The Week in Pictures: April 6 – April 12 2013 (93 Photos)


    A woman takes pictures of art installation [Alice] by Spanish artist Cristina Lucas in the Andalusian Centre of Contemporary Art in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain April 10, 2013. (Photo by Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters)


    A woman takes pictures of art installation [Alice] by Spanish artist Cristina Lucas in the Andalusian Centre of Contemporary Art in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain April 10, 2013. (Photo by Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters)




    An activist from a leftist students’ union shouts slogans against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi from a police van outside the venue of his meeting with business leaders in Kolkata, on April 9, 2013. Police arrested students and other protesters and tightened security around the venue. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)


    An activist from a leftist students’ union shouts slogans against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi from a police van outside the venue of his meeting with business leaders in Kolkata, on April 9, 2013. Police arrested students and other protesters and tightened security around the venue. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)




    People relax along the East River in lower Manhattan during warm weather on April 9, 2013 in New York City. For the first time since October, temperatures are expected to rise above 70 degrees this week in New York and surrounding areas. (Photo by Spencer Platt/AFP Photo)


    People relax along the East River in lower Manhattan during warm weather on April 9, 2013 in New York City. For the first time since October, temperatures are expected to rise above 70 degrees this week in New York and surrounding areas. (Photo by Spencer Platt/AFP Photo)




    A girl sits by buddhist monks during a public meeting of the Tibetan spiitual leader, the Dalai Lama, after he was awarded the award of Minorities by province of Bolzano on April 11, 2013 in Trento. (Photo by Olivier Morin/AFP Photo)


    A girl sits by buddhist monks during a public meeting of the Tibetan spiitual leader, the Dalai Lama, after he was awarded the award of Minorities by province of Bolzano on April 11, 2013 in Trento. (Photo by Olivier Morin/AFP Photo)




    Ice hangs on flowers in a garden in Hami, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on April 9, 2013. A sharp temperature decrease has hit this area following a strong cold air. (Photo by AFP Photo)


    Ice hangs on flowers in a garden in Hami, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on April 9, 2013. A sharp temperature decrease has hit this area following a strong cold air. (Photo by AFP Photo)




    A birch gnawed by beavers stands near Lengenwang, southern Germany, on April 9, 2013. 120 beavers have been resettled in southern parts of Germany until 1979. (Photo by Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/AFP Photo)


    A birch gnawed by beavers stands near Lengenwang, southern Germany, on April 9, 2013. 120 beavers have been resettled in southern parts of Germany until 1979. (Photo by Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/AFP Photo)




    A Lamborghini Aventador is the latest addition to the Dubai Police fleet, on April 11, 2013. Dubai already has the world's tallest building, the world's largest shopping mall, and the largest man-made archipelago. So it's no surprise that the country's police would drive one of the world's most extravagant and expensive cars. The latest addition to the force's fleet is a head-turning Lamborghini Aventador, finished in green and white – the colors of the Dubai Police force. (Photo by AFP Photo/Polícia de Dubai)


    A Lamborghini Aventador is the latest addition to the Dubai Police fleet, on April 11, 2013. Dubai already has the world's tallest building, the world's largest shopping mall, and the largest man-made archipelago. So it's no surprise that the country's police would drive one of the world's most extravagant and expensive cars. The latest addition to the force's fleet is a head-turning Lamborghini Aventador, finished in green and white – the colors of the Dubai Police force. (Photo by AFP Photo/Polícia de Dubai)




    Armenian election runner-up Raffi Hovanessian is helped up after he fell during clashes between his supporters and police in Yerevan, on April 9, 2013. Armenian President Serge Sarkisian has been sworn in for another five-year term to lead the small former Soviet republic amid street protests by his opponents. (Photo by Tigran Mehrabyan/PanARMENIAN)


    Armenian election runner-up Raffi Hovanessian is helped up after he fell during clashes between his supporters and police in Yerevan, on April 9, 2013. Armenian President Serge Sarkisian has been sworn in for another five-year term to lead the small former Soviet republic amid street protests by his opponents. (Photo by Tigran Mehrabyan/PanARMENIAN)




    A woman touches an alabaster table lamp, by the Atelier Alain Ellouz factory, displayed at Milan's Design Fair, on April 9, 2013. (Photo by Luca Bruno/Associated Press)


    A woman touches an alabaster table lamp, by the Atelier Alain Ellouz factory, displayed at Milan's Design Fair, on April 9, 2013. (Photo by Luca Bruno/Associated Press)




    People walk past a sand sculpture of Margaret Thatcher, made by Sudarshan Pattnaik, in Puri, about 42 miles from the southeastern Indian temple city of Bhubaneswar, on April 9, 2013. (Photo by Biswaranjan Rout/Associated Press)


    People walk past a sand sculpture of Margaret Thatcher, made by Sudarshan Pattnaik, in Puri, about 42 miles from the southeastern Indian temple city of Bhubaneswar, on April 9, 2013. (Photo by Biswaranjan Rout/Associated Press)




    A protester throws a rock at a huddle of shielded police after students held a massive march demanding free education in Santiago, Chile, on April 11, 2013. The marches began during the 2006-2010 Michelle Bachelet administration and have troubled current President Sebastian Pinera even more. Pinera's government is focusing a chunk of the 2013 budget on financing school loans at lower rates. But students say the system still fails them, with poor public schools, expensive private universities, unprepared teachers and unaffordable loans. (Photo by Luis Hidalgo/Associated Press)


    A protester throws a rock at a huddle of shielded police after students held a massive march demanding free education in Santiago, Chile, on April 11, 2013. The marches began during the 2006-2010 Michelle Bachelet administration and have troubled current President Sebastian Pinera even more. Pinera's government is focusing a chunk of the 2013 budget on financing school loans at lower rates. But students say the system still fails them, with poor public schools, expensive private universities, unprepared teachers and unaffordable loans. (Photo by Luis Hidalgo/Associated Press)




    Students clash with riot police during a protest to demand Chilean President Sebastian Pinera's government to improve the public education quality, in Santiago, on April 11,2013. (Photo by Pablo Tapia/AFP Photo)


    Students clash with riot police during a protest to demand Chilean President Sebastian Pinera's government to improve the public education quality, in Santiago, on April 11,2013. (Photo by Pablo Tapia/AFP Photo)




    Flanked by G8 Foreign Ministers, Angelina Jolie, in her role as UN envoy, talks during a news conference regarding sexual violence against women in conflict, during the G8 Foreign Ministers meeting in London, on April 11, 2013. (Photo by Alastair Grant/Associated Press)


    Flanked by G8 Foreign Ministers, Angelina Jolie, in her role as UN envoy, talks during a news conference regarding sexual violence against women in conflict, during the G8 Foreign Ministers meeting in London, on April 11, 2013. (Photo by Alastair Grant/Associated Press)




    Sotheby's describes the Bay Psalm Book, which is the first book ever printed in what is now the United State, as [the world’s most valuable book], on April 11, 2013. Shortly after arriving at Plymouth Rock in 1620, the Separatist Congregationalist Pilgrims set about to translate and produce a version of the Book of Psalms that was a closer paraphrase of the Hebrew original than the one they had carried from England. The first edition of the resulting Bay Psalm Book was printed in Cambridge, Mass. in 1640. Its estimated value is $15/30 million. (Photo by Sotheby's)


    Sotheby's describes the Bay Psalm Book, which is the first book ever printed in what is now the United State, as [the world’s most valuable book], on April 11, 2013. Shortly after arriving at Plymouth Rock in 1620, the Separatist Congregationalist Pilgrims set about to translate and produce a version of the Book of Psalms that was a closer paraphrase of the Hebrew original than the one they had carried from England. The first edition of the resulting Bay Psalm Book was printed in Cambridge, Mass. in 1640. Its estimated value is $15/30 million. (Photo by Sotheby's)




    Kennecott Utah Copper has suspended mining inside one of the world's deepest open pits, in Bingham Canyon, Utah, as geologists assess a landslide the company says it anticipated for months, on April 11, 2013. (Photo by Ravell Call/The Deseret News)


    Kennecott Utah Copper has suspended mining inside one of the world's deepest open pits, in Bingham Canyon, Utah, as geologists assess a landslide the company says it anticipated for months, on April 11, 2013. (Photo by Ravell Call/The Deseret News)




    Remo Peduzzi, managing director of ResearchDrones LLC Switzerland, prepares to fly a drone at the Kaziranga National Park at Kaziranga in Assam state, India, on April 8, 2013. Wildlife authorities used drones on Monday for aerial surveillance of the sprawling natural game park to protect the one-horned rhinoceros from armed poachers. The drones are equipped with cameras and will be monitored by security guards, who find it difficult to guard the whole 185-square mile reserve. (Photo by Anupam Nath/Associated Press)


    Remo Peduzzi, managing director of ResearchDrones LLC Switzerland, prepares to fly a drone at the Kaziranga National Park at Kaziranga in Assam state, India, on April 8, 2013. Wildlife authorities used drones on Monday for aerial surveillance of the sprawling natural game park to protect the one-horned rhinoceros from armed poachers. The drones are equipped with cameras and will be monitored by security guards, who find it difficult to guard the whole 185-square mile reserve. (Photo by Anupam Nath/Associated Press)




    A fisherman casts his net in the Ravi River in Lahore, Pakistan, on April 8, 2013. (Photo by K. M. Chaudary/Associated Press)


    A fisherman casts his net in the Ravi River in Lahore, Pakistan, on April 8, 2013. (Photo by K. M. Chaudary/Associated Press)




    A firefighter passes a hangar where a light plane crashed into the roof, killing the pilot, in Neustadt-Glewe, Germany, on April 8, 2013. (Photo by Jens Buettner/Dpa)


    A firefighter passes a hangar where a light plane crashed into the roof, killing the pilot, in Neustadt-Glewe, Germany, on April 8, 2013. (Photo by Jens Buettner/Dpa)




    Demonstrators, including members of the European Parliament (MEP), dressed as zombies, dance to the music of Michael Jackson’s [Thriller] while participating in a flash-mob in front of the EU Parliament in Brussels. The flash-mob was organized in protest against possible EU-India free trade agreements that could endanger access to medicines, organisers said. (Photo by Francois Lenoir/Reuters)


    Demonstrators, including members of the European Parliament (MEP), dressed as zombies, dance to the music of Michael Jackson’s [Thriller] while participating in a flash-mob in front of the EU Parliament in Brussels. The flash-mob was organized in protest against possible EU-India free trade agreements that could endanger access to medicines, organisers said. (Photo by Francois Lenoir/Reuters)




    Visitors look at divers swimming in a giant aquarium at the marine-themed zone of Hong Kong Ocean Park April 11, 2013. Ocean Park launches its first programme to allow guests to dive into the Grand Aquarium under the close guidance of professional coaches. The aquarium is the world's ninth largest by volume, which features some 5000 marine animals of over 400 species. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)


    Visitors look at divers swimming in a giant aquarium at the marine-themed zone of Hong Kong Ocean Park April 11, 2013. Ocean Park launches its first programme to allow guests to dive into the Grand Aquarium under the close guidance of professional coaches. The aquarium is the world's ninth largest by volume, which features some 5000 marine animals of over 400 species. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)




    A Chinese fishing vessel that ran aground in Tubbataha Reef, a UNESCO World Heritage site, on Monday is pictured in Palawan Province, west of Manila April 10, 2013 in this picture provided by Naval Forces West. (Photo by Reuters/Naval Forces West)


    A Chinese fishing vessel that ran aground in Tubbataha Reef, a UNESCO World Heritage site, on Monday is pictured in Palawan Province, west of Manila April 10, 2013 in this picture provided by Naval Forces West. (Photo by Reuters/Naval Forces West)




    A model presents a creation by Shakuhachi during the Fashion Week Australia in Sydney April 11, 2013. Fashion Week Australia runs until April 12. (Photo by Daniel Munoz/Reuters)


    A model presents a creation by Shakuhachi during the Fashion Week Australia in Sydney April 11, 2013. Fashion Week Australia runs until April 12. (Photo by Daniel Munoz/Reuters)




    Palestinian girls have fun on a carousel amusement park built on land that was occupied by an Israeli camp in the central Gaza Strip, on April 11, 2013. (Photo by Mohammed Salem/Reuters)


    Palestinian girls have fun on a carousel amusement park built on land that was occupied by an Israeli camp in the central Gaza Strip, on April 11, 2013. (Photo by Mohammed Salem/Reuters)




    A woman argues with a riot police officer as he uses a paint ball rifle to shoot at student protesters during a rally in which demonstrators demanded that the government make changes to the public state education system, in Santiago April 11, 2013. Chilean students and their supporters took back to the streets in a massive demonstration in demands of free and quality education for all. Thousands of people, led by both secondary and university student organizations, marched through downtown streets in the capital city as they continue to demand an educational overhaul in the latest student demonstration since the movement began in 2011. (Photo by Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)


    A woman argues with a riot police officer as he uses a paint ball rifle to shoot at student protesters during a rally in which demonstrators demanded that the government make changes to the public state education system, in Santiago April 11, 2013. Chilean students and their supporters took back to the streets in a massive demonstration in demands of free and quality education for all. Thousands of people, led by both secondary and university student organizations, marched through downtown streets in the capital city as they continue to demand an educational overhaul in the latest student demonstration since the movement began in 2011. (Photo by Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)




    A boy works at a poppy field in Jalalabad province April 7, 2013. (Photo by Reuters/Parwiz)


    A boy works at a poppy field in Jalalabad province April 7, 2013. (Photo by Reuters/Parwiz)




    Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu (C) dances with the Cape Town Opera Ensemble at the Templeton Prize celebration at St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town in this April 11, 2013 photo by Templeton Prize. South African anti-apartheid campaigner Tutu has won the 2013 Templeton Prize worth $1.7 million for helping inspire people around the world by promoting forgiveness and justice, organisers said on Thursday. A leading human rights activist of the late 20th century, the former Anglican archbishop of Cape Town played a pivotal role in the downfall of apartheid and subsequently worked to heal wounds in South Africa's traumatised society. (Photo by Ilan Godfrey/Reuters/Templeton Prize)


    Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu (C) dances with the Cape Town Opera Ensemble at the Templeton Prize celebration at St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town in this April 11, 2013 photo by Templeton Prize. South African anti-apartheid campaigner Tutu has won the 2013 Templeton Prize worth $1.7 million for helping inspire people around the world by promoting forgiveness and justice, organisers said on Thursday. A leading human rights activist of the late 20th century, the former Anglican archbishop of Cape Town played a pivotal role in the downfall of apartheid and subsequently worked to heal wounds in South Africa's traumatised society. (Photo by Ilan Godfrey/Reuters/Templeton Prize)




    A girl tries to peer through the holes of her burqa as she plays with other children in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 7, 2013. (Photo by Anja Niedringhaus/Associate Press)


    A girl tries to peer through the holes of her burqa as she plays with other children in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 7, 2013. (Photo by Anja Niedringhaus/Associate Press)




    An Afghan girl adjusts her burqa as she plays with other children in the old town of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, April 7, 2013. (Photo by Anja Niedringhaus/AP Photo)


    An Afghan girl adjusts her burqa as she plays with other children in the old town of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, April 7, 2013. (Photo by Anja Niedringhaus/AP Photo)




    A member of the Indian community in Malta reacts after getting coloured powder in her eyes during the Holi Festival of Colours in Qormi, outside Valletta, April 7, 2013. The Holi festival, marking the passing of winter to spring, was delayed a week to avoid clashing with Easter on the Catholic island, according to organisers. (Photo by Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters)


    A member of the Indian community in Malta reacts after getting coloured powder in her eyes during the Holi Festival of Colours in Qormi, outside Valletta, April 7, 2013. The Holi festival, marking the passing of winter to spring, was delayed a week to avoid clashing with Easter on the Catholic island, according to organisers. (Photo by Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters)




    Ethnic Rohingya refugees from Myanmar wave as they are transported by a wooden boat to a temporary shelter in Krueng Raya in Aceh Besar April 8, 2013. About 74 Rohingya refugees, who were heading for Australia, were found stranded on Aceh island by Indonesian fishermen on Sunday, a police official said on Monday. (Photo by Junaidi Hanafiah/Reuters)


    Ethnic Rohingya refugees from Myanmar wave as they are transported by a wooden boat to a temporary shelter in Krueng Raya in Aceh Besar April 8, 2013. About 74 Rohingya refugees, who were heading for Australia, were found stranded on Aceh island by Indonesian fishermen on Sunday, a police official said on Monday. (Photo by Junaidi Hanafiah/Reuters)




    Female gypsy people throw flower petals into the Arga River in honor of their ancestors on the Day of the Gypsy, in Pamplona northern Spain, on Monday, April 8, 2013. (Photo by Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo)


    Female gypsy people throw flower petals into the Arga River in honor of their ancestors on the Day of the Gypsy, in Pamplona northern Spain, on Monday, April 8, 2013. (Photo by Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo)




    Revellers spray a bottle of champagne as they celebrate the death of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, at George Square in Glasgow, Scotland April 8, 2013. Margaret Thatcher, the [Iron Lady] who transformed Britain and inspired conservatives around the world by radically rolling back the state during her 11 years in power, died on Monday following a stroke. She was 87. (Photo by David Moir/Reuters)


    Revellers spray a bottle of champagne as they celebrate the death of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, at George Square in Glasgow, Scotland April 8, 2013. Margaret Thatcher, the [Iron Lady] who transformed Britain and inspired conservatives around the world by radically rolling back the state during her 11 years in power, died on Monday following a stroke. She was 87. (Photo by David Moir/Reuters)




    Cherry blossoms bloom on the edge of the Tidal Basin after a colder than normal March and chilly April delayed the beginning of the cherry blossom season in the nation's capital April 8, 2013 in Washington, DC. Peak bloom was originally predicted between March 26 and March 30th, with the revised prediction moving to April 6-10. (Photo by Win McNamee)


    Cherry blossoms bloom on the edge of the Tidal Basin after a colder than normal March and chilly April delayed the beginning of the cherry blossom season in the nation's capital April 8, 2013 in Washington, DC. Peak bloom was originally predicted between March 26 and March 30th, with the revised prediction moving to April 6-10. (Photo by Win McNamee)




    Flowers are laid by staff members in front of the wax statue of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, right, following her death in an exhibition center in Shenzhen, China Tuesday, April 9, 2013. Margaret Thatcher, the combative [Iron Lady] who infuriated European allies, found a fellow believer in Ronald Reagan and transformed her country by a ruthless dedication to free markets in 11 bruising years as prime minister, died Monday, April 8, 2013. She was 87 years old. The wax statue at left is of former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping. (Photo by in Cheung/AP Photo)


    Flowers are laid by staff members in front of the wax statue of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, right, following her death in an exhibition center in Shenzhen, China Tuesday, April 9, 2013. Margaret Thatcher, the combative [Iron Lady] who infuriated European allies, found a fellow believer in Ronald Reagan and transformed her country by a ruthless dedication to free markets in 11 bruising years as prime minister, died Monday, April 8, 2013. She was 87 years old. The wax statue at left is of former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping. (Photo by in Cheung/AP Photo)




    A Palestinian man rides a bicycle on the beach of Gaza City during sunset on Tuesday. April 9, 2013. (Photo by Hatem Moussa/AP Photo)


    A Palestinian man rides a bicycle on the beach of Gaza City during sunset on Tuesday. April 9, 2013. (Photo by Hatem Moussa/AP Photo)




    The wind blows a red flag onto the face of an honour guard before a welcome ceremony for Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing April 9, 2013. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)


    The wind blows a red flag onto the face of an honour guard before a welcome ceremony for Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing April 9, 2013. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




    U.S. soldiers evacuate a dead body as they arrive to the scene after a NATO helicopter crashed in a field killing two American service members, near Gerakhel, eastern Afghanistan, Tuesday, April 9, 2013. The U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force said the cause of the crash is under investigation but initial reporting indicates there was no enemy activity in the area at the time. It did not immediately identify the nationalities of those killed. But a senior U.S. official confirmed they were Americans. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)


    U.S. soldiers evacuate a dead body as they arrive to the scene after a NATO helicopter crashed in a field killing two American service members, near Gerakhel, eastern Afghanistan, Tuesday, April 9, 2013. The U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force said the cause of the crash is under investigation but initial reporting indicates there was no enemy activity in the area at the time. It did not immediately identify the nationalities of those killed. But a senior U.S. official confirmed they were Americans. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)




    A rescue worker stands on a derailed coach at the site of a train accident near Arakkonam in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu April 10, 2013. One person was killed and dozens were injured after a passenger train derailed in Tamil Nadu, local media reported on Wednesday. (Photo by Babu/Reuters)


    A rescue worker stands on a derailed coach at the site of a train accident near Arakkonam in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu April 10, 2013. One person was killed and dozens were injured after a passenger train derailed in Tamil Nadu, local media reported on Wednesday. (Photo by Babu/Reuters)




    Youths dressed as punks drink beer as they wait for a punk music show during the Myanmar New Year Water Festival in Yangon April 12, 2013. Myanmar celebrates the New Year Water Festival of Thingyan during the month of Tagu, which usually falls around mid-April. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)


    Youths dressed as punks drink beer as they wait for a punk music show during the Myanmar New Year Water Festival in Yangon April 12, 2013. Myanmar celebrates the New Year Water Festival of Thingyan during the month of Tagu, which usually falls around mid-April. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)




    Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States perform during the Ice Dance free dance of the ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating in Tokyo, Friday, April 12, 2013. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)


    Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States perform during the Ice Dance free dance of the ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating in Tokyo, Friday, April 12, 2013. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)




    Retired North Korean military members stand at attention during an induction ceremony for children into the Korean Children's Union, the first political organization for North Koreans, held at a stadium in Pyongyang on Friday, April 12, 2013. (Photo by David Guttenfelder/AP Photo)


    Retired North Korean military members stand at attention during an induction ceremony for children into the Korean Children's Union, the first political organization for North Koreans, held at a stadium in Pyongyang on Friday, April 12, 2013. (Photo by David Guttenfelder/AP Photo)




    A local resident sits on a trunk amid the burnt debris of her hut after a fire broke out in a slum area in New Delhi April 12, 2013. Two people including a child, died on Friday after a fire broke out in a slum area on the outskirts of Delhi gutting several huts, local media reported. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)


    A local resident sits on a trunk amid the burnt debris of her hut after a fire broke out in a slum area in New Delhi April 12, 2013. Two people including a child, died on Friday after a fire broke out in a slum area on the outskirts of Delhi gutting several huts, local media reported. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)




    Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko dance at a charity dance party at a hotel in Tokyo in this April 12, 2013 photo released by Kyodo. It was the first time in twenty years that the monarch danced before the public, local media reported. (Photo by Reuters/Kyodo)


    Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko dance at a charity dance party at a hotel in Tokyo in this April 12, 2013 photo released by Kyodo. It was the first time in twenty years that the monarch danced before the public, local media reported. (Photo by Reuters/Kyodo)




    Clara Keller, of Blacksburg, Va. holds her head as she sits on the sidewalk near law enforcement officers outside the New River Valley Mall in Christiansburg, Va. on Friday, April 12, 2013. Officials say two women have been shot at the community college section of the mall and a suspect is in custody. (Photo by Daniel Lin/AP Photo/The Roanoke Times)


    Clara Keller, of Blacksburg, Va. holds her head as she sits on the sidewalk near law enforcement officers outside the New River Valley Mall in Christiansburg, Va. on Friday, April 12, 2013. Officials say two women have been shot at the community college section of the mall and a suspect is in custody. (Photo by Daniel Lin/AP Photo/The Roanoke Times)




    Oklahoma City Police and the FBI take a suspect into custody from his home in Oklahoma City on Friday April 12, 2013 in connection with the robbery of a MidFirst Bank. (Photo by Steve Gooch/AP Photo/The Oklahoman)


    Oklahoma City Police and the FBI take a suspect into custody from his home in Oklahoma City on Friday April 12, 2013 in connection with the robbery of a MidFirst Bank. (Photo by Steve Gooch/AP Photo/The Oklahoman)




    This picture taken on April 6, 2013 shows a boy posing during a promotional event for the Hollywood movie [Iron Man 3] at the Forbidden City in Beijing. (Photo by Wang Zhao/AFP Photo)


    This picture taken on April 6, 2013 shows a boy posing during a promotional event for the Hollywood movie [Iron Man 3] at the Forbidden City in Beijing. (Photo by Wang Zhao/AFP Photo)




    A trespasser tries to jump the outfield wall as security guards pull him down during the Toronto Blue Jays MLB game against the Boston Red Sox on April 7, 2013 at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/AFP Photo)


    A trespasser tries to jump the outfield wall as security guards pull him down during the Toronto Blue Jays MLB game against the Boston Red Sox on April 7, 2013 at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/AFP Photo)




    Children paint on a giant canvas in Rome's central Piazza del Popolo on April 7, 2013 during a performance named [What's good for families is good for the country] organised by the city's cultural association [Kitchen Art] aiming to make the Italian captial a family-friendly city. (Photo by Gabriel Bouys/AFP Photo)


    Children paint on a giant canvas in Rome's central Piazza del Popolo on April 7, 2013 during a performance named [What's good for families is good for the country] organised by the city's cultural association [Kitchen Art] aiming to make the Italian captial a family-friendly city. (Photo by Gabriel Bouys/AFP Photo)




    British police look on as a girl holds a rose amid floral tributes at the home of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in central London on April 10, 2013. British lawmakers will interrupt their holidays for a special session of parliament on April 10 to debate the legacy of Margaret Thatcher, who died on April 8 aged 87 after suffering a stroke. (Photo by Leon Neal/AFP Photo)


    British police look on as a girl holds a rose amid floral tributes at the home of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in central London on April 10, 2013. British lawmakers will interrupt their holidays for a special session of parliament on April 10 to debate the legacy of Margaret Thatcher, who died on April 8 aged 87 after suffering a stroke. (Photo by Leon Neal/AFP Photo)




    A model prepares backstage ahead of the Romance Was Born show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia Spring/Summer 2013/14 at Carriageworks in Sydney, Australia, on April 9, 2013. (Photo by Brendon Thorne)


    A model prepares backstage ahead of the Romance Was Born show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia Spring/Summer 2013/14 at Carriageworks in Sydney, Australia, on April 9, 2013. (Photo by Brendon Thorne)




    Handout photo of Gary Thornton, winning The UVU 2013 North Pole Marathon, on April 11, 2013. Known as the world's coolest marathon, the marathon took place just after midnight on April 9th. The 42.195km event was won by Mr. Thornton in a time of 3 hrs 49 minutes. Fiona Oakes, Great Britain, won the female division. Competitors experienced continual daylight at the geographic North Pole and ran a very challenging course in soft snow. Armed guards kept watch for polar bears. (Photo by Mike King/PA Wire)


    Handout photo of Gary Thornton, winning The UVU 2013 North Pole Marathon, on April 11, 2013. Known as the world's coolest marathon, the marathon took place just after midnight on April 9th. The 42.195km event was won by Mr. Thornton in a time of 3 hrs 49 minutes. Fiona Oakes, Great Britain, won the female division. Competitors experienced continual daylight at the geographic North Pole and ran a very challenging course in soft snow. Armed guards kept watch for polar bears. (Photo by Mike King/PA Wire)




    A gust of wind blows the Pope's Francis hat, on April 10, 2013. (Photo by Alessandra Tarantino/AP Photo)


    A gust of wind blows the Pope's Francis hat, on April 10, 2013. (Photo by Alessandra Tarantino/AP Photo)




    A motocross rider shows his skills during a training session outside Burj Khalifa on the eve of the 2013 Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour in the Gulf emirate of Dubai on April 11, 2013. (Photo by Marwan Naamani/AFP Photo)


    A motocross rider shows his skills during a t
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The Week in Pictures: April 6 – April 12 2013 (93 Photos)


A woman takes pictures of art installation [Alice] by Spanish artist Cristina Lucas in the Andalusian Centre of Contemporary Art in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain April 10, 2013. (Photo by Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters)


A woman takes pictures of art installation [Alice] by Spanish artist Cristina Lucas in the Andalusian Centre of Contemporary Art in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain April 10, 2013. (Photo by Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters)




An activist from a leftist students’ union shouts slogans against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi from a police van outside the venue of his meeting with business leaders in Kolkata, on April 9, 2013. Police arrested students and other protesters and tightened security around the venue. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)


An activist from a leftist students’ union shouts slogans against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi from a police van outside the venue of his meeting with business leaders in Kolkata, on April 9, 2013. Police arrested students and other protesters and tightened security around the venue. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)




People relax along the East River in lower Manhattan during warm weather on April 9, 2013 in New York City. For the first time since October, temperatures are expected to rise above 70 degrees this week in New York and surrounding areas. (Photo by Spencer Platt/AFP Photo)


People relax along the East River in lower Manhattan during warm weather on April 9, 2013 in New York City. For the first time since October, temperatures are expected to rise above 70 degrees this week in New York and surrounding areas. (Photo by Spencer Platt/AFP Photo)




A girl sits by buddhist monks during a public meeting of the Tibetan spiitual leader, the Dalai Lama, after he was awarded the award of Minorities by province of Bolzano on April 11, 2013 in Trento. (Photo by Olivier Morin/AFP Photo)


A girl sits by buddhist monks during a public meeting of the Tibetan spiitual leader, the Dalai Lama, after he was awarded the award of Minorities by province of Bolzano on April 11, 2013 in Trento. (Photo by Olivier Morin/AFP Photo)




Ice hangs on flowers in a garden in Hami, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on April 9, 2013. A sharp temperature decrease has hit this area following a strong cold air. (Photo by AFP Photo)


Ice hangs on flowers in a garden in Hami, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on April 9, 2013. A sharp temperature decrease has hit this area following a strong cold air. (Photo by AFP Photo)




A birch gnawed by beavers stands near Lengenwang, southern Germany, on April 9, 2013. 120 beavers have been resettled in southern parts of Germany until 1979. (Photo by Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/AFP Photo)


A birch gnawed by beavers stands near Lengenwang, southern Germany, on April 9, 2013. 120 beavers have been resettled in southern parts of Germany until 1979. (Photo by Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/AFP Photo)




A Lamborghini Aventador is the latest addition to the Dubai Police fleet, on April 11, 2013. Dubai already has the world's tallest building, the world's largest shopping mall, and the largest man-made archipelago. So it's no surprise that the country's police would drive one of the world's most extravagant and expensive cars. The latest addition to the force's fleet is a head-turning Lamborghini Aventador, finished in green and white – the colors of the Dubai Police force. (Photo by AFP Photo/Polícia de Dubai)


A Lamborghini Aventador is the latest addition to the Dubai Police fleet, on April 11, 2013. Dubai already has the world's tallest building, the world's largest shopping mall, and the largest man-made archipelago. So it's no surprise that the country's police would drive one of the world's most extravagant and expensive cars. The latest addition to the force's fleet is a head-turning Lamborghini Aventador, finished in green and white – the colors of the Dubai Police force. (Photo by AFP Photo/Polícia de Dubai)




Armenian election runner-up Raffi Hovanessian is helped up after he fell during clashes between his supporters and police in Yerevan, on April 9, 2013. Armenian President Serge Sarkisian has been sworn in for another five-year term to lead the small former Soviet republic amid street protests by his opponents. (Photo by Tigran Mehrabyan/PanARMENIAN)


Armenian election runner-up Raffi Hovanessian is helped up after he fell during clashes between his supporters and police in Yerevan, on April 9, 2013. Armenian President Serge Sarkisian has been sworn in for another five-year term to lead the small former Soviet republic amid street protests by his opponents. (Photo by Tigran Mehrabyan/PanARMENIAN)




A woman touches an alabaster table lamp, by the Atelier Alain Ellouz factory, displayed at Milan's Design Fair, on April 9, 2013. (Photo by Luca Bruno/Associated Press)


A woman touches an alabaster table lamp, by the Atelier Alain Ellouz factory, displayed at Milan's Design Fair, on April 9, 2013. (Photo by Luca Bruno/Associated Press)




People walk past a sand sculpture of Margaret Thatcher, made by Sudarshan Pattnaik, in Puri, about 42 miles from the southeastern Indian temple city of Bhubaneswar, on April 9, 2013. (Photo by Biswaranjan Rout/Associated Press)


People walk past a sand sculpture of Margaret Thatcher, made by Sudarshan Pattnaik, in Puri, about 42 miles from the southeastern Indian temple city of Bhubaneswar, on April 9, 2013. (Photo by Biswaranjan Rout/Associated Press)




A protester throws a rock at a huddle of shielded police after students held a massive march demanding free education in Santiago, Chile, on April 11, 2013. The marches began during the 2006-2010 Michelle Bachelet administration and have troubled current President Sebastian Pinera even more. Pinera's government is focusing a chunk of the 2013 budget on financing school loans at lower rates. But students say the system still fails them, with poor public schools, expensive private universities, unprepared teachers and unaffordable loans. (Photo by Luis Hidalgo/Associated Press)


A protester throws a rock at a huddle of shielded police after students held a massive march demanding free education in Santiago, Chile, on April 11, 2013. The marches began during the 2006-2010 Michelle Bachelet administration and have troubled current President Sebastian Pinera even more. Pinera's government is focusing a chunk of the 2013 budget on financing school loans at lower rates. But students say the system still fails them, with poor public schools, expensive private universities, unprepared teachers and unaffordable loans. (Photo by Luis Hidalgo/Associated Press)




Students clash with riot police during a protest to demand Chilean President Sebastian Pinera's government to improve the public education quality, in Santiago, on April 11,2013. (Photo by Pablo Tapia/AFP Photo)


Students clash with riot police during a protest to demand Chilean President Sebastian Pinera's government to improve the public education quality, in Santiago, on April 11,2013. (Photo by Pablo Tapia/AFP Photo)




Flanked by G8 Foreign Ministers, Angelina Jolie, in her role as UN envoy, talks during a news conference regarding sexual violence against women in conflict, during the G8 Foreign Ministers meeting in London, on April 11, 2013. (Photo by Alastair Grant/Associated Press)


Flanked by G8 Foreign Ministers, Angelina Jolie, in her role as UN envoy, talks during a news conference regarding sexual violence against women in conflict, during the G8 Foreign Ministers meeting in London, on April 11, 2013. (Photo by Alastair Grant/Associated Press)




Sotheby's describes the Bay Psalm Book, which is the first book ever printed in what is now the United State, as [the world’s most valuable book], on April 11, 2013. Shortly after arriving at Plymouth Rock in 1620, the Separatist Congregationalist Pilgrims set about to translate and produce a version of the Book of Psalms that was a closer paraphrase of the Hebrew original than the one they had carried from England. The first edition of the resulting Bay Psalm Book was printed in Cambridge, Mass. in 1640. Its estimated value is $15/30 million. (Photo by Sotheby's)


Sotheby's describes the Bay Psalm Book, which is the first book ever printed in what is now the United State, as [the world’s most valuable book], on April 11, 2013. Shortly after arriving at Plymouth Rock in 1620, the Separatist Congregationalist Pilgrims set about to translate and produce a version of the Book of Psalms that was a closer paraphrase of the Hebrew original than the one they had carried from England. The first edition of the resulting Bay Psalm Book was printed in Cambridge, Mass. in 1640. Its estimated value is $15/30 million. (Photo by Sotheby's)




Kennecott Utah Copper has suspended mining inside one of the world's deepest open pits, in Bingham Canyon, Utah, as geologists assess a landslide the company says it anticipated for months, on April 11, 2013. (Photo by Ravell Call/The Deseret News)


Kennecott Utah Copper has suspended mining inside one of the world's deepest open pits, in Bingham Canyon, Utah, as geologists assess a landslide the company says it anticipated for months, on April 11, 2013. (Photo by Ravell Call/The Deseret News)




Remo Peduzzi, managing director of ResearchDrones LLC Switzerland, prepares to fly a drone at the Kaziranga National Park at Kaziranga in Assam state, India, on April 8, 2013. Wildlife authorities used drones on Monday for aerial surveillance of the sprawling natural game park to protect the one-horned rhinoceros from armed poachers. The drones are equipped with cameras and will be monitored by security guards, who find it difficult to guard the whole 185-square mile reserve. (Photo by Anupam Nath/Associated Press)


Remo Peduzzi, managing director of ResearchDrones LLC Switzerland, prepares to fly a drone at the Kaziranga National Park at Kaziranga in Assam state, India, on April 8, 2013. Wildlife authorities used drones on Monday for aerial surveillance of the sprawling natural game park to protect the one-horned rhinoceros from armed poachers. The drones are equipped with cameras and will be monitored by security guards, who find it difficult to guard the whole 185-square mile reserve. (Photo by Anupam Nath/Associated Press)




A fisherman casts his net in the Ravi River in Lahore, Pakistan, on April 8, 2013. (Photo by K. M. Chaudary/Associated Press)


A fisherman casts his net in the Ravi River in Lahore, Pakistan, on April 8, 2013. (Photo by K. M. Chaudary/Associated Press)




A firefighter passes a hangar where a light plane crashed into the roof, killing the pilot, in Neustadt-Glewe, Germany, on April 8, 2013. (Photo by Jens Buettner/Dpa)


A firefighter passes a hangar where a light plane crashed into the roof, killing the pilot, in Neustadt-Glewe, Germany, on April 8, 2013. (Photo by Jens Buettner/Dpa)




Demonstrators, including members of the European Parliament (MEP), dressed as zombies, dance to the music of Michael Jackson’s [Thriller] while participating in a flash-mob in front of the EU Parliament in Brussels. The flash-mob was organized in protest against possible EU-India free trade agreements that could endanger access to medicines, organisers said. (Photo by Francois Lenoir/Reuters)


Demonstrators, including members of the European Parliament (MEP), dressed as zombies, dance to the music of Michael Jackson’s [Thriller] while participating in a flash-mob in front of the EU Parliament in Brussels. The flash-mob was organized in protest against possible EU-India free trade agreements that could endanger access to medicines, organisers said. (Photo by Francois Lenoir/Reuters)




Visitors look at divers swimming in a giant aquarium at the marine-themed zone of Hong Kong Ocean Park April 11, 2013. Ocean Park launches its first programme to allow guests to dive into the Grand Aquarium under the close guidance of professional coaches. The aquarium is the world's ninth largest by volume, which features some 5000 marine animals of over 400 species. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)


Visitors look at divers swimming in a giant aquarium at the marine-themed zone of Hong Kong Ocean Park April 11, 2013. Ocean Park launches its first programme to allow guests to dive into the Grand Aquarium under the close guidance of professional coaches. The aquarium is the world's ninth largest by volume, which features some 5000 marine animals of over 400 species. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)




A Chinese fishing vessel that ran aground in Tubbataha Reef, a UNESCO World Heritage site, on Monday is pictured in Palawan Province, west of Manila April 10, 2013 in this picture provided by Naval Forces West. (Photo by Reuters/Naval Forces West)


A Chinese fishing vessel that ran aground in Tubbataha Reef, a UNESCO World Heritage site, on Monday is pictured in Palawan Province, west of Manila April 10, 2013 in this picture provided by Naval Forces West. (Photo by Reuters/Naval Forces West)




A model presents a creation by Shakuhachi during the Fashion Week Australia in Sydney April 11, 2013. Fashion Week Australia runs until April 12. (Photo by Daniel Munoz/Reuters)


A model presents a creation by Shakuhachi during the Fashion Week Australia in Sydney April 11, 2013. Fashion Week Australia runs until April 12. (Photo by Daniel Munoz/Reuters)




Palestinian girls have fun on a carousel amusement park built on land that was occupied by an Israeli camp in the central Gaza Strip, on April 11, 2013. (Photo by Mohammed Salem/Reuters)


Palestinian girls have fun on a carousel amusement park built on land that was occupied by an Israeli camp in the central Gaza Strip, on April 11, 2013. (Photo by Mohammed Salem/Reuters)




A woman argues with a riot police officer as he uses a paint ball rifle to shoot at student protesters during a rally in which demonstrators demanded that the government make changes to the public state education system, in Santiago April 11, 2013. Chilean students and their supporters took back to the streets in a massive demonstration in demands of free and quality education for all. Thousands of people, led by both secondary and university student organizations, marched through downtown streets in the capital city as they continue to demand an educational overhaul in the latest student demonstration since the movement began in 2011. (Photo by Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)


A woman argues with a riot police officer as he uses a paint ball rifle to shoot at student protesters during a rally in which demonstrators demanded that the government make changes to the public state education system, in Santiago April 11, 2013. Chilean students and their supporters took back to the streets in a massive demonstration in demands of free and quality education for all. Thousands of people, led by both secondary and university student organizations, marched through downtown streets in the capital city as they continue to demand an educational overhaul in the latest student demonstration since the movement began in 2011. (Photo by Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)




A boy works at a poppy field in Jalalabad province April 7, 2013. (Photo by Reuters/Parwiz)


A boy works at a poppy field in Jalalabad province April 7, 2013. (Photo by Reuters/Parwiz)




Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu (C) dances with the Cape Town Opera Ensemble at the Templeton Prize celebration at St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town in this April 11, 2013 photo by Templeton Prize. South African anti-apartheid campaigner Tutu has won the 2013 Templeton Prize worth $1.7 million for helping inspire people around the world by promoting forgiveness and justice, organisers said on Thursday. A leading human rights activist of the late 20th century, the former Anglican archbishop of Cape Town played a pivotal role in the downfall of apartheid and subsequently worked to heal wounds in South Africa's traumatised society. (Photo by Ilan Godfrey/Reuters/Templeton Prize)


Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu (C) dances with the Cape Town Opera Ensemble at the Templeton Prize celebration at St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town in this April 11, 2013 photo by Templeton Prize. South African anti-apartheid campaigner Tutu has won the 2013 Templeton Prize worth $1.7 million for helping inspire people around the world by promoting forgiveness and justice, organisers said on Thursday. A leading human rights activist of the late 20th century, the former Anglican archbishop of Cape Town played a pivotal role in the downfall of apartheid and subsequently worked to heal wounds in South Africa's traumatised society. (Photo by Ilan Godfrey/Reuters/Templeton Prize)




A girl tries to peer through the holes of her burqa as she plays with other children in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 7, 2013. (Photo by Anja Niedringhaus/Associate Press)


A girl tries to peer through the holes of her burqa as she plays with other children in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 7, 2013. (Photo by Anja Niedringhaus/Associate Press)




An Afghan girl adjusts her burqa as she plays with other children in the old town of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, April 7, 2013. (Photo by Anja Niedringhaus/AP Photo)


An Afghan girl adjusts her burqa as she plays with other children in the old town of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, April 7, 2013. (Photo by Anja Niedringhaus/AP Photo)




A member of the Indian community in Malta reacts after getting coloured powder in her eyes during the Holi Festival of Colours in Qormi, outside Valletta, April 7, 2013. The Holi festival, marking the passing of winter to spring, was delayed a week to avoid clashing with Easter on the Catholic island, according to organisers. (Photo by Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters)


A member of the Indian community in Malta reacts after getting coloured powder in her eyes during the Holi Festival of Colours in Qormi, outside Valletta, April 7, 2013. The Holi festival, marking the passing of winter to spring, was delayed a week to avoid clashing with Easter on the Catholic island, according to organisers. (Photo by Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters)




Ethnic Rohingya refugees from Myanmar wave as they are transported by a wooden boat to a temporary shelter in Krueng Raya in Aceh Besar April 8, 2013. About 74 Rohingya refugees, who were heading for Australia, were found stranded on Aceh island by Indonesian fishermen on Sunday, a police official said on Monday. (Photo by Junaidi Hanafiah/Reuters)


Ethnic Rohingya refugees from Myanmar wave as they are transported by a wooden boat to a temporary shelter in Krueng Raya in Aceh Besar April 8, 2013. About 74 Rohingya refugees, who were heading for Australia, were found stranded on Aceh island by Indonesian fishermen on Sunday, a police official said on Monday. (Photo by Junaidi Hanafiah/Reuters)




Female gypsy people throw flower petals into the Arga River in honor of their ancestors on the Day of the Gypsy, in Pamplona northern Spain, on Monday, April 8, 2013. (Photo by Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo)


Female gypsy people throw flower petals into the Arga River in honor of their ancestors on the Day of the Gypsy, in Pamplona northern Spain, on Monday, April 8, 2013. (Photo by Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo)




Revellers spray a bottle of champagne as they celebrate the death of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, at George Square in Glasgow, Scotland April 8, 2013. Margaret Thatcher, the [Iron Lady] who transformed Britain and inspired conservatives around the world by radically rolling back the state during her 11 years in power, died on Monday following a stroke. She was 87. (Photo by David Moir/Reuters)


Revellers spray a bottle of champagne as they celebrate the death of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, at George Square in Glasgow, Scotland April 8, 2013. Margaret Thatcher, the [Iron Lady] who transformed Britain and inspired conservatives around the world by radically rolling back the state during her 11 years in power, died on Monday following a stroke. She was 87. (Photo by David Moir/Reuters)




Cherry blossoms bloom on the edge of the Tidal Basin after a colder than normal March and chilly April delayed the beginning of the cherry blossom season in the nation's capital April 8, 2013 in Washington, DC. Peak bloom was originally predicted between March 26 and March 30th, with the revised prediction moving to April 6-10. (Photo by Win McNamee)


Cherry blossoms bloom on the edge of the Tidal Basin after a colder than normal March and chilly April delayed the beginning of the cherry blossom season in the nation's capital April 8, 2013 in Washington, DC. Peak bloom was originally predicted between March 26 and March 30th, with the revised prediction moving to April 6-10. (Photo by Win McNamee)




Flowers are laid by staff members in front of the wax statue of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, right, following her death in an exhibition center in Shenzhen, China Tuesday, April 9, 2013. Margaret Thatcher, the combative [Iron Lady] who infuriated European allies, found a fellow believer in Ronald Reagan and transformed her country by a ruthless dedication to free markets in 11 bruising years as prime minister, died Monday, April 8, 2013. She was 87 years old. The wax statue at left is of former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping. (Photo by in Cheung/AP Photo)


Flowers are laid by staff members in front of the wax statue of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, right, following her death in an exhibition center in Shenzhen, China Tuesday, April 9, 2013. Margaret Thatcher, the combative [Iron Lady] who infuriated European allies, found a fellow believer in Ronald Reagan and transformed her country by a ruthless dedication to free markets in 11 bruising years as prime minister, died Monday, April 8, 2013. She was 87 years old. The wax statue at left is of former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping. (Photo by in Cheung/AP Photo)




A Palestinian man rides a bicycle on the beach of Gaza City during sunset on Tuesday. April 9, 2013. (Photo by Hatem Moussa/AP Photo)


A Palestinian man rides a bicycle on the beach of Gaza City during sunset on Tuesday. April 9, 2013. (Photo by Hatem Moussa/AP Photo)




The wind blows a red flag onto the face of an honour guard before a welcome ceremony for Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing April 9, 2013. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)


The wind blows a red flag onto the face of an honour guard before a welcome ceremony for Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing April 9, 2013. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




U.S. soldiers evacuate a dead body as they arrive to the scene after a NATO helicopter crashed in a field killing two American service members, near Gerakhel, eastern Afghanistan, Tuesday, April 9, 2013. The U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force said the cause of the crash is under investigation but initial reporting indicates there was no enemy activity in the area at the time. It did not immediately identify the nationalities of those killed. But a senior U.S. official confirmed they were Americans. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)


U.S. soldiers evacuate a dead body as they arrive to the scene after a NATO helicopter crashed in a field killing two American service members, near Gerakhel, eastern Afghanistan, Tuesday, April 9, 2013. The U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force said the cause of the crash is under investigation but initial reporting indicates there was no enemy activity in the area at the time. It did not immediately identify the nationalities of those killed. But a senior U.S. official confirmed they were Americans. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)




A rescue worker stands on a derailed coach at the site of a train accident near Arakkonam in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu April 10, 2013. One person was killed and dozens were injured after a passenger train derailed in Tamil Nadu, local media reported on Wednesday. (Photo by Babu/Reuters)


A rescue worker stands on a derailed coach at the site of a train accident near Arakkonam in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu April 10, 2013. One person was killed and dozens were injured after a passenger train derailed in Tamil Nadu, local media reported on Wednesday. (Photo by Babu/Reuters)




Youths dressed as punks drink beer as they wait for a punk music show during the Myanmar New Year Water Festival in Yangon April 12, 2013. Myanmar celebrates the New Year Water Festival of Thingyan during the month of Tagu, which usually falls around mid-April. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)


Youths dressed as punks drink beer as they wait for a punk music show during the Myanmar New Year Water Festival in Yangon April 12, 2013. Myanmar celebrates the New Year Water Festival of Thingyan during the month of Tagu, which usually falls around mid-April. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)




Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States perform during the Ice Dance free dance of the ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating in Tokyo, Friday, April 12, 2013. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)


Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States perform during the Ice Dance free dance of the ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating in Tokyo, Friday, April 12, 2013. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)




Retired North Korean military members stand at attention during an induction ceremony for children into the Korean Children's Union, the first political organization for North Koreans, held at a stadium in Pyongyang on Friday, April 12, 2013. (Photo by David Guttenfelder/AP Photo)


Retired North Korean military members stand at attention during an induction ceremony for children into the Korean Children's Union, the first political organization for North Koreans, held at a stadium in Pyongyang on Friday, April 12, 2013. (Photo by David Guttenfelder/AP Photo)




A local resident sits on a trunk amid the burnt debris of her hut after a fire broke out in a slum area in New Delhi April 12, 2013. Two people including a child, died on Friday after a fire broke out in a slum area on the outskirts of Delhi gutting several huts, local media reported. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)


A local resident sits on a trunk amid the burnt debris of her hut after a fire broke out in a slum area in New Delhi April 12, 2013. Two people including a child, died on Friday after a fire broke out in a slum area on the outskirts of Delhi gutting several huts, local media reported. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)




Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko dance at a charity dance party at a hotel in Tokyo in this April 12, 2013 photo released by Kyodo. It was the first time in twenty years that the monarch danced before the public, local media reported. (Photo by Reuters/Kyodo)


Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko dance at a charity dance party at a hotel in Tokyo in this April 12, 2013 photo released by Kyodo. It was the first time in twenty years that the monarch danced before the public, local media reported. (Photo by Reuters/Kyodo)




Clara Keller, of Blacksburg, Va. holds her head as she sits on the sidewalk near law enforcement officers outside the New River Valley Mall in Christiansburg, Va. on Friday, April 12, 2013. Officials say two women have been shot at the community college section of the mall and a suspect is in custody. (Photo by Daniel Lin/AP Photo/The Roanoke Times)


Clara Keller, of Blacksburg, Va. holds her head as she sits on the sidewalk near law enforcement officers outside the New River Valley Mall in Christiansburg, Va. on Friday, April 12, 2013. Officials say two women have been shot at the community college section of the mall and a suspect is in custody. (Photo by Daniel Lin/AP Photo/The Roanoke Times)




Oklahoma City Police and the FBI take a suspect into custody from his home in Oklahoma City on Friday April 12, 2013 in connection with the robbery of a MidFirst Bank. (Photo by Steve Gooch/AP Photo/The Oklahoman)


Oklahoma City Police and the FBI take a suspect into custody from his home in Oklahoma City on Friday April 12, 2013 in connection with the robbery of a MidFirst Bank. (Photo by Steve Gooch/AP Photo/The Oklahoman)




This picture taken on April 6, 2013 shows a boy posing during a promotional event for the Hollywood movie [Iron Man 3] at the Forbidden City in Beijing. (Photo by Wang Zhao/AFP Photo)


This picture taken on April 6, 2013 shows a boy posing during a promotional event for the Hollywood movie [Iron Man 3] at the Forbidden City in Beijing. (Photo by Wang Zhao/AFP Photo)




A trespasser tries to jump the outfield wall as security guards pull him down during the Toronto Blue Jays MLB game against the Boston Red Sox on April 7, 2013 at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/AFP Photo)


A trespasser tries to jump the outfield wall as security guards pull him down during the Toronto Blue Jays MLB game against the Boston Red Sox on April 7, 2013 at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/AFP Photo)




Children paint on a giant canvas in Rome's central Piazza del Popolo on April 7, 2013 during a performance named [What's good for families is good for the country] organised by the city's cultural association [Kitchen Art] aiming to make the Italian captial a family-friendly city. (Photo by Gabriel Bouys/AFP Photo)


Children paint on a giant canvas in Rome's central Piazza del Popolo on April 7, 2013 during a performance named [What's good for families is good for the country] organised by the city's cultural association [Kitchen Art] aiming to make the Italian captial a family-friendly city. (Photo by Gabriel Bouys/AFP Photo)




British police look on as a girl holds a rose amid floral tributes at the home of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in central London on April 10, 2013. British lawmakers will interrupt their holidays for a special session of parliament on April 10 to debate the legacy of Margaret Thatcher, who died on April 8 aged 87 after suffering a stroke. (Photo by Leon Neal/AFP Photo)


British police look on as a girl holds a rose amid floral tributes at the home of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in central London on April 10, 2013. British lawmakers will interrupt their holidays for a special session of parliament on April 10 to debate the legacy of Margaret Thatcher, who died on April 8 aged 87 after suffering a stroke. (Photo by Leon Neal/AFP Photo)




A model prepares backstage ahead of the Romance Was Born show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia Spring/Summer 2013/14 at Carriageworks in Sydney, Australia, on April 9, 2013. (Photo by Brendon Thorne)


A model prepares backstage ahead of the Romance Was Born show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia Spring/Summer 2013/14 at Carriageworks in Sydney, Australia, on April 9, 2013. (Photo by Brendon Thorne)




Handout photo of Gary Thornton, winning The UVU 2013 North Pole Marathon, on April 11, 2013. Known as the world's coolest marathon, the marathon took place just after midnight on April 9th. The 42.195km event was won by Mr. Thornton in a time of 3 hrs 49 minutes. Fiona Oakes, Great Britain, won the female division. Competitors experienced continual daylight at the geographic North Pole and ran a very challenging course in soft snow. Armed guards kept watch for polar bears. (Photo by Mike King/PA Wire)


Handout photo of Gary Thornton, winning The UVU 2013 North Pole Marathon, on April 11, 2013. Known as the world's coolest marathon, the marathon took place just after midnight on April 9th. The 42.195km event was won by Mr. Thornton in a time of 3 hrs 49 minutes. Fiona Oakes, Great Britain, won the female division. Competitors experienced continual daylight at the geographic North Pole and ran a very challenging course in soft snow. Armed guards kept watch for polar bears. (Photo by Mike King/PA Wire)




A gust of wind blows the Pope's Francis hat, on April 10, 2013. (Photo by Alessandra Tarantino/AP Photo)


A gust of wind blows the Pope's Francis hat, on April 10, 2013. (Photo by Alessandra Tarantino/AP Photo)




A motocross rider shows his skills during a training session outside Burj Khalifa on the eve of the 2013 Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour in the Gulf emirate of Dubai on April 11, 2013. (Photo by Marwan Naamani/AFP Photo)


A motocross rider shows his skills during a t
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