Day in pictures

A glimpse at the days news as seen through a camera's lens

• Apr 11, 2011
• 10 photos

Defiance in France as veil ban takes effect

Several women appear in front of Notre Dame Cathedral wearing niqab veils; Critics see law as assault on religious freedom

• Apr 11, 2011

Tajikistan bans divorce by text message

State religious authorities in Central Asian nation ban SMS use of Muslim divorce practices

• Apr 11, 2011

Explosion rocks subway station in Belarus

At least 11 killed and 126 wounded; Official says Minsk blast was a terrorist act

• Apr 11, 2011

Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo arrested

Forces loyal to democratically-elected president capture former leader after attacks on bunker, aided by French airstrikes, tanks

• Apr 11, 2011

Student protest turns violent in Syria; 1 dead

Plainclothes security officials seen beating students protesting regime of President Bashar Assad in Damascus

• Apr 11, 2011

Rebels reject "road map," say Qaddafi must go

Opposition says no to African Union-brokered cease-fire because it does not provide for Qaddafi's ouster; Misrata bombardment continues

• Apr 11, 2011

Anti-porn Indonesian MP watches porn, resigns

Lawmaker from religious party who helped pass tough anti-porn law seen watching explicit video during parliamentary session

• Apr 11, 2011

Rebels protest "road map"; Misrata bombarded

African Union delegation meets with opposition in Benghazi, but protesters say no to cease-fire unless Qaddafi leaves power

• Apr 11, 2011

U.S. humanitarian aid reaches Camp Ashraf in Iraq

Over the weekend, the Iraqi government at first blocked and then allowed U.S. humanitarian aid for Iranian exiles wounded in raid by Iraqi Army forces at Camp Ashraf

• Apr 11, 2011

Path forward in Libya still hazy after summit

African Union says Libyan leader Qaddafi has accepted "road map" for cease-fire, but fighting goes on

• Apr 11, 2011

Aftershock rattles Japan; evacuation zone grows

Magnitude-7.0 quake strikes on one-month anniversary of massive temblor, deadly tsunami; High radiation prompts warnings to 5 more communities

• Apr 11, 2011

U.S. tab for Libya: $608 million and counting

Cost is higher than originally projected and doesn't include pay for U.S. forces, Pentagon says

• Apr 11, 2011

Japan nuclear refugees confused by policy shifts

As nuclear crisis unfolds, residents receive a barrage of changing and conflicting government proclamations on safety

• Apr 11, 2011

French attack Ivory Coast strongman's positions

Helicopter airstrikes, tanks of ex-colonial ruler advance on bunker of Laurent Gbagbo

• Apr 11, 2011

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