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A grey whale surfaces near the mouth of the Duwamish River in Seattle. The nearly 40 foot-long animal was watched by excited spectators as it hugged the shore around the West Seattle peninsula earlier in the day. -- PHOTO: AP
Acrobats from Italy's Kitonb company perform Carrillon at the 12th Ibero-American Theatre Festival in Bogota. The first edition of the festival, which is held every two years, took place for the first time in 1988, and is considered the most important in Latin America. -- PHOTO: AFP
A Hindu devotee performs rituals on the banks of the River Ganges, holy to Hindus, during the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar, India. Devout Hindus bathe in the Ganges during the months-long festival, expected to attract more than 10 million people, with the belief that it will cleanse them of their sins and free them from the cycle of life and rebirth. -- PHOTO: AP
Flagellants lie on the ground during a march to Malacanang palace in Manila. Roman Catholic bishops in the Philippines recently criticised the traditional Easter rituals of people publicly whipping themselves or having themselves crucified. -- PHOTO: AFP
Hundreds of thousands of Mongolians who lead nomadic lives and depend entirely on livestock for a living are grappling with the country's second straight dzud, a severe winter after a dry summer. More than 3.5 million animals such as cows, sheep, goats, yaks, horses and camels have died so far, with 60 per cent of the country still buried under deep snow. -- PHOTO: AFP
A Kashmiri boatsman navigates the Dal lake in Srinagar. Indian military says some 400 Islamic militants were waiting to cross into Indian-ruled Kashmir from the Pakistani-zone of the disputed region, fearing an upsurge of attacks. -- PHOTO: AFP
Businessmen walk underneath an elevated railway track in Tokyo on March 30, 2010. Japan's jobless rate was unchanged on February while the availability of jobs improved from the previous month, but analysts say the job market recovery will remain slow in coming months. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
South Korean Marines patrol to search possible survivors and bodies from a sunken naval ship Cheonan along the seashore on Baengnyeongdo, an island near the border with North Korea on March 30, 2010. The South Korean naval ship sank on Friday night near the disputed maritime border with the North and 46 sailors were reported missing. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Robosaurus (right), a five storey, 27 tonne, fire breathing, car eating robot, sets fire to a car (left) before dropping it to the ground during a Sydney Royal Easter Show media preview on March 30, 2010. More than 30 high tech companies took two years to create this state-of-the-art hydraulic electrical and mechanical monster, which will be one of the highlights of the Easter Show being held in Sydney from April 1-14. -- PHOTO: AFP
Dr Martens boots are pictured in the Dr Martens factory in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, in central England, on March 18, 2010. What do British 1980s groups Madness and the Cure have in common with current teen heart-throb actor Robert Pattinson, Pope John Paul II and the Dalai Lama? Believe it or not, Dr Martens' boots and shoes. -- PHOTO: AFP
Flowers are seen in Carlsbad, north of San Diego, California, March 29, 2010. The nearly fifty acres of Giant Tecolote Ranunculus flowers that make up The Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch are in a full bloom for approximately six to eight weeks each year, from early March through early May. The Tecolote Giant Ranunculus is one of the finest strains of ranunculus plants in the world. The ranunculus flower is native to Asia Minor and is a member of the buttercup family. This unique blossom is also known as a Persian Buttercup or Ranunculus Asiatic. -- PHOTO: AFP
A model represents Chile during the IX MegaShow Hair Brazil 2010, with a hair cut named 'Between the Debris' on March 29, 2010 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Intercoiffure of Chile organisation presented a creation using debris from last month's quake. The show hosts coiffures from all around the world. -- PHOTO: AFP
Hooded penitents from the 'San Gonzalo' brotherhood leave their church as their procession is cancelled because of the rain in Seville, Southern Spain, Monday, March 29, 2010. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week. -- PHOTO: AP
A protester demonstrates outside Chateau Cartier, where G-8 foreign ministers are holding their meeting, in Gatineau, Quebec near Ottawa on March 29, 2010. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Judena Tal, a ten-month old baby, looks out from the entrance of her tent in a camp for earthquake survivors in Port-au-Prince, Monday, March 29, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Jan 12, killing and injuring thousands and leaving more than a million people living in makeshift camps. -- PHOTO: AP
A message written by Michael Waltrip on the spoiler of the #56 NAPA Toyota driven by Martin Truex Jr. is seen, prior the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway on March 29, 2010 in Martinsville, Virginia. -- PHOTO: AFP
A beachgoer walks along an eroded section of Robert Moses State Park Beach in Babylon, NY, Monday, March 29, 2010. The latest batch of heavy rains in the New York area are a concern, especially on the Long Island beaches. -- PHOTO: AP
Belarusian Alexander Benediktovich takes a drink on the verandah of his flooded house as the water rises in the village of Talka, Belarus, 80 kilometres east of Minsk, Monday, March 29, 2010. -- PHOTO: AP
One (right) of the three newly-born Amur leopards (Panthera pardus orientalis) are pictured next to its mother 'Elixa' on March 29, 2010 at Mulhouse zoo, eastern France. They were born on Dec 10, 2009. -- PHOTO: AFP
Pakistani boys play on a football table in an alley of a Christian neighbourhood of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, March 29, 2010. -- PHOTO: AP
