Day in pictures

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

• Mar 18, 2011
• 10 photos

Libya announces cease-fire but attacks continue

Obama says Qaddafi must pull back forces from rebel-held areas, end attacks on civilians as countries move to enact no-fly zone

• Mar 18, 2011

Nuclear tomb: Japan may bury stricken plant

If cooling fails, engineers may have to bury stricken nuclear plant in concrete and sand - as was done in Chernobyl

• Mar 18, 2011

Pictures of devastation in Japan

CBS News correspondent Harry Smith reports from the villages of Sendai, Minami-Sanriku and Ishinomaki in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

• Mar 18, 2011
• 15 photos

Radioactive fallout reaches Calif., source says

But first readings are far below levels that could pose health hazard, says diplomat with access to U.N. radiation tracking

• Mar 18, 2011

Japan's TEPCO confirms power flow to nuke plant

Reuters: Tokyo Electric Power Co says transmission line is connected with crippled plant and electricity can be supplied

• Mar 18, 2011

Security forces clash with protesters in Syria

Government TV: "Infiltrators" caused "chaos and riots" before riot police chased them off

• Mar 18, 2011

Back in Haiti, Aristide gets celebrity welcome

Twice-ousted leader mobbed by allies after 7-year exile; U.S. worries homecoming will disrupt election in quake-battered country

• Mar 18, 2011

Scope of Japan humanitarian crisis becomes clear

American Red Cross representative: survivors suffering in cold temperatures, they're "completely dazed and overwhelmed"

• Mar 18, 2011

4 N.Y. Times journalists found in Libya

Captured by Qaddafi forces, four reporters are to be released, say Libyan officials

• Mar 18, 2011

Flight from Fukushima

Worried Japanese gather at airport to leave nuclear peril behind

• Mar 18, 2011
• 7 photos

Report: 128 elderly abandoned in Japan hospital

The Guardian: Japanese troops discover abandoned elderly, many on death's doorstep, near stricken-nuke plant

• Mar 18, 2011

Libya closes airspace after U.N. OKs no-fly zone

Europe air traffic control says Tripoli accepting no flights after Security Council approves "all necessary measures" to stop Qaddafi

• Mar 18, 2011

Libya no-fly zone: Just a matter of hours

David Martin says Qaddafi already in violation of cease-fire, and U.S. participation is necessary to make no-fly zone work

• Mar 18, 2011

Energy official: No harmful radiation in U.S.

Deputy Energy Secretary says West Coast, Hawaii won't be affected, downplays concerns about trace radiation at U.S. airports

• Mar 18, 2011

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