World Lens: Week of April 21, 2008

Hanging Out - Dressed as orangutans, Greenpeace protesters demonstrate outside of the Unilever building in London. The action was designed to bring attention to companies who by palm oil from other companies known to be destroying rainforests in Indonesia. REUTERS/Stephen Hird (BRITAIN)

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Hanging Out - Dressed as orangutans, Greenpeace protesters demonstrate outside of the Unilever building in London. The action was designed to bring attention to companies who by palm oil from other companies known to be destroying rainforests in Indonesia. REUTERS/Stephen Hird (BRITAIN)

Posers - Ukrainian bodybuilders pose during a competition in Kiev. REUTERS/Vladimir Sindeyev (UKRAINE)

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Posers - Ukrainian bodybuilders pose during a competition in Kiev. REUTERS/Vladimir Sindeyev (UKRAINE)

Groovin' - Archbishop Desmond Tutu grooves in his seat as The Dalai Lama looks on. The two were participating in a dialogue about youth and spiritual connection in Seattle. REUTERS/Robert Sorbo (UNITED STATES)

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Groovin' - Archbishop Desmond Tutu grooves in his seat as The Dalai Lama looks on. The two were participating in a dialogue about youth and spiritual connection in Seattle. REUTERS/Robert Sorbo (UNITED STATES)

He's Got Skills - A hairdresser from Ukraine styles a client’s hair while upside down. He made the Ukraine’s Book of Records for cutting hair in a strange position. REUTERS/Vladimir Sindeyev (UKRAINE)

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He's Got Skills - A hairdresser from Ukraine styles a client’s hair while upside down. He made the Ukraine’s Book of Records for cutting hair in a strange position. REUTERS/Vladimir Sindeyev (UKRAINE)

Recount - The recount is on in Zimbabwe. Despite the opposition party’s attempt to stop it (for fear of corruption, they say) election officials recount ballots in the district of Domboshawa. REUTERS/Howard Burditt (ZIMBABWE)

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Recount - The recount is on in Zimbabwe. Despite the opposition party’s attempt to stop it (for fear of corruption, they say) election officials recount ballots in the district of Domboshawa. REUTERS/Howard Burditt (ZIMBABWE)

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Malawi Orphanage - In Malawi, an orphan girl waits for a snack at the Mphandula Childcare Centre in Namitete. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko (MALAWI)

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Malawi Orphanage - In Malawi, an orphan girl waits for a snack at the Mphandula Childcare Centre in Namitete. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko (MALAWI)

Zimbabwe Election - Zimbabwean refugees in South Africa protest against the delayed presidential results in their homeland. Elections were held at the end of last month but there is still no official word on who won in a tight race between longtime leader Robert Mugabe and oppositional leader Morgan Tsvangirai. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings (SOUTH AFRICA)

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Zimbabwe Election - Zimbabwean refugees in South Africa protest against the delayed presidential results in their homeland. Elections were held at the end of last month but there is still no official word on who won in a tight race between longtime leader Robert Mugabe and oppositional leader Morgan Tsvangirai. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings (SOUTH AFRICA)

Tree Dance - As part of Indonesia’s Earth Day celebrations, environmental activists perform as a call to protect trees on Earth. REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad (INDONESIA)

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Tree Dance - As part of Indonesia’s Earth Day celebrations, environmental activists perform as a call to protect trees on Earth. REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad (INDONESIA)

Ladies in White - A Cuban woman yells her support of the government shortly after police rounded up a group of women protesters (referred to as “Ladies in White”) onto buses because they had refused to leave Havana’s Revolution Square. The “Ladies in White” gathered to publically demand their husbands be released from prison. REUTERS/Enrique De La Osa (CUBA)

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Ladies in White - A Cuban woman yells her support of the government shortly after police rounded up a group of women protesters (referred to as “Ladies in White”) onto buses because they had refused to leave Havana’s Revolution Square. The “Ladies in White” gathered to publically demand their husbands be released from prison. REUTERS/Enrique De La Osa (CUBA)