Yoda (???) and San Diego Padres rookie pitcher Evan in the pouring rain after defeating the Boston Red Sox 5-1 in a... yes, rain-shortened game Wednesday at Fenway Park in Boston. CHARLES KRUPA/AP Photo
No, there is no Star Wars-theme to rain photos, despite the one I posted earlier this week
here and the one here Yoda backpack.
Unlike Tulsa, as previously addressed
here, many parts of the world are getting significant rain, and not just rain. Rained-out baseball fields, hail, lightning and sleet.
As these photos show, rain can be dealt with creatively, or planned for in advance, but sometimes, it's clear that rain isn't desired. In which case, please share it with Oklahoma!
If you need tips on how to take storm photos, check out last week's entry
here. 
I am trying to picture how protesters could set a bus on fire in pouring rain, but that's what these Bangladeshi police officers are there for during 36-hour nationwide opposition strike in Dhaka on June 13. PAVEL RAHMAN/Associated Press
There's a creative bridge, huh? Students are walking across a flooded area by stepping on chairs at the Hubei University in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province, where rain has resulted in more than 100 deaths and more than 60 missing. Associated Press
That takes some dedicated workers. Part of the Monument for Labor by Matthew J. Placzek pokes out of the rising waters of the Missouri River in Omaha, Neb., on June 15. NATI HARNIK/Associated Press
Well, that's one way to pass time during a rain delay. Atlanta Braves right fielder Joe Mather catches hail stones in his hat June 15 in Atlanta. JOHN BAZEMORE/Associated Press
Torrential rain and sleet flooded homes and caused traffic chaos as rescue workers in diving suits try to rescue a car stuck in an underpass in the city center of the Turkish capital of Ankara on June 16. Associated Press
My dad never minded fishing in the rain, and neither does this great blue heron along a shoreline in Pembroke, N.Y., on June 16. DAVID DUPREY/Associated Press
A pedestrian (possibly Mary Poppins?) with an umbrella is reflected in a puddle Tuesday in Duisburg, Germany. Heavy rain and temperatures below 20 Celsius (that's 68 degrees Fahrenheit to us Americans) began the Germans' summer. FRANK AUGSTEIN/Associated Press
Is this going to be a lightning delay or a rain delay? Spectators wait for the storm to blow over Monday at TD Ameritrade Park in downtown Omaha, Neb., site of the NCAA baseball College World Series. DAVE WEAVER/Associated Press
Perhaps they saw
this post with the "Pray for Rain" sign from the Panhandle? Russian Orthodox Church clergymen stand under rain as they take part at a wreath laying ceremony Wednesday at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside Moscow's Kremlin wall to mark the 70th anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. SERGEY PONOMAREV/Associated Press
Doesn't high tech and rain blend for perfect silhouette photos? Cyclists and pedestrians intersect on a crossing as a giant video screen cast light on the road surface during a heavy rain storm Thursday in Beijing. ANDY WONG/Associated Press
You realize how underrated the umbrella is when you see photos like this. Part of Storm Meari, a woman crosses a flooded street in heavy rain Thursday in Manila, Philippines. PAT ROQUE/Associated Press
And finally, the clouds we can thank for our recent Tulsa rainfall via NOAA and Weather Underground.
--Althea Peterson
