Wayne Coyne, lead singer of The Flaming Lips, surfs the crowd inside of a giant bubble at the Splendour in the Grass festival at Belongil Fields in Byron Bay, Australia on Sunday. [Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images]

After Barack Obama said Cambridge cops "stupidly" arrested Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates on the front porch of his own home, the police said they "deeply resent the implication" anyone would think they're racists. Maybe clue this Cambridge cop in.

This photo of the solar eclipse was taken from a ship sailing near Kita Tokyo, Japan. Millions gathered all over Asia to watch as the entire region fell under almost complete darkness. [AP/Kyodo News/Akiko Matsushita]

[A Californian body surfer rides a big one. From BodySurf, a great site that collects pictures of people riding waves. Their third collection is up now. You should take a look.]

Did you think the White House could release an official portrait of Bo and we wouldn't post it? On a Friday? Haha, you must already be drinking. Question: how do they know Bo can't swim?

[Are you watching, wingnuts? It's all true. Everything you warned us about. Click through for close-up pic of the foreign Arabian rapper chain that Obama will use to "make it rain" (terror). Pics: AP]

These posters were plastered over some Faile art in an unidentified city: "Kill Bill: A Roaring Rampage of Revenge. The Feel Good Movie of the Year." Bill: ranting about these on air will only add to their powers of attraction.

Look, it is the blog of professional journalist Lu Parker, the new reporter-girlfriend of L.A.'s mayor. Top post: "This blog is by no means about me." It is about her abs. And her Monkey. [LuParker.com]

[President Obama received the red carpet treatment at the King Khaled airport earlier today after arriving in Saudi Arabia; Photo via Getty]

[The view from 42nd and 3rd yesterday evening, when the setting sun aligned with streets in Manhattan to create the yearly event known as "Manhattan Solstice" or "Manhattanhenge". Image via jonbell has no h's Flickr.]

[Today media that isn't the Today Show got a tour of the Statue of Liberty's crown in advance of its July 4 reopening; image via Getty]

[Here, your paleofameball missing link, Darwinius masillae. Would it have killed it to put on a nicer outfit? Pic: Getty]

Here's Burger King ad wizard Alex Bogusky's idea for "Rebranding America" which, honestly, I'm not sure how I feel about yet. Is it great? Please advise. There is another one that is, unequivocally, gross:

Wildfires are raging in California again — this time near Santa Barbara where 5,000 homes have been evacuated — producing the apocalyptic imagery to fit our dreary mood. Pic via Getty.

Bill Buford, food author and just all-around wacky personality, once wrote a book in which he ate a whole pig. This is a photo by Chris Buck of Buford carrying a pig. A swine, even.

The victims of the Great Magazine Die-Off. Five more have been added to the Wall of the Dead since we did this last month.

[Reverend Billy, an anti-shopping spiritual leader, performs or whatever in New York last night; image via Brennan Cavanaugh's Flickr]

Mike Tyson shows his sensitive, cheery side at last night's L.A. premiere of documentary Tyson, which director James Toback has said is about the "regeneration, reconstruction and rehabilitation of a great spirit." Pic via Getty.

The sign over Sean Hannity's right shoulder reads: "STOP WASTEFUL SPENDING. IMPEACH THE KENYAN PIRATE AND HIS CREW."

Here they are, the three guys who were shot dead by Navy SEAL snipers after kidnapping that American captain. At least they got their 15 minutes. [GMA]