Blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng, seen in this image from a YouTube video, escaped last week after 19 months under house arrest. Searches for his name are banned on China's Twitter-like services. AP hide caption

Centenarian Manohar Aich sits at his home in Kolkata, India. Aich stood 4 feet 11 inches at his tallest, earning him the nickname "Pocket Hercules." Bishan Samaddar hide caption

People who are interested in and paying close attention to each other begin to speak more alike, a psychologist says. iStockphoto.com hide caption

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney greets supporters in Aston, Pa., on April 23. Jessica Kourkounis/Getty Images hide caption

A man gathering firewood to sell cuts down mangrove trees in the coastal area of Medan city on Indonesia's Sumatra island on Jan. 31. The country, which has one-quarter of the world's mangroves, is losing them at a rate of 6 percent a year. The coastal forests play important ecological and environmental roles. Suntanta Aditya/AFP/Getty Images hide caption