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Elephants enjoyed blocks of ice containing fruit during National Elephant Day celebrations at Ayutthaya Elephant Palace and Royal Kraal near Bangkok, Thailand, Friday. (Sukree Sukplang/Reuters)

Spectators watched a glider perform aerial acrobatics during the Australian International Airshow in Victoria, Australia, Friday. (Mick Tsikas/Reuters)

Police officers carried the coffin of Stephen Carroll into a church in Banbridge, Northern Ireland, Friday. Mr. Carroll, who was shot Monday, was the first officer killed in the area since 1998, when guerrilla groups agreed to cease hostilities. (Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)

A firefighter, right, called out as he tried to control a fire at the Bashundhara City mall in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday. The fire swept through the massive 22-story mall, killing a security guard and sending shoppers fleeing. Helicopters plucked survivors from the roof. (Pavel Rahman/Associated Press)

Britain』s Queen Elizabeth II watched the first race on the last day of the Cheltenham horse racing festival in Gloucestershire, England, Friday. (Dylan Martinez/Reuters)

A Tibetan pilgrim carried his baby inside his robe as he prayed at the Kumbum Monastery near Xining, Qinghai Province, China, Wednesday. The monastery is the birthplace of the Gelupka sect of Buddhism. (David Gray/Reuters)

Kate Carroll, the widow of police officer Stephen Paul Carroll, watched as his remains arrived in Banbridge, Ireland, Wednesday. An 18-year-old gunned down Mr. Carroll as the officer sat in his patrol car Monday. (Peter Morrison/Associated Press)

A woman mourned at the Pozarevac, Serbia, grave of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic Wednesday. Loyal supporters paid their respects on the third anniversary of his death in custody in The Hague. He was being tried for war crimes in Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo. (Andrej Isakovic/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

Children held toy guns and sang during a rally in support of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir in Khartoum, Sudan, Wednesday. An international court has issued an arrest warrant for him for war crimes. (Mohamed Nureldin Abdallh/Reuters)

A man looked at a monument to the victims of the deadly 2004 Madrid subway bombings Wednesday, on the fifth anniversary of the attack that killed 191 people and injured 1,800. Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero led a minute of silence in parliament while relatives placed wreaths at three railway stations. (Daniel Ochoa de Olza/Associated Press)

Polish troops patrolled the desert near Iriba, Chad, Wednesday. Poland will continue its United Nations peacekeeping mission there until November, reversing an earlier decision to pull troops out due to spending concerns. (Philippe Huguen/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

Job seekers filled out applications Wednesday at the Myrtle Beach, S.C., Convention Center. South Carolina』s unemployment rate hit 10.4% in January — the second highest in the nation. (Mary Ann Chastain/Associated Press)

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon listened to his introduction before delivering a keynote address on global banking and regulatory challenges at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington Wednesday. Mr. Dimon said he sees 「modest signs」 of an economic recovery. (Jim Young/Reuters)

A rider took a horse out at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans Wednesday as the sun rose. Saturday is the Louisiana Derby, which has a $600,000 purse. (Alexander Barkoff/Associated Press)

A boy with a smeared face participated in Holi celebrations in Kolkata, India, Wednesday. (Jayanta Shaw/Reuters)

A picture from the International Monetary Fund shows Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, left, Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, center, and IMF advisor Gerry Rice, right, at a news conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Wednesday. They discussed the financial crisis and Africa. (Stephen Jaffe/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

A female bear, Cocolina, reached out from her cage at a zoo in Tecuci, Romania, Wednesday. Cocolina and a deer are the only animals left as the zoo prepares for imminent closure due to a lack of funding. (Associated Press)

Children helped feed animals at London Zoo Wednesday. The Gower Primary students were given the opportunity to be zookeepers for a day. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Police officers stood on the roof of a Winnenden, Germany, high school Wednesday. Police say a 17-year-old former student fatally shot at least 16 people before fleeing the scene in a hijacked car. Police fatally shot the suspect. (Thomas Kienzle/Associated Press)

A sheriff stood guard outside a burnt Kinston, Ala., home Wednesday. Authorities believe Michael McLendon』s deadly shooting spree began when he killed his mother and set fire to her Tuesday. Four other relatives were also among the 10 people he allegedly killed before taking his own life. (Dave Martin/Associated Press) |
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