May 31 - June 6 (40 images)

A pelican wallows in crude oil on Queen Bess Island near Grand Isle, Louisiana, June 5, 2010. Containment devices like the yellow boom behind the pelican have been largely unsuccessful at keeping oil from the massive BP oil spill away from the marsh and wildlife. UPI/A.J. Sisco

United States President Barack Obama, left, looks on as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, makes remarks at a reception in honor of Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna of India (not pictured) at the State Department in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, June 3, 2010. UPI/Ron Sachs/Pool

In a November 6, 2000 file photo, Vice President Al Gore kisses his wife Tipper during a rally at the America's Center in St. Louis. According to an email leaked to the press, Former Vice President Gore and Tipper are separating after 40 years of marriage. UPI/Bill Greenblatt/File

Dutch murder suspect Joran van der Sloot is escorted by Chilean police to an awaiting plane in Santiago, Chile, on June 4, 2010. He was to be flown to northern Chile and then transferred overland to Peruvian authorities. He is expected to be charged with the killing of 21-year-old Stephany Flores in a Lima, Peru hotel room. The 23-year-old van der Sloot, a citizen of the Netherlands, remains the prime suspect in the disappearance of Natalie Holloway, and Alabama teenager, on the island of Aruba in 2005. UPI/Dinko Eichin