SFGate: Day in Pictures

Wednesday, Jun. 06, 2012

Geronimo! Baby polar bear Anori belly-flops in the pool of her enclosure at the zoo in Wuppertal, Germany.

Sun gazers: Hindu holy men view the transit of Venus from the banks of the Ganges River in Varanasi, India.

A bird swoops in for a landing atop one of the domes of the Taj Mahal as Venus (the spot at top left) begins to pass in front of the sun in Agra, India.

Rest in peace, Lucky Diamond: The 15-year-old Maltese, held here by actress Kristen Stewart, has died of cancer in New York. Lucky Diamond is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the animal photographed with the most famous people. For over a decade, Lucky and her owner, Wendy Diamond, promoted the importance of adopting and taking care of homeless animals.

Heads will roll: Due to an apparent livery mix-up, the queen is assigned the seldom-used Flintstones carriage in the Diamond Jubilee procession.

When mastered, tai chi can be an effective way of defending youself. Or you can just carry a sword around like this fellow. (Shanghai.)

What the Frack?! Twelve-year-old Adam Lennard places Frack, a 2-month-old tabby, on the head of 10-year-old Isaac Durbin during Houston SPCA Critter Camp.

Now in her declining years, Dorothy follows the yellow brick road at a more leisurely pace: Stonybrook Assisted Living Community in Corvallis, Ore., stages the "Wizard of Oz."

Jet skiers ride through the canal of Corinth, connecting Peloponnese with mainland Greece in the city of Corinth.

Eau naturel: A fountain in downtown Seoul is clothing-optional.

Hey, we're on TV! Employees work next to huge TV screen displaying the Euro 2012 trophy during preparations in Kiev for the Euro 2012 football championships.

A loose ball leads to a scramble between Chance Trotter, 12, and a Corgi in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Chance was shooting hoops with his friend Dylan Carroll.

Care for a head on your St. Pauli Girl? In Berlin, a demonstrator wearing a big Angela Merkel mask protests a controversial program that subsidizes parents who stay at home with their young children instead of work. The program was rammed through by the socially conservative Bavarian sister party of Merkel's Christian Democrats.

Brunch with a crunch: The raw fruit and veggie salad is always a hit in the prairie dog enclosure at the zoo in Amneville, France.

Triple eagle on 13: A bald eagle delivers a fish to its young in a nest on the 13th hole of Bobby's Golf Course near Brainerd, Minn.

Chaos is only a stray-cat sighting away: Tina Aston maintains control as she walks her 11 dogs down Main Street in Poland, Maine.

Unhappy with the outcome: An Egyptian tree sitter waves the national flag as he protests the mixed verdict against former leader Hosni Mubarak and his aides in Cairo's Tahrir Square.