The Week in Pictures: May 19 - 26

This Thursday, May 19, 2011 picture provided by NASA shows the space shuttle Endeavour docked with the International Space Station and Italy seen in the background. (AP Photo/NASA)

Georgian riot police officers attack protesters (not pictured) while dispersing an opposition rally in front of the parliament in Tbilisi late on May 25, 2011. Authorities in ex-Soviet Georgia sent in riot police early Thursday as five days of opposition protests demanding the resignation of Western-backed President Mikheil Saakashvili ended violently. AFP PHOTO /VANO SHLAMOV (Photo credit should read VANO SHLAMOV/AFP/Getty Images)

Kyle and Alicia Gordon cry and embrace in their son's room after losing their home to a devastating tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri May 24, 2011. A monster tornado killed at least 116 people in Joplin, when it tore through the heart of the small Midwestern city, ripping the roof off a hospital and destroying thousands of homes and businesses. REUTERS/Eric Thayer (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)

A destroyed apartment complex is seen in an aerial view over Joplin, Mo. Tuesday, May 24, 2011. A tornado moved through much of the city Sunday, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses and killing at least 116 people.

A destroyed helicopter lies on its side in the parking lot of the Joplin Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., Sunday, May 22, 2011. A large tornado moved through much of the city, damaging the hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

In this photo made May 15, 2011, Tiffany Goodwin, of Fredericksburg Va., robs her husband Allen, at right with glove, of a foul ball while holding 8-month-old son Jerry, during a minor league baseball game between the Richmond Flying Squirrels and Harrisburg Senators at The Diamond in Richmond Va. The Goodwin's have season tickets for the Squirrels games. (AP Photo/Times-Dispatch, Mark Gormus)

Cadets toss their caps and cheer at the end of the graduation ceremony as the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds flyover during the Air Force Academy graduation on Wednesday, May 25, 2011, at the Air Force Academy, Colo. About 1,000 cadets have graduated from the academy and are starting their careers with the rank of second lieutenant.. (AP Photo/The Colorado Springs Gazette, Jerilee Bennett)

epa02745902 Aerial view taken 21 May 2011 shows the eruption of the volcano Grimsvotn in the south-east of Iceland. Iceland closed its main international airport 22 May 2011 following the eruption of a volcano in the south-east of the country, aviation authorities said. The decision also affected other Icelandic airports, while transatlantic flights would be diverted south of Iceland, according to a spokesperson of the aviation authority Isavia. The Grimsvotn volcano began to erupt on Saturday, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said. But the prevailing winds suggested that the Grimsvotn ash cloud would in the coming days blow north and not affect mainland Europe. EPA/EGILL ADALSTEINSSON

ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY AND DEATH Rescue workers retrieve the body of a victim from the rubble of a police station which was leveled by explosives in Peshawar May 25, 2011. A suicide bomber drove an explosives-packed car into the police station on Wednesday as the Taliban intensified attacks against Pakistan's security forces after the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. At least five policemen and a soldier were killed in the attack in the northwestern city of Peshawar. The Pakistani Taliban said they were responsible. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz (PAKISTAN - Tags: CRIME LAW IMAGES OF THE DAY) TEMPLATE OUT

May 23, 2011, Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA: Houses and farm land soaked by Mississippi River floodwaters are beginning to gradually recede but are likely to remain above flood stage for weeks. Heavy rains have left the ground saturated, rivers swollen, and have caused widespread flooding in Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Arkansas.///Aerial view of flood damage from the overflowing Mississippi River. Credit: Robert King / Polaris

A girl picks flowers in a field near the eastern German town of Briesen on May 22, 2011. Germany is experiencing a mix of sunny weather and thunder storms. AFP PHOTO / PATRICK PLEUL GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read PATRICK PLEUL/AFP/Getty Images)