Day in pictures

A pro Col. Moammar Gadhafi supporter wears a green scarf on his face in Tripoli, Libya, Tuesday, March 29, 2011. Libyan government tanks and rockets pounded rebel forces into a panicked full retreat Tuesday after an hours long, back-and-forth battle that highlighted the superior might of Gadhafi's forces, even hobbled by international airstrikes.

A Libyan rebel urges people to leave, as shelling from Gadhafi's forces started landing on the frontline outside of Bin Jawaad, about 90 miles east of Sirte, central Libya, Tuesday, March 29, 2011.

The Cape Town stadium that was used during the 2010 Soccer World Cup is covered with mist in the city of Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, March 29, 2011.

A model shows a creation by Chinese designer Lan Yu during China Fashion Week in Beijing, Tuesday, March 29, 2011.

A survivor takes a rest at a shelter in the devastated town of Watari, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Tuesday, March 29, 2011. The March 11 quake off Japan's northeast coast triggered a tsunami that barreled onshore and disabled the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex.

Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force pray for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at a mass grave site in Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Tuesday, March 29, 2011. The devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami have left a huge backlog of thousands of bodies in makeshift morgues, leaving local governments no choice but to bury them in hastily dug mass graves. But this is a temporary grave as government said they would cremate bodies within two years so they can move them to family grave.

Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates talks with journalists during a news conference Tuesday, March 29, 2011, at Lisbon's Sao Bento palace. Rating agency Standard & Poor's Tuesday downgraded debt-stressed Portugal's credit worthiness, deepening the country's financial plight as it fights to avoid a bailout. Portugal's government quit last week in a dispute with its rivals over a debt reduction plan and Silva is consulting with political leaders before announcing a date for general elections.

Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva, left, talks with Parliament President Jaime Gama, Tuesday, March 29 2011, on the stairs of the Portuguese parliament in Lisbon. Rating agency Standard & Poor's Tuesday downgraded debt-stressed Portugal's credit worthiness, deepening the country's financial plight as it fights to avoid a bailout. Portugal's government quit last week in a dispute with its rivals over a debt reduction plan and Silva is consulting with political leaders before announcing a date for general elections.

British Prime Minister David Cameron, center, listens to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, left, speak at the opening of the Libya Conference in London, Tuesday, March 29, 2011. International leaders plotted out an endgame Tuesday for Moammar Gadhafi's tottering regime, as Cameron accused the Libyan leader of shooting and starving his opponents into submission.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodam Clinton listens to a question during a news conference after the Libya Conference at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in London, Tuesday, March 29, 2011. World powers agreed Tuesday that Moammar Gadhafi should step down after 42 years as Libya's ruler but did not discuss arming the rebels who are seeking to oust him.

In this image made with a slow shutter speed, New York Mets' David Wright, right, and teammate Angel Pagan, left, run sprints in the outfield during the seventh inning of a spring training baseball game against the Washington Nationals on Tuesday, March 29, 2011, in Viera, Fla. The Mets won 8-2.