Today in pictures (April 22)
Pictures from around the world for Tuesday, April 22, 2008.
Section:Gallery
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A sole plant grows out of a dry lake bed in Carpineni, Moldova, Tuesday, April 22, 2008. April 22 is being celebrated around the world as Earth Day. Moldova, the poorest country in Europe, has suffered droughts in four of the past five years and low rainfall over the past three years have led to severely diminished harvest in Moldova, which relies on agriculture for 70 percent of its GDP. (AP Photo/John McConnico) ORG XMIT: JMC101
John Mcconnico The Spokesman-Review
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**CORRECTS NAME OF TOWN IN CAPTION** An Amish horse and buggy roll past a polling station for the Pennsylvania primary at the St. John's Center United Church of Christ Tuesday, April 22, 2008, in Blue Ball, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ORG XMIT: PACK103
Carolyn Kaster The Spokesman-Review
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Ultra-orthodox Jews protest against shops selling leavened bread during Passover in violation of Jewish religious law, during a demonstration in Jerusalem, Tuesday, April 22, 2008. An Israeli court ruled earlier this month that shops can sell leavened bread during Passover, deepening tensions between observant and secular Jews ahead of the weeklong holiday. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty) ORG XMIT: JRL132
Dan Balilty The Spokesman-Review
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A Christian Greek Orthodox pilgrim showers with water from the Jordan River, during a baptism ceremony in the waters of the Jordan River at Qasr-el Yahud near Jericho, in the West Bank, during Holy Week, Tuesday, April 22, 2008. The site is believed by many to be the baptismal site of Jesus. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) ORG XMIT: JRL123
Muhammed Muheisen The Spokesman-Review
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An Iraqi woman mourns the loss of her relative during a funeral ceremony in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 22, 2008. The funeral was for victims of recent clashes in Baghdad's Sadr City. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani) ORG XMIT: BAG104
Alaa Al-Marjani The Spokesman-Review
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Sharif Bey, of the Syracuse Kung Fu School, performs a martial arts move in front of the Jackie Chan wax figure Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at Madame Tussaud's NY wax museum in New York. Tuesday was the first time the figure has been seen in the United States.(AP Photo/Julie Jacobsonl) ORG XMIT: NYJJ101
Julie Jacobson The Spokesman-Review
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Soldiers, dressed in Soviet-era uniforms, march during a rehearsal of the Victory Day military parade outside Moscow, Tuesday, April 22, 2008. For the first time since the Soviet collapse, the May 9 Victory Day parade on Red Square will feature ballistic missiles, tanks, jets and other weapons in what will be a symbolic show of Russia's resurgent military might. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze) ORG XMIT: MOSB123
Misha Japaridze The Spokesman-Review
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A picture of late John Lennon working with Paul McCartney is seen, as a man inspects photographs taken by late photographer Linda McCartney, at an exhibition of her photographs from the 1960s to the late 1990s, at a central London gallery, Tuesday April 22, 2008. The collection of photographs, chosen by Paul McCartney, to mark the 10th anniversary of her death, includes images of Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, John Lennon, Mick Jagger but also rarely seen works and charts her career as a leading photographer. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ORG XMIT: LLP103
Lefteris Pitarakis The Spokesman-Review
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U.S. Marines file past the helmets, weapons, dogtags and boots of two fallen marines at the end of a ceremony in their honor at Camp Bastion, in southern Afghanistan Tuesday, April 22, 2008. 1st Sgt. Luke Mercardante, 35, of Athens, Ga, and Cpl. Kyle W. Wilks, 24, of Rogers, Ark. died on April 15 when their vehicle, the fourth of 36 vehicles in their convoy, struck a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan. Both men were assigned to the Combat Logistics Batallion, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) ORG XMIT: XDG101
David Guttenfelder The Spokesman-Review
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Maurice Scott, 8, seated, gets a haircut from Marcus Williams, right, as Rosa Fortt, left, asks a question of polling volunteer Eugenia Gary while voting in the Pennsylvania primary at Toni's Barber Shop in Philadelphia, Tuesday, April 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) ORG XMIT: PACA110
Charles Arbogast The Spokesman-Review