Afghan boys sell flowers along a road from Kabul to Istalif in the Shomali plains, about 30 kms north of Kabul. Forty-one suspected Taliban and six policemen have been killed in a major battle in southern Afghanistan in an area where the Taliban leader once lived, a governor said18April2006.(MORE PHOTOS-> ।
A Nepali woman belonging to an indigenous group offers flowers to a policemen, inviting them to take part in the peaceful protest, in Kathmandu April 16, 2006. Nepal’s anti-monarchy protests spread to the usually off-limits tourist district in Kathmandu on Sunday, with hundreds of people chanting slogans against King Gyanendra and burning tyres on the street.
Flowers, stuffed animals and candles are some of the items that are part of a makeshift memorial in Leola, Pa., Friday, April 14, 2006, outside the home where six bodies were found Wednesday. The six family members slain over the weekend were hit with ‘incredible force’ that resulted in almost instant death, a county coroner said Friday. Jesse Dee Wise, grandson of the oldest victim, admitted killing his relatives and moving their bodies to the basement of the family home, police said. He was charged with six counts of criminal homicide.
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II receives flowers during her walkabout in Guildford High Street in Southern England after distributing Maundy Money at Guildford Cathedral April 13, 2006. During the centuries-old Holy Week ceremony, the monarch gives bags of newly minted coins to 80 men and 80 women, all specially chosen.
Policemen baton charge demonstrators and tourists who were expressing solidarity in a pro-democracy protest, in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, April 17, 2006. Nepal’s government said it is deploying armed escorts for trucks carrying food into Katmandu as fresh demonstrations broke out Monday in the capital, besieged by a general strike called to demand a return to democracy following the king’s seizure of power.
Dakota, a St. Bernard, takes a nap on New York’s Fifth Ave alongside Emma Bargende, 3, of Natick Mass, during the Easter Parade, Sunday, April 16, 2006. The annual event attracts participants from around the world dressed in outfits ranging from elegant to outrageous.
A Thai woman arranges a lotus flower on the first day of the annual Songkran celebration in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai April 13, 2006. During Songkran, Buddha images are bathed, elders are paid respect and water is tossed to bring in the three-day Thai lunar New Year.
The nearly full moon sets at dawn over Bath, Maine, Wednesday, April 12, 2006. American Indians called April’s full moon the ‘Pink Moon’ after the color of the spring’s earliest wild flowers, according to the Farmers’ Almanac .
Linda Chiles, aunt of a 10-year-old murder victim, addresses the media following the arraignment of Kevin Ray Underwood, 26, on first-degree murder charges for the killing of the girl in what authorities described as an elaborate plan to eat human flesh, Monday, April 17, 2006, in Purcell, Okla.
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