Friday: The day in photos
President Obama speaks with his wife, Michelle, and France’s first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, at Palais Rohan during the NATO summit arrival ceremony in Strasbourg, France. The summit, which marks NATO’s 60th year, is in Strasbourg and neighboring Baden-Baden and Kehl in Germany. (Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty Images)
A box with artificial eyes from World War I lies in the new exhibition “War and Medicine” at Deutsches Hygiene-Museum in Dresden, Germany. The co-production with the Wellcome Collection London runs through Aug. 9. With photos, art and witnesses, the exhibition tells of the contradictory relationship between war and healing. (Matthias Hiekel / EPA)
Mime artists on Mahatma Gandhi road in Bangalore, India, perform a street play to draw attention to the global recession. (Jagadeesh NV / EPA)
Muslim children hold placards at a rally after Friday prayers at the Blue Mosque in the southern Manila suburb of Taguig to condemn the kidnappings of International Red Cross workers and Filipino teachers. The protest came after Filipino Red Cross worker Mary Jean Lacaba was released late Thursday. Two others are still being held by the extremist Abu Sayyaf group. (Bullit Marquez / Associated Press)
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People mark the Qingming Festival at the Anling Cemetery in Beijing. During the festival, also known as Tomb Sweeping Day, people pay their respects to the deceased and ancestors by cleaning and repairing tombs and by sacrifice activities. The festival became a public holiday in mainland China in 2008 for the first time since 1949. (Guang Niu / Getty Images)
Kashmiri Muslims of a hard-liner fraction of All Party Hurriyat Conference shout freedom slogans as Indian police detain them during a protest against the house arrest of Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. (Farooq Khan / EPA)
A visitor walks through the artwork “Y” by German artist Carsten Holler during a press preview of the “Kaleidoscopic Eye: Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection” exhibition at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo. The exhibition, opening Saturday, presents works from 23 international artists. (Franck Robicon / EPA)
German police officers guard about 300 demonstrators protesting the 60th anniversary NATO summit, which will be in Baden-Baden, Germany. German authorities estimate that up to 25,000 protesters will take part in demonstrations in the German cities of Baden-Baden and Kehl. (Michael Probst / Associated Press)
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Cats rest amid the cherry blossoms at Ueno Park in Tokyo. Flower viewing is the national pastime during this season in Japan. (Junko Kimura / Getty Images)
