CAPTAIN TAREK DREAM: Memories Of 2010

DANCE MOVE: A member of Brazil’s dance company Focus performed in “Pathways Quase Uma” at the opening of a theater arts festival in Panama City, Panama, Wednesday.

A DEEP BREATH: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) listened to reporters’ questions after signing the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act at the Capitol Wednesday. President Barack Obama signed the bill Thursday.

STUCK IN THE MUD: Katie Worral laughed after falling in the mud while Sigrid Grinde, left, ran away during their mud fight in Fargo, N.D., Wednesday.

HAIRCUT DAY: A boy got a haircut at a barbershop in Hefei, Anhui province, China, Wednesday. On the Chinese lunar calendar, the traditional haircut day, “dragon raises head,” is supposed to bring good luck.

WASHED UP: A beachgoer looked at starfish that washed ashore in Budleigh Salterton, England, Thursday. Marine experts believe thousands of starfish have washed up on the beach due to high tides and storms.

AT THE RACES: Spectators watched a horse race at the Cheltenham Festival on Saint Patrick’s Day in the United Kingdom.

AT ATTENTION: Afghan National Army officers stood during President Hamid Karzai’s speech at their graduation ceremony in Kabul Thursday. The ANA hopes to expand to 240,000 troops by 2011.

TIED UP: Earthquake survivors, who were scavenging in the rubble of a damaged building, lay on the floor tied up by police in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday.

DRAGGED AWAY: Security forces dragged away members of the Ladies in White, relatives of dissidents imprisoned in a 2003 crackdown, during their march in Havana Wednesday. Government supporters shouted at the women.

A HAPPY HUG: Balinese people hugged during the Omed-Omedan (hugging) festival in Denpasar, Indonesia, Wednesday. The ritual is believed to prevent villages from receiving bad luck.

UNDER THE GUN: Security personnel in plainclothes pointed weapons at people at the Kasubi Tombs, a World Heritage Site that was destroyed by fire, in Kampala, Uganda, Wednesday. Three people were fatally shot.

FLORAL PRINT: A man wearing a costume of flowers protested Wednesday against proposed changes to an oil-royalties law that would cut Rio de Janeiro’s take. Critics argue the change would endanger the city’s ability to host the 2016 Olympics.

WEARING COSTUMES: Performers wearing Aztec costumes walked to a stadium before a soccer match between Mexico and North Korea in Torreon, Mexico, Wednesday.

SLUM FIRE: A man tried to collect his belongings during a massive fire in a slum of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday. More than 100 homes burned down.

GUTTED: A man inspected a gutted house after fire raced through a squatter area in Manila Thursday. Around 200 houses were burned to the ground.

SUN AND SURF: A man sat on the shore at Los Angeles’s Will Rogers State Beach as the ocean glistened from the sun Wednesday.
A grave lies next to Ntarama Catholic church in Nyamata, where a massacre occurred in April 1994. That year, some 800,000 people — one-tenth of the population, most of them ethnic Tutsis — were killed by machetes and farm tools in an ethnic war between Hutus and Tutsis.

The violence ended only when now-president Paul Kagame led his guerrilla army into the country and captured the capital, Kigali. At left, the names of some of the people who were massacred at that site are engraved on a wall on the church grounds.

A cross lay on a mound of clothing of young children who were killed in the church in Nyamata April 10, 1994. Many people from the surrounding area sought refuge in the church during the genocide. About 10,000 people were massacred when the Hutu militia broke down the door that day.

Skulls of genocide victims were displayed in the church cellar. Most were killed by a machete or had their head bashed in by a hammer. Some victims were brutally tortured.

Today, the site is no longer used as a church, but is a memorial to those who lost their lives there. At left, sunlight fell on clothes of victims massacred in the church.

Now, a delicate peace in Rwanda is showing signs of strain. At left, a man and woman walked along a road.

A banner of president Paul Kagame, who is running for re-election, hung in Kigali. Mr. Kagame is widely credited for rescuing a ruined country. He has served as president for a decade. Under his governance, Rwanda became the envy of its struggling African neighbors.

Rwanda is a rarity among African nations: an economic triumph. At left, a woman walked past a store in Nyamirambo with the number “2020” written on it. The number appears frequently in Kigali, and represents the successful future the country hopes to achieve by that year.

Under Mr. Kagame, growth in Rwanda reached 11% in 2008, making it one of the world’s fastest growing nations before the global economic slump kicked in. At left, a man and a woman stood on the outskirts of the only golf course in Kigali after gathering water for their homes.

Mr. Kagame’s 2008 “genocide ideology” law is at the heart of his nation-rebuilding strategy. The law prohibits murder and hate speech, but also harder-to-define offenses such as “despising” or “stirring up ill feelings.” At left, two boys stood outside their mud shack. In the background, a high-rise is being built.

Now, Mr. Kagame faces allegations from political opponents that he’s using the broad language of the law — as well as intimidation — to marginalize them. Rivals have complained of threats and physical attack. At left, a group of motorcycle taxis called boda-bodas waited near a gas station.

The government denies the allegations of harassment. At left, two men walked through the MTN Centre, one of the main shopping malls in Kigali.

Rwandans say the genocide-ideology casts a chilling effect on daily life. Mr. Kagame’s methods are contributing to an environment of fear among ordinary Rwandans, say Hutu and Tutsi alike. At left, a man walked past a building under construction in Kigali.

And despite economic growth, Rwanda remains poor. Many Hutu are frustrated by a lack of opportunity. An estimated 80% of Rwandans are subsistence farmers, most of them Hutu. At left, the only casino in Rwanda, the ‘Casino Kigali’, is in the Top Tower Hotel.
El Paso and Juárez used to operate as one community. But Juárez’s violence is causing anguish among El Paso residents. The car where four teenagers were shot in Juárez last December, above, had at least 39 bullet marks.

More than 2,000 people were killed in drug-related violence in Juárez last year. Above, members of the gang “Barrio Bajo” sat on a square in Juárez in December.

A federal police checkpoint in Vista de Zaragoza neighborhood in Ciudad Juárez.

Many El Paso residents continue to commute to Mexico for work every day over the Santa Fe bridge, above.

Above, a view of Colonia Fronteriza in Juárez.

A rescuer provided medical care to Erica Piñera, 25, who was injured by three suspects after they killed her fiance, who was driving the car.

A police officer stood at a crime scene where three people were killed in Colonia Felipe Angeles in Juárez.

Ciudad Juárez has the look and feel of an occupied city. Soldiers constantly crisscross Ciudad Juárez in open-backed SUVs.

A man protested against Mexican President Felipe Calderón during his visit to Ciudad Juárez March 16.

Members of the Aztecas gang were behind bars at the high security area of the Juárez state prison.

In a fight between the Aztecas and a rival gang last year at the Juárez state prison, 22 inmates were killed and seven others injured.

A woman and her sick husband waited for an ambulance in Juárez.

Soldiers patrolled Colonia Zapata in west Juárez.

While Ciudad Juárez’ drug dealers and hit men aren’t guerrillas or suicide bombers — largely they are trying to kill each other instead of Mexican soldiers — they do use the hit-and-run tactics of guerrillas, melting back into the population and making it difficult to tell who is who. Above, a crime scene in Juárez.

Members of the gang “Barrio Bajo” stood next to a wall in Juárez.

A homeless person warmed up near a fire Juárez.

A municipal police officer patrolled downtown Juárez.

Women mourned for a friend’s husband, who was shot by a hitman in Juárez.

Despite recent efforts on both sides of the border, there are few signs that the violence is waning.
STEPPING LIVELY: Visitors walked on steps bearing the logo of a book fair in Leipzig, Germany, Wednesday.

INDIGENOUS WEAR: An indigenous tribal man wore a monkey skull around his neck during a protest in front of the prime minister’s office in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Wednesday. The Orang Asli people demonstrated against the government’s land reforms.

HORSE JUMP: Horses jumped over water during the William Hill Trophy Handicap Steeple Chase at the Cheltenham Festival in the United Kingdom Tuesday.

STACKED UP: A hotel constructed to look like traditional Zaanse houses stacked on top of each other prepared to open in Zaandam, Netherlands, Thursday.

TERRIFIED WITNESS: A police officer questioned a crying child who witnessed a gunfight in the La Saline slum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday. Police said two gunmen on a motorcycle fatally shot two off-duty officers; a bystander was also fatally shot.

TOP O’ THE MORNING: Children watched the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Dublin Wednesday. Hundreds of thousands of people will mark the national day at more than 180 events in towns and villages across the country.

SNOW SCENE: Snow crystals covered trees on Brocken Mountain in Germany Tuesday.

BABIES ON BOARD: Babies were evacuated to safety during a protest in Mexico City Tuesday.

REDUCED TO ASHES: A man prayed at the smoldering ruins of the Kasubi Tombs — a World Heritage Site dating back more than 100 years — in Kampala, Uganda, Wednesday. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

CRIME SCENE: Security personnel collected evidence from the scene of a shooting where suspected militants opened fire, injuring two paramilitary soldiers and three civilians in Srinagar, India, Tuesday.

FACE TIME: Models checked themselves out in mirrors as they prepared backstage at Fashion Week in Kiev Tuesday.

CURIOUS ONLOOKERS: Scantily clad PETA volunteer Amber Tegantvoort promoted vegetarianism on a street in downtown Memphis, Tenn., Tuesday.

A WARM WELCOME: Kimberly Fanning welcomed Sgt. Coy Hurley home to Fort Bragg, N.C., Tuesday. Sgt. Hurley’s unit played a key role in the recent operation in Marjah, Afghanistan.

ROW YOUR BOAT: Ray Breimer paddled a rowboat on a street flooded with water from the Passaic River in Little Falls, N.J., Tuesday.

SPRING’S IN THE AIR: A couple kissed in a boat on a lake at Madrid’s Retiro Park Wednesday.

SING A SONG: Tracey Wallace sang at a preview party Wednesday in Santa Ana, Calif., ahead of the La Habra Citrus Fair.
HOLY MAN: Hindu holy men smeared their bodies with ashes in a ritual before bathing in the River Ganges during the Kumbh Mela festival in Haridwar, India, Monday. Hindus believe bathing in the river will cleanse them of their sins.

POPPING A POSE: Iggy Pop of the Stooges posed backstage during a ceremony to induct the band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in New York Monday.

FAMILY MOURNS: Relatives of Khursheed Ahmad, 22, cried during his funeral procession near Srinagar, India, Tuesday. Two suspected rebels opened fire in a crowded shopping district in the Indian-controlled section of Kashmir, killing one and wounding several people.

FRONT AND CENTER: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (center with hands crossed) attended a news conference on Capitol Hill after a meeting with children’s advocates about health-care reform Monday.

CHANNELING REAGAN: House Minority Leader John Boehner (R., Ohio) stood near a portrait of former President Ronald Reagan during a news conference to unveil a GOP television ad against President Barack Obama’s health-care legislation in Washington Tuesday.

COPYING THE QUEEN: The Bank of England Museum displayed a printing plate bearing the likeness of Queen Elizabeth II in London Tuesday. The museum is opening a new exhibit tracing the development of the portrait of the queen on Bank of England notes.

LAID BARE: A woman performed “Nude with Skeleton” during the “Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present” exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in New York Monday.

GUNNED DOWN: A member of the Mexican navy guarded the scene where the bodies of two alleged drug traffickers who died in a shootout lay at a hotel in Acapulco, Mexico, Monday.

SPILLING BLOOD: Thai soldiers stood guard at the Government House in Bangkok after supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra spilled their donated blood at the gate Tuesday. Protesters are demanding new elections.

EVIDENCE: The bloody blade of a chainsaw was displayed during a news conference in Gyor, Hungary, Tuesday. Police believe a man possibly under psychiatric care killed his wife, two children and himself.

CLEARING A TREE: A worker straddled the trunk of a fallen tree as it was removed from a house in White Plains, N.Y., Monday, in the aftermath of a storm.

A HIGH JUMP: Sizing Europe, ridden by Andrew Lynch, won the Irish Independent Arkle Challenge Trophy Steeple Chase at the Cheltenham Festival in the U.K. Tuesday.

LAID BACK: A tourist lay on the grass surrounded by flowers in a London park Tuesday.

REFLECTING ON REFORM: President Barack Obama, reflected in a teleprompter, arrived to deliver remarks on health-care reform in Strongsville, Ohio, Monday.

CHECKING IN: David Beckham arrived on crutches at a private hospital to have surgery on his torn left Achilles’ tendon in Turku, Finland, Monday. The AC Milan midfielder will likely miss the World Cup, and has several months of rehabilitation ahead of him.

CONSTRUCTION CLASH: An Israeli soldier stood near a blindfolded Palestinian protester during clashes in Hebron, West Bank, Tuesday. Palestinians, some throwing stones, demonstrated against plans for new housing for Jewish people in East Jerusalem.
BEST IN SHOW? Canines and their owners entered an arena at the Kennel Club’s annual Crufts dog show in Birmingham, England, Sunday. New standards are in place for hundreds of breeds due to health concerns with purebreds.

SEEING RED: A woman pulled the curtains in a room reserved for Christian religious services at a shelter run by the nonprofit group Caritas in Dora, Lebanon, Monday. Caritas runs the shelter for foreign domestic workers fleeing abusive employers.

GOING UP: A woman rode up an escalator in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday.

GAY PRIDE: People celebrated same-sex marriage rights under a rainbow flag during a parade in Mexico City Sunday. Five same-sex couples made history Thursday as they wed under Latin America’s first law that approves such marriages.

GOING GREEN: People celebrated St. Patrick’s Day a few days early during a parade in London’s Trafalgar Square Sunday.

PLAYING DRESS UP: A child in costume had lipstick applied before a ritual ceremony to welcome Nyepi, Bali’s Day of Silence and the Hindu New Year, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday. The Hindu New Year falls on Tuesday this year.

HOLDING ON: Eight-day-old Cristenson Vincent sucked on the finger of U.S. nurse Orla Walsh as she checked his appetite at a clinic in a makeshift camp for earthquake survivors in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday. The clinic, at a golf course, is a new effort by actor Sean Penn.

IN PAIN: A Berzeit University student gripped his abdomen after being shot by Israeli soldiers at Atara checkpoint, north of Ramallah, West Bank, Monday. Palestinian medics say at least seven people protesting against Israel’s construction plans were injured; Israeli forces say they didn’t use live rounds.

A SLIGHT STUMBLE: Spain’s King Juan Carlos stumbled as he prepared to deliver his speech at the opening of the new T3 terminal at Malaga Airport, also known as Pablo Ruiz Picasso Airport, Monday.

CELEBRATING A WIN: Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso of Spain celebrated after winning the Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix in Sakhir, Bahrain, Sunday.

FISH SALE: Fishermen cast long shadows as they waited for customers at the main fish market in Colombo, Sri Lanka, early Monday.

RED RAGE: Supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra drove to an army base in Bangkok Monday as the current prime minister rejected an ultimatum to dissolve parliament. Tens of thousands of Mr. Thaksin’s red-shirted protesters vowed to pour their own donated blood on the Government House.

BOAT RIDE: People enjoyed a boat ride on the Ravi River in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday.

BON VOYAGE: The Queen Mary 2 departed from Fremantle Harbour in Australia Sunday. The vessel will visit every major continent during its 2010 world voyage.

BLACKOUT: People rode on a bus during a blackout in Vina del Mar, Chile, Sunday. Chile’s main power grid, which supplies electricity to about 90% of the population, will remain unstable for about a week, President Sebastian Piñera said Monday. He linked the Feb. 27 earthquake to transformer damage.

JAYHAWKS JUMP: Kansas Jayhawks players Marcus Morris, left, and Sherron Collins celebrated their team’s 72-64 win over the Kansas State Wildcats in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Championship in Kansas City, Mo., Saturday.
WORKING AWAY: A Pakistani woman arranged bricks as she worked at a factory on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, on Monday. Pakistan also observed the International Day for Women with other nations on Monday.

HEAVY SNOW: A man walked under an umbrella during a heavy snowfall in Barcelona on Monday.

BEDS UNDER GUARD: A Chilean soldier guarded bed mattresses to be distributed in Iloca, Chile, on Monday.

RED FOR THE OCCASION: A woman dressed in red gestured as supporters of (CUT: the ) former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra gathered for a rally in Ang Thong, Thailand, on Monday. The Thai government planned to invoke a tough security law, giving the armed forces broad powers to control a pro-Thaksin rally in Bangkok this weekend.

HOPES FOR SURVIVORS: Women searched for family members trapped in the debris of a destroyed house in Okcular village, Turkey, on Monday. A strong, predawn earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 struck eastern Turkey on Monday, killing at least 51 people as it knocked down stone and mud-brick houses, barns and minarets in at least five villages, the government said.

RELIGIOUS ATTACKS: Villagers looked at bodies of victims of religious attacks lying in a mass grave in the Dogo Nahawa village in Nigeria, on Monday. Witnesses say members of the predominantly Muslim Fulani ethnic group targeted villages that were home to members of the mostly Christian Berom ethnic group. On Monday, local officials counted 378 bodies in the villages of Dogo Nahawa, Rasat, Zot and Shen.

ANGRY EMPLOYEES: Employees of Total , right, invaded the oil giant’s headquarters outside Paris on Monday. Total said it will shut down a plant at Dunkirk in response to falling demand for petroleum products but that no workers will lose their jobs.

PROTESTS: A Tibetan exile shouted slogans from inside a police van after being detained during a protest in front of the Chinese embassy in New Delhi on Tuesday to mark the 51st anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against China.

COW RESCUE: People tried to save a cow trapped in debris in Okcular, Turkey, on Tuesday, a day after a earthquake hit the region.

EGG PROTEST: Unemployed workers threw eggs and shouted during a protest in front of the Macedonian government building in Skopje, Macedonia, on Tuesday. The protesters demanded a new law for a retirement plan for laid-off workers with less than 15 years until retirement, local media reported.

HAPPILY EVER AFTER: Same-sex couple Sinjoyla Townsend, left, and Angelisa Young leaned against each other after they were married at the Human Rights Campaign office in Washington D.C. on Tuesday.

WORLD LEADERS: U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, right, spoke with Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou, left, at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Washington , D.C. on Tuesday.

ON NIGHT WATCH: A U.S. Marine paused during night patrol in the farm fields in Khan Neshin, Afghanistan, on Wednesday. The Marines at Khan Neshin are the southernmost troops in Afghanistan, using the earthen walls of an ancient Afghan castle as a base to monitor activity in this hotbed of smuggling and insurgency near the southern border of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

SAY CHEESE: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, center left, and his Afghan counterpart, Abdul Rahim Wardak, posed for pictures with U.S. and Romanian mentors for the Afghan National Army at the camp Black Horse in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday.

TREATING A CHILD: Pakistani hospital staff treated a child injured during a bomb blast at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Thursday. Pakistani officials saID a homemade bomb exploded on the outskirts of the northwestern city of Peshawar. The explosion was caused by three suicide bombers who attempted to attack a security convoy.

CHILD SUPPORTERS: Young supporters of the Islamic Jihad movement marched to show solidarity for the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, during a rally in Gaza City on Wednesday.

ANGRY ATHENS: Riot police clashed with demonstrators in Athens on Thursday during a 24-hour general strike to protest the government’s austerity plan to solve Greece’s debt crisis. Violence erupted on the sidelines of a large demonstration in the capital with riot police firing tear gas at hooded youths and vandalizing stores near the parliament district.

SHOCKED LEADERS: Bolivian President Evo Morales, left, and his Paraguayan counterpart, Fernando Lugo, reacted after a 7.2 earthquake shattered the building during the inauguration of Chilean President elect, Sebastian Pinera, in Valparaiso, Chile, on Thursday.

OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD: Antisa Khvichava, 129 years old, rested at her home in the village of Sachino, Georgia, on Thursday. Ms. Khvichava claims to be the oldest person in the world.

BISHOPS MEET: Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, right, head of the German Bishops’ Conference, attended a news conference at the Vatican Friday. The Munich archdiocese said it made a mistake in allowing a priest suspected of abusing a child to return to pastoral work.

PRAYING ON A STREET: A Palestinian worshiper prayed near Jerusalem’s Old City Friday as Israeli forces stood on duty behind him. Police limited access to the city’s holy Al-Aqsa Mosque to limit unrest on the Muslim day of prayer.

CRUISING BY: More than 100 motorcycle riders cruised through the mountains of the southern Sinai Peninsula near Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, Friday, for the Harley Owners Group Rally event.

ALL SUDS: Students on spring break danced as bubbles filled a nightclub in Cancun, Mexico, Friday.
BALLOONS ON ICE: Balloons frozen to a piece of ice drifted down the Moscow River Wednesday.

IN A SETTLEMENT: An ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy walked down a ramp in Ramat Shlomo, a Jewish settlement in northern Jerusalem, Thursday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly apologized to U.S. Vice President Joe Biden after Mr. Biden criticized Israel’s plan for a new settlement as a roadblock to peace talks with Palestinians.

COMING UP: The Washington State Cougars’ DeAngelo Casto (in red) and the Oregon Ducks’ Michael Dunigan went for a rebound during their Pac-10 tournament game at the Staples Center in Los Angeles Wednesday. Oregon won 82-80 in overtime.

OLDEST ALIVE? Antisa Khvichava rested at her home in the village of Sachino, Georgia, Thursday. She claims to be the oldest person in the world at 130 years old this year.

LIFTING THE MOOD: A Cuban artist on stilts pretended to lift a bystander off the ground as his group entertained earthquake survivors at a makeshift camp in front of the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday.

A SHAKY START: Residents waiting to watch the inauguration of President-elect Sebastian Pinera moved to higher ground as a strong aftershock rocked Valparaiso, Chile, Thursday. A series of aftershocks struck Thursday, continuing the aftermath of the 8.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Chile Feb. 27.

CLEARING RUBBISH: A truck evened out garbage at a landfill in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, Thursday.

PHOTO OP: Mercedes Grand Prix driver Michael Schumacher of Germany posed for photographers Thursday in Sakhir, Bahrain, ahead of the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix Sunday.

SHOW OF SUPPORT? AC Milan’s David Beckham donned a green and gold scarf after his team’s 4-0 loss to Manchester United in England Wednesday. Fans trying to force the sale of Manchester and oust the Glazer family have been wearing the scarves.

WAITING THEIR TURN: Job seekers waited in line to attend a UJA-Federation of New York job fair in Brooklyn, N.Y., Wednesday. The economy lost 36,000 jobs in February, with the unemployment rate holding at 9.7%.

AUSTERITY BACKLASH: Demonstrators rallying against Greece’s austerity measures clashed with police in Athens Thursday. Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets, some throwing stones at police, who responded with tear gas.

OPENING FOR BUSINESS: A man broke the lock to a National League for Democracy office in Tamwe, Myanmar, Thursday. The junta has allowed the party of detained Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to reopen regional branches that have been closed since 2003.

LINED UP: Attendants waited to assist delegates at the National People’s Congress session in Beijing Thursday.

SINGLE FILE: The Ganges River in Allahabad, India, reflected arriving Hindu holy men Thursday.

FLYOVER: Australian pilot Matt Hall performed aerial maneuvers over Sydney Harbour Thursday ahead of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship.

COMING FULL CIRCLE: A man looked at a monument to the victims of the 2004 train bombings in Madrid Thursday. The terrorist act killed 191 people and injured 1,800.
PINHEAD: A student wearing a bowling-pin costume smiled in a crowd as results of an entrance exam for Japan’s most prestigious university were announced Wednesday in Tokyo.

WAITING: Men detained in the wake of religious violence in Jos, Nigeria, sat in a police waiting room Wednesday. Christian-Muslim fighting left more than 200 people dead in the area; witnesses say police opened fire on a crowd after curfew, killing two people.

COURT CRASH: The Providence Friars’ James Still crashed into the media table while chasing a loose basketball in his team’s game against Seton Hall in New York Tuesday, during the Big East Tournament. Seton Hall won 109-106.

WOMEN WIN: Middle Tennessee players celebrated their 70-68 overtime victory over Arkansas-Little Rock in the Sun Belt tournament basketball game in Hot Springs, Ark., Tuesday.

MODELING VUITTON: A model wore a dress created by U.S. designer Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton’s fall-winter, ready-to-wear collection in Paris Wednesday.

LISTENING: A member of the European Parliament listened as European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso answered questions in Strasbourg, France, Tuesday. Mr. Barroso said he would support an initiative to more tightly regulate credit-default swaps.

FLYING HIGH: A member of the Indonesian police special forces took part in an antiterror drill in Depok, Indonesia, Tuesday. President Barack Obama will visit the country this month.

VIGIL ON THE WATER: Lebanese fishermen with torches held a vigil Tuesday for the people who died when an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed in the Mediterranean Sea near Beirut, Lebanon, in January. All 90 people onboard died.

IN TREATMENT: Judge Dee Anna Farnell uncovered her arm to make a point to woman in drug court: If she’s still shooting up oxycodone after 12 weeks in treatment, “You’re going to die,” the judge said. The exchange occurred Tuesday in a Pinellas County, Fla., courtroom as part of a unique women-only drug program.

OFFICER SLAIN: The coffin of Iraqi policeman Mohammed Flayiey was loaded onto a vehicle during his funeral in Baghdad Wednesday. Gunmen killed Mr. Flayiey at a checkpoint, authorities said.

CARTOONIST TARGETED: Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilk posed before an interview with Reuters in Stockholm Wednesday. Irish police have detained seven people as part of an alleged plot to kill Mr. Vilk for his depictions of the Prophet Mohammad with the body of a dog.

CULTURAL CLOTHES: A man from Papua, Indonesia, posed for a photo at a travel trade fair in Berlin Wednesday.

LOCKED UP: Exiled Tibetans shouted anti-China slogans from inside a police van during a protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday. Thousands of Tibetans rallied to mark the 51st anniversary of a failed Tibetan uprising against China.

BOMB SEARCH: A police bomb squad worker searched for explosives thought to be strapped to the body of a suspected militant who was killed during police raids in Indonesia Tuesday. Authorities later confirmed that the mastermind behind the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings was among the dead.

HEALTH-CARE SUPPORT: Supporters of national health-care legislation demonstrated outside the Ritz-Carlton in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, as an annual health-insurance policy conference took place inside.

WILD RIDE: James Sikes, 61, told the media Tuesday in El Cajon, Calif., about his experience with his Toyota Prius’s stuck accelerator. Mr. Sikes says his car reached 94 mph before he was able to stop it with the help of police Monday.
LOOKING THROUGH: A man peered through a hole in a tent at a makeshift camp for earthquake survivors in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday. The Jan. 12 earthquake left more than one million people homeless.

DETAINED: A Tibetan exile shouted slogans from inside a police van after being detained during a protest in front of Chinese Embassy in New Delhi Tuesday. Demonstrators marked the anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising against China.

SHOW OF SUPPORT: Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, center, hugged an earthquake survivor during a visit to Constitucion, Chile, Monday. The outgoing president maintained a record-high 84% approval rating following the deadly Feb. 27 quake. President-elect Sebastian Pinera takes office Thursday.

RELATIVE GRIEVES: A woman whose relative was among the United Nations staff and diplomats killed in the Haiti earthquake cried during a memorial ceremony at U.N. headquarters in New York Tuesday.

EARTHQUAKE AFTERMATH: People tried to save a cow trapped in debris in Okcular, Turkey, Tuesday, a day after a strong earthquake killed at least 50 people.

STUDENT’S SUICIDE: Osmania University students sat around the body of student M. Sai Kumar Yadav during a protest in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday. Mr. Yadav hung himself to promote the creation of the proposed Telangana state — currently a region in Andhra Pradesh state — according to local media.

FAN BASE: Old Dominion fans swarmed the court after ODU defeated William & Mary 60-53 for the Colonial Athletic Association men’s basketball tournament championship in Richmond, Va., Monday.

GREEN SCENE: A man affixed a wall-size poster to an Indian booth in preparation for an international tourism fair in Berlin Tuesday.

WAITING FOR WORK: A sex worker waited for clients in downtown Mexico City on Monday, International Women’s Day.

SPEAKING TO THE TROOPS: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates spoke with troops at Forward Operating Base Frontenac in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Tuesday. Mr. Gates spoke about the upcoming Taliban offensive in Kandahar.

LAWYERS MARCH: Lawyers marched with a banner reading “respect for justice” during a protest in Paris Tuesday. The attorneys protested the government’s plan to do away with investigating judges, a centuries-old legacy, and give more power to prosecutors.

SEEKING ASYLUM: Asylum-seekers demonstrated outside the U.K. Border Agency in Glasgow Tuesday. They called for an inquiry after a Russian family, possibly facing deportation, jumped to their deaths from the 15th floor of a building.

WORKING TOGETHER: Residents helped extinguish a fire in Pasay, Philippines, Tuesday. At least six fire incidents occurred in metropolitan Manila Tuesday.

PICTURE PERFECT: A couple photographed themselves in front of La Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona Monday.

HOT HEAD: Steam rose from the head of Switzerland’s Didier Cuche after he finished training for the alpine ski men’s World Cup downhill in Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany, Tuesday.

SETTING SUN: People were silhouetted against the skyline as they flew a kite at sunset in Berlin Tuesday.