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2 years after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - Children gather around a spring at the site where a hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden used to stand, in Abbottabad, near Pakistan's capital Islamabad, on April 29, 2013. U.S. Navy Seals killed bin Laden there on May 2, 2011.

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2 years after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - Children play at the site where a hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden used to stand, in Abbottabad, near Pakistan's capital Islamabad, on April 29, 2013. U.S. Navy Seals killed bin Laden there on May 2, 2011.

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2 years after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - Boys play in front of a wall with graffiti reading "WAKE UP MUSLIMS," in Abbottabad near Pakistan's capital Islamabad on April 29, 2013. The wall is part of what remains of the hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, killed by U.S. Navy Seals there on May 2, 2011.

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2 years after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - A man plows a field within a site where a hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden used to stand in Abbottabad, near Pakistan's capital Islamabad, on April 29, 2013. U.S. Navy Seals killed bin Laden there on May 2, 2011.

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2 years after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - A boy passes by a wall with graffiti reading "Osama is a martyr," in Abbottabad near Pakistan's capital Islamabad on April 29, 2013. The wall is part of what remains of the hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, killed by U.S. Navy Seals there on May 2, 2011.

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Hosono regrets not having admitted nuclear meltdowns immediately

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono (R) and Michael Sandel, a professor of political philosophy at Harvard University, shake hands after their discussion in Tokyo on May 29, 2012. Hosono said he regrets that the Japanese government did not admit the possibility of nuclear meltdowns at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi plant shortly after the disaster was triggered by the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.

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Boy wins gov't award for quake memorial coin design

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a design by Taichi Kojima, 9, one of three designs chosen by Finance Ministry for coins commemorating the March 2011 quake and tsunami. Adults produced the other two designs unveiled by the Finance Ministry on May 29, 2012.

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Tokyo Sky Tree to be completed on Feb. 29

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 22, 2011, shows Tokyo Sky Tree in Tokyo's Sumida Ward. Construction of the world's tallest free-standing tower scheduled to open in May 2012 will be completed on Feb. 29, 2012, its operator said Feb. 7.

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Chinese human rights activist Ni

BEIJING, China - Photo taken in May 2010 shows Chinese human rights activist Ni Yulan in Beijing. Ni, in detention awaiting trial, was announced as the winner of the 2011 Human Rights Defenders Tulip award. Ni's daughter has been put under 24-hour surveillance by Chinese authorities after being prevented from attending the award ceremony in the Netherlands slated for Jan. 31, 2012, on behalf of her mother, the daughter and others disclosed on Jan. 29, 2012.

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Coal mine paintings book republished

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo shows a book of Japanese artist Sakubei Yamamoto's paintings on coal mines put on sale on July 29, 2011. The book, first published in 1967, was republished after Yamamoto's paintings and diaries depicting the conditions of coal mines were approved for UNESCO's Memory of the World heritage registration in May that year.

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Charred train in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Personnel associated with Hokkaido Railway Co. probe train cars gutted by a fire in the village of Shimukappu, Hokkaido, on May 29, 2011. The express train made an emergency stop in the middle of a 685-meter tunnel on the JR Sekisho Line on May 27 due to the fire. Around 240 on board escaped the scene on foot, with some 30 of them injured after inhaling smoke or suffering burns.

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Inter win Coppa Italia

ROME, Italy - Inter Milan players celebrate their team's second straight Italian Cup title, and seventh overall, in Rome on May 29, 2011. Inter defeated Palermo 3-1 in the final.

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Inter win Coppa Italia

ROME, Italy - Inter Milan defender Yuto Nagatomo (L) dribbles in the first half of the Italian Cup final against Palermo in Rome on May 29, 2011. Inter captured the second straight cup title with a 3-1 victory.

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Venlo 2-2 Zwolle

VENLO, Netherlands - Japanese defender Maya Yoshida (L) of VVV Venlo dribbles in the opening half of a game against FC Zwolle in Venlo, the Netherlands, on May 29, 2011. The game ended up 2-2.

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Japan's Yamanaka receives Israel's Wolf Prize

JERUSALEM, Israel - Shinya Yamanaka (L), a professor at Kyoto University known for developing the multipurpose iPS cell, and Rudolf Jaenisch, a German researcher of the technology and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, pose in Jerusalem on May 29, 2011, as they won the 2011 Wolf Prize for medicine.

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Venlo 2-2 Zwolle

VENLO, Netherlands - VVV Venlo's Bobby Cullen dribbles in the first half of a game against FC Zwolle in Venlo, the Netherlands, on May 29, 2011. The game ended up 2-2.

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Mogi wins Yonex Ladies

NAGAOKA, Japan - Hiromi Mogi wins the Yonex Ladies at Yonex Country Club in Niigata Prefecture on May 29, 2011. It was her first title in three years and fifth overall.

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Nurses from Philippines

NAGOYA, Japan - Seventy nurses arrive from the Philippines at Chubu Centrair International Airport near Nagoya on May 29, 2011. Nearly 30 Filipino nurses have withdrawn from a program to work in Japan to acquire nursing qualifications in the country following the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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CSKA 1-1 Kuban

MOSCOW, Russia - CSKA Moscow midfielder Keisuke Honda (R) is in action during the first half of a game against Kuban in Moscow on May 29, 2011. The game ended in a 1-1 draw.

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Inter win Coppa Italia

ROME, Italy - Inter Milan players celebrate their team's second straight Italian Cup title, and seventh overall, in Rome on May 29, 2011. Inter defeated Palermo 3-1 in the final.

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Inter win Coppa Italia

ROME, Italy - Inter Milan midfielder Wesley Sneijder (L) and defender Yuto Nagatomo raise the cup in celebration in Rome on May 29, 2011, after winning the Italian Cup by beating Palermo 3-1.

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Inter win Coppa Italia

ROME, Italy - Inter Milan defender Yuto Nagatomo (3rd from L) lifts the cup to celebrate the team's second straight, seventh overall, Italian Cup title with teammates in Rome on May 29, 2011. Inter defeated Palermo 3-1 in the final.

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Vietnam criticizes China over maritime incident

HANOI, Vietnam - Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Nguyen Phuong Nga speaks during a press conference in Hanoi on May 29, 2011, criticizing China after Chinese patrol boats allegedly interfered with a Vietnamese oil and gas survey ship in the South China Sea. The two countries dispute the sovereignty of the Spratly Islands and the Paracel Islands in the sea but the incident occurred away from the disputed waters, about 220 kilometers off the eastern Vietnamese coast, according to the Vietnamese side.

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Hong Kong commemorates Tiananmen

HONG KONG, China - Around 2,000 people march in Hong Kong on May 29, 2011, ahead of the 22nd anniversary of the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.

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Orfevre wins Japanese Derby

TOKYO, Japan - Orfevre (5) wins the Japanese Derby at Tokyo Racecourse in Tokyo on May 29, 2011. In second place was Win Variation (1).

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Nations to address Japan's tourism predicament

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - (From L) Shao Qiwei, director general of the China National Tourism Administration, Japan's Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Akihiro Ohata and South Korean culture minister Choung Byoung Gug pose for photos at their meeting in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on May 29, 2011. They agreed to jointly address critical events that negatively affect tourism, such as natural disasters and outbreaks of infectious diseases.

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Oda wins Diamond Cup

NODA, Japan - Komei Oda holds the winner's trophy after his victory in the Diamond Cup at Chiba Country Club in Chiba Prefecture on May 29, 2011.

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Season's first tuna fishing

YONAGO, Japan - Around 1,000 bluefin tuna were landed for the first time of the year in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, on May 29, 2011.

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Bin Hammam withdraws from FIFA race

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Mohamed Bin Hammam of Qatar, who said on May 29, 2011, that he was pulling out of the race for the presidency of FIFA amid claims he bribed officials to win votes.

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Hakuho, other wrestlers prepare for 'test meet'

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho (R), the lone grand champion, practices at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on April 29, 2011, for the upcoming test meet starting May 8. The 15-day event at the Tokyo venue is a replacement for the official summer meet in the wake of a match-fixing scandal that resulted in the cancellation of the spring sumo tournament in March and the subsequent forced retirement of 25 wrestlers and coaches involved in the alleged scheme.