Snapshots: The world in 24 hours April 12

German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks with Princess Maxima (R) and Queen Beatrix (2nd L) of the Netherlands at the Chancellery in Berlin April 12, 2011. Queen Beatrix is on a four-day visit to Germany. [Photo/Agencies]

General Philippe Mangou, former army chief of staff to Cote d'Ivoire's former leader Laurent Gbagbo, pledges his loyalty to Gbagbo's rival Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan in this still image taken from video April 12, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]