Snapshots: The world in 24 hours, May 19

Children, wearing red neckerchiefs, a symbol of the Young Pioneer Organisation, salute during a ceremony for the inauguration of 55 newly adopted members on the day of its anniversary at school-lyceum number 12 in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk May 19, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]

Children peep through a torn US flag hanging from their makeshift shelter in a slum area on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan, May 19, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]