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Quick Step rider Tom Boonen of Belgium climbs the Geraardsbergen wall during the ProTour Ronde van Vlaanderen/Tour of Flanders cycling race in Meerbeke. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Some of the 1013 competitors compete just at the beginning of the 25rd edition of the gruelling 250km Marathon des Sables in Irhs Valley, some 300km from Ouarzazate in Morocco. The race includes a full marathon on one day, and a 55-mile stage, as well as others of varying length and terrain during seven days. -- PHOTO: AFP
Kevin Wilbur, of Tucson Balloon Rides, is silhouetted as he supervises the filling of his hot air balloon before a sunrise flight on Easter morning in Tucson, Arizona. -- PHOTO: AP
Players battle for the ball during the annual Lelo match in the village of Shukhuti, some 290km west of Tbilisi. The villagers of Zemo (upper) Shukhuti and Kvemo (lower) Shukhuti have played the game every Easter Sunday for generations, with each side trying to carry the 16-kilogramme ball to their end of the neighbouring villages. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Voodoo believers perform a ceremony at a sacred pool in Souvenance, Haiti, some 140km, north of Port-au-Price. Hundreds of voodoo followers come to this village over Easter weekend to show their devotion to the spirits. -- PHOTO: AP
An acrobat from Group F of France performs in the play entitled Un poco mas de luz (a little more light) at the closing of the XII Iberoamerican Theatre Festival in Bogota. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Robert Chen (right) and Bernard Deslauriern, both of Montreal, pose for photographers at the Easter Bonnet Parade in New York. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A group of friends dressed as the seven deadly sins take part in the annual Easter Parade bonnet and costume-wearing festivities in New York City. The parade is a New York tradition dating back to the mid-1800s when the social elite would parade their new fashions down Fifth Avenue after attending Easter services in one of the Fifth Avenue churches. -- PHOTO: AFP
People line the parade route for 28 swans heading from their winter quarters to the Avon River in Stratford, Ontario. The unique swan parade marks that spring has returned to the area. -- PHOTO: AP
Chocolate sculptures called Mona, representing Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger (left) and Keith Richards (right) are displayed in a pastry shop in Berga. In Catalunya, a traditional chocolate cake named Mona is given as a gift to children at Easter. The sculpture are made with 65 kilos of chocolate. -- PHOTO: AFP
Sweden's Rolf-Goran Bengtsson, riding Casall La Silla, competes during the International Jumping Competition, at The Grand Palais in Paris. Bengtsson finished 2nd and German Marcus Ehning won the event. -- PHOTO: AFP
Thai policemen stand guard in front of a McDonald's restaurant as supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra gather in the main shopping district of Bangko. Thai authorities will seek a court order on Monday to arrest leaders of tens of thousands of protesters occupying Bangkok's main shopping district, hoping to derail an increasingly bold four-week rally to force elections. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Penitents dressed as Biblical characters take part in the 'Domingo de Resurrecion' brotherhood procession during Holy Week in Puente Genil, near Cordoba. Hundreds of men dressed as characters from the Old and New Testaments parade alongside other penitents who carry floats bearing sculptures of Christ and the Virgin and models of biblical scenes during Holy Week in Puente Genil. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
An employee of Japanese toy mask maker Ogawa Rubber, paints eyes on a rubber mask resembling US top golfer Tiger Woods at the company's factory in Saitama, suburban Tokyo. -- PHOTO: AFP
