Current Event Photos

A surprise tornado hits Springfield Massachusetts and causes the state's first tornado-related deaths in 16 years.

A Russian woman looks at vegetables through a shop window.  Russia banned all imports of fruits and vegetables from the European Union due to the E Coli outbreak. 

Rep. Weiner sits at a hearing.  He has been accused of improper sexual behavior on the Internet.

These tents in Tunisia are currently being used to house Libyan refugees.

Portugal's interim Prime Minister Jose Socrates responded to supporters in downtown Lisbon.

A woman walks with a bucket of mangos in India.  India is the world's largest exporter of mangos.

A plane is covered in volcanic ash in Chile.

In South Korea, police prepare for student protesters who were promised lower tuition costs.

NATO ordered air strikes hit Tripoli, the capital of Libya.  

A man walked on a water pipeline as he carried buckets of water in Karachi, Pakistan.

Two F-16 fighter jets perform a 'mirror flight' near Constanta, Romania.

A policeman wields a nightstick as a deterrent to protestors in Madrid, Spain. 

Two women rested in an airport in Buenos Aires.  Flights were canceled because Puyehue volcano in Chile erupted on Thursday.

A police car traveled along highway 60 in Springerville, Arizona through smoke from the Wallow Fire.  The forest fire has removed people from their homes and threatens transmission lines that supply electricity as far east as Texas.