US diplomats and federal workers take part in a rally against the prospect of a government shutdown in Washington. The rally was organized by the American Foreign Service Association. Jacquelyn Martin/AP
Residents hose down shanties as houses of informal settlers burn in Tambo, Paranaque city, Metro Manila. No casualties were reported in a fire that cost at least 420 families their homes, local media reported. Erik de Castro/Reuters
Elijah LaPointe, 7, of Gardner, Mass., peers onto the field from the grandstands shortly after the opening of the gates, prior to the Boston Red Sox facing the New York Yankees in their home opener at Fenway Park in Boston. Charles Krupa/AP
A cashier uses a calculator by candlelight at a supermarket as a blackout continues, following a strong aftershock in Tome, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The aftershock ripped through northeastern Japan, killing two people, knocking out power to vast areas and piling misery on a region still buried under the rubble of last month's devastating tsunami. Hiroshi Adachi/Yomiuri Shimbun/AP
Sonia Razzaque wears a doughnut hat designed by Jean Ellis, during Ladies Day at Aintree Racecourse, in Liverpool, England. Dave Thompson/AP
A Palestinian child looks out of a broken window of his family house, damaged following an Israeli airstrike in east Gaza City. Israeli aircraft and ground forces struck Gaza as a surge of deadly fighting was sparked by a Palestinian rocket attack on an Israeli school bus the day before. Adel Hana/AP
A local resident walks past republican forces soldiers loyal to Alassane Ouattara as they share a morning meal at a republican forces operating base in the Youpougon neighborhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Ivory Coast's democratically-elected leader said his forces won't capture the entrenched strongman, Former President Laurent Gbagbo, who remained holed up in an underground bunker at the presidential residence, and instead will focus on normalizing life in the besieged city. Rebecca Blackwell/AP
Roman Kulesza of Poland performs on the high bar during the Artistic Gymnastics European Championships in Berlin. Tobias Schwarz/Reuters
US Army medic SGT Jyrone Jordan, (r.), from 'Dustoff' team, C Company, 1-214 Aviation Regiment, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, leads a Marine with a gunshot wound in the forearm onto a medevac helicopter in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Denis Sinyakov/Reuters
Blanca Ibanez fans her daughter's dog, Yogui, on the steps of the Isosaki towers in downtown Bilbao on the third day of a heat wave affecting northern Spain. Vincent West/Reuters
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh laughs while being greeted by his supporters during a rally in Sanaa,Yemen. Tens of thousands of Yemenis have converged in the capital for rival demonstrations, with some demanding the president's ouster and others showing their support. Police and army units were deployed to prevent any friction between the two sides. Muhammed Muheisen/AP
Staff Sgt. Keith Fidler kisses his wife, Cynthia, as their son Kolin looks on, during a homecoming ceremony in New York for the NY Army National Guard's 442nd Military Police Company's return from Iraq. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters
Kosovo Roma children play in front of minority community makeshift learning center in the town of Kosovo Polje, Kosovo, on International Roma Day. Kosovo Roma say the International Roma Day is a day to celebrate Roma culture and raise awareness of the issues facing the Roma people. Visar Kryeziu/AP
Iranian women perform their Friday prayer at the Imam mosque in the city of Isfahan, Iran. Vahid Salemi/AP
Relatives of Rafael Pereira da Silva, one of the victims of Thursday's shooting at Tasso da Silveira school, grieve during his funeral at Realengo cemetery in Rio de Janeiro. A Brazilian gunman killed 12 children at the school and then himself, police said, shocking the South American nation that has never seen such an incident before. Sergio Moraes/Reuters
Indians hold hands to form a human chain to block traffic during a protest against government corruption, in Ahmadabad, India. Anna Hazare, an Indian activist on a hunger strike to combat government corruption, defiantly rejected government efforts to negotiate a compromise to end his high-profile protest. Public support for Hazare continued to grow with thousands of people pledging their support as his fast entered its fourth day. Ajit Solanki/AP
A Canada goose nests in an urn as a deer keeps a watchful eye at Forest Lawn cemetery in Buffalo, N.Y. For at least four days, the buck has stood guard near the nest of the goose as she sits on her eggs. The cemetery is home to the remains of President Millard Fillmore and rock icon Rick James. Doug Benz/Reuters
Workers make a sandbag dam along the Wascana Creek in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Unusually heavy snow and high temperatures are putting the city on alert for a possible flood, which would peak in about two weeks. Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press/AP
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