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Kuniko Takeuchi, 73, is caught in midair as she performs with the Sacramento Taiko Dan drummers at the annual Pacific Rim Street Festival 2013 is Old Sacramento and Downtown Plaza. "You have to train every day," she said after the performance. The Festival is a celebration of Asian Pacific Rim Heritage. Photo taken May 19, 2013 in Sacramento, California.View a gallery -
Rowers from Stanford recover after the finish of the Men's Varsity Eight during the PAC 12 Conference Rowing Championships at Lake Natoma. -
Jordyn Jones, 16, volunteers in the garden at Courage House, a home for young women who are victims of sex trafficking supported by the Christian-based nonprofit organization, Courage Worldwide.Read more -
Chris Brown performs at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, May 19, 2013 in Las Vegas. -
Jennifer Lopez arrives at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, May 19, 2013 in Las Vegas. -
A girl carries bread past a building covered in faded graffiti, in Saint-Louis, Senegal, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Saint-Louis, once the capital of colonial French West Africa, is hosting the 21st edition of its annual Jazz Festival from May 15 to 19. -
Erica Morse of Big Springs and Melissa Gooch of Brownwood hug and hold candles Sunday, May 19, 2013 during the memorial service for Hailey Dunn at Colorado Middle School in Colorado City, Texas. Both Morse and Gooch were involved in the search for Hailey soon after she went missing. -
An American flag flaps from its bent flagpole amidst devastation in the Rancho Brazos subdivision Sunday, May 19, 2013 in Granbury, Texas. Residents in the neighborhood continued cleanup of their damaged homes after a May 15 tornado wreaked havoc on the area, injuring dozens and killing six people. -
Belgium's RSC Anderlecht coach John Van Den Brom, center, after winning the final soccer match of the Belgian League against SV Zulte Waregem at the Constant Vanden Stock stadium in Brussels, Sunday, May 19, 2013. -
Memphis Grizzlies' Marc Gasol, center, is defended by, from left to right, San Antonio Spurs' Manu Ginobili, Tim Duncan, Kawhi Leonard and Matt Bonner during the first half in Game 1 of a Western Conference Finals NBA basketball playoff series on Sunday, May 19, 2013, in San Antonio. -
Mason McMahon of Fredericksburg sports a "Boston Strong" message for the Marine Corps Historic Half Marathon on Sunday morning May 19, 2013, in Fredericksburg, Va. -
Roger Federer of Switzerland loses his tennis racket during the final match against Spain's Rafael Nadal, at the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Nadal won 6-1, 6-3. -
Serena Williams, of the United States, celebrates after winning her final match against Belarus' Victoria Azarenka at the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Serena Williams won her fourth consecutive title of the year in dominating fashion Sunday, beating third-seeded Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 6-3 in the Italian Open final. -
An Egyptian fishes with a net in Lake Qarun in Fayoum,south of Fayoum, Egypt, Sunday, May 19, 2013. The Fayoum oasis is one of the oldest cities in Egypt and Africa, founded about 4000 B.C. and famous for agriculture and fishing. -
An Egyptian border policeman shouts shout at the closed Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza strip to protest the abduction of their colleagues last Thursday, in Rafah, Egypt, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Rafah, the main crossing point into the Gaza Strip, was closed by policemen Friday, barring people from going in or out of the Palestinian territory. Scores of protesting Egyptian police have also shut down the Awja commercial border crossing with Israel Sunday. -
Graduate Leland Shelton, center, is congratulated as he is acknowledged by President Barack Obama during the 129th commencement ceremony address at Morehouse College, Sunday, May 19, 2013, in Atlanta. After a difficult childhood Shelton graduated Phi Beta Kappa and is on his way to Harvard Law School. -
A man walks through Rutgers University's football stadium before graduation ceremonies in Piscataway, N.J., Sunday, May 19, 2013. -
A tornado touches down southwest of Wichita, Kan. near the town of Viola on Sunday, May 19, 2013. The tornado was part of a line of storms that past through the central plains on Sunday. -
Members of the Castellers "Vila de Gracia" form their famous human tower called "castell" in the Barcelona neighborhood of Gracia, Catalonia, Spain on Sunday May 19, 2013. A "castell" is a human tower traditionally built during festivals in many places in Catalonia. At these festivals, several "colles" or teams compete to build the most impressive towers they can.
