News photos of the day
Date: 4/25/2012 Album ID: 1458271
Photos by Associated Press
News photos from around the world, April 25, 2012
Tens of thousands march down Lisbon's main Liberdade Avenue Wednesday, April 25, 2012, celebrating the anniversary of the 1974 Carnations revolution that restored democracy in Portugal after nearly half a century of right-wing dictatorship. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
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A rose hangs on the wall of names at the Armored Corps memorial for fallen soldiers after a ceremony marking the annual Memorial Day for soldiers and civilians killed in more than a century of conflict between Jews and Arabs, in Latrun, near Jerusalem, Israel, Wednesday, April 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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A Marine Corps carry team loads a transfer case containing the remains of Staff Sgt. Joseph H. Fankhauser into a transfer vehicle during a dignified transfer ceremony at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Wednesday, April 25, 2012.  According to the Department of Defense, Fankhauser, of Mason, Texas, died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)
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Juan Pablo Vega, originally from Guatemala, waves to well-wishers after receiving his Certificate of Citizenship on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at a United States naturalization ceremony at Parkway South High School. Ninety-six people from 37 countries took the oath and swore allegiance to the flag at undert the jurisdiction of the Judge Kathy Surratt-States of the Bankruptcy Court of Eastern District of Missouri.  (AP Photo/Christian Gooden, St. Louis Post-Dispatch)  EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER OUT; THE ALTON TELEGRAPH OUT
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Indian Army trucks carrying supplies for soldiers pass through the Zojila Pass,108 kilometers (68 miles) north of Srinagar, India, Wednesday, April 25, 2012. The Srinagar-Leh National Highway connecting Ladakh to the Kashmir valley was re-opened to traffic Wednesday after remaining closed for six months. The highway passes through the 3510 meter-high Zojila Pass which lies on the lower depressions of the Himalayan range. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
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Vehicles move near the Zojila Pass, 108 kilometers (68 miles) north of Srinagar, India, Wednesday, April 25, 2012. The Srinagar-Leh National Highway connecting Ladakh to the Kashmir valley was re-opened to traffic Wednesday after remaining closed for six months. The highway passes through the 3510 meter-high Zojila Pass which lies on the lower depressions of the Himalayan range. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
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In this April 24, 2012 photo, a Canada goose is stuck on the windshield of a JetBlue plane that made an emergency landing at the Westchester County Airport in Purchase, N.Y.  The pilot declared an emergency just after takeoff, after a pair of Canada geese struck the plane's windshield. The plane, with 54 passengers, landed safely. (AP Photo/The Journal News, Matthew Brown)  NYC METRO OUT; TV OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES
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The Dalai Lama, left, participates with Mikhail Gorbachev, former President of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, in a panel discussion on World Peace and Nonviolence: Never Give Up, at the final session of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates Wednesday, April 25, 2012, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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North Korean pay tribute to the statues of late leaders Kim Il Sung, left,  and Kim Jong Il, right, during a holiday in honor of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the North Korean Army in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, April 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
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In this photo released by the Philippine Army's 5th Infantry Division on Wednesday April 25, 2012,  wounded soldiers lay beside their dead comrades as they arrive at a military camp in Isabela Province, northern Philippines.  Communist guerrillas attacked an army convoy of three trucks in a remote village in northern Ifugao province killing at least 11 soldiers and a civilian on Wednesday, one of the militaryÕs biggest single-clash losses in recent years. (AP Photo/ Philippine Army 5th Infantry Division) NO SALES
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Jessica Vega appears in Orange County Court in Goshen, N.Y. on Wednesday, April 25, 2012.  An Orange County Grand jury has indicted Vega, 25, with grand larceny and scheme to defraud. According to the indictment, Vega accepted thousands of dollars in donated services and goods after claiming in 2010 that she was dying of leukemia. (AP Photo/Times Herald-Record, Tom Bushey) MANDATORY CREDIT
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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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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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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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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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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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