Tulips are in full bloom in Lafayette Park, across the street from the White House in Washington. Photo: AP
Silvia Lemus, widow of the Mexican author Carlos Fuentes, touches the urn containing Colombian Nobel Literature laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez's ashes during an homage to the beloved author at the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City. Photo: AP
A mallard duck sits atop a concrete wall along the flooded Cal Fremling Parkway in Levee Park in Winona, Minnesota. Photo: AP
A double rainbow stretches over the sea in Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy. Photo: AP
Gracie walks across the stage during judging at the 35th annual Drake Relays Beautiful Bulldog Contest in Des Moines, Iowa. The pageant kicks off the Drake Relays festivities at Drake University where a bulldog is the mascot. Photo: AP
In a reenactment of the Battle of Lexington, the beginning of the American Revolution, after the fighting on Lexington Green was over, British soldiers fire a volley in honour of their king in Lexington. Photo: AP
Deer Park High School ROTC cadets present the colours in front of the San Jacinto Monument during a ceremony in honour of San Jacinto Day in La Porte, Texas. The battle of San Jacinto took place 178 years ago against Mexican troops. Photo: AP
The sun rises over Uluru, Australia. Photo: AP
The Memphis Grizzlies and the Oklahoma City Thunder shoot around before the start of Game 2 of an opening-round NBA basketball playoff series in Oklahoma City. Photo: AP
Yellow petals fall as Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto stands next to the urn containing the ashes of Colombian Nobel Literature laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez during the authors homage at the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City. Photo: AP