

A South Korean worker hangs lanterns to prepare for the celebration of the upcoming birthday of Buddha on May 10 at the Chogye temple in Seoul, South Korea. About one-third of South Korea's 48 million people are Buddhists. Ahn Young-joon/AP
A fan of Sri Lanka poses for a picture ahead of their Cricket World Cup 2011 semi-final match against New Zealand in Colombo. Philip Brown/Reuters
A conductor leads as participants sing revolutionary songs during a celebration for the upcoming anniversary of the Communist Party of China on a square in Chongqing municipality. More than ten thousand local residents took part in the celebration for the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party of China, which was founded on July 1, 1921. Reuters
Afghan children play on a makeshift carousel on a street in Kabul. Omar Sobhani/Reuters
A sparrow pecks a cherry blossom at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Japan. Lee Jin-man/AP
People enjoy the sunny spring weather in front of the Glyptothek museum in Munich, southern Germany. Matthias Schrader/AP
Spanish Queen Sofia laughs as she plays with twin pandas Po and De De at the Madrid Zoo & Aquarium. Twin pandas were born on September 7, conceived through artificial insemination in a joint effort by Spain's National Research council and scientists from China. Andrea Comas/Reuters
Ethnic Albanians take part in a protest against the arrests of former Kosovo Liberation Army fighters, in Kosovo. Two weeks ago, the European Union police and justice mission arrested nine Albanians suspected of committing war crimes during the 1998-99 Kosovo war. Hazir Reka/Reuters
Police officers restrain a supporter of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi after a scuffle with a man opposed to the regime, during a protest in London. Britain and the United States stepped up pressure on Gaddafi to quit, telling an international conference on Tuesday that he was defying military action designed to protect Libyan civilians. Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters
Austria's David Alaba (l.) jumps for the ball with Turkey's Selcuk Inan during their Euro 2012 Group A qualifying soccer match in Istanbul. Murad Sezer/Reuters
Detroit Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera (l.) reaches for a baseball while signing autographs before a MLB spring training game with the New York Yankees in Tampa, Florida. Steve Nesius/Reuters
Models walk on a stage as they present creations for the DHL Delivers Fashion's Future Graduates Show 2011 during China Fashion Week held in Beijing, China. Andy Wong/AP
Pro-Syrian President Bashar Assad protesters, shout pro-Assad slogans as they demonstrate to show their support for him, in Damascus, Syria. Pledging allegiance for President Bashar Assad as he faces the biggest challenge to his 11-year rule, hundreds of thousands of Syrians gathered in a central Damascus square waving his pictures and chanting support. Bassem Tellawi/AP
An Indian cricket fan throws flames, as others cheer during an event organized to wish the Indian cricket team good luck ahead of the ICC World Cup semifinal match between India and Pakistan, in Kolkata, India. Bikas Das/AP
A worker is seen on a construction site in the neighborhood of Pisgat Zeev in east Jerusalem. On Tuesday, the Israeli Interior Ministry said it would decide next month whether to give final approval to build 1,500 apartments in two Jewish enclaves in east Jerusalem. Bernat Armangue/AP
People light candles during a prayer vigil for the three Filipino overseas workers slated to be executed in China, along a busy street in Manila. Philippine officials in China on Tuesday submitted to Chinese President Hu Jintao letters from the families of two of the three Filipino convicts there who will be executed on Wednesday. Sally Ordinario-Villanueva, Ramon Credo and Elizabeth Batain, are scheduled to be executed on Wednesday after they were sentenced to death for smuggling drugs to China in 2008, a local media reported on Tuesday. Romeo Ranoco/Reuters
Ghana fans sing their national anthem before their international friendly soccer match against England at Wembley Stadium in London. Stefan Wermuth/Reuters