A Chechen woman pushes a wheelbarrow carrying her belongings past a destroyed building in Grozny, the capital of the breakaway Chechen republic, on April 1.

An injured student demonstrator is dragged off by riot police officers during an April 1 clash near the house of former Indonesian President Suharto in Jakarta. Protesters gathered after Suharto failed to show up for questioning in connection with a corruption scandal.

Far from the controversy over young Elian Gonzalez, Cubans enjoy a Sunday afternoon at the beach April 2 at Playa Santa Maria, about 19 miles east of Havana.

A passerby reacts to a stock ticker in Toronto's financial district on April 4. Financial markets took a stomach-turning roller-coaster ride that day, sparked by concern over technology stocks.

Rwandans look at unearthed remains from a mass grave in Nyamirambo, close to Kigali, on April 5 in preparation for a dignified reburial as Rwanda marks the sixth anniversary of ethnic massacres.

First-round leader Dennis Paulson, of San Gabriel, Calif., is silhouetted against the leader board on the first hole April 7 during second-round play of the 2000 Masters at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga.

A Zimbabwean worker carries on with his daily duties on a flower farm near Harare, Zimbabwe, on April 11. Nine hundred white-owned farms have been invaded by veterans from Zimbabwe's war of independence with Britain. President Robert Mugabe, who has ruled Zimbabwe since independence from Britain in 1980, has described the occupations as justified protests against the inequity in land ownership.

Elian Gonzalez, 6, plays near his Miami relatives' home April 11. The subject of a custody dispute between his relatives in the United States and his father, who lives in Cuba, Elian has received intense media coverage this week.

Flies sit on the face of a sick, malnourished child at a camp in the town of Danan, Ethiopia. The African nation remains in the throes of a devastating famine.

Cue Preez kneels on the stairs of the State Capitol Building in Denver on April 11 among 4,223 pairs of shoes, which represent child victims of gun violence since last year’s massacre at Columbine High School.

School friends of Ema Alic, 11, attend her funeral in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on April 12. Ema, with her two friends, Goran Biscevic, 12, and Haris Balicevac, 12, died Monday in the southern part of Sarajevo when they stepped on an old land mine.

Cuban bus inspector Daniel Tejeda waits for another vehicle to arrive while working in front of government grafitti in Havana on April 13. Commenting on the Elian Gonzalez drama in Miami, Tejeda said, “God intends all his sons to be with their fathers.”

Argentina’s synchronized swimming team performs its routine during a 2000 Olympics qualifier held April 12 in Sydney. Argentina finished last in the event. Russia was first, followed by Japan and Canada.

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