
Tokyo, Japan — A man looks for supplies in a store in Tokyo that has almost sold out of food and drink as people are unable to return home after the earthquake.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: YURIKO NAKAO / Reuters
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Benghazi, Libya — Protesters attend Friday prayers in Benghazi. Troops loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi intensified their counteroffensive to retake ground from out-gunned insurgents who appealed to foreign powers to impose a no-fly zone to stop the onslaught.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: SUHAIB SALEM / Reuters
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Sanaa, Yemen — A girl waves Yemen's national flag during a rally to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa. Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets across Yemen, trying to draw record crowds to show Saleh his offers of reform would not soften their demand for his resignation.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Khaled Abdullah / Reuters
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Silwan, Palestinian Territory — An Israeli security officer fires a tear gas canister during clashes with Palestinian youths in the mostly Arab neighborhood of Silwan in East Jerusalem.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: NIR ELIAS / Reuters
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Cape Canaveral, FL — Photographers take pictures of space shuttle Endeavour as it sits atop launch pad 39A after arriving from the Vehicle Assembly Building to prepare for Mission STS-134 at the Kennedy Space Center. The launch of Endeavour is scheduled for April 19 with Mission Commander Mark Kelly and five other crew members aboard. Kelly is the husband of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was wounded in a shooting in Tucson in January.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: JOE SKIPPER / Reuters
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Melbourne, Australia — Gareth Delve, third from top, of Australia's Melbourne Rebels flies into Ryan Kankowski, front, of South Africa's Sharks during their Super Rugby union match.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: MICK TSIKAS / Reuters
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