A pedestrian passes underneath a street sign named after Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez in east Los Angeles. Marquez died on Thursday, April 17, 2014, at age 87 at his home in southern Mexico City.
A World War II veteran sits at a table during a celebration for the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Simferopol, Crimea from German troops during World War II.
People watch a reenactment of the Passion of Christ on Good Friday during Holy Week celebrations in the Rocinha slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Roman Catholics throughout Latin America and the Caribbean are paying tribute to Jesus Christ in Holy Week traditions that go back centuries and range from religious processions to self-flagellation.
Sparks fly past a person trying to put out flames during a forest fire in Valparaiso, Chile. While the city is often blanketed by fog from the Pacific Ocean, it has been plagued throughout history by wildfires that can spread quickly when the wind blows out to sea.
A woman screams while being detained during protests near an area recently occupied by squatters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The woman was later released. Squatters in Rio de Janeiro clashed with police after a Brazilian court ordered the eviction 5,000 people from abandoned buildings belonging to a telecommunications company. Officers used tear gas and stun grenades to try to disperse the families.
A girl practices shooting a pistol at a computerized firing range at the Meari Shooting Gallery in Pyongyang, North Korea.
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish youth burns leavened items in final preparations for the Passover holiday in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish town of Bnei Brak, Israel near Tel Aviv. Jews are forbidden to eat leavened foodstuffs during the Passover holiday that celebrates the biblical story of the Israelites' escape from slavery and exodus from Egypt.
A group of pilgrims walk together at the Sensoji Buddhist temple in the Asakusa district of Tokyo. Asakusa is an old town in the capital that draws many tourists from across the world.
Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, walks to the 17th green during the second round of the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Ga.