Day in Pictures
Devout Hindus bathe in the Ganges during the festival, expected to attract more than 10 million people, with the belief that it will cleanse them of their sins and free them from the cycle of life and rebirth.
A Day of Remembrance
View of a cross on Pilsudski square, three days after the Polish President Lech Kaczynski died in a plane crash, downtown Warsaw, Poland Tuesday, April 13, 2010.Kaczynski, his wife and some of the country's highest military and civilian leaders died on Saturday, when the presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing in dense fog in western Russia.
Photos: Mourning in Poland
Shots Fired at Funeral
A Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant fires in the air during the funeral of Marwan al-Jarba, 23, in al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, April 13, 2010.Israeli forces fired at Gaza militants from helicopters and tanks early Tuesday, killing at least one Palestinian and wounding three.
Temporary Rest in Thailand
Thai men rest on steps covered with anti-government graffiti Tuesday, April 13, 2010, near Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Thailand.Anti-government protesters threatened Tuesday to unleash another street "offensive" against Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his government unless he dissolves parliament and steps down.
Thailand: Ruling Sets Stage for New Elections
Voting in Sudan
A Sudanese refugee woman waits to vote, while carrying a child, at a polling station in the refugee camp of Zamzam, on the outskirts of El Fasher, Darfur, Sudan, Tuesday, April 13, 2010.Sudan's opposition parties accused the United States of backing the country's elections despite the deep flaws favoring the government, as officials announced Monday voting was extended for two days following complaints of problems at the polling stations.
In Protest
Opposition protesters demonstrate behind a cordon of security forces in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, April 13, 2010. Dozens of Egyptians calling for constitutional reform and an end to police brutality protested in downtown Cairo Tuesday, but were surrounded by hundreds of security forces who beat up and detained one, and scuffled with others.Mourning in Poland
Mourners kneel down in front of the presidential couple lying in state on Tuesday, April 13, 2010, in Warsaw, Poland. The coffins of President Lech Kaczynski who was killed in a plane crash in Russia and his wife are on public display in the presidential palace.Photos: Mourning in Poland
Phillie Replaces its Fleet
Conductor Richard Murray is seen in front of a new Silverliner V passenger train car in Philadelphia, Tuesday, April 13, 2010.The rail car from South Korea is one of the first that Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority plans to acquire to replace a portion of its fleet.