Day in pictures

A young boy enjoys the sunshine on Brighton's beach, southern England, as the warm weather continues into the weekend, Friday, April 8, 2011.

Iranian women perform their Friday prayer at the Imam mosque in the city of Isfahan, some 234 miles south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 8, 2011.

Former President and U.N. special envoy to Haiti Bill Clinton, center, greets students during a tour of their school, Liceo Ecole Nationale Etats-Unis, where he launched a national cholera awareness campaign in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, April 8, 2011.

Japan's Empress Michiko, right, talks with an evacuee at an evacuation center in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, Friday, April 8, 2011. The imperial couple visited the shelter to encourage some 1,400 evacuees from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, mostly from Fukushima Prefecture where the troubled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant is located.

A women cries while attending the funeral of one of the 12 children killed the day before in a school shootout in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, April 8, 2011. Brazilian families began burying the children gunned down in the halls of their elementary school Thursday. Ten girls and two boys between the ages of 12 and 15 were killed by 23-year-old Wellington Oliveira, who shot and killed himself after being confronted by police.

Firemen train their hose at a still-smoldering row of houses on stilts following a fire at sunset at an informal settlers' neighborhood in Paranaque, south of Manila, Philippines, Friday, April 8, 2011. One resident was treated of smoke inhalation at the incident which gutted more than 200 houses and rendered more than 2,000 people homeless, fire officials said.

Iranian spectators watch an unidentified motocross rider take a jump during a training session, in the city of Isfahan, some 234 miles south of the Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 8, 2011.

Fans watch batting practice prior to the Boston Red Sox facing the New York Yankees in their home opener at Fenway Park in Boston, Friday, April 8, 2011. The Red Sox, who last one the World Series in 2007, have started the year with a 0-6 record.

Sonia Razzaque wears a doughnut hat designed by Jean Ellis, during Ladies Day at Aintree Racecourse, in Liverpool, England, Friday, April 8, 2011.

Ian Poulter of England tees off on the first hole during the second round of the Masters golf tournament Friday, April 8, 2011, in Augusta, Ga.

People enjoy the hot weather on the River Wear in Durham, England, Friday, April 8, 2011. Almost all of Britain will bask in glorious sunshine this weekend with the mini-heatwave showing no sign of fizzling out.

Wayne Johnson of Philadelphia waits for costumers to buy his balloons on a rainy Friday, April 8, 2011, in Philadelphia.