The Week in Pictures

Tiger Woods hits his tee shot on the 14th hole during the final round of the 2010 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club.  (Harry How / Getty Images)

A woman carrying flowers kneels amid the candles placed by mourners in front of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw a day after Polish President Lech Kaczynski died in a plane crash in Russia. His wife and some of the country’s highest military and civilian leaders also died in the crash, when the presidential plane tried to land in thick fog in western Russia.
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Russian troops carry the coffin of Polish President Lech Kaczynski during a farewell ceremony at Smolensk airport in western Russia. The remains were sent to Warsaw for a state funeral. The remains of the other 95 victims are in Moscow, where they will be returned after forensic analysis.
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Two women comfort each other outside a government building in Bishkek, as the number of dead in political unrest grew to 81. President Kurmanbek Bakiyev said Sunday he would not step down as head of the Central Asian republic and that any attempt to kill him would “drown Kyrgyzstan in blood.”  (Ivan Sekretarev / Associated Press)

A young boy listens to speeches at an anti-government protest camp in a shopping district in Bangkok that protesters have shut down for more than a week. Protesters dug in around Bangkok and rejected talk of negotiations after a month-long standoff escalated into clashes that killed 20 people.  (Wong Maye-E / Associated Press)

Portsmouth’s Frederic Piquionne, left, celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the FA Cup semifinal soccer match between Portsmouth and Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley Stadium.  (Matt Dunham / Associated Press)

People gather in front of St. John’s Cathedral in the Polish capital, Warsaw, for a Mass commemorating victims of the plane crash in Smolensk that killed more than 90 people, including Polish President Lech Kaczynski, his wife Maria and the military chief.
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Actor Sean Penn helps load the belongings of a person displaced in the Jan. 12 earthquake. Amid dangers of flooding, camp residents are being moved to a new location in Corail Cesselesse, northeast of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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FC Porto forward Ernesto Farias, left, vies with Rio Ave midfielder Silvio during their Portuguese league soccer match at Dos Arcos Stadium.  (Francisco Leong / AFP / Getty Images)

Phil Mickelson walks to the 15th green during the third round of the 2010 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. Mickelson birdied on the 15th hole after making eagle on the 13th and 14th and finished the day in second place.  (Jamie Squire / Getty Images)

Jockey Tony McCoy reacts on Don’t Push It, as he crosses the finish line to win the Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree Racecourse.  (Jon Super / Associated Press)

A woman (C) performs as an “oiran,” a group of high-class courtesans from the Edo period (1600-1868), walking on platform “geta” sandals during the “Edo Yoshiwara Oiran Dochu” parade as a part of the spring festival in Tokyo on April 10, 2010. Thousands of people came out to watch the traditional parade near the former brothel area of Yoshiwara.  (TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA / AFP / Getty Images)

Vice President Joe Biden eats a cheesesteak at Pat’s King of Steaks in Philadelphia.  (Matt Rourke / AP Photo)

Palestinians and foreign demonstrators run from tear gas fired by Israeli soldiers during clashes in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah.  (Majdi Mohammed / Associated Press)

Thai soldiers protect themselves from stones thrown by protesters in Pathum Thani, north of Bangkok, Thailand. Anti-government protesters stormed into a telecom company compound where authorities had shut down their vital TV channel, as soldiers and riot police tried to hold them back with tear gas and water cannons.  (Wason Waniichakorn / Associated Press)

Camilo Villegas of Colombia lines up a putt on the 6th hole during the second round of the Masters golf tournament.  (Don Emmert / AFP/Getty Images)

Kyrgyzstan’s ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev speaks to an Agence France-Presse journalist, saying he has no intention of resigning and accusing the country’s new self-proclaimed leadership of causing many deaths.  (Viktor Dravhev / AFP/Getty Images)

David Morin, a marine mammal biologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, tries to loop a rope around the tail of a beached baby humpback whale in East Hampton, N.Y. The whale was found stranded Tuesday. Marine scientists said that the animal would not be able to survive on its own if freed, so a team was trying to ease its suffering and planned to euthanize it.  (David Goldman / Associated Press)

A worker walks past a giant placard of a glass of wine on the first day of the 44th Vinitaly wine fair in Verona, Italy. About 150,000 visitors are expected to attend the international wine fair and the Sol extra virgin olive oil exhibition in the city through Monday.  (Filippo Monteforte / AFP/Getty Images)

Firefighters search for bodies at night after a landslide in the Morro da Bumba area of Rio de Janeiro.  (Felipe Dana / Associated Press)

Relatives mourn the deaths of landslide victims in the Morro do Bumba area of the Niteroi neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. At least 200 people were buried and feared dead under the latest landslide to hit a slum in Rio de Janeiro’s metropolitan area, authorities said.  (Felipe Dana / Associated Press)

A black crowned crane from East Africa at the Bird Park in Walsrode, northern Germany. Thousands of birds from about 650 species live in the park.  (Focke Strangmann / DAPD)

Dodgers center fielder Matt Kemp, left, and left fielder Reed Johnson avoid a collision as Kemp catches a fly ball by the Pittsburgh Pirates’ Bobby Crosby in the sixth inning of a baseball game Thursday. The Dodgers won, 10-2.  (Keith Srakocic / Associated Press)

Tiger Woods reacts after missing an eagle putt on the 13th hole during the first round of the Masters golf tournament Thursday.  (Morry Gash / Associated Press)

A woman cries at the site where her house used to be, after a fire at a slum area in Ghazipur, on the outskirts of New Delhi. The blaze was reportedly started after a power transmission line fell, and it ravaged through about 600 dwellings, but no casualties were reported, according to the fire department.  (Kevin Frayer / Associated Press)

Visitors look at a piece titled “Eyes” by American artist Tony Oursler at a gallery in Beijing.  (Ng Han Guan / Associated Press)

A stork takes off from a nest near a magnolia tree as spring temperatures warm Strasbourg, in eastern France.  (Frederick Florin / AFP/Getty Images)

Kyrgyz protesters waving the national flag move along a street in Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan, in Central Asia. Protesters ransacked government buildings and police opened fire on crowds, killing dozens of people.  (Ivan Sekretarev / Associated Press)

Diana Newball, right, comforts Kathy Madigan after a rally outside St. Vincent’s Hospital in Greenwich Village. Because of massive debt, the 160-year-old institution plans to end most of its patient services.  (Bebeto Matthews / Associated Press)

Tiger Woods hits a tee shot at Augusta National Golf Club’s sixth hole Wednesday during a practice round preceding the Masters tournament, which begins Thursday.  (Charlie Riedel / Associated Press)

A crowd watches a smiling Tiger Woods during a practice round Wednesday at Augusta National Golf Club, where the Masters golf tournament will begin Thursday.  (Don Emmert / AFP /Getty Images)

An ironworker walks a beam above what will be the 24th floor of One World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan.  (Mark Lennihan / Associated Press)

Protester Jeff Dietrich makes his views known at a skid row news conference. L.A.’s top law enforcement officials, including Police Chief Charlie Beck, second from left, announced a plan to seek a criminal injunction targeting “commuter drug dealers” who travel to skid row from other parts of the city to sell their goods.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

A man mourns a landslide victim in the Santa Teresa neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. The heaviest rains in Rio de Janeiro’s history triggered landslides Tuesday that killed at least 95 people as rising water turned roads into rivers and paralyzed Brazil’s second-largest city.  (Silvia Izquierdo / Associated Press)

Police officers retreat as they are attacked by protestors in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.  (Ivan Sekretarev / Associated Press)

Men carry an injured paramilitary soldier for treatment after Maoist rebels launched a series of deadly attacks on forces patrolling the forests of eastern India.  (TV9 / Associated Press)

Thousands of red-shirted supporters of former Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra defy the government for a fourth day by taking over the streets of the city’s main shopping district. The protesters are demanding new national elections.  (Paula Bronstein / Getty Images)

Men walk in the dark near the Wangjialing Coal Mine in China’s Shanxi province, 400 miles southwest of Beijing. Floodwaters kept rescuers from reaching miners still trapped Tuesday.  (Ng Han Guan / Associated Press)

This school in Petionville is one of thousands that were damaged or destroyed in Haiti’s Jan. 12 earthquake.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Gloria Benedit Cayot, 6, in the classroom of her private school in Petionville, a suburb of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. Schools are opening in and around Port-au-Prince for the first time since the Jan. 12 earthquake.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

A factory worker paints rubber Tiger Woods masks in Tokyo.  (Yoshikaza Tsuno / AFP/Getty Images)

During Russia’s Fashion Week, models wait backstage wearing creations by liberal politician Irina Khakamada.  (Pavel Golovkin / Associated Press)

Oil leaks from a Chinese coal carrier that ran aground near the Great Barrier Reef. Australian authorities were attempting to stabilize the vessel, which was threatening to break apart, endangering the reef.  (Queensland Government / AFP/Getty Images)

The Easter Bunny supervises the annual White House Easter egg roll from the Truman Balcony.  (Tim Sloan / AFP/Getty Images)

A flag is unfurled in center field before the Florida Marlins and the New York Mets’ Opening Day game in Citi Field, New York.  (Chris McGrath / Getty Images)