Editor's Choice Picture of the Day - Mother's Day Behind Bars - May 11, 2012.

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Reuters photographer Lucy Nicholson followed children visiting their mother at California Institute for Women state prison in Chino, California for a special Mother's Day visit. The event, Get On The Bus, brings children in California to visit their mothers in prison. Sixty percent of parents in state prison report being held over 100 miles or from their children.

Olga Ortiz, 55, carries 11-month-old Axel on a bus to visit his mother at California Institute for Women state prison in Chino, California May 5, 2012. Axel was separated from his mother Norma Ortiz, 31, at birth.

Mothers watch their children arrive.

Shonta Montgomery, 28, waits to see her son Levell Jones, 7, whom she has not seen in 17 months.

Levell Jones, 7, holds up a card at California Institute for Women state prison in Chino, California.

Shonta Montgomery, 28, hugs her son Levell Jones, 7.

Cori Walters, 32, hugs her daughter Hannah Walters, 6.

Cali Farmer, 4, hugs her mother Netta Farmer at California Institute for Women state prison in Chino, California during the annual Mother's Day event, Get On The Bus.

Fulorise Gadson of Riverside plays with her daughter Ken'yida Draper, 7.

Norma Ortiz, 31, (3rd R) kisses one of her children as she sits next to her mother Olga Ortiz (L), 55, at California Institute for Women state prison in Chino, California. Norma's children are (L-R) 11-month-old Axel Ortiz, Jovanny Cedillo, Anthony Elizalde, and Christopher Cedillo, Norma has not seen Axel since he was born, and the other children for one and a half years.

Camille Glinton kisses her mother Luz Gonzalez.

Lakisha Perry, 29, hugs her daughter Stephanie Perry.

Cali Farmer, 4, cries as she hugs her mother Netta Farmer at California Institute for Women state prison in Chino, California, during the annual Mother's Day event, Get On The Bus. Cali's name can be seen tattooed on the back of her mother's neck.

Amanda Johnson, 31, holds hands with her son Mack Darbey, 10.

Children draw Mother's Day cards to take to their mothers.

A sign is seen at California Institute for Women state prison in Chino, California.

Levell Jones, 7, looks out of the bus window as he leaves his mother at California Institute for Women state prison in Chino, California.

Camille Glinton sits on the bus after leaving her mother at California Institute for Women state prison in Chino.

A boy sleeps on the bus after leaving his mother at California Institute for Women state prison in Chino.

Editor's Choice Pictures of the Day - Horst Faas Retrospective - May 10, 2012

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Horst Faas, a prize-winning combat photographer who carved out new standards for covering war with a camera and became one of the world's legendary photojournalists in nearly half a century with The Associated Press, died Thursday May 10, 2012. He was 79.  Here's a look at some of his award winning images.

In this June 1965 photo, South Vietnamese civilians, among the few survivors of two days of heavy fighting, huddle together in the aftermath of an attack by government troops to retake the post at Dong Xoai, Vietnam.

 

In this Jan. 1, 1966  photo, two South Vietnamese children gaze at an American paratrooper holding an M79 grenade launcher as they cling to their mothers who huddle against a canal bank for protection from Viet Cong sniper fire in the Bao Trai area, 20 miles west of Saigon, Vietnam.

 

In this March 1965 photo, hovering U.S. Army helicopters pour machine gun fire into the tree line to cover the advance of South Vietnamese ground troops in an attack on a Viet Cong camp 18 miles north of Tay Ninh, Vietnam, northwest of Saigon near the Cambodian border.

 

In this Jan. 1, 1966 photo, women and children crouch in a muddy canal as they take cover from intense Viet Cong fire at Bao Trai, about 20 miles west of Saigon, Vietnam.

 

In this December 1965 photo, a U.S. 1st Division soldier guards Route 7 as Vietnamese women and school children return home to the village of Xuan Dien from Ben Cat, Vietnam.

 

In this March 19, 1964 file photo, one of several shot by Associated Press photographer Horst Faas which earned him the first of two Pulitzer Prizes, a father holds the body of his child as South Vietnamese Army Rangers look down from their armored vehicle. The child was killed as government forces pursued guerrillas into a village near the Cambodian border.

 

In this Aug. 1962 photo, South Vietnamese government troops from the 2nd Battalion of the 36th Infantry sleep in a U.S. Navy troop carrier on their way back to the Provincial capital of Ca Mau, Vietnam.

 

In this Jan. 9, 1964 file photo one of several shot by Associated Press photographer Horst Faas, earning him the first of two Pulitzer Prizes, a South Vietnamese soldier uses the end of a dagger to beat a farmer for allegedly supplying government troops with inaccurate information about the movement of Viet Cong guerrillas in a village west of Saigon, Vietnam.

 

In this April 2, 1967 photo, a wounded U.S. soldier is given water on a battlefield in Vietnam.

 

 

In this Jan. 16,1966,  Lt. Col. George Eyster of Florida is placed on a stretcher after being shot by a Viet Cong sniper at Trung Lap, South Vietnam.

 

 

 

In this May 11, 1965 file photo, Associated Press photographer Horst Faas tries to get back on a U.S. helicopter after a day out with Vietnamese rangers in a flooded plain of reeds.

 

In this undated file photo, Associated Press photographer Horst Faas is shown on assignment with soldiers in South Vietnam.

 

Associated Press photographer Horst Faas is shown in this undated file photo in Ca Mau, Vietnam.

 

Editor's Choice Picture of the Day - May 10, 2012.

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A coach sits on a student's leg to help her stretch during a training session at a gymnastic course at Shenyang Sports School in Shenyang, Liaoning province. Some 60 students, between the ages of 6 to 15, undergo a nine-year gymnastic program which includes foundation courses and gymnastic training courses and those who are outstanding may be selected to join the national team, according to local media. (REUTERS/SHENG LI)

Editor's Choice Picture of the Day - May 9, 2012

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US President Barack Obama listens during an "In Performance at the White House" concert in the East Room of the White House May 9, 2012 in Washington, DC. 

President Barack Obama said today that same sex couples should be able to get married. The president made the comments in an interview with ABC television following comments by Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday where he stated that he was "absolutely comfortable" with couples of the same gender marrying. President Obama is the first American president to come out in favor of gay marriage.

20 Ways to Yawn - It's contagious and we bet that we can make you! - May 08, 2012

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This fun gallery is inspired by a workplace prank played between myself and fellow photo editor (who is now my boss) Taras Slawnych.  We would often taunt each other by leaving a "yawning" image on our screen when we would leave the remaining night editor on duty to wrap up the shift into the wee hours.  Here are a few classics from our files.

Feel free to share this gallery to taunt your friends and co-workers!

 

 REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger

A Siberian tiger yawns at the St-Felicien Wildlife zoo.

 

AFP PHOTO/Diptendu DUTTA

Tibetan spiritual leader The Dalai Lama yawns while at the Central school for Tibetans in Kalimpong.

AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi

US pop star Madonna, left, and her daughter Lourdes attend the ground breaking ceremony for her Raising Malawi Academy for Girls in Malawi.

 

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Michelle Wie of USA yawns on the 18th hole during day one of the LPGA Thailand.

 

AP Photo/PA, Ben Birchall

Warbie, a seven-week-old ring-tailed lemur is pictured yawning at Bristol Zoo.

 

REUTERS/Shaun Best 

Toronto Argonauts quarterback Cleo Lemon yawns during his team's practice for the CFL Eastern Division football final at Olympic Stadium in Montreal.

 

REUTERS/John Vizcaino

A boy in a police uniform yawns during a promotion ceremony at a police school in Bogota.

 

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Stephen Ames had a late night and an early morning finnishing his first round. Ames is seen hear yawning on the tenth tee as he starts Round 2 Friday at the RBC Canadian Open at the Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville.

 

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U.S. Rep. Pete King (R-NY) sits with his grandson during a roll call vote on the election of the next Speaker of the House.

 

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A Chinese paramilitary policeman yawns during heavy snowfall at Tiananmen Gate in Beijing.

 

REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

A girl yawns as she waits with other children to greet Poland's President Komorowski during his meeting with the Polish community in Maisiagala.

 

 AP Photo/Gurinder Osan

India's Yuvraj Singh yawns as he arrives for a practice session ahead of their Cricket World Cup Group B match with Kenya in Chennai, India.

 

REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

A policewoman yawns as she watches protesters take part in a march in Mbabane.

 

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A money dealer yawns under a foreign exchange rate board at a Tokyo foreign exchange market.

 

REUTERS/ Eddie Keogh

A German Shorthaired Pointer yawns while waiting for judging on the first day of the Crufts Dog Show in Birmingham.

 

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Guelph Storm forward Zack Mitchell yawns during practice.

  

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Bo Xilai, Communist Party secretary of Chongqing yawns during the closing session of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing

 

AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi

Los Angeles Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw yawns while trying to stay awake as the Dodgers' baseball game against the San Diego Padres.

 

 AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert

Portugal's caretaker Prime Minister Jose Socrates, right, yawns as he leaves an EU summit in Brussels.

 

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Briny Baird yawns as he waits on the 17th hole during the second round of the Greenbrier Classic on The Old White Course at the Greenbrier Resort.

At Sea - Editor's Choice Picture of the Day - May 8, 2012

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Michi Mueller from Germany adjusts the sail onboard PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Amory Ross/PUMA Ocean Racing/Volvo Ocean Race via Getty Images)

Editor's Choice Picture of the Day - May 7, 2012

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A picture taken on May 7, 2012 in Marseille, southern France, shows a drop of water that reflected the campaign poster of newly elected president Francois Hollande and a map of France emblazoned with the colors of the French flag. Hollande was elected France's first Socialist president in nearly two decades on May 6, 2012 dealing a humiliating defeat to incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy and shaking up European politics.

 

Russian Inauguration Ceremony - Editor's Choice - Picture of the Day - May 7, 2012.

New Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and former president Dmitry Medvedev watch honor guards marching during an inauguration ceremony in Cathedral Square at the Kremlin in Moscow, May 7, 2012. Putin, 59, has ruled Russia since 2000, first as president and then during the past four years as prime minister. The new, now six-year term will keep him in power until 2018, with the option of running for a fourth term. Medvedev, who served as Russia’s president for the past four years as Putin’s junior partner, wrapped up his term with a short speech at the inauguration ceremony. Putin was expected to formally nominate Medvedev as his prime minister on Tuesday. (REUTERS/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

France elects Francois Hollande - Editor's Choice - Pictures of the Day - May 6, 2012

Supporters of Socialist Party candidate for the presidential election Francois Hollande react after the first results of the second round of French presidential elections outside Socialist Party campaign headquarters in Paris, France, Sunday, May 6, 2012. First results show that Hollande had won the election. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Supporters of Francois Hollande react. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

Supporters of right-wing incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy look at the second round results of the French Presidential elections in Paris at " La Mutualite" hall. (AFP/Getty Images/Jacques Demarthon)

French citizens celebrate at Place de la Bastille after Francois Hollande won. (Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

A supporter of Nicolas Sarkozy holds up a French flag that reads "Nicolas, you remain the best" at Mutualite meeting hall in Paris. (ReutersPhilippe Wojazer)

Crowds at Bastille Square in Paris. (AFP/Getty Images/Thomas Samson)

Supporters climb the La Bastille square monument. The July Column commemorates the events of the July Revolution of 1830 in which King Charles X was overthrown. (Reuters/Pascal Rossignol)

Supporters touch a copy of the L'Express magazine cover featuring Hollande's win during a victory rally at Place de la Bastille. (Reuters/Charles Platiau)

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Editor's Choice - Pictures of the Day - May 5, 2012

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A sequence of photos taken by a tourist from Scotland on Saturday, April 28, shows the man's wife on the ground, hair flying, blood on her neck, with two cheetahs nearby.

The Port Elizabeth Herald reported Friday that Violet D’Mello of Aberdeen, Scotland, was attacked by cheetahs on April 28 while in a petting pen with the animals at a game reserve near Port Elizabeth in southeastern South Africa.

It says she was attacked while trying to protect young children from another group that was in the enclosure at the same time. Her husband took photos of the attack, which were published by the local newspaper and others.

One of the photos taken by Archie D’Mello shows Violet D’Mello smiling and posing with a cheetah raised by humans in the enclosure, before, as she told the Herald, “it became serious very quickly.”

One of two cheetahs in the enclosure first grabbed a young girl, leaving her with scratches and cuts that needed stitches, the Herald reported. D’Mello tried to calm the child and her brother, and ended up also being attacked. She told the BBC she had numerous bite and puncture marks, and that her scalp was “sliced open.”

The cheetahs “weren’t being vicious. You could tell they were just excited,” Violet D’Mello told the Herald.

The Herald said park staff and other visitors pulled the cats off. The D’Mellos continued their holiday in South Africa.