Today in photos

A man leads his camels, as tourists watch the sun set over the Thar Desert in Rajasthan, India . A migrant rests after arriving on Mareta beach in the Canary Island of Tenerife, Spain . And a state police officer stands amid marijuana plants found in a greenhouse at a ranch in Tecate, Mexico . View a slideshow of these images and more.

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Thu., March 12, 2009

A man leads his camels, as tourists watch the sun set over the Thar Desert in Rajasthan, India, Thursday March 12, 2009.

Gemunu Amarasinghe Ap
A woman walks past the golden domed Alexander Nevski cathedral as they are reflected in a puddle during a sunny morning in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Thursday, March, 12, 2009.

Petar Petrov Ap
This zoomed picture shows a placard reading "Why?" admidst candles and flowers in front of the Albertville school in Winnenden, Germany, Thursday, March 12, 2009. The 17-year-old gunman who went on a rampage at his former school and killed 15 people before taking his own life gave a warning in an Internet chatroom only hours earlier and said he was "sick of this life," officials said Thursday.

Thomas Kienzle Ap
A woman comforts a child in front of the Albertville school in Winnenden, Germany, Thursday, March 12, 2009. A 17-year-old wielding a Beretta 9 mm pistol burst into classrooms at his former high school here on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 and gunned down students in a rampage that ended with 15 dead before he took his own life, authorities said.

Thomas Kienzle Ap
Israeli men read notes for Israeli soldier Sgt. Gilad Schalit, who was captured by Hamas-allied militants in Gaza in 2006, next to a tent set up in solidarity with Gilad Schalit outside the Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's residence in Jerusalem, Thursday, March 12, 2009. The protest tent set up outside Olmert's residence by Schalit's family has blossomed into an unofficial pilgrimage site, attracting thousands of people from across the country and stepping up pressure on the Israeli leader to win the serviceman's release before leaving office.

Bernat Armangue Ap
An elderly Tibetan exile woman looks on during a function at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharmsala, India, Thursday, March 12, 2009, to mark the 50th anniversary of the failed uprising that forced the Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, into exile in India.

Altaf Qadri Ap
An old woman with the flower waits in line to pay their respect at a memorial service marking the 6th anniversary of the assassination of first democratic prime minister Zoran Djindjic, in Belgrade, Serbia, on Thursday March 12, 2009. Thousands of tearful mourners gathered at Belgrade's cemetery to lay flowers and light candles in memory of Djindjic.

Darko Vojinovic Ap
Tourists look at North side through telescopes from an unification observation post near the border village of the Panmunjom (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, South Korea, Thursday, March 12, 2009. North Korea told an international organization it will fire a satellite into space between April 4 and 8, South Korea said Thursday, giving a timeframe for a launch that neighboring governments suspect will test missile technology.

Lee Jin-Man Ap
Members of the Indianapolis Fire Department work to put out a large fire at the Cosmopolitan on the Canal complex in downtown Indianapolis on Thursday, March 12, 2009.

Matt Kryger Ap
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men gather at a yeshiva, a rabbinical seminary, during Purim celebrations in Jerusalem, Wednesday, March 11, 2009. The festival of Purim commemorates the rescue of Jews from genocide in ancient Persia.

Kevin Frayer Ap
A migrant rests after arriving on Mareta beach in the Canary Island of Tenerife, Spain, on Thursday, March 12, 2009. Sixty four migrants, including several minors, made it to the beach on a small boat from Africa.

Carlos Moreno Ap
A state police officer stands amid marijuana plants found in a greenhouse at a ranch in Tecate, Mexico, Thursday, March 12, 2009. According to Baja California State Police, over 3800 plants of marijuana were found in the ranch during an operation.

Guillermo Arias Ap
Pakistani lawyer Ghulam Muhammad Malir, 65, right, checks his diary with his clerk at his law office in the Civil Court of Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, March 12, 2009. Pakistan's lawyers are demanding that President Asif Ali Zardari fulfill a pledge to restore judges removed by former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, who fired the Supreme Court's chief justice in 2007 and sparked the country's lawyers movement since then.

Emilio Morenatti Ap