The Day's Best

Allysia Crook,center, a 7th grader on the Baldwin Middle School Eagles team in Hudsonville, Mich. poses with teammates, Madelyn Notenbaum, left, and, Emily Livingston before their basketball game against Creekside Middle School on March 17, 2011. Alyssia, 12, was born with defects to her legs that affect her nerves, arteries, veins and cartilage. On Feb. 28, Alyssia's parents were told by doctors that they were reduced to two choices: Either shorten Alyssia's legs and live in fear of ever incurring an injury to the limbs, or undergo an amputation of the left leg, which was more severely affected.

A man is silhouetted as he walks on a road during a sunset near the town of Khoiniki, 187 miles south-east of the capital Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, March 23, 2011.

Petty Officer Third Class David Weir kisses his wife, Jessica, and son Cody as he prepares to deploy on the USS Bataan on Wednesday, March 23, 2011, from Naval Station Norfolk, in Norfolk, Va. The USS Bataan Amphibious Ready Group is deploying to the Mediterranean Sea to aid international efforts in Libya. The Bataan Amphibious Ready Group is made up of the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan, amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde and the dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island. The ships will transport Marines, a combat helicopter squadron and a team of surgeons. The group will be relieving units from the USS Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group.

Yemeni boys carried by anti-government protestors, shout slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa,Yemen, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. Yemen's parliament enacted sweeping emergency laws Wednesday after the country's embattled president asked for new powers of arrest, detention and censorship to quash a popular uprising demanding his ouster.

A Palestinian youth throws a stone during clashes with Israeli soldiers near Awarta on March 22, 2011 as Israeli troops poured into the the West Bank village near Nablus and reimposed a curfew as they continued the hunt for the killers of an Israeli family.

Saya Takahashi,12, sits in class during an emotional graduation ceremony for the 6th grade at the Ohya Elementary school March 23, 2011 in Kesennuma, Japan. Twelve days after the magnitude 9 earthquake and tsunami struck Japan the death toll has risen to well over 9,000 dead with still thousands missing. Presently the country is struggling to contain a potential nuclear meltdown after the nuclear plant was seriously damaged from the quake.

Tiger Woods plays a shot during the pro-am round prior to the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard at the Bay Hill Club and Lodge on March 23, 2011 in Orlando, Florida.

Two unidentified US Navy sailors aboard the USS Bataan, wave shortly before the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group pulls out of the Norfolk, Virgina, US Naval Base March 23, 2011 enroute to waters off Libya. The USS Bataan, an amphibious assault ship, deployed ahead of schedule to relieve other US ships in the waters off Libya.

Bolivian President Evo Morales (C), flanked by Vice-President Alvaro Garcia Linera (L) and the commander in chief of the Armed Forces, Armando Pacheco, waves during a military parade held as part of the celebrations on the 132th anniversary of the Battle of Calama in which Bolivia lost its access to the sea to Chile, in La Paz on March 23, 2011. Morales announced he would turn to international courts in order to solve the maritime dispute Bolivia holds with its neighbouring country.

Heavy cherry trees blossom buds hang on a tree bordering the Tidal Basin, Tuesday, March 22, 2011 in Washington. The date when the cherry blossoms reach their peak bloom varies from year to year, depending on the weather. The cherry trees have yet to hit their blooming peak.

A visitor walks past the booth of French luxury brand Dior on March 23, 2011 during a preview day at the Baselword fair in Basel. Watchmakers gave upbeat forecasts for 2011 at the industry's largest fair although the deadly earthquake which hit key luxury consuming country Japan and Arab uprisings cast shadows over the expectations.

A Marine carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Staff Sgt. James M. Malachowski Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Malachowski, 25, of Westminster, Md., died March 20 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

Palestinian relatives of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza Tuesday, react during their funerals in Gaza City, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. Palestinian officials said an Israeli military strike killed four family members and four militants in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday after days of rocket fire toward Israel. Gaza militants barraged southern Israel with rockets and mortars Wednesday, drawing retaliatory Israeli airstrikes in an escalation of the gravest hostilities in the area since Israel went to war in the Palestinian territory two years ago.

Houston Astros' Hunter Pence, left, scores ahead of the tag by Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Ryan Doumit during the fifth inning of a spring training baseball game in Bradenton, Fla., Wednesday, March 23, 2011. Pence scored from second on a single by Astros' Jason Michaels.

In this image released by Wellcome Images Wednesday, March 23, 2011, a garbage mound at Fresh Kills landfill in the Staten Island borough of New York is seen. A major new museum exhibition in London asks visitors to think again about the filthy and the fetid, exploring the role of dirt as enemy and ally in history, art, science and medicine. "Dirt: The Filthy Reality of Everyday Life" at the Wellcome Collection, runs from Thurdsay to Aug, 31.

A robin is silhouetted against a waning moon as it sits in a tree in Overland Park, Kan. Wednesday, March 23, 2011.

Mostly slush is seen on the ground as a commuter waits for an NJ Transit train at the Kingsland Station during a wet snow morning, Wednesday, March 23, 2011, in Lyndhurst, N.J.

A red-tailed hawk returns to its nest where its partner, not pictured, sits atop recently laid eggs, at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. The mating couple has returned to its unusual urban nest on a ledge at the city's science museum for the third straight year. The Franklin Institute has a webcam that allows thousands of bird lovers to watch as the hawks raise their young.

England's James Anderson bowls during a training session in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday March 23, 2011. England will play a Cricket World Cup quarterfinal match against Sri Lanka on Saturday.

U.S. Navy crew members mop up the flight deck to remove radioactive contamination from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN76) Wednesday, March 23, 2011 in the Pacific Ocean off the Japanese coast after 10 days of rescue missions to transport supplies to survivors in an earthquake- and tsunami-devastated area.

US parachuters are about to reach the ground after jumping out of a C-17 plane flying over Maniago, near the NATO airbase of Aviano, Italy, during an exercise, Wednesday, March 23, 2011.

A group picture of Japanese is seen amid the debris in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami-destroyed town of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan Wednesday, March 23, 2011.

Andy Tennant of Great Britain leads Team GB during qualifying for the Men's Team Pursuit during day one of the UCI Track World Championship at the Omnisport arena on 23rd March 2011 in Apeldoorn.