A Chinese relative of passengers aboard a missing Malaysia Airlines plane watches TV as she waits for the latest news in a hotel room in Beijing. A senior Chinese aviation official said on Thursday that the authorities could not confirm any link between the floating objects captured on Chinese satellite images to a Malaysia Airlines jet missing for more than five days. Photo: AP
President Barack Obama, right, and Ukraine Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, left, shake hands in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Mr. Obama welcomed Ukraine’s new prime minister as the U.S. seeks to highlight ties with the former Soviet republic now caught in a diplomatic battle between East and West. Photo: AP
Firefighters continue to spray water on the smoldering debris from an explosion in Harlem in New York. A gas leak triggered an explosion that shattered windows a block away, rained debris onto elevated commuter railroad tracks close by, cast a plume of smoke over the skyline and sent people running into the streets. Photo: AP
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang speaks at a press conference after the closing ceremony for the annual National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, China. Photo: AP
CIA Director John Brennan speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington. A dispute between the CIA and the Senate that flared into public view this week has no obvious path toward criminal prosecution and may be better resolved through political compromise than in a court system wary of stepping into government quarrels, legal experts say. Photo: AP
Federal police parade white elephant dolls symbolizing public waste as they demand higher salaries and better career opportunities in Brasilia, Brazil. The police are threatening to go on strike during the upcoming World Cup football tournament if their demands are not met. Photo: AP