April 17, 2014
![A boy with a toy gun poses for a picture in front of barricades at the police headquarters in the eastern Ukrainian town of Slaviansk.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6fe9f4d1-e68e-4eb6-8e91-262c61717a12_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A boy with a toy gun poses for a picture in front of barricades at the police headquarters in the eastern Ukrainian town of Slaviansk.
![Firemen try to extinguish a fire as houses burn in a squatter colony in Quezon City, Metro Manila.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4a1a62f6-f646-4a5d-aefe-98f5909bd326_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Firemen try to extinguish a fire as houses burn in a squatter colony in Quezon City, Metro Manila.
![A masked flagellant lies prostrate on the ground as he prays outside a chapel during a Maundy ritual by penitents to atone for sins in Angeles, Pampanga north of Manila.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f2962331-5a1f-4133-bbe2-8bb52e36b3bd_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A masked flagellant lies prostrate on the ground as he prays outside a chapel during a Maundy ritual by penitents to atone for sins in Angeles, Pampanga north of Manila.
![People cross the Chenab river on a trolley tied to wires to cast their vote at Harshi village in Doda district, north of Jammu, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1ef6e334-f47b-405d-9085-ea5131ee8477_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People cross the Chenab river on a trolley tied to wires to cast their vote at Harshi village in Doda district, north of Jammu, India.