By JOHN CLANTON Multimedia Producer on May 16, 2013, at 3:58 PM Updated on 5/16 at 3:58 PM
Astronaut Chris Cassidy performs a space walk to inspect and replace a pump controller box on the International Space Station after an ammonia coolant leak was discovered. (AP Photo/NASA)
Hundreds of images come in over the Associated Press wire everyday.
Sometimes the best, most compelling images are easy to spot. Other times there are too many mug shots of alleged criminals or group pictures of celebrities on the red carpet that overshadow the good stuff.
After almost a week away from the AP wire, I timed a search just right this afternoon and didn't have to look far for some very compelling images.
Seventeen-year Brood II cicadas emerge in the Leavells Crossing neighborhood in Spotsylvania, Va., on Thursday, May 16, 2013. The first cicadas have officially arrived in Virginia for the 2013 season. Brood II cicadas, which live in a stretch from north-central North Carolina through central Virginia to Connecticut, last appeared in 1996. (AP Photo/The Free Lance-Star, Dave Ellis)
A vendor carries a cabinet as he tries to save items during a fire at a mall in the shopping district of Divisoria in Manila, Philippines on Thursday, May 16, 2013. Authorities are still determining the cause of the fire. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Oleksiy Pinko, a circus artist, dances with a lion during presentation of the new program in Ukraine's National Circus in Kiev, Ukraine on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)
This undated file image released by the British Health Protection Agency shows an electron microscope image of a coronavirus, part of a family of viruses that cause ailments including the common cold and SARS, which was first identified last year in the Middle East. The Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia told world health officials that two health care workers became ill this month after being exposed to patients with the a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS. One is critically ill. (AP Photo/Health Protection Agency, File)
Lava flows from the Popocatepetl volcano after an eruption, seen from Tlamacas, Mexico, early Wednesday, May 15, 2013. The monitoring system of Popocatepetl volcano registered two explosions, yesterday and this early morning. Both events were accompanied by a column of gas and ash, reaching 3 km high and by the emission of incandescent fragments. Popocatepetl has put out small eruptions of ash almost daily since a round of activity began in 1994. (AP Photo/Arturo Andrade)
