Photo gallery: The day in photos, April 29, 2011

The day in photos, April 29, 2011

photo by: Mike Yoder

Hilda Enoch has been a longtime advocate for improved services to the homeless and the creation of a public transit service, among other issues.

photo by: John Hanna | Associated Press

Gov. Sam Brownback re-enacts his recent signing of a bill allowing motorcycle and bicycle riders to move through "dead" red lights after a reasonable amount of time, Thursday, April 28, 2011, at the Statehouse in Topeka. He's doing the signing on a 2001 Harley Davidson police model.

photo by: Kevin Anderson

Fifth-grader Jalen Dudely, right, keeps a sharp eye on the little hands of Riannon Huslig-Hanks, 10 months, while her mother, Lawanna Huslig-Hanks, held her with one hand and drummed with the other. Teachers, parents and students performed together at Pinckney School, 810 W. Sixth St., on Thursday for their spring music performance, featuring a selection of drum music.

photo by: AP Photo | Athens Banner-Herald, David Manning

Lightning streaks above Cornith Baptist Church in Athens, Ga., as a line of severe thunderstorms sweep across Georgia in the early morning on Thursday, April 28, 2011. At least 77 people have been killed in the outbreak severe weather across the south. (AP Photo/ Athens Banner-Herald, David Manning)

photo by: AP Photo | Birmingham News, Jeff Roberts

Extensive damage is seen after what appeared to be a tornado ripped through parts of Concord, Ala., Wednesday, April 27, 2011. A wave of tornado-spawning storms strafed the South on Wednesday, splintering buildings across hard-hit Alabama and killing 72 people in four states. At least 58 people died in Alabama alone.