President Barack Obama shows off his skills as he kicks a ball passed to him by a robot as he attends a youth science event at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo, Japan. Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/APIt's a cold and snowy day in Urumqi, China. Photograph: Xinhua/Landov/Barcroft MediaUkrainian special forces take position at an abandoned roadblock in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk. Ukraine's military launched an assault on the flashpoint rebel-held town of Slavyansk, sending in armoured vehicles and a helicopter. Photograph: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images
Formula One chief executive Bernie Ecclestone stands with his lawyers as he arrives in court in Munich, Germany. Ecclestone went on trial for bribery. Photograph: Michaela Rehle/ReutersScientists are monitoring an unusually large iceberg - roughly six times the size of Manhattan - that broke off from an Antarctic glacier and is heading into the open ocean. The B-31 Iceberg separated from a rift in Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier. Photograph: NASA/ReutersBJP leader Narendra Modi waves to supporters from an open truck on his way to filing his nomination papers in Varanasi, India. India is in the midst of a nine phase election that began on April 7 and ends May 12. Photograph: Kevin Frayer/Getty ImagesMeanwhile, a woman shows her finger marked with indelible ink after casting her vote at a village near Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan. Photograph: Manish Swarup/APA mourner and relative of a victim of the Rana Plaza building collapse takes part in a protest marking the first anniversary of the disaster at the site where the building once stood in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Rana Plaza building collapsed killing 1138 workers in the world's worst garment factory disaster. Photograph: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty ImagesNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un guides the multiple-rocket launching drill of women's sub-units in a photo released today by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency. You cna read more about all things North Korea on our new North Korea network site. Photograph: KCNA/ReutersBad hair day? Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William attend a reception at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia. Photograph: Pool/Getty ImagesClearing the rails, Ali Yousef Al Rumaihi of Qatar on Ravenna 323 competes in the Longines Global Champions Tour of Antwerp. Photograph: Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty ImagesA woman is pepper sprayed as residents of the Pavao-Pavaozinho slum clash with riot police during a protest against the death of Douglas Rafael da Silva Pereira after his burial in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photograph: Felipe Dana/APPeople gather at the cenotaph at the War Memorial Museum in Auckland, New Zealand to mark the 99th anniversary of ANZAC Day when allied First World War forces landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Photograph: Phil Walter/Getty ImagesWho knew? The oil extracted from Vetier roots provide one of the essential oils for the french perfume industry. The Agri-supply distillery, the largest Vetiver distillery in the world, is in Haiti and is one of the country's best-kept agricultural secrets providing much needed income for Haiti's struggling economy. Photograph: Reuters
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