U.S. President Barack Obama,left. smiles with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, centre, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during a group photo at the G20 Summit in the Excel centre in London, Thursday, April 2, 2009. The objective of the London Summit is to bring the world's biggest economies together to help restore global economic growth through enhanced international coordination.
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, (R) talks with Gursharan Kaur, wife of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, during a G20 spouses visit to the Royal Opera House in London, April 2, 2009. World leaders are set to declare an end to unfettered capitalism at a G20 summit on Thursday after France and Germany demanded they act fast on promises to prevent a repeat of the worst economic crisis since the 1930s.
A pair of deer peers through a drive-in liquor store window Friday, March 27, 2009 in Medicine Bow, Wyo.
The new Palm Pre smartphone. Palm is inviting outside developers to tailor applications for eagerly-awaited Pre smartphones that will be taking on heavyweights such as iPhone and BlackBerry.
Tibetan Buddhist monks debate on topics taken from the Buddhist philosophy at the Namgyal monastery in Dharmsala, India, Saturday, April 4, 2009.
US first lady Michelle Obama, left, and France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy wave to onlookers, after they visited Strasbourg Cathedral during the programme for the spouses of NATO leaders, in Strasbourg, France, Saturday, April 4, 2009. The leaders were attending a summit marking the 60th anniversary of NATO.
Michelle Obama, fifth from left, posed with some of the wives of Group of 20 leaders and delegates during their visit to the Royal Opera House in London.
A just-married couple of Japanese tourists passed police officers in riot gear in central Athens, where hundreds of thousands gathered during a nationwide general strike protesting low salaries and unemployment.
US President Barack Obama (R) and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown attend the North Atlantic Council Summit meeting on April 4, 2009 in Strasbourg during the NATO summit. The summit, which marks the organisation's 60th anniversary, is taking place on April 3 and 4, 2009 in Strasbourg and the neighbouring German cities of Baden-Baden and Kehl.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) congrtatulates Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the closing press conference at the NATO summit in Kehl, southern Germnay on April 4, 2009. Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen will be the next NATO secretary general, he and his predecessor said, after alliance leaders persuaded Turkey not to veto the nomination.
US First Lady Michelle Obama (L), French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (2nd L, back) are pictured as US President Barack Obama (R), and French President Nicolas Sarkozy (C, front) speak during the NATO summit arrival ceremony at the the Palais Rohan on April 3, 2009 in Strasbourg. The summit, which marks the organisation's 60th anniversary, is taking place on April 3 and 4, 2009 in Strasbourg and the neighbouring German cities of Baden-Baden and Kehl.
US President Barack Obama (L) speaks next to French President Nicolas Sarkozy during a NATO summit press conference on April 3, 2009 at the Palais Rohan in Strasbourg, eastern France. The summit, which marks the organisation's 60th anniversary, is taking place on April 3 and 4, 2009 in Strasbourg and the neighbouring German cities of Baden-Baden and Kehl.
People enjoy a viewing party under fully bloomed cherry blossoms at Tokyo's Ueno Park on April 1, 2009. Viewing of the cherry blossoms is a national pastime and cultural event in Japan, where millions of people turn out to admire the blossoms.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth meets India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at Buckingham Palace in London April 1, 2009. World leaders arrived in London on Wednesday ahead of a G20 summit meeting under intense pressure to produce a morale-boosting response to the worst economic downturn since the 1930s.
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, right, and Sarah Brown, second left, wife of the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, talk with staff and patients during a visit to Maggie's Cancer Caring Center in west London, on April 1, 2009. World leaders are gathering in London for the Group of 20 summit amid an unprecedented security operation to protect the meeting from violent protests and terrorists.
Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, prayed at Sacred Heart Cathedral, a Roman Catholic Church, in New Delhi. On the 50th anniversary of his arrival into exile in India, the Dalai Lama offered prayers in different places of worship for peace in India and the happiness of its people.
Final preparations were made to the wax models of President Obama and Queen Elizabeth at Madame Tussauds in London. Mr. Obama will meet the queen this week in London.
Mr. Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama walked to Marine One at the White House to begin their European trip. Mr. Obama departed on the first overseas trip of his young presidency, holding crucial meetings in Europe on the economic crisis and with America's military partners in NATO.
A Palestinian protester spray painted the Israeli barrier during a protest marking Land Day near the West Bank town of Bethlehem. Land Day is the annual commemoration of protests in 1976 against Israel's appropriation of Arab-owned land in Galilee.
Pakistani security officials arrested a suspected militant, right, near the site. Three men, including one carrying hand grenades, were arrested on the perimeter of the compound on suspicion of helping the attackers. A police commando involved in the operation said three of the gunmen blew themselves up as commandos closed in.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (L) meets South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak (R) on the steps of 10 Downing Street, in London, on March 31, 2009. G20 leaders meeting in London this week will agree new global rules on bankers' pay, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Tuesday. Speaking two days before the crunch summit, Brown lamented the relative lack of regulation of the financial sector in recent years, saying: "free markets became worshipped as a god, but that god was false."
Russia's President, Dmitry Medvedev, left, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, arrive for a news conference after a meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Tuesday, March 31, 2009 ahead of the G20 summit in London on Wednesday and Thursday.
Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama (C), arrives at Gandhi Smriti, the memorial to Mahatma Gandhi, in New Delhi March 31, 2009. China has kept Tibetan areas under lockdown this month, which is not only the anniversary of last year's riots but also marks 50 years since the failed uprising against Chinese rule and the Dalai Lama's flight into exile in India.
U.S. singer Madonna arrives at Lilongwe High Court, Malawi Monday March 30, 2009, for an adoption case for a Malawian child.
Park Ji-sung (front) of Manchester United takes part in a training session for the 2010 FIFA World Cup Asia qualifying soccer match against North Korea at Seoul World Cup Stadium March 30, 2009. The two Koreas will play the match on April 1, 2009.
The White House is seen through a blooming of magnolia tree in Washington on March 29, 2009. US President Barack Obama unveils his plan on March 30 for the auto industry which has called for billions more in government aid to weather the economic storm.
Indonesia's Taufik Hidayat poses with his men's singles champion medal during the Yonex Sunrise India open in Hyderabad. Hidayat won the Indian Open badminton championships with a 30-minute demolition of Muhammad Hafiz Hashim of Malaysia.
Malaysian badminton players Jien Guo Ong, left, and Sook Chin Chong, right, play against India's Diju Valiyaveetil, second right, and Jwala Gutta during the mixed doubles semifinal of the Yonex Sunrise India Open 2009 in Hyderabad, India, Saturday, March 28, 2009. Valiyaveetil and Jwala won the match 21-11, 21-12.
Singapore's Hendri Kurniawan Saputra, left, and Hendra Wijaya pose with their silver medals after losing to Malaysia's Choong Tan Fook and Lee Wan Wah 21-9, 21-11 in the men's doubles final at the Yonex Sunrise India Open 2009 badminton tournament in Hyderabad, India, Sunday, March 29, 2009.
LILONGWE, Malawi – Air traffic controllers say Madonna's plane has landed in Malawi, where she is expected to begin proceedings this week to adopt a girl as her second child from the impoverished African country.
DREE HEMINGWAY, model, actress, daughter of Mariel Hemingway.
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By Suzanne Hamlin
Prince Charles and former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of Britain, third from right, attended the opening of a new infirmary at the Royal Hospital Chelsea in London.
Viktoria Helgesson of Sweden performs during the Ladies Short Program portion of the 2009 ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Los Angeles, California, March 27, 2009.
NBC employees talk to Jay Leno during a commercial break as President Barack Obama appears on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in Burbank, Calif. Thursday, March 19, 2009.
Sheets of one hundred dollar bills wait to be cut into singles at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing on March 26, 2009 in Washington, DC. The roots of The Bureau of Engraving and Printing can be traced back to 1862, when a single room was used in the basement of the main Treasury building before moving to its current location on 14th Street in 1864. The Washington printing facility has been responsible for printing all of the paper Federal Reserve notes up until 1991 when it shared the printing responsibilities with a new western facility that opened in Fort Worth, Texas.
U.S. President Barack Obama (L) speaks about Afghanistan and Pakistan while (L-R) policy adviser Bruce Riedel, Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, National Security Adviser James Jones, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Undersecretary of Defense for policy, Michelle A. Flournoy, and Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on March 27, 2009 in Washington, DC. President Obama announced a new strategy consisting of increasing troops in Afghanistan while boosting aid in Pakistan with the hopes of weakening al-Qaeda.
A blue morpho at the butterfly garden in Monteverde. Other privately run zoo-like exhibitions in the area include a bat jungle, a frog pond and a serpentarium.
Some of the country's best beaches are preserved in Manuel Antonio National Park.
A family fishes off Svolvaer, the main port town in the Lofoten Islands.
Visitors can rent rustic cabins called rorbuer, which were originally built for fishermen.
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy, center, was seen on a display on the high-speed-train Frecciarossa, or "Red Arrow," in Milan. Mr. Berlusconi made a test trip with members of the media on the high-speed-train from Milan to Rome.
Russian police officers guarded the Russian-built Soyuz rocket that will carry a new crew to the international space station. The rocket was transported to the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The space crew is scheduled to launch on Thursday.
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, whose ouster led to tremendous political turmoil, made a celebrated return to the Supreme Court compound in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Benedict and President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos of Angola (on Pope's right) inspected an honor guard upon his arrival.
Angolans waited for the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI outside the airport in Luanda, the capital. It is Benedict's second stop on his first trip to Africa. He came from Cameroon.
US President Barack Obama (C), joined by Congressional leaders and middle school students from the Washington, DC area, congratulates the astronauts on the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle Discovery on their successful ongoing mission by teleconference from the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, DC, March 24, 2009.
US President Barack Obama (R) speaks with Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner(C) and FDIC Chairwoman Sheila Bair during an economic daily meeting March, 23 2009 in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC.
