President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk down the steps from Air Force One at London's Stansted Airport, ahead of the G20 summit in London. Mr. Obama arrived in Europe with a hefty economic and political agenda for his first journey across the Atlantic since taking office two months ago.
Presiding Chairman
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., listens to remarks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 31, 2009, during a confirmation hearing for Health and Human Services Secretary-designate, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. Kennedy, battling brain cancer, said "I've benefited from the best of medicine. But we have too many uninsured Americans."
Flood Watch
Plastic penguins adorn a snow covered sandbag levee that surrounds an evacuated home in blizzard conditions along 76th Ave. S., in Fargo, N.D., as Red River floodwaters receded Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Blizzard conditions that hit the flood-ravaged Fargo area did not seem to be increasing the risk of breeching levees, as had been feared.
Full Blossom
The Jefferson Memorial is framed by cherry blossoms, Tuesday, March 31, 2009, near the Tidal Basin in Washington.
View From Space
Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano Monday, March 30, 2009, as it emits a steady ash plume. The volcano 100 miles southwest of Anchorage has erupted 18 times since March 22, sending ash in various directions. A light dusting of ash fell for the first time on Anchorage on Saturday.
On Deck
The space shuttle Atlantis approaches the launch pad, left, after leaving the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in Canaveral, Fla. Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Atlantis is scheduled for launch May 12 on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
Grief Stricken
Relatives of Raheel Fayz, one of the police officers killed in Monday's attack, react during his funeral in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. The commander of the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility Tuesday for a deadly assault on a Pakistani police academy and said the group was planning a terrorist attack on the U.S. capital.
Prime Perch
A bald eagle sits perched atop a tree branch in a rural area of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, on Tuesday March 31, 2009.