Monday: The day in photos

A plastinated human specimen is displayed at the “Body Worlds” international exhibit in the northern Israeli city of Haifa. Gunther von Hagens’ traveling exhibition of plastinated human bodies and body parts will be on display in Israel for about three months.  (Uriel Sinai / Getty Images)

A supporter of Kumari Mayawati of the Bahujan Samaj Party and chief minister of Uttar Pradesh state, smokes a cigarette during a political rally in Palwal, India. Indian voters are poised to go to the polls in a five-phase election starting on the April 16. The BSP was founded in 1984 to represent the Dalits, also regarded as “untouchables” or of low caste. While the caste system has been formally abolished under the Indian constitution, there is still discrimination and prejudice against Dalits across South Asia.  (Daniel Berehulak / Getty Images)

A young boy looks on as he sits in his home in a shanty village in Faridabad, India. Indian voters will soon go to the polls and the lower caste Dalits are vying for recognition.  (Daniel Berehulak / Getty Images)

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy looks on as he stands next to sticks used when baking special matzo, a traditional handmade Passover unleavened bread, in a Jerusalem bakery. Jews are forbidden to eat leavened foodstuffs during the Passover holiday. The week-long festival commemorates the exodus of the ancient Hebrews from Egypt and begins in April.  (Bernat Armangue / Associated Press)

The bell tower of the baroque Concezione church in Paganica, near L’Aquila, lies in ruins following a powerful earthquake in mountainous central Italy. Tens of thousands of people were left homeless amid the destruction.  (Ciro Fusco / EPA)

Afghan police trainees take pictures of German Chancellor Angela Merkel during her visit to the academy in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. Merkel arrived in Kunduz for an unexpected two-day visit to Afghanistan.  (Michael Kappeler / EPA)

Turkish women shelter under umbrellas from pouring rain on Istiklal Avenue in Istanbul . U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Turkey’s biggest city on the second leg of his first trip to a mainly Muslim country since taking office in January.  (Mustafa Ozer / AFP / Getty Images)

A couple is seen through fully bloomed cherry blossoms as they enjoy their boat ride on the river in central Tokyo. Flower viewing, or hanami, is a traditional Japanese custom of enjoying the beauty of flowers.  (Dai Kurokawa / EPA)

A plane over Sieversdorf, Germany, performs a fly-by past the moon.  (Patrick Pleul / EPA)