Day in pictures

A man cycles under cherry blossoms on a warm and sunny day in downtown Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, April 11, 2011.

With a backdrop of carp streamers to wish children healthy growth, participants join a charity concert to raise fund for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Tokyo, Monday, April 11, 2011, a month after the disaster struck northeast Japan.

Soldiers allied with Alassane Ouattara rest along the roadside at a republican forces operating base in the Youpougon neighborhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Monday, April 11, 2011. French tanks advanced toward the bunker where Ivory Coast's strongman leader hung on to power Monday, marking the first time that forces from the former colonial ruler have become involved in the ground operation to oust him.

A soldier allied with Alassane Ouattara is given a handful of bullets for his new AK-47 after a shipment of weapons arrived at a republican forces operating base on the outskirts of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Monday, April 11, 2011. French tanks advanced toward the bunker where Ivory Coast's strongman leader hung on to power Monday, marking the first time that forces from the former colonial ruler have become involved in the ground operation to oust him.

Kate Middleton reacts to the crowd at Witton County Park, Darwen, England, Monday, April, 11, 2011. Middleton and fiance Prince William visited northwest England on Monday to support local youth charities, which marks their last trip in their pre-wedding ofof England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man examines a special Matza, a traditional handmade Passover unleavened bread, in a bakery in Kfar Chabad, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, April 11, 2011. Jews are forbidden to eat leavened foodstuffs during the Passover holiday. The week-long festival which commemorates the exodus of the ancient Hebrews from Egypt begins next week.

A wounded blast victim cries in shock at Oktyabrskaya subway station in Minsk, Belarus, on Monday, April 11, 2011. An explosion tore through a subway station in the Belarusian capital during evening rush hour Monday, and an official in the presidential administration said there were fatalities.

A security guard walks past Bodo tribal women standing in a queue to cast their votes, outside a polling center in Jogeshpur village along the Indo-Bhutan border, about 74 miles west of Gauhati, India, Monday, April 11, 2011. Assam state votes Monday during the second and final phase of the state legislature elections in 64 of the 126 constituencies.

Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, center, flanked by his bodyguards, smiles as he speaks to his supporters outside Milan's courthouse where he attended his trial on tax fraud charge, Monday, April 11, 2011.

Berlusconi says attending a hearing of his tax fraud trial was a waste of time and resources, accusing prosecutors of having no case against him. Berlusconi made a rare appearance in the courthouse Monday as dozens of supporters and political allies gathered outside. As he left after about two hours, Berlusconi greeted them, some with balloons saying "Silvio, resist!''

Donald Myers looks over his storm damaged car in front of a neighbors tornado-damaged home in Pulaski, Va., Monday, April 11, 2011. Authorities say two tornadoes in Pulaski County caused an estimated $8.5 million in damage. Media outlets report that more than 400 structures in the Town of Pulaski and the Draper community were damaged by Friday night's tornadoes. Eight people were reportedly treated for non-threatening injuries.