassy marsh wetlands of St. Bernard Parish are seen as work continues to try to protect it from the massive oil spill on May 9, 2010 in Gulf of Mexico. The Deepwater Horizon oil rig operated by BP is leaking an estimated 5,000 barrels of oil a day into the Gulf and the slick has now reached nearby land. Efforts to contain the spill, including a 98-ton containment box to cap the leak, have done little to slow its flow.  (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

 

Louisiana National Guard Sergeant George Achee uses a bulldozer to create a earthen barrier as they try to protect an estuary from the massive oil spill on May 9, 2010 in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

A dead fish is seen on the beach on May 9, 2010 in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. It is unknown how the fish died. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

 
Tony Phan, left, and his father, Lanh, wait outside of a BP claims center for Tony's mother, Lai Nguyen, not pictured, the captain of their commercial fishing fleet, in Boothville, La., Sunday, May 9, 2010. Nguyen was making a claim with BP representatives for work lost due to the growing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Graham Macdonald (C) leads a shoreline assessment team along the beaches of Dauphin Island, Alabama May 9, 2010 where tar balls washed ashore the previous day. Oil workers, volunteers and the military have been battling to shut off a gushing oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico and stop the huge spreading slick from reaching major ports, tourist beaches, wildlife refuges and fishing grounds.    (REUTERS/Brian Snyder) 

Crews work  to collect oil near and around the location where the Deepwater Horizon oil platform sank, in this photo taken May 8, 2010.  BP Plc engineers desperately explored options on May 9, 2010 to control oil gushing from a ruptured well deep under the Gulf of Mexico after a setback with a huge undersea containment dome fueled fears of a prolonged and growing environmental disaster.   REUTERS/U.S. Coast Guard/Casey J. Ranel/Handout

Boom to protect Louisiana's fragile wetlands is put into place on Lake Machias on May 9, 2010, following a massive oil spill that is threatening the state's coastal islands. Concern is growing that the US Gulf coast is facing an historic environmental disaster after a giant containment box, aimed at relieving the gushing oil under a sunken BP rig, failed to work after clogging with ice crystals. AFP Photo/Alex OGLE

Fishermen employed by BP place boom on Lake Machias on May 9, 2010, to protect Louisiana's fragile wetlands, following a massive oil spill that is threatening the state's coastal islands. The area has been put off-limits for fishing and shrimping, threatening the livelihood of thousands of people working in the seafood industry, as concern grows over an impending environmental disaster from oil leaking under a sunken BP rig. (AFP Photo/Alex OGLE)

Riots in Greece

The streets of Athens look like a war zone, with the worst violence to hit the country since riots in 2008.  Greeks protesting government austerity measures threw petrol bombs at a bank branch in Athens, killing three people including a pregnant woman.

 

A riot policeman falls after being hit with a molotov cocktail in Athens during a nationwide strike by civil servants protesting the announcement of draconian austeristy measures. May 5, 2010  (REUTERS/John Kolesidis)

A woman is evacuated from the Marfin Bank building that was fire-bombed in Athens. May 5, 2010. (Tomasz Grzyb/AFP/Getty Images)

A shocked woman is evacuated from the burning Marfin Bank branch in Athens. Athens police chiefs mobilized all their forces, including those not on active duty, to restore order amid rioting during protests against a government austerity drive. Police were put on a "general state of alert" to deal with the clashes after three people died in the bank that was firebombed on the margins of the demonstrations.  May 5, 2010. (Tomasz Grzyb/AFP/Getty Images)

A medic prepares to remove the body of a person who perished in a bank that was set on fire during demonstrations in Athens. Three people died in the fire. Greece faced a day of demonstrations during a nationwide strike by civil servants protesting the announcement of draconian austeristy measures. May 5, 2010.   (REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol) 

A riot policeman runs from angry protesters in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki. May 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Giorgos Nissiotis)

Greek riot police clash with protesters in Athens, Greece. Three people have died after protesters set fire to the Marfin Egnatia Bank in Athens, with further unrest being fuelled by anger at government austerity measures to freeze wages, cut pensions and to increase taxation.  May 5, 2010 (Milos Bicanski/Getty Images)

 

Greek police clash with demonstrators in front of a government building in Mytilene, Greece. Three people have died after protesters set fire to the Marfin Egnatia Bank in Athens, with further unrest being fuelled by anger at government austerity measures to freeze wages, cut pensions and to increase taxation. May 5, 2010. (Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

Greek riot police clash with protesters in Athens, Greece. May 5, 2010. (Photo by Milos Bicanski/Getty Images)

A protestor throws a stone at police near the Parliament building in Athens. A nationwide general strike gripped Greece in the first major test of the socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented austerity cuts needed to avert fiscal meltdown. May 5, 2010. (ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images)

Riot police arrest a demonstrator in central Athens. An estimated 100,000 people took to the streets during a nationwide wave of strikes against spending cuts aimed at saving the country from bankrupty. , May 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)

Marfin Egnatia Bank employees look on at the scene where 3 people died after protesters set fire to the building, in Athens, Greece. Further unrest has been fuelled by anger at government austerity measures to freeze wages, cut pensions and to increase taxation. May 5, 2010. (Milos Bicanski/Getty Images)

Protestors shout anti-government slogans in front of the Greek Parliament in Athens. Athens police chiefs mobilized all their forces, including those not on active duty, to restore order amid rioting during protests against a government austerity drive. Police were put on a "general state of alert" to deal with the clashes after three people died in a bank that was firebombed on the margins of the demonstrations. May 5, 2010. (DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images)

Firemen evacuate people from a burning Marfin Bank building in the center of Athens. May 5, 2010.  (Tomasz Grzyb/AFP/Getty Images)

A Greek riot police officer runs to escape from protestors during clashes in the center of Athens. May 5, 2010. (ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images)

A demonstrator yells at riot police during violent demonstrations over austerity measures in Thessaloniki, Greece. The capital faced a day of violent protests and a nationwide strike by civil servants outraged by the announcement of draconian austeristy measures. May 5, 2010. (REUTERS/Grigoris Siamidis)

Inside Canada’s “Hurt Locker”

For Canadian soldiers asked to clear improvised bombs in Afghanistan, every step may be their last.  Photographer Louie Palu spent five days on patrol with Canadian soldiers searching for hidden bombs in Afghanistan. He captures their mission and the endless fear.

Pvt. Kris Winther has an early morning cigarette before going on patrol searching for Improvised Explosive Devices (IED's) planted by Taliban insurgents in the village of Kairo Kala in Panjwaii District west of Kandahar City. This area is one of the most volatile and IED riddled areas in the country. (Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)

Pvt. John Howard eats breakfast while an exhausted Cpl. Adam Hilton mans the radio before patrolling in the village of Kairo Kala, searching for deadly Improvised Explosive Devices planted by Taliban insurgents.
 (Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)

Canadian soldiers live in a compound in the village of Kairo Kala, west of Kandahar City, during patrols searching for deadly IED's. (Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)

A Canadian soldier searches the village Malick, also known as the tribal leader, in the village of Kairo Kala in Panjwaii District west of Kandahar City during a patrol searching for deadly IED's planted by Taliban insurgents. (Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)

A Canadian soldier, part of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal team, disposes of a explosive device set by insurgents. The bomb, made of 60 kg of home made explosives and shrapnel, was found in the village of Kairo Kala during a patrol searching for deadly IED's. (Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)

Sgt. Derek Johnson and an Explosive Ordnance Disposal team member blast and destroy an explosive device set by insurgents in the village of Kairo Kala, found during a patrol searching for deadly IED's. (Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)

  

A Canadian soldier reads his standard operating procedures before patrolling in the village of Kairo Kala in Panjwaii District, during a several day patrol searching for deadly IED's planted by Taliban insurgents. (Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)

Pvt. Shawn Blatchford passes a young Afghan boy of the Noorzai tribe in the village of Kairo Kala in Panjwaii during a patrol searching for deadly IED's planted by Taliban insurgents. (Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)

Canadian Mcpl. Joel Van de Vorst rests in an abandoned building on an overly hot day in the village of Kairo Kala, during a several day patrol searching for deadly IED's planted by Taliban insurgents. (Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)

Afghan children of the Noorzai tribe in the village of Kairo Kala, west of Kandahar City, during a patrol searching for deadly Improvised Explosive Devices planted by Taliban insurgents. (Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)

Canadian soldiers (left to right) Cpl, James Riley, Mcpl. Joel Van de Vorst and Sgt. Derek Johnson take aim at a suspected Taliban "trigger man" who may set off a remote controlled bomb in the village of Kairo Kala in Panjwaii District west of Kandahar City. (Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)

Canadian Mcpl. Joel Van de Vorst prepares for a night of watching for insurgents who plant bombs targeting his unit in the village of Kairo Kala, west of Kandahar City. This area is one of the most volatile and IED riddled areas in the country. (Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)

A Canadian soldier searches the village Malick also known as the tribal leader in the village of Kairo Kala in Panjwaii (aka Panjway) District west of Kandahar City during a patrol searching for deadly Improvised Explosive Devices (IED's) planted by Taliban insurgents. This area is one of the most volatile and IED riddled areas in the country.  (Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)

Canadian pvt. John Howard, seen after almost 5 days of searching for Taliban bombs in the village of Kairo Kala in Panjwaii District west of Kandahar City during a patrol searching for deadly Improvised Explosive Devices planted by Taliban insurgents. This area is one of the most volatile and IED riddled areas in the country. (Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)