Following the discovery of a suspicious object, the PSNI closed the Upper Springfield Road in West Belfast.

A small bomb attached to an aerosol paint tin exploded after being left at the door of a house on the Springfield Road. Two women and a child were in the house at the time but none was injured. PSNI are continuing to investigate.

The Olympic torch passes through the Loyalist Shankill Road on to the Nationlist Springfield road, cheered on by hundreds of local residents from both sides of the political divide.

Gardai found a significant amount of cannabis plants being cultivated in a disused factory in Springfield Industrial Estate in Youghal, Co.Cork. A street value of €500,000 was recovered.

Photos of Springfield, a Madrid storefront on Precidos Street, where humans have taken the place of mannequins.

Soldiers from 321 EOD squadron, Royal Logistics Corp, defuse a suspicious device found beside four primary schools at Ballymagarry Lane, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Fairfax County public safety fire and police elements conducted a community outreach for youths. Boy Scouts of America troops and local children took part in programs designed to increase safety awareness.

Springfield Park Dream Day was an idea to encourage people to write their hopes, wishes and dreams down and tie them into a tree for people to share a positive vision for the future.

Harlem Globetrotter star Blenda Rodriquez visits the James Naismith Public School in Almonte, Ontario, as part of the town's 150th birthday celebrations for Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of the game of basketball.

Two communities in West Belfast are getting into the spirit of the FIFA 2010 South African World Cup by hoisting the 32 competing nations flags on the streets. Belfast, Ireland 12/06/2010

The Caravan For Peace with Dignity and Justice bus arrived in Chicago as part of a three-day event that hopes to raise awareness about ongoing violence surrounding the war on drugs.

Demonstrators gathered outside the Forest Service Building at 333 SW 1st Av to hand in a petition against the 149 acre Trapper timber sale in an area located on the McKenzie District of the Willamette National Forest. Portland, OR, USA. 04/11/2010.

DMTX. Grassroots rally at the Hilton Hotel in O'Fallon, for Illinois governor candidate Adam Andrzejewski ahead of the Illinois state primaries on February 2nd 2010. O'Fallon, Illinois. 31/01/2010.