Pictures of the Day: Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010

Paramedics wheel an ash covered villager on a stretcher as Mount Merapi erupts in the village of Kaliurang in Indonesia. Thousands have been ordered to evacuate as Mount Merapi, which last erupted in 2006, began to emit plumes of smoke and clouds of ash.
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Paramedics wheel an ash covered villager on a stretcher as Mount Merapi erupts in the village of Kaliurang in Indonesia. Thousands have been ordered to evacuate as Mount Merapi, which last erupted in 2006, began to emit plumes of smoke and clouds of ash.