2014-04-15 Photo gallery

The waters of Douglas Channel are shown from the town of Kitimat, British Columbia April 12, 2014. Residents of the town voted against the Northern Gateway pipeline project in a blow to Enbridge Inc's efforts to expedite the flow of crude from Canada...

A helicopter dumps sea water on smoldering brush and debris after a fire burned several neighbourhoods in the hills in Valparaiso city, northwest of Santiago April 14, 2014. Devastated Chileans surveyed damage to their homes in Valparaiso on Monday a...

People wait for parliamentarians to vote on recognising same-sex partnerships in the square outside parliament in Valletta April 14, 2014. The Maltese parliament approved a law late on Monday to recognise same-sex partnerships on a legal par with mar...

The September 11 Museum entrance pavilion, right, sits next to one of the September 11 Memorial pools, at the World Trade Center Monday, April 14, 2014 in New York. The memorial opened to the public in September, 2011 and the museum is scheduled to o...

The New York Times photographer Josh Haner's image of Jeff Bauman is shown in this picture provided by The New York Times which was part of his Pulitzer prize winning entry for feature photography announced by Columbia University in New York on April...

Children stand during rain in front of Saint Michel Catholic church in the town of Boda April 14, 2014. REUTERS

A demonstrator wears a mask with the colours of the Spanish Republican flag during a rally to mark the 83rd anniversary of Spain's Second Republic in Madrid April 14, 2014. REUTERS

Crew aboard the Australian Defence Vessel Ocean Shield move the U.S. Navy’s Bluefin-21 autonomous underwater vehicle into position for deployment in the southern Indian Ocean to look for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, April 14, 2014 in...

A Sikh the Sikhs holiest shrine, on the festival of Baisakhi, which marks the Sikhs New Year day is also a harvest festival, Amritsar, AP. 

A business family offering puja at Kalighat Temple on Bengali New Year day, Kolkata, PTI.

On the occasion of Bihu People bathe their cows in a traditional way at the Sessa river at Bokul Maz Gaon, Lahowal, Dibrugarh district, PTI.

A woman walks through a mustard field on the outskirts of Srinagar, PTI. 

A scenic view of the Tulip Garden, Srinagar, AP

Alia Bhatt and Arjun Kapoor promote their upcoming film '2 States' in Ahmedabad, PTI.

Eberhard Kern, Managing Director & CEO, Mercedes-Benz India during the launch of Mercedes GL 63 AMG SUV, PTI

New Delhi: Haemophilia effected children participating in an event Haemo Utsav 2014 in New Delhi on Tuesday. PTI Photo by Shahbaz Khan

Woodcutters use a handsaw to cut a cedar log in different sizes in Imam Sahib village, some 35 kilometers (22 miles) southwest of Srinagar, India, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. Cedar wood, a fine, close grain timber, used as a building material, is in gre...

Patna: School girls at voting awareness campaign in Patna on Tuesday. PTI photo

An eunuch dances to celebrate the Supreme Court’s verdict recognizing a third gender category, in the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar, India, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. India's top court on Tuesday issued a landmark verdict recognizing transgender...

Chamba : Girl students perform Giddha on the occasion of Himachal Day in Chamba on Tuesday. PTI Photo 

Daily wage laborers arrange lamps to be transported to respective election polling stations at a distribution center in Bhubaneswar, India, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. The multiphase voting across the country runs until May 12, with results for the 543-...

Nathu La : A friendly volleyball match between Indian and Chinese armies officers on the sidelines of the Border Personnel Meeting (BPM) at Nathu La pass in Sikkim on Tuesday. PTI Photo 

Birbhum : Students of Visva-Bharati University participating in programme on “Poila Baisakh”, the first day of Bengali New Year at Santiniketan in Birbhum district of West-Bengal on Tuesday. PTI Photo

Devotees gather to offer prayers before an idol of Hanuman during Hanuman Jayanti in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. Hanuman Jayanti celebrates the birth of Hindu monkey God Hanuman. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Udhampur: BJP President Rajnath Singh waves to the crowd during an election campaign rally in Udhampur on Tuesday. PTI Photo

Pune: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi with party candidate from Pune, Vishwajeet Kadam at an election campaign rally in Pune, Maharashtra on Tuesday. Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan is also seen. PTI Photo 

Varanasi: AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal at an interaction with public during his election campaign in Varanasi on Tuesday. PTI Photo

Kulgam: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti with a supporter at an election roadshow in Kulgam district on Tuesday. PTI Photo

Dhanbad : BJP's PM candidate Narendra Modi addresses an election campaign rally in Dhanbad on Tuesday. PTI Photo 

Bankura: TMC candidate Moonmoon Sen with her daughters during her election campaign in Bankura constituency in West Bengal on Tuesday. PTI Photo

Congress party candidate and former Chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India Nandan Nilekani, center, greets voters on the last day of election campaigning of his constituency in Bangalore, India, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. Nilekani is the ...

Pulwama : National Conference and Congress supporters during an election rally of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah at Wasoora in Pulwama district, on Tuesday. PTI Photo 

New Delhi: Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) workers holding a protest demonstration against BJP leader Subramanian Swamy in New Delhi on Tuesday for his remarks on Priyanka Gandhi and her husband Robert Vadra. PTI Photo

Tonk : Sangeeta Bijlani offers prayers before an idol of Lord Hanuman during her campaign in support of Congress candidate Mohammad Azharuddin in Tonk on Tuesday. PTI Photo