CHINA-SAME-SEX MARRIAGE — Though it has been dismissed by a court, China's first legal challenge to a law limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples has galvanized many of the hundreds of young Chinese gay rights supporters who gathered at the courthouse. 

SOUTH KOREA-PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION — South Koreans vote in parliamentary elections that were expected to hand a decisive win to President Park Geun-hye's conservative party, and enable her to push ahead with controversial economic reforms. Exit polls, however, indicated her party would not regain its majority in the National Assembly. 

PHILIPPINES-PRIVATIZED WATER — In a bustling, densely populated corner of Manila, fruit vendor Coring Gutierrez reads $35 due from her latest water bill, more than triple what her family of six paid 15 years ago. "As long as we get water," she sighs, reflecting the relief many of the Philippine capital region's nearly 12 million residents feel about having a steady and safe water supply. 

INDIA-ROYAL VISIT — After a night of traditional music and dance, The Duke and the Duchess of Cambridge, head out in a jeep into the wilds of remote northeast India for a wildlife safari to see rhinos, elephants and more. 

WAR DEAD RETURNED — Tiny bone fragments carry a world of significance and perhaps closure for at least one American family who lost a loved one over the mountains of India in World War II. During a solemn ceremony, U.S. military members pay final respects to what they believe may be the remains of one to two crew members from a B-24 bomber that crashed on a supply run from India to China over the Himalayan Mountains.