Fist fights in the Ukrainian parliament, diving for MH370 | April 8
Members of Parliament of the Svoboda party fight with Members of Parliament of the Communist party in the Ukrainian parliament, the youngest son of slain Afghan AFP reporter Sardar Ahmad, plays during a visit by his uncle and the AFP Bureau Chief for Pakistan-Afghanistan, at a local hospital in Kabul and more.
- A member of the National Police shoots tear gas during clashes with anti-government demonstrators in Caracas on April 7, 2014. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro agreed to meet with a Venezuelan opposition delegation on Tuesday, after a fresh push from top diplomats from across South America. In just over two months, 39 people have died in clashes between security forces and protesters angered by soaring crime, high inflation and shortages demonstrators blame on Maduro’s elected, heavily state-led socialist government. (Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images)
- A child plays with a kite on the roof of a house at the neighborhood of “Jalousie” in the Petion-Ville comune, in Port au Prince, on April 7, 2014. (Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images)
- A model parades an outfit by Australian designer Toni Maticevski during a showing of his label Maticevski at Fashion Week Australia, in Sydney on April 8, 2014. The four-day schedule will include a curated selection of Australias established fashion designers as well as a showcase from the brightest emerging talent the country has to offer. (William West/AFP/Getty Images)
- Members of Parliament of the Svoboda party fight with Members of Parliament of the Communist party in the Ukrainian parliament on April 8, 2014, during the debates focused on a law toughening responsibility for separatism. Ukraine’s acting president said today he would treat Russian separatists who have seized buildings in the east of the country as “terrorists” who will be prosecuted with the full force of the law. (Yuriy Kirnichny/AFP/Getty Images)
- Activists of BUND and Campact ecological associations carry a giant head featuring German Chancellor Angela Merkel before a demonstration against the reform of the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG). Berlin is implementing a deep reform of its system of subsidies for clean energy, currently the cornerstone of the country’s energy transition. (Clemens Bilan/AFP/Getty Images)
- A handout photo taken on April 7, 2014 and released on April 8 by Australian Defence shows Able Seaman Clearance Divers Matthew Johnston (R) and Michael Arnold from the Australian Defence Vessel Ocean Shield scanning the water for debris of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH 370 in the southern Indian Ocean. The hunt for underwater signals from missing Flight MH370 is likely to continue for days before a robot submersible is deployed to comb the seabed, the Australian search chief said on April 8, 2014. (Austrailian Defense/Leur Ryan Davis/AFP)
- This picture taken with an underwater camera shows swimmers competing in the 100m breaststroke men’s race on April 8, 2014 during the French swimming championships in Chartres. (Damien Meyer/AFP/Getty Images)
- Female members of the Palestinian presidential guard take part in a training session in the West Bank city of Jericho on April 6, 2014. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images)
- An Indian artist dressed as the Hindu goddess Kali participates in a procession to celebrate the Ram Navami festival in Allahabad on April 8, 2014. Hindu devotees celebrate the festival of Ram Navami, the birth anniversary of Lord Rama, across India, which also marks the end of the nine-day long fasting and Navaratri festival. (Sanjay Kanojia/AFP/Getty Images)
- Abuzar Ahmad, the youngest son of slain Afghan AFP reporter Sardar Ahmad, plays during a visit by his uncle Bashir Mirzad (R) and AFP Bureau Chief for Pakistan-Afghanistan Emmanuel Duparcq (C) at a local hospital in Kabul. The orphaned Afghan child whose family was gunned down in a luxury Kabul hotel may soon leave hospital after recovering rapidly from bullet wounds to his skull, chest and thigh, doctors said. Abuzar Ahmad, aged two years and 11 months, suffered fragment wounds in the shooting on March 20 that killed his father, senior AFP reporter Sardar Ahmad, mother Homaira, sister Nilofar, 6, and brother Omar, 5. Abuzar’s relatives hope that he will start a new life with many of his cousins who live in Toronto, Canada. “He could be discharged within a week or 10 days if things continue to go well,” Luca Radaelli, medical coordinator at the Italian-run Emergency Hospital in Kabul, told AFP. (Wakil Kohsar/AFP/Getty Images)
- Christian pilgrims gather around the “Edicule of the Tomb of Jesus Christ” in The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, also known as the Basilica of the Resurrection, one of Christianity’s holiest sites in Jerusalem’s old city on April 7, 2014. Christians traditionally believe the church is built on the site where Jesus was crucified, buried and resurrected. (Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images)
- The President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins (C) inspects a Guard of Honour at Windsor Castle in Windsor, southern England April 8, 2014. The Irish President and his wife Sabina are embarking on a four day State Visit to Britain, and will stay at Windsor Castle as guests of Queen Elizabeth. (REUTERS/Neil Hall)
- A female member of the anti-balaka, a Christian militia, patrols with other militiamen outside village of Zawa April 8, 2014. (REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic)
- A member of the anti-balaka, a Christian militia, looks on in the village of Zawa April 8, 2014. (REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic)
- Journalists film Humboldt penguins during press day at the Paris Zoological Park in the Bois de Vincennes in the east of Paris April 8, 2014. Inaugurated in 1934, the Paris Zoo will reopen for the public on April 12, 2014 after being closed for four-years for renovation, transforming the zoo with new quarters for animals and greater information for visitors about the animals and their environment. (REUTERS/Charles Platiau)
- College students walk past below pinatas, including those in the shape of Minions from the movie “Despicable Me”, along a street in downtown Guatemala City, April 7, 2014. (REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez)
- Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda casts his shadow on a wall as he drinks a cup of water during a news conference at the BOJ headquarters in Tokyo April 8, 2014. Kuroda stuck to his guns on Tuesday, saying a positive cycle is in the works for the economy, which is poised to weather last week’s sales tax hike and hit the central bank’s inflation target. (REUTERS/Issei Kato)
- A fast response craft from Australian Defence Vessel Ocean Shield tows Able Seaman Clearance Diver Michael Arnold as he searches the ocean for debris in the search zone in the southern Indian Ocean for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 in this picture released by the Australian Defence Force April 8, 2014. (REUTERS/Australian Defence Force/Handout)
- Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan greets members of parliament from his ruling AK Party (AKP) during a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara April 8, 2014. Turkey’s first directly elected president will be a more powerful figure than the current largely ceremonial role, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan was quoted on Tuesday as saying, boosting expectations he may run for the post in August. (REUTERS/Umit Bektas)