April 28, 2015

A firefighter uses a saw to open a metal gate while fighting a fire in the early morning hours Tuesday in Baltimore, Maryland   The city erupted in violence Monday after the funeral of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who died earlier this month in police custody.

Indonesian activists hold photos of inmates, all convicted on drug charges, during a demonstration to demand the government to stop the execution of them, in Jakarta.

A man walks through the damage of houses damaged by the earthquake in Bhaktapur near Kathmandu, Nepal. Hungry and desperate villagers rushed towards relief helicopters in remote areas Tuesday, begging to be airlifted to safety, four days after an earthquake killed nearly 4,500 people.

French climber Alain Robert, also known as "Spiderman," holds the flag of Nepal as he scales the Tour Montparnasse, a 210-meter (689 ft.) building in central Paris, France, to show support for the victims after the earthquake in Nepal.

A woman carries her suitcase as she flees from clashes between riot-policemen and protesters against the ruling CNDD-FDD party's decision to allow President Pierre Nkurunziza to run for a third five-year term in office, in Bujumbura, Burundi.

A general view of Calbuco volcano spewing ash and smoke near Alerce town, Chile. The volcano, which last had a major eruption in 1961, erupted last week with a spectacular plume of ash and smoke around 15 kilometers into the sky.

An equality flag waves during a demonstration in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.  The Supreme Court is set to hear historic arguments in cases that could make same-sex marriage the law of the land.

Supporters of prominent women's rights activist Sabeen Mahmud, who was killed by unknown gunmen, hold her pictures during a rally in Islamabad, Pakistan.  Gunmen on a motorcycle killed Mahmud last Friday in Pakistan just hours after she held a forum on the country's restive Baluchistan region, home to a long-running insurgency, police said.

Visitors stroll in the Hitsujiyama Park covered with moss phlox in full bloom in Chichibu, suburban Tokyo. The blossoming flowers are expected to attract many visitors until the upcoming Japanese "Golden Week" holiday season in late April and early May.

President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe walk to the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington for a joint news conference.

Fans wait for the arrival of Paul McCartney before his performance at the Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo. The concert marks McCartney's first return to the venue since he played there with the Beatles in 1966.

A swan swims past the "Seepyramide" (Lake Pyramid) at the Fuerst-Pueckler-Park in Branitz near Cottbus, eastern Germany.  Count Hermann Ludwig Heinrich von Pueckler-Muskau (1785–1871), a German nobleman who is known for his passion for landscape gardening, is buried inside of the pyramid.