NY Times Pictures of the Day: July 21

The New York Times had a “pictures of the day” slide show yesterday, which I don’t believe is actually a daily occurrence, although they do a...

The New York Times had a “pictures of the day” slide show yesterday, which I don’t believe is actually a daily occurrence, although they do always have interesting imagery that’s sort of hidden back in the slide show section. You’ve got to troll through a bit to find it. In any case, July 21 had its own gallery, and it was quite a day. The lead image above is rather heartbreaking. The caption:

Filipinos tried to put out a fire with buckets of water in a slum in the capital, Manila.

Photo: Dennis M. Sabangan/European Pressphoto Agency

Then there were about seven other images of things happening around the world, including this one:

Photo: Jason Lee/Reuters

A subway employee tried to maintain order as
passengers crowded into a train during rush hour in Beijing. The
passengers halted subway service and forced workers to close off
entrances for safety on the first day of pre-Olympic traffic
restrictions.

And THEN, these two images, sort of couched in there. One from Obama’s Day, and one from McCain’s.

Photo: Staff Sergeant Lorie Jewell/U.S. Army, via Associated Press

Senator Barack Obama, left, the presumptive
Democratic nominee for president and David Petraeus, the top American
military commander in Iraq, surveyed Baghdad from a helicopter.

Photo: Brian Snyder/Reuters

Senator John McCain, the presumptive Republican
nominee for president and former President Bush answered questions from
reporters at former at Mr. Bush’s residence in Kennebunkport, Maine.

Who’s the war hero now?