http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47620000/jpg/_47620540_cracks_ap766.jpgA 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit the Mexican peninsula of Baja California, killing two people and causing tremors as far away as Nevada.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47620000/jpg/47620541-8.jpgWorshippers around the world have been celebrating Easter, the most important Christian festival of the year. Here, Coptic Pope Shenuda III swings incense during Mass at the Abbassiya Cathedral in Cairo.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47620000/jpg/47620542-6.jpgA woman gestures at an Easter rally in Seoul, where thousands of Christians called for peace and a nuclear-free Korean peninsula.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47620000/jpg/_47620543_009069041-1.jpgThe space shuttle Discovery lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, bound for the International Space Station in one of the last shuttle missions before the programme is shut down.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47620000/jpg/_47620544_cars_ap766.jpgDozens of miners have been killed in the worst US mine disaster for decades.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47620000/jpg/_47620545_009069210-1.jpgBritish Prime Minister Gordon Brown confirmed that the UK general election will be held on 6 May.Flanked by his entire cabinet, Mr Brown said it was the “least well-kept secret of recent years”.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47620000/jpg/_47620546_hi009071952.jpgFC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi produced a virtuoso display against Arsenal during the Champions League quarterfinal second leg match at the Camp Nou stadium, scoring four goals to maintain Barcelona’s bid for back-to-back Champions League titles.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47620000/jpg/_47620547_hi009071465.jpgAt least 95 people died in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro after the most torrential rain for decades caused landslides and flooding. A state of emergency was declared and officials warned the death toll may rise as many more are missing.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47620000/jpg/47620548-67.jpgThe opposition in Kyrgyzstan says it is in control of the country following violent demonstrations in the capital.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47620000/jpg/_47620549_009085448-1.jpgThai riot policemen were deployed in force on Friday to stop anti-government protesters converging on a satellite TV compound north of the capital Bangkok.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47620000/jpg/_47620550_009085716-1.jpgThe funeral of murdered South African white supremacist Eugene Terreblanche took place peacefully, amid tight security.Several police and army units were deployed to prevent possible clashes hissupporters and the local black population.
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