Best pictures from April 1
An Afghan child plays with the gun of a US soldier from 1st Regiment 320 Field Artillary 101st Airbourne during the opening ceremony for a newly completed mosque in the village of Tarok Kolache in southern Kandahar province where the US military is funding its rebuilding. In October 2010 Tarok Kolache was completely destroyed by US forces after the Taliban had ousted the villagers and mined the village and surrounding areas.PETER PARKS
A dog believed to have survived the massive earthquake and tsunami of March 11 and, also three weeks at sea, is rescued by Japan Coast Guard members off Kesennuma, northern Japan. Local television showed an aerial view of a dog trotting around the roof of the house that had been swept away by the tsunami -- the only part of it floating above water -- before disappearing inside through a broken section of the roof.HO
Preparations for launching Russian Soyuz TMA-21 spaceship that will carry a new crew to the international space station, ISS, are under way in an assembly shop at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Start of the new Soyuz mission to the International Space Station is scheduled on Tuesday, April 5.Dmitry Lovetsky
Smoke billows from the UN compound as Afghans carry a man wounded by security guards when protesters attacked the UN headquarters in Mazar-i-Sharif. Twelve people including seven foreign UN workers died in an attack on a UN headquarters in northern Afghanistan by protesters angered by a US pastor's burning of the Koran, the provincial governor said.STR/AFP / Getty Images
Supporters of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh stand on pillars during a rally to show their support, in Sanaa.Khaled Abdullah
Young antelope Howard makes do with one leg in plaster as he moves around his enclosure at the zoo in Hanover, central Germany. The eight-week old Nyala (Tragelaphus angasii), who broke his leg while jumping about, will have the plaster taken off in two weeks and will completely recover, according to the zoo.JULIAN STRATENSCHULTE
Head coach Shaka Smart of the Virginia Commonwealth Rams huddles with his team at practice prior to the 2011 Final Four of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas.Streeter Lecka
Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff picks up 4-month-old Maeby Robertson, as he attends a rally at the campaign office in Kitchener Centre on a campaign stop in Kitchener, Ont.Ryan Remiorz
Reporters on NDP Leader Jack Layton's campaign tour sport paper moustaches as an April Fool's joke during a campaign announcement in Sudbury.Andrew Vaughan
Toronto Blue Jays base runner Jose Bautista shakes hands with batter Travis Snider (R) after scoring a run against the Minnesota Twins during the first inning of their MLB American League baseball game in Toronto.MIKE CASSESE
People attend a mass on the eve of World Autism Day to commemorate the annual event at the statue of Christ the Redeemer, lit by a blue light, in Rio de Janeiro.RICARDO MORAES