The Week in Pictures: March 30 – April 5 2013 (109 Photos)

Author: peter Date: 14 November, Category: Fact, Visits 2258

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Young Slovak men dressed in traditional costumes pour a bucket with cold water over a woman as part of Easter celebrations in the village of Trencianska Tepla, 145 km north of Bratislava on April 1, 2013. Slovakia's men traditionally splash women with water and hit them with a willow to evoke youth, strength and beauty for the upcoming spring season. (Photo by Samuel Kubani/AFP Photo)

A television journalist standing in floodwaters reports the situation in Tordesillas after the Duero river overflowed its banks on April 1, 2013. Spain suffered its wettest March since 1947, according to information released by the Spanish meteorological agency AEMET. (Photo by Cesar Manso/AFP Photo)

A local photographer takes his picture in front of a photo by the German born photographer Helmut Newton (Neustadter) (1920–2004) in the Museum of Fine Arts of Budapest on April 2, 2013 during a presentation of Newton's photographic exhibition for press. The show features around 250 shots by one of the greatest figures of fashion and advertising photography Newton, reflecting his most significant creative periods. The material will be assembled with the cooperation of the Helmut Newton Stiftung, the foundation taking care of the artist's oeuvre in Berlin. The photographic exhibition will be opened on April 3. (Photo by Attila Kisbenedek/AFP Photo)

A sports airplane stands on its nose after an emergency landing next to a power box and a streetlamp in Haselau, northern Germany, on April 2, 2013. The 52-year-old somehow escaped with minor injuries after smashing into land just feet from a row of houses in Haselau on Tuesday. His 23-year-old daughter, who was a passenger, also survived the terrifying incident relatively unscathed. Die Welt newspaper reports the aircraft suffered technical problems during the flight, forcing the pilot to perform an emergency landing. The plane came to a stop against a lamppost after being guided to the ground. Strong winds then blew the plane onto its nose, after the pair had left the wreckage. (Photo by Angelika Warmuth/AFP Photo)

The South Korean military conducts exercises in Hwacheon near the border with North Korea, on April 1, 2013. (Photo by Kim Jae-hwan/AFP Photo)

Alexey Kravtsov photographed this awesome tricycle with enormous balloon wheels being ridden, of course, by clowns. The spectacular sight was part of a parade taking place during the Humorina carnival, an annual festival of humour held in the Ukrainian city of Odessa on or around April Fool’s Day, on April 1, 2013. (Photo by Alexey Kravtsov/AFP Photo)

Students wings of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islam beat a police officer Jahangir Alam in the northwestern city of Rajshahi, about 260 kms from the capital Dhaka, on April 1, 2013. At least four policemen were injured, one critically, and a firearm and a walkie-talkie were snatched from them when Jamaat-e-Islami activists and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir clashed with police in Rajshahi city on Monday morning, local media reported. (Photo by AFP Photo)

Street entertainer the [Naked Cowgirl] performs on Times Square in New York, April 3, 2013. (Photo by Emmanuel Dunand/AFP Photo)

Blogger and activist Yoani Sanchez of Cuba adjusts her hair after receiving a medal from Miami Dade College president Eduardo Padron, after speaking at the Freedom Tower of Miami Dade College, on April 1, 2013. Sanchez has gained thousands of followers worldwide for her candid descriptions of modern life in Cuba on her blog Generation Y. (Photo by Lynne Sladky/Associated Press)

A Bowling Green, Ky., firefighter careens through the rapids of the Barren River after trying to assist in the rescue of two teenage fishermen who were stranded in the rapids after their boat overturned, on April 1, 2013. The fishermen were rescued after two hours and the firefighter was transported to the Medical Center with unknown injuries. (Photo by Joe Imel/Daily News)

Mr. Met, the New York Mets' mascot, walks the halls of Citi Field in New York before the Mets' season opener against the Sand Diego Padres, on April 1, 2013. (Photo by Todd Heisler/The New York Times)

U.S. singer Beyonce poses for photos with school children as she tours Old Havana, Cuba, Thursday, April 4, 2013. Beyonce is in Havana with her husband, rapper Jay-Z, on their fifth wedding anniversary. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)

Investigators gather evidence from the scene of a three vehicle accident, including a school bus, where the driver of a Jeep Wrangler was killed near Wadsworth, Illinois, on April 5, 2013. Over two dozen school children were on the bus, most receiving minor injuries. (Photo by Jim Prisching/Associated Press)

A Federal Police officer reacts while watching public school teachers breaking the fence that blocked a street near Mexico's Interior Ministry during a demonstration in Mexico City, on April 4, 2013. Many public school teachers are holding marches and blocking roads to battle a newly enacted education reform that would weaken union powers. (Photo by Alexandre Meneghini/Associated Press)

Fans of the United States cheer before the beginning of the international friendly women's soccer match between Germany and the United States in Offenbach, Germany, on April 5, 2013. (Photo by Jens Meyer/Associated Press)

A Hindu devotee, cheeks pierced with a metal rod, participates in a religious procession dedicated to Goddess Mutthumariamman in Bandel, India, on April 5, 2013. The ritualistic acts of inflicting pain on oneself are performed as an act of penance with the belief that it will prevent diseases and for the well-being of the families of devotees. (Photo by Bikas Das/Associated Press)

A policeman avoids petrol bombs thrown by anti-government protesters during clashes in Diraz, Bahrain, on April 1, 2013. The clashesl erupted after the funeral for Abdul Ghani al-Rayes, who relatives and activists say collapsed and died outside of a police station where his son had been taken during a night of disturbances and arrests in Diraz. (Photo by Hasan Jamali/Associated Press)

A North Korean soldier watches the South Korean side at the border village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) in South Korea Thursday, April 4, 2013. South Korea's defense minister said Thursday North Korea has moved a missile with [considerable range] to its east coast, but said it is not capable of hitting the United States. (Photo by Lee Jong-hoon/AP Photo/Yonhap)

A South Korean Army soldier gestures at a military check point in Paju, South Korea, near the border village of Panmunjom, Thursday, April 4, 2013. North Korea on Wednesday barred South Korean workers from entering a jointly run factory park just over the heavily armed border in the North, officials in Seoul said, a day after Pyongyang announced it would restart its long-shuttered plutonium reactor and increase production of nuclear weapons material. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)

Car show models wait for events to start before the New York Auto Show at the Javits Center in New York, March 30, 2013. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

A man pulls a rickshaw carrying his wife during their wedding ceremony as snow falls in Weihai, China, on March 30, 2013. (Photo by Reuters)

A vendor eats as she waits for customers at a poultry market in Hefei, Anhui province, April 1, 2013. Two people in Shanghai, one of China’s largest cities, died this month after contracting a strain of avian influenza that had never been passed to humans before, the official Xinhua News Agency reported on Sunday. (Photo by Stringer/Reuters)

The [Valley of Peace] cemetery in Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, is seen in this general view taken April 1, 2013. (Photo by Haider Ala/Reuters)

Visitors ride a boat in the Chidorigafuchi moat covered with petals of cherry blossoms in Tokyo April 1, 2013. Many people enjoy viewing the blossoms all over the country during the spring season. (Photo by Toru Hanai/Reuters)

Performers dressed as medieval knights joust at Knebworth House in Hertfordshire April 1, 2013. Knebworth House, a stately home of the Lytton family since 1490, hosted The Knights Of Royal England in their first medieval jousting tournament of the season. (Photo by Olivia Harris/Reuters)

Kangaroo shooter Steven O’Donnell rests his .223 calibre rifle on the roof of his truck as he aims at a group of kangaroos on a property located on the outskirts of Australia’s capital city Canberra March 23, 2013. O’Donnell, a professional plumber, shoots kangaroos on local farmer’s properties around three times a week as part of the annual cull, running from March until the end of July, which involves the legal shooting and tagging of thousands of eastern grey kangaroos per year in the Australian Capital Territory. Picture taken March 23, 2013. (Photo by David Gray/Reuters)

People carry a coffin during a funeral for the victims of a fire at Yaeway cemetery in Yangon April 2, 2013. Thousands of Muslims attended the funeral for the 13 victims of the fire that broke out in a dormitory of an Islamic school in the central, multi-ethnic Botataung district of the former capital. The fire caused by faulty electrical equipment killed 13 boys at the school in Yangon on Tuesday, the fire service said. (Photo by Minzayar/Reuters)

Journalists take pictures during their visit to the construction site in the NEAT Gotthard Base tunnel near Sedrun April 2, 2013. Crossing the Alps, the world's longest train tunnel should become operational at the end of 2016. The project consists of two parallel single track tunnels, each of a length of 57 km (35 miles). (Photo by Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters)

A bust of late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, father of the current president Bashar al-Assad, is seen hung at a broken window of a building in Deir al-Zor April 2, 2013. (Photo by Khalil Ashawi/Reuters)

Pope Francis kisses a child during a weekly general audience in Saint Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican April 3, 2013. (Photo by Stefano Rellandini/Reuters)

A resident leans her face against the tombstone of a deceased relative at a public cemetery a day ahead of the Qingming Festival, or Tomb Sweeping Day, in Shenyang, Liaoning province of China, April 3, 2013. The festival, which falls on April 4 this year, is a day for the Chinese to remember and honour one's ancestors. According Xinhua News Agency, the Ministry of Civil Affairs has issued China's first service standard for public cemeteries to better regulate an industry that faces increasing pressure with China's ageing society. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

A boy rides on the shoulders his family members as they proceed through the compounds of the Shwedagon Pagoda during their [Shin Phu], a ceremony to initiate novice monks, in Yangon, Myanmar, on April 3, 2013. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)

Joerg Neumann of the German bomb disposal team poses next to a diffused unexploded World War II bomb near to the main station in Berlin April 3, 2013. Rail services to and from the capital were disrupted and residents were evacuated from their houses following the discovery of an unexploded 100 kilo World War II bomb near to the rail tracks of the Hauptbahnhof, during routine checks on Tuesday, local media reported. (Photo by Tobias Schwarz/Reuters)

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo disputs a ball over Galatasaray's Semih Kaya during Champions League quarter-final, first leg soccer match at Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid April 3, 2013. (Photo by Susana Vera/Reuters)

A security officer walks past a gas pipeline after an explosion, 18 km (11 miles) south of the city of Ajdabiyah April 3, 2013. Libya is investigating the cause of the explosion late on Tuesday on oil and condensate pipelines to the eastern port of Zueitina, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) said. It quoted acting NOC Chairman Abdulkasir Shengir as saying there were no casualties. (Photo by Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters)

A free Syrian Army fighter rides a motorcycle with a child as a boy runs beside them on a street in Deir al-Zor April 3, 2013. (Photo by Khalil Ashawi/Reuters)

Members of a local winter swimming club brothers Alexander (L), 13, and Georgy, 10, Gliskov walk along a frozen bank after bathing in the icy waters of the Yenisei River in Krasnoayrsk, Russia, on April 3, 2013. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

Racegoers shoes are seen as they arrive for the second day of the Grand National meeting at Aintree, northern England April 5, 2013. (Photo by Nigel Roddis/Reuters)

A boy, his face smeared with colored powder, reacts as he poses for a photo during a celebration of the Hindu festival Holi in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on March 31, 2013. (Photo by Seng Sin/Associated Press)

Devotees lie on the ground as they perform a ritual during the [Danda] festival at Odagaon town at Nayagarh district, in the eastern Indian state of Odisha April 5, 2013. Hundreds of male devotees during the Danda, or the festival of penance, perform to appease Hindu god Shiva and goddess Kali. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

Racegoers react as they leave after the second day of the Grand National meeting at Aintree, northern England April 5, 2013. (Photo by Nigel Roddis/Reuters)

Jamaican Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt wins the [Mano a Mano] men's 150m challenge on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, on March 31, 2013. Bolt defeated Antigua and Barbuda's Daniel Bailey, Ecuador's Alex Quinones and Brazil's Bruno Lins de Barros on a track specially built at the famous beach. (Photo by Felipe Dana/Associated Press)

A greenpeace activist dressed as a polar bear sits on the wooden block of ice on the Moskva River in Moscow, Russia, protesting against plans of oil companies' drilling in the Arctic, on April 1, 2013. The activist was arrested by police, but is released on freedom later. (Photo by Liza Udilova/Greenpeace)

Jurina Oguchi, a 37-year-old office worker who is dressed as a zombie, poses for a photo before the Roppongi Zombie Walk in Tokyo March 31, 2013. About 50 people dressed up as zombies early evening on Sunday, catching the attention of pedestrians on the streets of Tokyo's downtown Roppongi district. (Photo by Yuya Shino/Reuters)

A bomb expert drops a package containing a diffused improvised explosive device (IED), which was found in a public transport bus, in Huruma neighbourhood of Kenya's capital Nairobi March 31, 2013. The explosive was found abandoned in a passenger mini-bus (matatu) that had ferried passengers from the central business district and was ready for detonation when the 25-sitter mini-bus crew discovered it wrapped in a bag, witnesses said. (Photo by Noor Khamis/Reuters)

Women members of the Al-Ikhlas (Loyalty) Battalion rest with their weapons in Aleppo March 31, 2013. The Al-Ikhlas (Loyalty) Battalion is a security battalion that involves women that are in charge of erecting sudden checkpoints and raiding houses that contain women in Aleppo. The battalion is under the Ghorabaa (Strangers) Al-Sham Front, controlled by the Free Syrian Army. (Photo by Giath Taha/Reuters)

People sleep on charpoy beds along a road, near a railway station in Karachi, Pakistan, on April 1, 2013. Charpoy bed guesthouses are only setup at night from 9pm to 7am for the homeless, passengers and drivers, charging about 40 Pakistani rupees ($0.40) per night. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)

An activist from Congress party shouts as he stands on a police barricade during a protest at Gandhinagar, in the western Indian state of Gujarat, April 1, 2013. Hundreds of activists from Congress party and farmers held a protest on Monday demanding 12-hour electricity supply for farmers and a roll back of the Gujarat Irrigation and Drainage Bill that was passed by the state's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government recently, according to a media release by the protesters. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)

A fan of the late Hong Kong canto-pop star Leslie Cheung cries during a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong April 1, 2013. Exhibitions, concerts and tribute events are held in Hong Kong to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of Cheung, who leapt to his death from a hotel on April 1, 2003. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)

A protester throws a Molotov cocktail at riot police during clashes at an anti-government protest in the village of Diraz west of Manama, Bahrain, April 1, 2013. (Photo by Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters)

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