Today in photos

A one-month-old Malayan Tapir named Victoria is seen at the Singapore Zoo in Singapore. Workers set up beach chairs at the beach of St. Peter-Ording at the North Sea, northern Germany, as temperatures reach 51.8 Fahrenheit. And Sunni women from the Azamiyah neighborhood and Shiite women from the Kazimiyah neighborhood cross the Imams bridge that links the enclaves in a symbolic gesture of Iraqi unity in Iraq. View a slideshow of these images and more.

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Thu., April 2, 2009

A one-month-old Malayan Tapir named Victoria is seen on Thursday, April 2, 2009 in Singapore at the Singapore Zoo in Singapore. The Malayan Tapir is a native to Southeast Asia and to date, there are eight Malayan Tapirs at the zoo.

Wong Maye-E Associated Press
A one month old Malayan Tapir named Victoria looks into the camera while Jazz diva Laura Fygi, a conservation supporter, who named Victoria, is seen in the background at the Night Safari on Thursday April 2, 2009 in Singapore at the Singapore Zoo. The Malayan Tapir is a native to Southeast Asia and to date, there are 8 Malayan Tapirs at the Singapore Zoo.

Wong Maye-E Associated Press
Workers set up beach chairs at the beach of St. Peter-Ording at the North Sea, northern Germany, as temperatures reach eleven degrees Celsius (51.8 Fahrenheit) on Thursday, April 2, 2009.

Heribert Proepper Associated Press
A protester holds a banner portraying Greek Prime minister Costas Karamanlis as French Queen Marie Antoinette as Greek presidential guards stand in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside Parliament during a protest in central Athens on Thursday, April 2, 2009. Greek public services closed down and transport was disrupted across the country as thousands of workers went on strike to protest government spending cuts. In Athens, some 20,000 people took part in two separate rallies, both which ended peacefully.The banner reads in Greek " if you are hungry eat pound cake".

Petros Giannakouris Associated Press
A Bosnian worker of a coke plant in Lukavac works at the factory, which has lowered its production, in Lukavac, 100 kms north of Sarajevo, Bosnia on Thursday, April 2, 2009. Bosnian Faik Busevac, deputy managing director of Global Ispat Coke Industry, has decided to keep a total of 1,100 employees and in order to prevent further job cuts, is lowering salaries. The current economic crisis has caused low interest in world markets for coke.

Amel Emric Associated Press
Bombardier jets sit in front of the finishing plant in Montreal, Thursday, April 2, 2009. Canada's largest aircraft maker is slashing another 3,000 jobs around the world, including plants in Montreal and Toronto, as it copes with weaker demand for business jets.

Ryan Remiorz Associated Press
Beached North Korean boats are seen near the North Korean border town of Sinuiju across from Dandong, northeastern China's Liaoning province, Thursday, April 2 , 2009. North Korea has begun fueling a long-range rocket for an impending launch, a news report said Thursday, as President Barack Obama warned the liftoff would be a "provocative act" that would generate a U.N. Security Council response.

Ng Guan Associated Press
Sunni women from the Azamiyah neighborhood and Shiite women from the Kazimiyah neighborhood cross the Imams bridge that links the enclaves in a symbolic gesture of Iraqi unity in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 2, 2009. The women hugged each other and exchanged Iraqi flags.

Khalid Mohammed Associated Press
Israelis react near the gate of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Bat Ayin, Thursday, April 2, 2009. An axe-wielding Palestinian militant went on a rampage Thursday in Bat Ayin, killing an Israeli 13-year-old and wounding a 7-year-old boy before fleeing the area.

Sebastian Scheiner Associated Press
Nairobi fire brigade try to extinguish a fire at a Food Store in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, April 2, 2009. The cause of the fire is not immediately known.

Sayyid Azim Associated Press
Pope Benedict XVI walks past Sister Tobiana, who assisted late Pope John Paul II on his last days, during a memorial Mass at St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Thursday April 2, 2009. Pope Benedict XVI marked the fourth anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II with a memorial Mass on Thursday and new prayers for the Polish pontiff's beatification. Benedict presided over an evening Mass at St. Peter's Basilica in which he recalled how beloved John Paul was, particularly among young Catholics.

Gregorio Borgia Associated Press
Malaysian outgoing Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, also defence minister, center, attends a farewell ceremony organized by the Defence Ministry in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, April 2, 2009. Abdullah resigned Thursday after five and half years of largely ineffectual rule in a prelude to handing power to his deputy, who faces the mammoth task of rebuilding the economy and the ruling party's shattered reputation.

Lai Sin Associated Press