Mississippi

A levee protects a home surrounded by floodwater from the Yazoo River on May 18, 2011 near Vicksburg, Mississippi. The flooded Mississippi River is forcing the Yazoo River to top its banks where the two meet near Vicksburg causing towns and farms upstream on the Yazoo to flood. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
In Focus - The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/  

BBC News - Week in pictures: 14-20 May 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-13468247