Cherry trees were in full bloom over the Kanda River in Tokyo. Flower viewing, or Hanami, is a traditional Japanese custom of enjoying the beauty of flowers.
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Cherry trees were in full bloom over the Kanda River in Tokyo. Flower viewing, or Hanami, is a traditional Japanese custom of enjoying the beauty of flowers.
The Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft, carrying Expedition 18 Cmdr. Michael Fincke, Flight Engineer Yury V. Lonchakov and American civilian Charles Simonyi, landed near Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Mr. Fincke and Mr. Lonchakov returned after six months on the International Space Station, and Mr. Simonyi was returning after 12 days in space.
Laborers harvested wheat by hand in a field at Bharatpur village in the northern Indian state of Punjab. Indian government agencies are slowing wheat purchasing in many parts of the country, the second largest producer in the world after China, and that may cause prices to fall, senior traders said.
The two founders of Skype are seeking to buy back the hugely popular Internet telephone service that they sold to online auction giant eBay in 2005, according to US media reports.
Michael Devarapria, a 28 year old Indonesian Christian art student prepares for his role as Jesus Christ in reenacting the stations of the cross during a Good Friday mass on April 10, 2009 at the Jakarta Cathedral, the center of Easter celebrations for minority Christians in predominantly Islamic country of Indonesia.
White House carpenter Charles Brandts, who is also a beekeeper, lends his skills to the White House after a swarm of Honey Bees nested near one of the front gates at the White House on April 9, 2009 in Washington, DC. Brandts, put the queen and the swarm into a cardboard box and removed them from the grounds.
President Barack Obama will return to White House in Washington after his European trip, with tulips in full bloom, seen in Lafayette Park across the street from the White House, Tuesday, April 7, 2009. The president will return later tonight after a quick stop in Baghdad, Iraq, after the conclusion of a long overseas trip that included economic and NATO summits in Europe and two days in Turkey.
Mike Gansler, Director of Core Technology with Segway Inc., drives a Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility, or PUMA, project prototype vehicle in New York's Times Square on Sunday, April 5, 2009.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is surrounded by reporters during a news conference at a Tokyo hotel, Japan, Tuesday, April 7, 2009. Chavez applauded President Barack Obama's promise to lead the world into a future free of nuclear weapons, and said he was open to working with the new American president. "With this statement, it is as if an 'Obama missile' has landed," Chavez said of the U.S. president's call to eliminate nuclear bombs.
In this photo released by the Iraqi Government, U.S. President Barack Obama, right, meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, left, in Baghdad, Tuesday, April 7, 2009.
A handout picture released by the Iraqi president's office shows US President Barack Obama (L) meeting with his Iraqi counterpart Jalal Talabani in Baghdad on April 7, 2009. Obama said on a surprise visit to Iraq that the next 18 months would be "critical," and told the war-torn country that it would soon have to look after itself. Obama, who has called for an end to US combat operations in Iraq by August next year, also pledged he would stick to a timetable for all US troops to leave the country by the end of 2011.
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US President Barack Obama (L) with his wife Michelle greets the crowd before his speech at Hradcansky square in Prague on April 5, 2009. Obama said today he would move forward with a planned missile defence shield in central Europe despite Russian objections, saying Iran remained a real threat. Obama said the project to install a radar system and 10 interceptor missiles in the Czech Republic and Poland could still be scrapped, but only if Iran was deemed no longer a danger.