It looks like she got beat up pretty badly. Ugh. TMZ took a little longer than usual, but they've got the pic. 

I'm surprised the AP ran the photo:

LOS ANGELES – A photo that appears to be Rihanna's face with bruises, scratches and swelling from an attack allegedly at the hands of boyfriend Chris Brown was posted Thursday night by the celebrity Web site TMZ.

The close-up image shows a welt above each of the woman's eyebrows, marks on her cheek and around her lips, and general swelling. TMZ did not say how it obtained the photo, when it was taken or by whom.

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090220/ap_en_mu/people_rihanna_8