The Civil War saga "Lincoln" leads the Academy Awards with 12 nominations, including best picture, director for Steven Spielberg and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones. Also among the nine nominees for best picture Thursday: the old-age love story "Amour"; the Iran hostage thriller "Argo"; the independent hit "Beasts of the Southern Wild"; the slave-revenge narrative "Django Unchained"; the musical "Les Miserables"; the shipwreck story "Life of Pi"; the lost-souls romance "Silver Linings Playbook"; and the Osama bin Laden manhunt chronicle "Zero Dark Thirty."
Eddie Redmayne and Amanda Seyfried are supporting players in the high-profile cast of “Les Miserables.” The story was written by Victor Hugo 150 years ago and re-imagined for the stage in the 1980s before being taken to the screen as a big-budget spectacle. (Universal Pictures via Associated Press)
World's Ugliest Dog contest features some mugs only a mother could love.
The Rev. Pat Robertson, a standard-bearer for a generation of newly energized Christian conservative voters, will be honored by the Faith and Freedom Coalition.
Celebrating George H.W. Bush's 89th birthday by sporting eye-catching socks, a trademark of the 41st president.
Images made by young photographers in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan on display at the U.S. Institute of Peace on June 12.
Riot police, using tear gas and water cannon to scatter protesters, storm Istanbul's Taksim Square.
The final day of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md.
U.S. Marines work through dirt and heat to train Afghan National Army soldiers at Camp Shorabak, Helmand province, Afghanistan.
Motorcyclists ride across into Washington, Sunday, May 26, 2013, during the annual Rolling Thunder "Ride for Freedom" parade ahead of Monday's Memorial Day celebration.
British police late Thursday arrested a man and a woman in connection with the butchering of a British soldier on a London street, as anti-Muslim protests sprang up across the country.
Tornadoes ripping across Oklahoma left at least 21 dead, and the death toll could rise yet again, weather forecasters say.
The tragedy of Benghazi, where a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed, seemed a cut-and-dried story in the days after a mob attacked the State Department's mission in eastern Libya. Today, the public knows that those early administration pronouncements were false.
N.J. Gov. Chris Christie and Britain's Prince Harry began a tour of New Jersey’s storm-damaged coastline, inspecting dune construction, walking past destroyed homes and shaking hands with police and other emergency workers.
The names of four American servicemen, formerly listed as MIA, are added to the wall of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Troops serving in Afghanistan go for months without the comforts of home and seeing loved ones regularly — something that can be felt more deeply on Mother's Day.
Reservists attached to the 459th Air Refueling Wing prepare at Joint Base Andrews, Md., for their upcoming deployment to southwest Asia.
State Department officials testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee about the Sept. 11, 2012, attack in Benghazi, Libya.
The annual Blue Mass is held St. Patrick Catholic Church, Washington, D.C., to pray for those in law enforcement and fire safety and marking the beginning of National Police Week.
Photographs from the National Rifle Association's 142nd Annual Meetings and Exhibits in the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas.
The newest additions to the Washington Redskins report for rookie minicamp Sunday in Ashburn, Va.
The annual Cinco de Mayo celebration is held on the National Mall in Washington.
