News photos of the day
Date: 4/24/2012 Album ID: 1457445
Photos by Larry Coyne
News photos from around the world, April 24, 2012
Rene Francisco Najera, 40, walks out of the house with a gun in his mouth after a standoff with law enforcement that lasted more than six hours, Monday, April 23, 2012 in Odessa, Texas. The Odessa American reported police were seeking Najera on misdemeanor public intoxication and speeding warrants. When officers arrived on the scene, they heard several gunshots from inside the house, according to Spokeswoman Cpl. Sherrie Carruth. The standoff ended when Najera came out of his house and fatally shot himself on his front yard. (AP Photo/Odessa American, Mark Sterkel)
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Texas Department of Public Safety Troopers attempt to detain Jerico Najera, 20, the son of Rene Francisco Najera after the older Najera shot himself in his front yard Monday afternoon, April 23, 2012 in Odessa, Texas. The Odessa American reported police were seeking Najera on misdemeanor public intoxication and speeding warrants. When officers arrived on the scene, they heard several gunshots from inside the house, according to Spokeswoman Cpl. Sherrie Carruth. The standoff ended when Najera came out of his house and fatally shot himself on his front yard. The son was with a group of family and neighbors that had been evacuated from their homes for safety during the six-hour standoff and witnessed the incident from about two blocks away. (AP Photo/Odessa American, Mark Sterkel)
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Socialist presidential candidate Francois Hollande arrives to delivers his speech outside a factory he visited in Hirson, eastern France, as part of the campaign for the second round of the French presidential elections, Tuesday April 24, 2012.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
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Israeli soldiers stand still as a siren marks the annual Memorial Day for fallen Israeli soldiers, near the Israel border with Gaza Strip,Tuesday, April 24, 2012.  (AP Photo / Tsafrir Abayov)
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North Korea's new commander in chief, Kim Jong Un is displayed on a giant screen during a concert on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the North Korean army in Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday, April 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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Billings, Mont., fire fighters battle a blaze at a barn on the 2200 block of 70th Street West, in Billings, Mont., on Monday, April 23, 2012. (AP Photo/The Billings Gazette, Larry Mayer)
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In this photo taken Monday, April 23, 2012, lava flows during an eruption of the snow capped Mount Etna volcano, near the Sicilian town of Catania, southern Italy. (AP Photo/Davide Caudullo, Lapresse) ITALY OUT
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A plume of ash and steam rise from the Popocatepetl volcano overshadowing the Catholic church Nuestra SeŠora de los Remedios or Our Lady of Remedies in Cholula, in the Mexican state of Puebla, early Sunday, April 22, 2012. Popo, as the volcano is commonly known, has put out small eruptions of ash almost daily since a round of eruptive activity began in 1994. A week ago, the eruptions started growing larger. Authorities prepared evacuation routes, ambulances and shelters in the event of a bigger explosion.  (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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Guadalupe Perez tends to sheep as a tower of ash and steam rises from the Popocatepetl volcano on the outskirts of Cholula, Mexico, Monday, April 23, 2012. Popo, as the volcano is commonly known, has put out small eruptions of ash almost daily since a round of eruptive activity began in 1994. A week ago, the eruptions started growing larger. Authorities prepared evacuation routes, ambulances and shelters in the event of a bigger explosion. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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ADDS THAT THE MAN ACCOMPANYING ZIMMERMAN IS A BONDSMAN - George Zimmerman, left, walks out of the intake building at the John E. Polk Correctional Facility with a bondsman on Sunday, April 22, 2012, in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman posted bail on a $150,000 bond on a second degree murder charge in the February shooting death of 17 year-old Trayvon Martin In Sanford, Fla. (AP Photo/Brian Blanco)
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In this April 22, 2012, photo, Color Run participants are doused in colors at the finish of the 5k at the Great Park in Irvine, Calif. Participants begin the run in white shirts and each kilometer is associated with a designated color doused on participants as they make their way through. (AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Mindy Schauer)  MAGS OUT; LOS ANGELES TIMES OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
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A May Apple grows in Moreland Hills, Ohio, on Earth Day, Sunday, April 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
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A flowering Dog wood tree in Johnstown, Pa., is covered by a fresh blanket of snow, Monday, April 23, 2012. A spring nor'easter packing soaking rain and high winds churned up the Northeast Monday morning, unleashing a burst of winter and up to a foot of snow in higher elevations inland, closing some schools and sparking concerns of power outages. (AP Photo/The Tribune-Democrat, Todd Berkey)
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Canada geese and goslings travel in a spring snow in Pembroke, N.Y., Monday, April 23, 2012. (AP Photo/David Duprey)
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Birds perch on a branch during a spring snowstorm in Pembroke, N.Y., Monday, April 23, 2012. A spring nor'easter packing soaking rain and high winds churned up the Northeast Monday morning, unleashing a burst of winter and up to a foot of snow in higher elevations inland, closing some schools and sparking concerns of power outages. (AP Photo/David Duprey)
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Visitors walk through the Tulip Town tulip and daffodil field during the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival near La Conner, Wash. on Sunday, April 22, 2012. The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival draws large crowds to its colorful fields of tulips and daffodils. The tulips are at their peak now and tens of thousands of people trekked to the colorful fields over the weekend. (AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Sofia Jaramillo) MAGS OUT   NO SALES
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James Grace, 6, looks at a butterfly during the Changing Minds Foundation's Butterfly Flutter By event Sunday, April 22, 2012, in Houston. The foundation released 1,000 live butterflies as part of the event designed to raise awareness of available treatment and research of Down syndrome, a condition that affects one in every 733 babies born in the U.S. Each butterfly could be sponsored for $21, a representative of Trisomy 21, a chromosomal condition caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 21st chromosome that causes Down syndrome. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Cody Duty) MANDATORY CREDIT
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A Pakistani woman walks by the wreckage of a Bhoja Air Boeing 737 passenger plane that crashed on Friday, killing all 127 people on board, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, April 23, 2012. The Pakistani government mandated Sunday that all airplanes operated by private airlines must undergo a new inspection to determine whether they are safe to fly, days after a crash near the capital killed 127 people.The Bhoja Air crash Friday was the second in Pakistan in less than two years involving a private Pakistani airline. In both cases, the planes went down in bad weather as they approached the main airport in Islamabad. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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Pakistani relatives of Princes Flavia, a member of the cabin crew who lost her life in a Bhoja Air Boeing 737 plane that crashed on the outskirts of Islamabad on Friday killing all 127 people on board, react during her funeral procession in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, April 23, 2012. The Pakistani government mandated Sunday that all airplanes operated by private airlines must undergo a new inspection to determine whether they are safe to fly, days after a crash near the capital killed 127 people.The Bhoja Air crash Friday was the second in Pakistan in less than two years involving a private Pakistani airline. In both cases, the planes went down in bad weather as they approached the main airport in Islamabad. (AP Photo)
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An Indian bride looks on during a mass marriage on 'Akshay Tritiya' in Ahmadabad, India, Tuesday, April 24, 2012. 'Akshay Tritiya,' is one of the most auspicious days for Hindus, especially for marriages and buying gold. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
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