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About 200 community members gather at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center to denounce a beating that ended with the death of 59-year-old Yu Tian Sheng . Police said Mr Yu and his son Yu Jin Cheng were shopping in downtown Oakland when suspects, Lavonte Drummer and Dominic Davis confronted the son and punched him. When the elder Yu later confronted them, they allegedly punched him, causing him to fall and strike his head on the pavement. -- PHOTO: AP
Sam Granillo, a Columbine survivor, places flowers at the grave site of classmates Rachel Joy Scott and Corey Tyler DePooter at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Colorado at the 11th anniversary of the shooting at Columbine High School. Miss Scott and Mr DePooter were among those who were killed. Mr Granillo was a junior at the time of the shootings. --PHOTO: AP
Elderly men play traditional instruments during a religious procession in Mayong village in India. The procession is a part of a local festival celebrating the Assamese New Year. -- PHOTO: AP
An employee of Japanese jeweller Tanaka Kikinzoku stands next to miniature versions of samurai armor made from pure gold and valued at US$32,000 (S$43,887), at the company's showroom in Tokyo. It will be displayed on May 5 to celebrate the Boy's Festival in where according to Japanese tradition, parents decorate samurai dolls wishing their children will grow up to be healthy and robust. -- PHOTO: AFP
Marijuana saleswoman Marissa Dodd (left) bags up a sale for a customer at Dr. Reefer's marijuana dispensary in Colorado. Colorado, one of 14 states to allow use of medical marijuana, has experienced an explosion in marijuana dispensaries, trade shows and related businesses in the last year as marijuana use becomes more mainstream here. -- PHOTO: AFP
A man reads a French national newspaper displaying an advertisment for the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church launched a campaign until to attract new candidates for priesthood and to mark World Vocational Day celebrated on April 25. Advertisment reads in French, 'I am a man like others. I accompany people during big events in their lives. I am passionate about Christ and i'm saying it. I love life. I am a priest!.' -- PHOTO: AFP
An ethnic Tibetan cries during a day of mourning for victims in the earthquake-hit Jiegu town of Yushu county. Horns and sirens sounded and crowds bowed their heads in mourning in the western Chinese province where an earthquake a week ago devastated the heavily Tibetan county of Yushu. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Cracked land caused by a recent dry spell is seen next to a box of tomatoes on Cuban farmer Juan Mendoza's private cooperative land in the village of Campo Florido, 40 kilometres from Havana. Most land and agriculture is under state control in Cuba, but the island has 250,000 small farmers and 1,100 private cooperatives who, together, produce 70 per cent of agricultural output on less than a third of the available land. Cuba is dependent on imports for most of its basic foods, which drains its fragile economy and has forced President Raul Castro to put more land in private hands. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A woman walks on top of approximately 219,000 imitation cigarettes in Central Sydney. In an attempt to highlight the need for smokers to seek professional help, a floor area at Martin Place will be covered with 219,000 imitation cigarettes until April 23. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Indian relax at dusk in Allahabad on. Temperatures in northern India already hover around 44 degree Celsius. -- PHOTO: AFP
Baby sand hill cranes and their mothers search for food along a road west of Pembroke Pines, Fla. Local residents report the baby birds are a few weeks old and the four birds live near the local landfill. -- PHOTO: AP
A horse walks through falling snow on the Berjanes farm near the town of Hvolsvollur, Iceland. Ash from a volcano that erupted beneath Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier, has contaminated the farm's grazing land making it necessary to evacuate all animals. -- PHOTO: AP
An old Bedouin woman is seen milking a goat in Al- Jafr area, south of Amman, Jordan, where large populations of Bedouins live. -- PHOTO: AP
A Bedouin family is seen eating the traditional meal of Mensaf (meat, rice and yoghurt) inside their tent in Al- Jafr area, south of Amman, Jordan, where large populations of Bedouins live. Bedu, the Arabic word from which the name Bedouin is derived means 'Inhabitant of the desert'. Most of the Bedouin tribes of Jordan are descended from peoples who migrated from the Arabian Peninsula between the 14th and 18th centuries. Bedouin culture still survives in Jordan, where there is a growing appreciation of its value and its fragility. -- PHOTO: AP
Spanish matador Jose Maria Manzanares celebrates after defeating a bull during a bullfight in the Maestranza bullring in Seville. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Stranded passenger Alan Godfrey rests next to an airplane he created out of cardboard inside John F. Kennedy International Airport following flight disruptions due to volcanic activity in Iceland in the Queens borough of New York City. Godfrey has been stranded for five days and is trying to return home to London. Many European flights resumed for the first time in days but chaos continues as a backlog of flights grows and London's airports remain closed. -- PHOTO: AFP
