Pope Benedict XVI leads the Cena Domini mass in Saint John In Lateran Basilic in Rome
War photographer Tim Hetherington is assisted by Libyan rebels as he climbs down a building after gunshots rang out from inside in the besieged city of Misurata, hours before he was killed in the city while covering the conflict. Anti-Gaddafi protesters also held a march to the newly rechristened Tim Hetherington Square in his honor. "We have named the square after this hero and I now consider Tim as one of our martyrs," Al Jazeera quoted a Libyan surgeon in the city as saying.
An Irish Guardsmen is helped from the parade ground after feeling faint during an inspection at Victoria Barracks in London. The Irish Guards returned from active duty in Afghanistan at the beginning of April, and are now preparing for ceremonial duties. Prince William is the Colonel of the Regiment and the Irish Guards will be on duty at the Royal Wedding on April 29, 2011
The King's Troop perform a Royal gun salute at Hyde Park in honour of Queen Elizabeth's 85th birthday in London
A lady learns to breathe fire for the first time in New Haven, Connecticut
PizzaExpress have recreated the faces of Prince William and Kate Middleton made from pizza ingredients to mark the royal wedding
The words 'Don't Hate on Kate' are pictured on a wall in east London
A golden couple install a 'royal proposal stool' in the Clogau Gold store at McArthurGlen's Bridgend Designer Outlet to announce the launch of the 'Bridgend Gold Rush'. On Friday April 29th, couples stand a chance of winning a pair of wedding rings containing a touch of Welsh gold, the same gold as Kate Middleton's marriage band. The first man or woman to kneel on the royal proposal stool and ask for their partner's hand in marriage will be named the winner and given the opportunity to choose two regal wedding bands for their big day.
A blue tit photographed by Paul Sawer uses its wings and tail to balance on a branch while it has a drink
St. Paul's Cathedral and the London skyline appears through the smog. The combination of hot weather and still conditions brought on by the current high pressure system means levels of ozone and polluting particles known as PM10s, which can affect people's health, are expected to increase
A woman and her daughter touch a model of the earth's core at Nanjing Geological Museum in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China
A bus trailing colourful balloons travels along a street on Maundy Thursday in Boac, Marinduque island, the Philippines
Christian Orthodox pilgrims attend a baptism ritual in the Jordan River during their visit to the Holy Land
Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade warms up with some pull-ups on the basket prior to Game 3 of their NBA Eastern Conference playoff series against the Philadelphia 76ers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A boy jumps over a fire during a folk festival called Chiakokonoba in Tbilisi, Georgia. According to tradition, jumping over the fire once purifies the soul and gets rid of evil spirits.
A tuba player in the Coldstream Guards Band holds his instrument in Wellington Barracks before taking part in Changing the Guard outside Buckingham Palace
Corporal Andrew Skinner from 1st Battalion Mercian Regiment shows ram Derby to former England women's cricket captain Baroness Rachel Heyhoe-Flint after she was awarded the freedom of Wolverhampton
A crucifix is seen in the deserted city of Pripyat, near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukraine. 47,000 residents of the city of Pripyat were evacuated after the explosion on 26 April 1986.
A police officer from Pozzuoli climbs a ladder where an ancient Roman mausoleum has been found under an illegal toxic waste dump near Naples
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