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Soldiers guard the coffins of victims of Saturday's Polish government aircraft crash near Smolensk, Russia, during a repatriation ceremony at an airport in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, April 14, 2010. -- PHOTO: AP
Rick James plays 'Amazing Grace' on his bagpipe as he walks past other K-9 officers from various Nevada law enforcement departments and their handlers at the start of the memorial service Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at the Reno-Tahoe International Airport for airport police K-9, Rex, who died of lymphoma on March 31, 2010. More than 50 people, in addition to police officers attended the service. -- PHOTO: AP
Azalea Trail Maids attend the opening of the Hank Aaron Stadium during ceremonies opening the Hank Aaron Museum at the Hank Aaron Stadium on April 14, 2010 in Mobile, Alabama. Dave Martin. -- PHOTO: AFP
Nepalese people sing and dance to traditional music and smear vermillion powder as they pull chariots of Hindu gods and goddesses during the Bisket Jatra festival in Thimi, in the outskirts of Kathmandu, on April 15, 2010. The traditional Bisket Jatra festival is celebrated during the Nepali New Year. -- PHOTO: AFP
A crane lifts a monument of Vladimir Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Union, in St. Petersburg April 15, 2010. The restored monument, that was hit by a blast in 2009, was returned to the square outside Finland Station in St. Petersburg to mark the 140th anniversary of Lenin's birth. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A worker sweeps near the Democracy Monument in Bangkok April 15, 2010. Thailand's 'red shirts' congregated in their tens of thousands at an upmarket Bangkok shopping district on Wednesday, preparing a "final battleground" in their fight to oust army-backed Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Photo taken on April 14, 2010 and released on April 15, 2010 by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency shows fireworks over Pyongyang to commemorate the Day of the Sun, late North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung's birthday. North Korea marked the anniversary of its late founder's birthday Thursday, following mass promotions for the military top brass and a fireworks display which stressed loyalty to the current ruler. Official media in the communist state has reported a festive mood for the "Day of the Sun" marking the birth of Kim Il-Sung who died in 1994. -- PHOTO: AFP
Ethnic Tibetans sit on the rubble of their collapsed houses after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit Jiegu Town of Yushu County, Qinghai province April 15, 2010. The death toll from an earthquake in China's remote and mountainous Yushu county has soared to 617, even as convoys of trucks carried in supplies and tents on Thursday for survivors braving the cold. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Pigeons are seen outside the Blue Mosque, Afghanistan's most magnificent and biggest mosque, thought to be the location of the Tomb of Ali, the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Mohammed and the fourth Caliph of Islam, in Mazar-i-Sharif north of Kabul, Afghanistan. -- PHOTO: AP
Masked demonstrators protest in memory of landslides victims at the Morro do Bumba slum in Niteroi, on the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian officials said the death toll from floods and mudslides in Rio has risen to at least 249 as crews continue searching through the debris. -- PHOTO: AP
Dancers of the Rhine National Opera Ballet compagny perform on stage behind a veil on which images of dancers are projected during the rehearsal of 'Dance', choregraphed by Lucinda Childs at the Theatre de la Ville in Paris. The ballet performs at the Theatre de la Ville until April 17, 2010. -- PHOTO: AFP
People dressed as monkey god Hanuman, left and as a leprosy patient, right walk in a procession during Charak festival on the last day of Bengali calendar in Calcutta, India. -- PHOTO: AP
Buttons are for sale at a Tea Party Express rally where former Alaska Governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin spoke, on Boston Commons in Boston, Massachusetts. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Smoke billows from a volcano in Eyjafjallajokull. A volcanic eruption in Iceland spewed black smoke and white steam into the air on Wednesday and partly melted a glacier, setting off a major flood that threatened to damage roads and bridges. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Fireworks are seen over the illuminated Golden Temple, the Sikhs holiest shrine, on the festival of Baisakhi in Amritsar, India. Baisakhi, which marks the Sikhs New Year day is also a harvest festival. -- PHOTO: AP
The Esma Sultana brick Mansion, a three-store brick building was constructed by Armenian architect Sarkis Balyan in 1875 next to Ortak�y Mosque (L). It was presented to Esma Sultana (1873-1899), the daughter of Ottoman Sultan Abd�laziz, as a wedding gift. The mansion remained in the possession of the Ottoman dynasty until 1915. The building was used first as a tobacco warehouse and then as a coal depot from 1920 until 1975, when it was destroyed by a fire -- PHOTO: AFP
