A child walks between tulips in a park in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, April 18 2008.
High Jinks
A young ring-tailed Lemur jumps in its enclosure at Rapperswil zoo, in Rapperswil, Switzerland, Friday, April 18, 2008.
Passover Preps
An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy watches a fire as leavened items are burned during final preparations for the Passover holiday in Jerusalem, Friday, April 18, 2008. A central aspect of the weeklong Passover holiday is the biblical ban on eating bread or other foods that take time to rise, in commemoration of the hasty exodus from Egypt by the ancient Israelites, escaping Pharaoh. Passover begins at sundown Saturday.
Proud Mama
A camel named Valeska looks on at her offspring at the children's zoo in the Swiss circus Knie in Rapperswil, Switzerland, Friday, April 18, 2008. The calf was born Thursday.
Taking A Shot
A Palestinian demonstrator uses a sling-shot to hurl a stone at Israeli border police, not seen, during a protest against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah, Friday, April 18, 2008.
Smoke Screen
Birds fly over a street in Buenos Aires, Friday, April 18, 2008. A thick mantle of smoke from burning grass in neighboring rural areas has covered the city for days.
Global Pulpit
Pope Benedict XVI addresses the UN General Assembly Friday, April 18, 2008, at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Benedict, only the third pope to address the United Nations, told diplomats that respect for human rights was the key to solving many of the world's problems, while cautioning that international cooperation was threatened by "the decisions of a small number."
Here Comes The Judge
Judge Barbara Walther, left, is escorted into the Tom Green County Courthouse in San Angelo, Texas, Friday, April 18, 2008. Walther is presiding over the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints child custody hearings for the children taken from the Yearning for Zion ranch in Eldorado, Texas. The hearings began Thursday and continued Friday.
Snow Go
M.A. Ricci, with her son Lukasz in tow, skies in Newbury, N.H., Friday, April 18, 2008. Despite temperatures reaching into the 70's, there has been enough snow in New England for ski areas to stay open a few weeks longer.