The day in photos: Friday

Polyester casts of United States Marines lay on the floor of a studio at the Quantico Marine Corps Base in Virginia. Active-duty Marines assumed poses portraying WWI-era Marines while being modeled for life-size cast figures. The cast figures will be installed in exhibits at the National Museum of the Marine Corps’ new World War I gallery scheduled to open in the spring of 2010.  (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)

People make their way through a street in Old Havana.  (Javier Galeano / Associated Press)

Marines and other military personnel at Camp Lejeune, N.C., listen to President Obama outline his plan for the gradual withdrawal of troops from Iraq.  (Logan Mock-Bunting / Getty Images)

Anti-vivisectionists outside London’s Bank of England protest the institution’s financial support of the Huntingdon Life Sciences animal testing laboratory.  (Oli Scarff / Getty Images)

Afghan men await supplies of food being handed out by a U.S. Army field artillery division. President Obama is sending an additional 17,000 American troops to Afghanistan this spring and summer, adding to the 36,000 Americans currently in Afghanistan.  (Spencer Platt / Getty Images)

Palestinian protesters in a refugee camp near Damascus, Syria, carry replica rockets and shout anti-Israeli slogans in reaction to a decision to evict Arabs from 88 homes in Jerusalem.  (Ola al-Rifai / Associated Press)

A Pakistani anti-riot police officer in Islamabad protects himself behind a shield as clashes continued for a third day with supporters of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. They are protesting a court order barring him from elected office.  (Emilio Morenatti / Associated Press)

Dancers participate in an art performance titled “Zebra Cross” during rush hour in Jakarta’s main business district. The performance was to promote traffic safety and respect for pedestrians.  (Dita Alangkara / Associated Press)

Pagan charms on a stand at a fair in Bucharest are part of a Balkan tradition that began more than 2,000 years ago that marks the beginning of spring and symbolizes good cheer and hopes for love and happiness.  (Vadim Ghirda / Associated Press)

Crowds fill Regent Street to watch the rock band U2 play on top of the BBC building in London. The special performance comes ahead of the release the band’s 12th studio album.  (Oli Scarff / Getty Images)

A copy of the final edition of the Rocky Mountain News sits in a newspaper box in Denver. Friday’s edition was the last for the nearly 150-year-old daily, Colorado’s oldest newspaper. The paper’s owner, E.W. Scripps Co., announced Thursday that the paper was closing down after efforts to sell it failed.  (John Moore / Getty Images)