Palestinian women take part in a demonstration demanding the release of prisoners being held in Israeli jails in Gaza City on Monday, April 17, 2006. Palestinians held protests in the West Bank and Gaza marking Prisoner's Day on behalf of all prisoners held in Israeli jails. Some 8,000 Palestinians are held in Israeli prisons. For more than 20 years, Palestinians have marked April 17 as Prisoner's Day.
Parade Pooch
Dakota, a St. Bernard, takes a nap on New York's Fifth Avenue alongside Emma Bargende, 3, of Natick, Mass., during the Easter Parade, Sunday, April 16, 2006. The annual event attracts participants from around the world dressed in outfits ranging from elegant to outrageous.
Mary In The Mist
As heavy fog recedes, the Queen Mary 2, the most expensive ocean liner ever built, is seen docked for the first time at the new $52 million Brooklyn Cruise Terminal in Red Hook, Brooklyn, N.Y., Saturday, April 15, 2006. The city hopes the facility will bolster a luxury cruise industry that has lost business in recent years to a rival port in Bayonne, N.J.
Volcanic Activity
Villagers are silhouetted as Mount Merapi is seen partially covered with cloud in the background, in Srumbung village near the town of Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia, on Saturday, April 15, 2006. Indonesia raised the alert status of the 9,737-foot volcano to the second-highest level this week, warning increased activity at its crater means it could erupt anytime.
Cross Roads
Christian worshippers carry a large wooden cross into the Church of the Holy Sepulchre after retracing Jesus Christ's steps toward his crucifixion during a Good Friday procession in Jerusalem on Friday, April 14, 2006.
Horse Trainer
Riyaz Ahmad, a Kashmiri Muslim villager, trains his horse on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, on Friday, April 14, 2006.
Meeting Of The Monks
Buddhist monks on their way to the opening of the five-day World Buddhist Forum in Hangzhou, China, on Thursday, April 13, 2006.
Bake Sale
Afghans work at a bakery in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, April 13, 2006.
Bulgarian Flood
A Bulgarian harbor worker uses a boat to inspect flooded buildings in the harbor of Lom, next to the river Danube some 100 miles north of the capital, Sofia, on Wednesday, April, 12, 2006. The Danube was swelling due to the melting of snow upstream, and the situation was aggravated by flash rains that hit northwestern Bulgaria.
Maine Moon
The nearly full moon sets at dawn over Bath, Maine, on Wednesday, April 12, 2006. American Indians call April's full moon the "Pink Moon" after the color of the spring's earliest wild flowers, according to the Farmers' Almanac.
Kabul Kids
Children pose in front of a wall full of graffiti at the old Ali Abad hospital building in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, April 9, 2006. This former hospital building, located in the back of the new one, was destroyed during the civil war and occupied mostly by Afghan refugees who returned home after the fall of the Taliban regime.
Bunfire
Ultra-Orthodox Jews gather around a fire as they burn leavened items in a final preparation before the Passover holiday in Jerusalem on Wednesday, April 12, 2006. All leavened food, such as bread, is forbidden to Jews during the week-long Passover holiday commemorating the Israelites' hasty departure from Egypt. The holiday begins at sundown Wednesday.
I Can't Hear You
A boy cover his ears against the noise of the Darbonne, a refurbished sugar factory, in Leogane, a rural town about 30 miles west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Tuesday, April 11, 2006.
Katmandu Clash
A policeman peeks from behind his shield as opposition party supporters throw rocks at policemen after their gathering was dispersed in Katmandu, Nepal, on Tuesday April 11, 2006. Although most parts of Katmandu remained peaceful, opposition party supporters clashed with policemen in isolated pockets.
Penitent Parade
Penitents of "San Gonzalo" brotherhood participate in a Holy Week procession in Seville, Spain, on Monday April 10, 2006. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week.
Beijing Modern
A Chinese man rests as his colleague works at being the mascot to the newly completed IKEA Siyuanqiao store in Beijing, China, on Monday, April 10, 2006. IKEA's new outlet in Beijing will be its biggest in Asia, a seven-story, $100 million behemoth that the Swedish furniture maker hopes will put it ahead in China's thriving but crowded market.
Mini Matatdor
Rafita Mirabal, 9, fights a young bull in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, on Saturday, April 15, 2006. The boy from the Mexican state of Aguascalientes has already taken on about two dozen fights in bullrings since 2005.
Festive Face
A worshipper made up as a general from Chinese mythology joins the annual celebration of Baosheng Cultural Festival on Tuesday, April 11, 2006, in Taipei, Taiwan. The festival takes place from March 15 to May 2, according to the lunar calendar. The large-scale activity integrates traditional ceremonies, literature and history study, folk skills and art cultural.
Egypt ian Riots
An injured Egyptian Coptic protester, center, runs to an ambulance outside St. Maximus Church in Alexandria, Egypt, on Sunday, April 16, 2006. Police fired live ammunition into the air and lobbed tear gas into rioting crowds of Christians and Muslims during a third day of sectarian violence in Egypt's second-largest city.