Snapshots of the Fortnight (March 20, April 2)

Published: Apr 5, 2013

A bodysurfer punches through a wave at the Ehukai sandbar near the surf break (known as 'Pipelin

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A bodysurfer punches through a wave at the Ehukai sandbar near the surf break (known as 'Pipeline') on the North Shore of Oahu in Hawaii on March 20

Christie’s specialist James Hyslop holds a pre-17th century sub-fossilised Elephant Bird egg i

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Christie’s specialist James Hyslop holds a pre-17th century sub-fossilised Elephant Bird egg in London on March 27. The rare egg is expected to sell for 20,000-30,000 GB pounds (US $30,000-45,000) during its auction in London on April 24. The extinct Elephant Bird, a native of Madagascar, was a large bird measuring around 11 feet in height

A butterfly emerges from its chrysalis in the 'Sensational Butterflies' exhibition at the Na

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A butterfly emerges from its chrysalis in the 'Sensational Butterflies' exhibition at the Natural History museum in London on March 25. The live, tropical butterfly house is stationed in the museum’s east lawn from March 29 until September 15

Olivia, a five-year-old Angolan colobus monkey, clutches her baby at the Brookfield Zoo in Illinois

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Olivia, a five-year-old Angolan colobus monkey, clutches her baby at the Brookfield Zoo in Illinois on March 27. The infant monkeys are born completely white, turn grey, and then black (their adult coloration) in approximately three months. Angolan colobuses are native to dense rain forests throughout equatorial Africa

Pope Francis (L) embraces Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI as he arrives at the Castel Gandolfo summer res

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Pope Francis (L) embraces Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI as he arrives at the Castel Gandolfo summer residence on March 23. Pope Francis travelled by helicopter from the Vatican to Castel Gandolfo for a private meeting with the former Pope Benedict XVI

Palestinian groom Emad al-Malalha, 21, walks with Manal Abu Shanar, 17, his Egyptian bride, inside a

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Palestinian groom Emad al-Malalha, 21, walks with Manal Abu Shanar, 17, his Egyptian bride, inside a smuggling tunnel beneath the Gaza-Egypt border in the southern Gaza Strip on March 21. Al-Malaha, who said that his bride was not given a permit from Egyptian authorities to enter the Gaza Strip, brought her from neighbouring Egypt through a smuggling tunnel to celebrate his wedding in his native Gaza Strip

Brides pose for photos before their mass wedding ceremony at the Museum of the Republic in Brasilia

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Brides pose for photos before their mass wedding ceremony at the Museum of the Republic in Brasilia on March 23. Seventy-eight couples participated in the mass wedding as part of the fifth edition of Alma Gemea project, which is sponsored by the Department of Justice, Human Rights and Citizenship of the Federal District

Police detain a college student during a protest in the southern Indian city of Chennai on March 27.

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Police detain a college student during a protest in the southern Indian city of Chennai on March 27. Dozens of students held a protest against Sri Lanka demanding the probe into war crimes. The United Nations urged Sri Lanka in a resolution to carry out credible investigations into killings and disappearances during its nearly 30-year civil war, especially in the brutal final stages in 2009

A man stands in front of a mosque as it burns in Meikhtila on March 21. The central Myanmar town dec

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A man stands in front of a mosque as it burns in Meikhtila on March 21. The central Myanmar town declared a curfew after clashes killed 10 people, including a Buddhist monk, and injured at least 20, authorities said. Riots erupted in Meikhtila, 540 km (336 miles) north of Yangon, on March 20 after an argument between a Buddhist couple and the Muslim owners of a gold shop escalated into a riot involving hundreds of people, police said

Penitents pass a man with a dog as they walk to a church before taking part in the procession of &ls

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Penitents pass a man with a dog as they walk to a church before taking part in the procession of ‘La Paz’ (The Peace) brotherhood during Holy Week in the Andalusian capital of Seville in southern Spain on March 24. Hundreds of Easter processions take place around the clock in Spain during Holy Week, drawing thousands of visitors

A man dressed as the Easter Bunny is given a warning by California Highway Patrol (CHP) Officer Adam

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A man dressed as the Easter Bunny is given a warning by California Highway Patrol (CHP) Officer Adam Griffiths in this CHP handout photo in La Mesa, California on March 31. The man was stopped on his motorcyle for not wearing a proper safety helmet and because his costume might impair his vision

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