President Barack Obama is almost jerked off his feet as he shows off the family's new dog Bo, a 6-month-old Portuguese water dog with his daughters Malia, left, and Sasha Obama, right, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 14, 2009.
Seeing Green
A Palestinian student supporter of the Islamic group Hamas takes part in a pre-election rally for the student council at Birzeit University, on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, April 14, 2009.
High-Wire Act
Window cleaners labor between the service apartments at the Central Business District in Beijing, China, Tuesday, April 14, 2009. China's economy is showing signs of a nascent recovery, but even officials who want to boost public confidence warn a rebound faces risks from the global crisis and is not yet certain.
Like A Prayer
Tibetan Buddhists and tourists are seen through prayer flags as they congregate at Bodhnath Buddhist stupa, in Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, April 14, 2009. Some thousands of Buddhist pilgrims traditionally circumambulate the stupa, reciting prayers & spinning prayer wheels.
The President And The Podium
President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the economy, Tuesday, April 14, 2009, at Georgetown University in Washington.
New Year's Illumination
Devotees sit in front of the illuminated Golden Temple, the holiest Sikh shrine on the occasion of Vaisakhi, the Sikh New Year, in Amritsar, India, Tuesday, April 14, 2009.
Blago Back In Court
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich arrives at federal court for is arraignment on federal racketeering and fraud charges in Chicago, Tuesday, April 14, 2009.
Fenced In
A supporter of the Georgian opposition sticks a toy rabbit at a fence at Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili's residence in Tbilisi, Georgia, Tuesday, April 14, 2009. The ties are a reference to when Saakashvili was caught chewing on his tie while waiting to do a BBC interview shortly after the end of the war with Russia, and the vegetables are food for the rabbit, with reference to calling the president a coward.
Dancing Shoes
German President Horst Koehler, rear right, and Bavarian State Governor Horst Seehofer, center rear, watch a traditional Schuhplattler dance in Grainau near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany, on Tuesday, April 14, 2009.
Treasure Hunt
Fred Harlow sweeps his metal detector over the gravel parking lot in search of small treasures once lost in the snow at the Shawnee Peak ski area, Tuesday, April 14, 2009, in Bridgton, Maine. Harlow's hobby has rewarded him with over 40 rings over the years, but after an hour's work at the resort he came up with just over a dollar's worth of scuffed-up coins.