A volunteer with the Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund replaces damaged flags on the Boston Common, ahead of Memorial Day. | (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer) A mahout splashes water on his elephant in Ahmedabad, India. | (REUTERS/Amit Dave) Nuns greet Pope Francis at the Vatican. | (REUTERS/Tony Gentile) A lobster covered in oil lies on Refugio State Beach in Goleta, California.