![U.S. President Barack Obama and Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel are reflected in a glass wall at the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. Obama Wiesel Holocaust Museum](http://blogs.voanews.com/photos/files/2012/04/Reuters_Obama_Wiesel_Holocaust_museum_23apr12-878x626.jpg)
U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel are reflected in a glass wall during a moment of silence in the Remembrance Hall of the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. (Reuters)
![A man gestures at a market burnt in an air strike by the Sudanese air force in Rubkona, near Bentui, South Sudan. Sudan Air Strikes](http://blogs.voanews.com/photos/files/2012/04/Reuters_Sudan_airstrikes_23apr12-878x565.jpg)
A man gestures at a market burnt in an air strike by the Sudanese air force in Rubkona near Bentiu, South Sudan. Sudanese warplanes carried out air strikes Monday, killing three people, residents and military officials said, three days after South Sudan pulled out of a disputed oil field. (Reuters)
![A Buddhist monk buys an umbrella depicting pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at a souvenir shop outside the headquarters of the National League for Democracy party in Rangoon, Burma. Burma Suu Kyi Monk](http://blogs.voanews.com/photos/files/2012/04/AP_Burma_monks_Suu_Kyi_23apr12-878x688.jpg)
A Buddhist monk buys an umbrella depicting pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at a souvenir shop outside the headquarters of the NLD party in Rangoon, Burma. Suu Kyi's opposition party refused to take its new seats in parliament Monday because of a dispute over one word in the lawmakers' oath, but party officials said the issue would be resolved soon. (AP)
![Female U.S. soldiers wear headscarves at a gathering for Afghan women in Kabul, Afghanistan. Hundreds of Afghan women figures from across the country participated in a gathering called "Strength in Unity," which was organized by the International Security Assistance Force Joint Command in Kabul. (AP) Women Military Afghanistan](http://blogs.voanews.com/photos/files/2012/04/AP_women_US_Military_Afgahnistan_23apr12-878x624.jpg)
![A handout picture released by Bahrain's main opposition Al-Wefaq group shows protestors engulfed in tear gas fired by police during a demonstration in a Shiite village close to Manama. (AFP/Ho/Al-Wefaq Media Centre) Bahrain Politics Unrest](http://blogs.voanews.com/photos/files/2012/04/AFP_Bahrain_protests_23apr12-878x619.jpg)
A handout picture released by Bahrain's main opposition Al-Wefaq group shows protestors engulfed in tear gas fired by police during a demonstration in a Shiite village close to Manama. (AFP/Ho/Al-Wefaq Media Centre)
![Anti-government protester looks on from inside his tent at Taghyeer Square, where protesters have been camping for more than a year, to demand regime change in Sanaa, Yemen. Yemen Protest Camp](http://blogs.voanews.com/photos/files/2012/04/Reuters_Yemen_protest_camp_23apr12-878x585.jpg)
An anti-government protester looks on from inside his tent at Taghyeer (Change) Square, where protesters have been camping for more than a year, to demand regime change in Sanaa, Yemen. (Reuters)
![An activist of Bangladesh's main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party is reflected on the helmet of a police officer as she shouts slogans during a nationwide general strike in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bangladesh Opposition Protest](http://blogs.voanews.com/photos/files/2012/04/AP_Bangladesh_Strike_Protests_23apr12-878x585.jpg)
An activist of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party is reflected on a police officer's helmet as she shouts slogans during a nationwide general strike in Dhaka. Police opened fire on hundreds of stone-throwing opposition supporters who attacked a police station. (AP)
![People walk inside Romania's National Library during its official opening ceremony in Bucharest. Romania National Library](http://blogs.voanews.com/photos/files/2012/04/Reuters_Romania_national_Library_23apr12-878x585.jpg)
People walk inside Romania's National Library during its official opening ceremony in Bucharest. Opened in a refurbished communist-era building, the National Library has more than 12 million books. (Reuters)
![In this photograph provided by the Volvo Ocean Race, Ryan Godfrey,(right) from Australia and Shannon Falcone, from Antigua, trim the mainsail onboard PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami. (AP) Brazil Volvo Ocean Race](http://blogs.voanews.com/photos/files/2012/04/AP_Volvo_Race_23apr12-878x585.jpg)
Ryan Godfrey, from Australia (r), and Shannon Falcone, from Antigua, trim the mainsail on board PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil to Miami, Florida. (AP/Volvo Ocean Race)
![Didi Senft, a cycling enthusiast better known as 'El Diablo', poses in front of the National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland. Warsaw El Diablo](http://blogs.voanews.com/photos/files/2012/04/Reuters_Didi_Warsaw_soccer_23apr12-878x566.jpg)
Didi Senft, a cycling enthusiast better known as 'El Diablo,' poses in front of the National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland. Senft, who is also an avid inventor, has constructed a special bicycle to commemorate the Euro 2012 soccer tournament. (Reuters)
![Birds perch on a branch during a spring snowstorm in Pembroke, New York. New York Spring Storm](http://blogs.voanews.com/photos/files/2012/04/AP_Spring_Snow_New_York_23apr12-878x608.jpg)
Birds perch on a branch during a spring snowstorm in Pembroke, New York. A spring nor'easter packing soaking rain, high winds churned up the northeast U.S., unleashing a burst of winter and up to a foot of snow in higher elevations inland. (AP)