

A polling officer marks the hand of a woman at a polling center during the second voting day in Kadugli, Sudan. Sudanese started voting on Monday in delayed elections in the north's main oil state, a poll that analysts fear could provoke violence in the countdown to the secession of the country's south in July. Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters
A supporter of the banned Islamic organization Jamaat-ud-Dawa clears tears while taking part in a symbolic funeral prayer for al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Karachi, Pakistan. Athar Hussain/Reuters
Sri Lanka's Buddhist monks from the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) party hold up oil lamps during a peaceful protest against a UN-appointed panel report in Colombo. The Sri Lankan hardliner nationalist, all Buddhist monk party JHU held a protest against the UN report, which alleged thousands of civilians were killed during the last phase of the war, as they and other protesters marched to Independence Square. Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters
Swiss Military Honour Guard stands in the rain during the official visit of Armenia's President Serzh Sarksyan in Lohn, Switzerland. Adrian Streun/Reuters
A horse gets a bath after a morning workout at Churchill Downs Tuesday, in Louisville, Ky. Charlie Riedel/AP
Wearing Islamic style dresses, Iranian Jewish school girls, react to the camera with joy, as a graffiti depicting Moses with 'The Ten Commandments' is seen on the wall, at the Fakhr-e-Danesh Jewish school in Tehran, Iran. About 20,000 Jews live in Iran, which has the biggest Jewish community in the middle east outside Israel. Under the country's strict Islamic regulations religious minorities must follow Islamic dress codes such as head scarves for women. Vahid Salemi/AP
Girls from India's Uttarakhand state watch a procession to mark Hindu festival 'Parasuram Jayanti' in Jammu, India, Tuesday. Channi Anand/AP
A Belarusian farmer plants potatoes on his field in the village of Kurovichi, 88 miles west of Minsk, Tuesday. Potatoes are a basic staple of the Belarus diet. Sergei Grits/AP
Women from the southwest Chinese province of Guizhou, dressed in traditional costumes, play a game as they visit the Bund along the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China. Carlos Barria/Reuters
Australia Sydney FC's Bruno Cazarine (r.), fights for the ball against South Korea Suwon Bluewings Mato Neretljak, during a soccer match of the AFC Champions League in Suwon, South Korea. Lee Jin-man/AP
Libyans enjoy a day on a beach in Tripoli, Libya. Darko Bandic/AP
First Lady Michelle Obama dances with students at Alice Deal Middle School in northwest Washington, during a surprise visit to the school's Let's Move! event. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP
A man and woman wearing typical Sevillana outfits take part during the first day of the traditional fair in Seville, Spain. Reuters
An honor guard in the fife and drum corps stands during the ceremony unveiling a statue of former US President Gerald Ford in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington. Joshua Roberts/Reuters
Tanks are lined up toward the Red Square during a night rehearsal for a military parade in central Moscow. Russia will mark the 66th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in 1945 with a military parade in Moscow's Red Square on May 9. Denis Sinyakov/Reuters