Friday: The day in pictures
Demonstrators protest in front of the stock exchange in Brussels during a protest to demand action to combat the economic crisis and rising unemployment. The demonstration was one in a series of protests set to take place in Europe in response to a call by the European Trade Union Confederation. (Dominique Faget / AFP/Getty Images)
Agnes Szavay from Hungary serves the ball to Amelie Mauresmo at the Madrid Open Tennis in the Caja Magica, Madrid. (Daniel Ochoa de Olza / Associated Press)
Olympic gold medalist
A police officer stands guard outside the Walter Crowley Intermediate School, one of three closed due to
Italy’s Danilo Di Luca retains the leader’s pink jersey as
Minister Scott Rennie rehearses a sermon in Brechin Cathedral in Brechin, Scotland. Church of Scotland leaders are set to make a decision over the appointment of the openly gay minister to Queen’s Cross church in Aberdeen. So far, a fifth of all clergy have signed a petition against Rennie’s appointment. (Jeff J. Mitchell / Getty Images)
A baby giraffe stands next to its father in their enclosure at the zoo in Berlin. The young giraffe was born on April 18 in the zoo. (Dennis Gundlach / AFP/Getty Images)
Polar bear Knut plays with an old soccer ball in the pool of his enclosure at the Berlin Zoo. (Maya Hitij / Associated Press)
People visit the so-called “Tree of Life” in Sakhir, Bahrain. The 400-year old mesquite tree stands alone in the desert, the source of its water a mystery, and people from around the world make the pilgrimmage to the site. (Hasan Jamali / Associated Press)