Best pictures from April 4
Catholic clergy walk holding candles during the Holy Thursday procession of the Washing of the Feet inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed to be the burial site of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem's Old City, Thursday, April 5, 2012.Bernat Armangue/AP Photo
Two elderly men tend to a tomb at a Chinese cemetery during Qingming Festival, on Wednesday, April 4, 2012, in Singapore. Qingming, also known as Grave Sweeping Day, is a day on which Chinese honor the dead by cleaning family graves and burn offerings aimed at appeasing the dead in their afterlife.Wong Maye-E/AP Photo
Filipino self-taught artist Ronald Bautista works on his version of the Passion of Jesus Christ Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at the financial district of Makati city, east of Manila, Philippines in his neighborhood's observance of Holy Week. The giant art installation, made of recyclable materials, has attracted a number of local and foreign devotees.Bullit Marquez/AP Photo
A lone shetland pony is seen surrounded by heavy snowfall at Anfield Plain, England Wednesday, April 4, 2012. Parts of Scotland and northern England have received 20 centimeters (8 inches) of snow, and 10,000 homes are without power in northeast England after wind brought down power cables.Scott Heppell/AP Photo
Coloured tapes are tied to the statue of Jesus Nazareno inside the San Antonio de Padua church, before a procession known as "Jesus Nazareno of the tapes", during Holy Week in Cot de Cartago, 32 km from San Jose, April 4, 2012. According Jorge Masis, a priest of the church, this procession, where people tie ribbons to the statue to symbolize promises they make to Jesus during Holy Week, is a tradition that dates back 50 years ago.Juan Carlos Ulate/REUTERS
A Thai policeman talks to Sakdawut Hamsiri, 30, who holds a knife against his wife Thawee Naiyanit on a street in Bangkok, Thailand Thursday, April 5, 2012. The 6-hour knifepoint hostage ended when the police used a Taser gun to electroshock him and took him to the police station. Police said the man was under the influence of drugs.Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo
The moon is seen with the St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral in the foreground in downtown St. Petersburg, Russia, early Thursday, April 5, 2012.Dmitry Lovetsky/AP Photo
A ski patroller makes first tracks as he plows though the snow during a powder day off of the Peak Chair on Whistler mountain in Whistler, B.C. Wednesday, April 4, 2012. The ski resort has seen 74cm of fresh snow in the past 48 hours and has had a total cumulative snowfall of 1343cm to date for the season.Jonathan Hayward/THE CANADIAN PRESS
Duncan Winters, 10, walks through the remains of his grandmother's home during the cleanup effort in Forney, Texas, April 4, 2012. Thousands of residents were without power and hundreds of flights canceled on Wednesday as authorities surveyed the damage a day after up to a dozen tornadoes struck the densely populated Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas.Tim Sharp/REUTERS