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The 100-metre (300-foot), sword-wielding statue of “The Motherland” is seen in the National Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War in Kiev March 17, 2014. On a blustery day on the banks of the Dnieper, the statue of “The Motherland”, a Soviet hammer and sickle on her shield, towered overhead, a reminder of the common cause Ukrainians and Russians died for side by side in their millions in World War Two and which Russian President Vladimir Putin thinks Ukraine has betrayed by turning to “fascism” and the West. (Photo by Konstantin Grishin/Reuters)

The 100-metre (300-foot), sword-wielding statue of “The Motherland” is seen in the National Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War in Kiev March 17, 2014. On a blustery day on the banks of the Dnieper, the statue of “The Motherland”, a Soviet hammer and sickle on her shield, towered overhead, a reminder of the common cause Ukrainians and Russians died for side by side in their millions in World War Two and which Russian President Vladimir Putin thinks Ukraine has betrayed by turning to “fascism” and the West. (Photo by Konstantin Grishin/Reuters)




Soldiers with the U.S. Army's 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division fire a mortar round during a training exercise on FOB Lightning near Gardez, Afghanistan, on March 21, 2014. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Soldiers with the U.S. Army's 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division fire a mortar round during a training exercise on FOB Lightning near Gardez, Afghanistan, on March 21, 2014. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)




A girl looks at planes through the window of the departure hall at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport March 17, 2014. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

A girl looks at planes through the window of the departure hall at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport March 17, 2014. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)




Sikh warrior Major Singh, wearing a 425 meters long turban, brandishes a sword as he participates in a religious procession during the annual fair of “Hola Mohalla”  in Anandpur Sahib, in the northern Indian state of Punjab, Monday, March 17, 2014. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)

Sikh warrior Major Singh, wearing a 425 meters long turban, brandishes a sword as he participates in a religious procession during the annual fair of “Hola Mohalla” in Anandpur Sahib, in the northern Indian state of Punjab, Monday, March 17, 2014. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)




A truck decorated with florescent lights offloads vegetables and fruits at a wholesale market in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Wednesday, March 19, 2014. Owners of such trucks spend much money on decorating their vehicles in Pakistan. (Photo by B. K. Banagsh/AP Photo)

A truck decorated with florescent lights offloads vegetables and fruits at a wholesale market in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Wednesday, March 19, 2014. Owners of such trucks spend much money on decorating their vehicles in Pakistan. (Photo by B. K. Banagsh/AP Photo)




A protester shout as police officers try to remove the chairs displayed to block the entrance of the Taiwanese Parliament which is occupied by activists to protest against moves by the ruling Kuomintang party to ratify a contentious trade agreement with Chinain, in Taipei on March 19, 2014. Late on March 18 around 200 students and activists broke through a security barrier and took over the main chamber in Taiwan's parliament, singing and dancing in protest against the trade agreement. (Photo by Sam Yeh/AFP Photo)

A protester shout as police officers try to remove the chairs displayed to block the entrance of the Taiwanese Parliament which is occupied by activists to protest against moves by the ruling Kuomintang party to ratify a contentious trade agreement with Chinain, in Taipei on March 19, 2014. Late on March 18 around 200 students and activists broke through a security barrier and took over the main chamber in Taiwan's parliament, singing and dancing in protest against the trade agreement. (Photo by Sam Yeh/AFP Photo)




A policeman (C) yawns as he sits with his colleagues outside a court where the case of the gang-rape of a photojournalist was heard in Mumbai March 20, 2014. Four men were found guilty on Thursday of the gang-rape of a photojournalist last year in Mumbai, an attack that sparked street protests in the city and raised fresh questions about attitudes to women in the world's largest democracy. (Photo by Mansi Thapliyal/Reuters)

A policeman (C) yawns as he sits with his colleagues outside a court where the case of the gang-rape of a photojournalist was heard in Mumbai March 20, 2014. Four men were found guilty on Thursday of the gang-rape of a photojournalist last year in Mumbai, an attack that sparked street protests in the city and raised fresh questions about attitudes to women in the world's largest democracy. The four men convicted of gang-rape are due to be sentenced on Friday, prosecution lawyer Ujjwal Nikam told reporters outside the Mumbai court where the case was heard. (Photo by Mansi Thapliyal/Reuters)




A riot police officer kicks a burning barricade during clashes with anti-government protesters in Caracas March 20, 2014. Venezuelan intelligence agents on Wednesday arrested one opposition mayor accused of stoking violent protests, while another was jailed for 10 months in the latest moves against rivals of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro. (Photo by Christian Veron/Reuters)

A riot police officer kicks a burning barricade during clashes with anti-government protesters in Caracas March 20, 2014. Venezuelan intelligence agents on Wednesday arrested one opposition mayor accused of stoking violent protests, while another was jailed for 10 months in the latest moves against rivals of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro. (Photo by Christian Veron/Reuters)




People rally in support of Crimea joining Russia, with banners and portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin, reading “We are together”, in Red Square in Moscow, Tuesday, March 18, 2014.  With a sweep of his pen, President Vladimir Putin added Crimea to the map of Russia on Tuesday, describing the move as correcting past injustice and responding to what he called Western encroachment upon Russia's vital interests. (Photo by Pavel Golovkin/AP Photo)

People rally in support of Crimea joining Russia, with banners and portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin, reading “We are together”, in Red Square in Moscow, Tuesday, March 18, 2014. With a sweep of his pen, President Vladimir Putin added Crimea to the map of Russia on Tuesday, describing the move as correcting past injustice and responding to what he called Western encroachment upon Russia's vital interests. (Photo by Pavel Golovkin/AP Photo)




Indian people apply colored powder on each other as they celebrate the Holi festival in Bardwan, west of Calcutta,  eastern India, 16 March 2014. (Photo by Piyal Adhikary/EPA)

Indian people apply colored powder on each other as they celebrate the Holi festival in Bardwan, west of Calcutta, eastern India, 16 March 2014. (Photo by Piyal Adhikary/EPA)




The sculpture titled “Couple under an Umbrella” by Australian artist Ron Mueck is displayed at the Museum of Modern Art (MAM) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on March 19, 2014. The exhibition is displaying 9 sculptures for the first time in Brazil until June 1, 2014. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)

The sculpture titled “Couple under an Umbrella” by Australian artist Ron Mueck is displayed at the Museum of Modern Art (MAM) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on March 19, 2014. The exhibition is displaying 9 sculptures for the first time in Brazil until June 1, 2014. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)




South Korean environmental activists use plastic dolphins to describe the scene of catching the sea animal in a cruel way during a demonstration in Seoul on March 20, 2014. They urged South Korean aquariums to stop importing dolphins from Japan, insisting Japanese fishermen employ cruel methods to catch the cetacean mammals. (Photo by Jung Yeon-Je/AFP Photo)

South Korean environmental activists use plastic dolphins to describe the scene of catching the sea animal in a cruel way during a demonstration in Seoul on March 20, 2014. They urged South Korean aquariums to stop importing dolphins from Japan, insisting Japanese fishermen employ cruel methods to catch the cetacean mammals. (Photo by Jung Yeon-Je/AFP Photo)




Peter Norbot and Kris Hamilton wait to audition for a promotional campaign for “The Amazing Spider-Man 2″ in Chicago, on March 19, 2014. (Photo by Jim Young/Reuters)

Peter Norbot and Kris Hamilton wait to audition for a promotional campaign for “The Amazing Spider-Man 2″ in Chicago, on March 19, 2014. (Photo by Jim Young/Reuters)




Jamie Kavanagh punches Andres Navarro during the junior welterweight fight at House of Blues Boston on March 17, 2014 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images)

Jamie Kavanagh punches Andres Navarro during the junior welterweight fight at House of Blues Boston on March 17, 2014 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images)




Ashleigh Vincent, left, and Tara Gregory rub out a sunscreen on the first day of spring before a spring exhibition baseball game between the Colorado Rockies and the Milwaukee Brewers in Scottsdale, Ariz., Thursday, March 20, 2014. (Photo by Chris Carlson/AP Photo)

Ashleigh Vincent, left, and Tara Gregory rub out a sunscreen on the first day of spring before a spring exhibition baseball game between the Colorado Rockies and the Milwaukee Brewers in Scottsdale, Ariz., Thursday, March 20, 2014. (Photo by Chris Carlson/AP Photo)




Afghan security personnel present a burqa-clad resident they say is a Taliban fighter to the media at the Afghan National Army headquarters in Khogyani District near Jalalabad on March 18,2014. Three Taliban insurgents have been arrested in possession of heroin by Afghan Joint Forces during an operation in the Khogyani District of Nangarhar province. (Photo by Noorullah Shirzada/AFP Photo)

Afghan security personnel present a burqa-clad resident they say is a Taliban fighter to the media at the Afghan National Army headquarters in Khogyani District near Jalalabad on March 18,2014. Three Taliban insurgents have been arrested in possession of heroin by Afghan Joint Forces during an operation in the Khogyani District of Nangarhar province. (Photo by Noorullah Shirzada/AFP Photo)




A photo taken on March 20, 2014, shows Royal Australian Air Force Loadmasters, Sergeant Adam Roberts (L) and Flight Sergeant John Mancey (R), preparing to launch a Self Locating Data Marker Buoy from a C-130J Hercules aircraft in the southern Indian Ocean as part of the Australian Defence Force's assistance to the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.  (Photo by Leading Seaman Justin Brown/AFP Photo/Australian Defence)

A photo taken on March 20, 2014, shows Royal Australian Air Force Loadmasters, Sergeant Adam Roberts (L) and Flight Sergeant John Mancey (R), preparing to launch a Self Locating Data Marker Buoy from a C-130J Hercules aircraft in the southern Indian Ocean as part of the Australian Defence Force's assistance to the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Australia resumed the search 21 March for possible wreckage from a missing Malaysian jetliner in a remote, storm-swept stretch of the Indian Ocean, hoping for better weather as spotters seek to identify the objects shown on grainy satellite images. (Photo by Leading Seaman Justin Brown/AFP Photo/Australian Defence)




A Syrian man evacuates a child found in the rubble of a residential building reportedly hit by an explosives-filled barrel dropped by a government forces helicopter on March 18, 2014 in Aleppo. (Photo by Khaled Khatib/AFP Photo)

A Syrian man evacuates a child found in the rubble of a residential building reportedly hit by an explosives-filled barrel dropped by a government forces helicopter on March 18, 2014 in Aleppo. (Photo by Khaled Khatib/AFP Photo)




Dancers perform in front of the Moulin Rouge cabaret in the Montmartre neighbourhood in Paris, on March 16, 2014, as it illuminated in green on the eve of Saint Patrick's day. (Photo by Jacques Demarthon/AFP Photo)

Dancers perform in front of the Moulin Rouge cabaret in the Montmartre neighbourhood in Paris, on March 16, 2014, as it illuminated in green on the eve of Saint Patrick's day. (Photo by Jacques Demarthon/AFP Photo)




A Syrian woman cries as she leaves a residential block reportedly hit by an explosives-filled barrel dropped by a government forces helicopter on March 18, 2014 in Aleppo. (Photo by Khaled Khatib/AFP Photo)

A Syrian woman cries as she leaves a residential block reportedly hit by an explosives-filled barrel dropped by a government forces helicopter on March 18, 2014 in Aleppo. (Photo by Khaled Khatib/AFP Photo)




A woman lifts her arms in celebration at the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) base in Malakal after the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) claimed it had recaptured the town from rebels on March 19, 2014. The northeastern town of Malakal, capital of oil-producing Upper Nile state, has been one of the hardest fought battlegrounds in the conflict, in which thousands have been killed.  (Photo by Ivan Lieman/AFP Photo)

A woman lifts her arms in celebration at the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) base in Malakal after the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) claimed it had recaptured the town from rebels on March 19, 2014. The northeastern town of Malakal, capital of oil-producing Upper Nile state, has been one of the hardest fought battlegrounds in the conflict, in which thousands have been killed. South Sudan's government has been at war with rebel groups since December 15, when a clash between troops loyal to President Salva Kiir and those loyal to sacked vice president Riek Machar snowballed into full-scale fighting across the world's newest nation. (Photo by Ivan Lieman/AFP Photo)




An elderly woman holds a calendar depicting former Soviet leader Josef Stalin while watching a broadcast of Russian President Vladimir Putin's speech on Crimea, seen in background, in Sevastopol, Crimea, Tuesday, March 18, 2014, as thousands of pro-Russian people gathered to watch the address.  Fiercely defending Russia's move to annex Crimea Putin said Russia had to respond to what he described as a western plot to take Ukraine into its influence. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)

An elderly woman holds a calendar depicting former Soviet leader Josef Stalin while watching a broadcast of Russian President Vladimir Putin's speech on Crimea, seen in background, in Sevastopol, Crimea, Tuesday, March 18, 2014, as thousands of pro-Russian people gathered to watch the address. Fiercely defending Russia's move to annex Crimea Putin said Russia had to respond to what he described as a western plot to take Ukraine into its influence. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)




A boy plays in a pool of colored water at the Baldev Temple in Dauji, India, at the end of Holi celebrations, on March 18, 2014. The Baldev Temple is known for a ritual where the women playfully hit men with whips made of cloth as men throw buckets of water mixed with orange dye. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/Associated Press)

A boy plays in a pool of colored water at the Baldev Temple in Dauji, India, at the end of Holi celebrations, on March 18, 2014. The Baldev Temple is known for a ritual where the women playfully hit men with whips made of cloth as men throw buckets of water mixed with orange dye. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/Associated Press)




A child drags a toy truck past pro-Russian soldiers standing outside an Ukrainian military base in Perevalne, Crimea, Thursday, March 20, 2014. With thousands of Ukrainian soldiers and sailors trapped on military bases, surrounded by heavily armed Russian forces and pro-Russia militia, the Kiev government said it was drawing up plans to evacuate its outnumbered troops from Crimea back to the mainland and would seek U.N. support to turn the peninsula into a demilitarized zone.(Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)

A child drags a toy truck past pro-Russian soldiers standing outside an Ukrainian military base in Perevalne, Crimea, Thursday, March 20, 2014. With thousands of Ukrainian soldiers and sailors trapped on military bases, surrounded by heavily armed Russian forces and pro-Russia militia, the Kiev government said it was drawing up plans to evacuate its outnumbered troops from Crimea back to the mainland and would seek U.N. support to turn the peninsula into a demilitarized zone.(Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)




Self-Defense activists perform military exercises at a military training ground outside Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, March 17, 2014. Ukraine's parliament on Monday voted partial mobilization in response to Russia's invasion onto the Ukrainian territory. (Photo by Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo)

Self-Defense activists perform military exercises at a military training ground outside Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, March 17, 2014. Ukraine's parliament on Monday voted partial mobilization in response to Russia's invasion onto the Ukrainian territory. (Photo by Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo)




A man dressed as a leprechaun smiles as he stands beside the dyed green Chicago River during St. Patrick's Day celebrations in Chicago March 15, 2014. (Photo by Jim Young/Reuters)

A man dressed as a leprechaun smiles as he stands beside the dyed green Chicago River during St. Patrick's Day celebrations in Chicago March 15, 2014. (Photo by Jim Young/Reuters)




A man stranded in his car in the Yakima River in Wapato, Wash., on Sunday, March 16, 2014 in Wapato, Wash.  Yakima County emergency responders rescued the man Sunday evening.  A witness saw one man make it to shore, but another man was apparently trapped in the car as it filled with frigid water. The sheriff's swiftwater rescue boat arrived in time to pull him to safety. He was taken to a hospital to be treated for hypothermia and possible injuries from the accident. (Photo by Kaitlyn Bernauer/AP Photo/Yakima Herald-Republic)

A man stranded in his car in the Yakima River in Wapato, Wash., on Sunday, March 16, 2014 in Wapato, Wash. Yakima County emergency responders rescued the man Sunday evening. A witness saw one man make it to shore, but another man was apparently trapped in the car as it filled with frigid water. The sheriff's swiftwater rescue boat arrived in time to pull him to safety. He was taken to a hospital to be treated for hypothermia and possible injuries from the accident. (Photo by Kaitlyn Bernauer/AP Photo/Yakima Herald-Republic)




An anti-government demonstrator standing in teargas fired by Bolivarian National Guards prepares to throw a rock during clashes near Plaza Altamira in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, March 16, 2014. Anti-government street protests by Venezuelans fed up with violent crime, shortages of basic items such as flour and cooking oil and high inflation have roiled Venezuela for more than a month. (Photo by Esteban Felix/AP Photo)

An anti-government demonstrator standing in teargas fired by Bolivarian National Guards prepares to throw a rock during clashes near Plaza Altamira in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, March 16, 2014. Anti-government street protests by Venezuelans fed up with violent crime, shortages of basic items such as flour and cooking oil and high inflation have roiled Venezuela for more than a month. (Photo by Esteban Felix/AP Photo)




An anti-government demonstrator, with a bleeding bullet hole drawn on her forehead, takes part in a protest in front of an office of the Organization of American States, OAS, in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, March 21, 2014. Opposition lawmaker Maria Corina Machado is scheduled to speak before the OAS council in a closed-door session Friday in Washington D.C., presenting the situation in her country where at least 28 people have been killed in daily anti-government protests that began in early February. (Photo by Esteban Felix/AP Photo)

An anti-government demonstrator, with a bleeding bullet hole drawn on her forehead, takes part in a protest in front of an office of the Organization of American States, OAS, in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, March 21, 2014. Opposition lawmaker Maria Corina Machado is scheduled to speak before the OAS council in a closed-door session Friday in Washington D.C., presenting the situation in her country where at least 28 people have been killed in daily anti-government protests that began in early February. (Photo by Esteban Felix/AP Photo)




Gold medalist China's team perform their exercise with 3 balls and 2 ribbons at the team final during the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup in Debrecen, Hungary on March 16, 2014. (Photo by Attila Kisbenedek/AFP Photo)

Gold medalist China's team perform their exercise with 3 balls and 2 ribbons at the team final during the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup in Debrecen, Hungary on March 16, 2014. (Photo by Attila Kisbenedek/AFP Photo)




An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man wears a mask as he celebrates the Purim holiday in the ultra-orthodox Mea Shearim neighborhood in Jerusalem on March 17, 2014. The carnival-like Purim holiday is celebrated with parades and costume parties and drinking wine to commemorate the deliverance of the Jewish people from a plot to exterminate them in the ancient Persian empire 2,500 years ago, as recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther. (Photo by Thomas Coex/AFP Photo)

An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man wears a mask as he celebrates the Purim holiday in the ultra-orthodox Mea Shearim neighborhood in Jerusalem on March 17, 2014. The carnival-like Purim holiday is celebrated with parades and costume parties and drinking wine to commemorate the deliverance of the Jewish people from a plot to exterminate them in the ancient Persian empire 2,500 years ago, as recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther. (Photo by Thomas Coex/AFP Photo)




A man plays accordion as people dance during celebrations in Sevastopol on March 17, 2014. Crimea declared independence today and applied to join Russia while the Kremlin braced for sanctions after the flashpoint peninsula voted to leave Ukraine in a ballot that has fanned the worst East-West tensions since the Cold War. (Photo by Viktor Drachev/AFP Photo)

A man plays accordion as people dance during celebrations in Sevastopol on March 17, 2014. Crimea declared independence today and applied to join Russia while the Kremlin braced for sanctions after the flashpoint peninsula voted to leave Ukraine in a ballot that has fanned the worst East-West tensions since the Cold War. (Photo by Viktor Drachev/AFP Photo)




Rebel fighters fire a machine gun during clashes with pro-government forces on March 18, 2014 in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. The regime planes bombed Aleppo today, killing at least four people, including two children, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. (Photo by Tamer Al-Halabi/AFP Photo)

Rebel fighters fire a machine gun during clashes with pro-government forces on March 18, 2014 in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. The regime planes bombed Aleppo today, killing at least four people, including two children, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. (Photo by Tamer Al-Halabi/AFP Photo)




Pakistani women, wash their laundry at a water reservoir, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, March 20, 2014. The United Nations has proclaimed that March 20 is the International Day of Happiness. (Photo by Muhammed Muheisen/AP Photo)

Pakistani women, wash their laundry at a water reservoir, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, March 20, 2014. The United Nations has proclaimed that March 20 is the International Day of Happiness. (Photo by Muhammed Muheisen/AP Photo)
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