Day in Pictures
Activists called on President Barack Obama to fight a tough new Arizona law targeting illegal immigrants, promising Sunday to march in the streets and invite arrest by refusing to comply if the measure goes into effect.
U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva of Arizona told about 3,500 protesters gathered at the state Capitol that the Obama administration can help defeat the law by refusing to cooperate. The law requires Arizona police officers to question people about their immigration status if there is reasonable suspicion they're in the country illegally, saying it would undoubtedly lead to racial profiling.
Chernobyl: 24 Years Later
Vera Toptunova, the mother of Leonid Toptunova, who was a senior reactor control engineer at the Reactor No.4 of the Chernobyl nuclear plant when it exploded on April 26, 1986, mourns over his grave at Mitino cemetery in Moscow, Monday, April 26, 2010.Hundreds of people came to Mitino cemetery, where those who died in the Chernobyl catastrophe are buried, to pay tribute to loved ones who perished in the world's worst nuclear accident 24 years ago.
Chernobyl: Still A Threat
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, second from left, visits a complex for the processing of nuclear waste at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, in Chernobyl, Ukraine, Monday, April 26, 2010.Yanukovych warned Monday on the 24th anniversary of the world's worst atomic accident that the Chernobyl nuclear reactor remains a serious threat to Europe.
Keeping the Peace in Thailand
Pro-government demonstrators wave a huge Thai national flag during a rally at Victory Monument Monday, April 26, 2010, in Bangkok, Thailand.The government said it still hoped to resolve the problem peacefully, despite a breakdown in negotiations, but could not allow the protests that have paralyzed a key part of Bangkok to go on indefinitely. "We're required to keep peace and return the area to normalcy," government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn said.