World in Photos
The floor reflects the glass and titanium roof at the National Grand Theater in Beijing. Designed by Paul Andreu and known locally as “The Egg,” the theater is hosting the 2009 Opera Festival from April 15 until July. The festival will feature 38 performances by Chinese and international artists. (Andy Wong / Associated Press)
Emergency crews work at the scene of a toppled pile driver in Tokyo. Six people were injured, two seriously. (AFP / Getty Images)
A supporter of exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra walks past a bus that was set ablaze during clashes with government soldiers near Government House in Bangkok, Thailand. (Pornchai Kittiwongsakul / AFP / Getty Images)
Bangkok residents watch as Thai soldiers face off with supporters of exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra near Government House in the capital. (Nicolas Asfouri / AFP/Getty Images)
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European Boxing Union featherweight champion Oleg Yefimovich of Ukraine, front, defends his title against Osman Aktas of France in a match in Donetsk, Ukraine. Yefimovich won a 12-round decision. (Efrem Lukatsky / Associated Press)
Kashmiri Muslims react after Indian soldiers fired into the air to disperse thousands of Muslims who gathered after two militants were killed in a gun battle in Aglar, south of Srinagar, Kashmir. (Tauseef Mustafa / AFP / Getty Images)
Religious students in Islamabad, Pakistan, wait with a child for the arrival of their leader, Maulana Abdul Aziz, the chief cleric of Islamabad’s Red Mosque. The Supreme Court ordered the release of the radical cleric, who had been jailed since a siege at the mosque in 2007. (B.K. Bangash / Associated Press)
A U.S.-made M1A1 Kuwaiti army tank fires during an exercise at Udeira Range, in the desert north of Kuwait City. French soldiers participated with Kuwaiti troops in the exercise. (Gustavo Ferrari / Associated Press)
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A woman walks along the dunes near Samalayuca, south of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. (Rodrigo Abd / Associated Press)
