Around 30,000 spectators watch the mixed 2x6 km and 2x7.5 km relay competition at the biathlon World Championships in Ruhpolding, Germany. (AP)

A member of the Croatian honor guards jumps over the red carpet before the arrival ceremony for Austria's President Heinz Fischer, in Zagreb. (AP)

A South Sudanese woman waits to return home by a train organized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Khartoum. Up to 700,000 ethnic Southerners are estimated to still be in Sudan ahead of an April 8 deadline for them to either go South, or normalise their status with the Khartoum authorities. (AFP)

Queen Elizabeth II, the Duchess of Cornwall and the Duchess of Cambridge, looking at their hampers after being presented with gifts in Fortnum and Mason store in central London. (AP)

Participants listen to South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's speech during the 93th anniversary ceremony of Independence Movement Day against Japan in Seoul, South Korea. (AP)

Passengers of the Costa Allegra cruise ship look for their baggage upon their arrival at Victoria's harbor, Seychelles Island. A disabled cruise ship carrying more than 1,000 people docked in the island nation of the Seychelles after three days at sea without power since a fire broke out in the generator room on Monday. (AP)

People play in the snow after a heavy snowstorm in Amman, Jordan. (Reuters)

St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Ridgway, Illinois, is left in ruins after a pre-dawn twister flattened entire blocks of homes Wednesday. (AP)