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Over 1,000 canoeists, kayakers, paddlers and sports enthusiasts from across Ireland and the UK are to descend on Kilkenny on April 6 and 7 for Paddlefest 2013, an international celebration of adrenalin-pumping sport and fun. The weekend-long event will see novice and expert canoeists, kayakers and paddlers from Ireland and abroad descend on Kilkenny for a series of workshops, displays and more. Making a splash was Doireann Corr, 3, on March 9, 2013. (Photo by Dylan Vaughan)

Over 1,000 canoeists, kayakers, paddlers and sports enthusiasts from across Ireland and the UK are to descend on Kilkenny on April 6 and 7 for Paddlefest 2013, an international celebration of adrenalin-pumping sport and fun. The weekend-long event will see novice and expert canoeists, kayakers and paddlers from Ireland and abroad descend on Kilkenny for a series of workshops, displays and more. Making a splash was Doireann Corr, 3, on March 9, 2013. (Photo by Dylan Vaughan)




An anti-government protester is engulfed in flames after a shot fired by police hit the petrol bomb he was preparing to throw during clashes in Sanabis, Bahrain, on March 14, 2013. Protests and clashes erupted nationwide as government opponents called a “Dignity Strike”,  blocking roads, closing shops, protesting and staying home from work and school. (Photo by Hasan Jamali/Associated Press)

An anti-government protester is engulfed in flames after a shot fired by police hit the petrol bomb he was preparing to throw during clashes in Sanabis, Bahrain, on March 14, 2013. Protests and clashes erupted nationwide as government opponents called a “Dignity Strike”, blocking roads, closing shops, protesting and staying home from work and school. (Photo by Hasan Jamali/Associated Press)




Civilian passengers of the Airbus A330 Zero-G, who are not astronauts nor scientists, enjoy the weightlessness, on March 15, 2013, during the first zero gravity flight for paying passengers in Europe. All boarding cards, costing 6,000 euros, were sold for the years 2013 and 2014. (Photo by Mehdi Fedouach/AFP Photo)

Civilian passengers of the Airbus A330 Zero-G, who are not astronauts nor scientists, enjoy the weightlessness, on March 15, 2013, during the first zero gravity flight for paying passengers in Europe. All boarding cards, costing 6,000 euros, were sold for the years 2013 and 2014. Zero gravity flights for paying passengers have already taken place in the United States and Russia. The zero-gravity of space is simulated by flying a series of parabolic flight maneuvers that counter the forces of gravity and allow astronauts and cosmonauts to learn how to accomplish tasks with no gravity. (Photo by Mehdi Fedouach/AFP Photo)




Riders take part in the Sheikh Sultan Bin Zayed al-Nahyan International Equestrian festival in the Boudthib Endurance Village near the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi on March 14, 2013. (Photo by Karim Sahib/AFP Photo)

Riders take part in the Sheikh Sultan Bin Zayed al-Nahyan International Equestrian festival in the Boudthib Endurance Village near the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi on March 14, 2013. (Photo by Karim Sahib/AFP Photo)




Comet PanSTARRS (L) is seen with a one-day old crescent moon as both set over the Very Large Array radio telescope antenna dishes March 12, 2013 near Magdalena, New Mexico, USA. (Photo by Stan Honda/AFP Photo)

Comet PanSTARRS (L) is seen with a one-day old crescent moon as both set over the Very Large Array radio telescope antenna dishes March 12, 2013 near Magdalena, New Mexico, USA. (Photo by Stan Honda/AFP Photo)




A woman pushes a jammed car as heavy snow falls in Lviv, Ukraine on March 15, 2013. (Photo by Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP Photo)

A woman pushes a jammed car as heavy snow falls in Lviv, Ukraine on March 15, 2013. (Photo by Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP Photo)




Japan's high-tech maker Hitachi unveils the new mobility robot “Ropits” (Robot for Personal Intelligent Transport System) in Tsukuba in Ibaraki prefecture on March 12, 2013. The one man mobility robot can pick-up and drop off a passenger autonomously, while the vehicle can be controled by a joystick controler in the cockpit. (Photo by Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP Photo)

Japan's high-tech maker Hitachi unveils the new mobility robot “Ropits” (Robot for Personal Intelligent Transport System) in Tsukuba in Ibaraki prefecture on March 12, 2013. The one man mobility robot can pick-up and drop off a passenger autonomously, while the vehicle can be controled by a joystick controler in the cockpit. (Photo by Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP Photo)




Brazilian paramilitary police CHOQUE batallion personnel in riot gear drill at the general police headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on March 15, 2013, part of the security measures ahead of the Confederation Cup which will be held next June for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Olympics Games. (Photo by Christophe Simon/AFP Photo)

Brazilian paramilitary police CHOQUE batallion personnel in riot gear drill at the general police headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on March 15, 2013, part of the security measures ahead of the Confederation Cup which will be held next June for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Olympics Games. (Photo by Christophe Simon/AFP Photo)




A Palestinian boy uses a slingshot to throw stones towards Israeli border policemen during clashes in central Hebron in the occupied West Bank on March 15, 2013 following a protest against Israeli occupation and the expansion of Jewish settlements. (Photo by Hazem Bader/AFP Photo)

A Palestinian boy uses a slingshot to throw stones towards Israeli border policemen during clashes in central Hebron in the occupied West Bank on March 15, 2013 following a protest against Israeli occupation and the expansion of Jewish settlements. (Photo by Hazem Bader/AFP Photo)




This picture taken on March 14 shows a Chinese policeman walking across a pile of fake medicines seized in Beijing in recent months, which were later destroyed. The rapid growth of Internet commerce has led to an explosion of counterfeit drugs sold around the world, with China the biggest source of fake medicines, pharmaceutical experts said as the illicit trade is now believed to be worth around 75 billion USD globally, with criminal gangs increasingly using the web to move their products across borders. (Photo by AFP Photo)

This picture taken on March 14 shows a Chinese policeman walking across a pile of fake medicines seized in Beijing in recent months, which were later destroyed. The rapid growth of Internet commerce has led to an explosion of counterfeit drugs sold around the world, with China the biggest source of fake medicines, pharmaceutical experts said as the illicit trade is now believed to be worth around 75 billion USD globally, with criminal gangs increasingly using the web to move their products across borders. (Photo by AFP Photo)




Cunard's ocean liner Queen Elizabeth meets her docked sister ship Queen Mary in Long Beach, California, on March 12, 2013.  This is the Queen Mary's first encounter with a Queen Elizabeth since 1967 when the Queen Mary, during her final transatlantic crossing, passed by the original Queen Elizabeth. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision for Cunard)

Cunard's ocean liner Queen Elizabeth meets her docked sister ship Queen Mary in Long Beach, California, on March 12, 2013. This is the Queen Mary's first encounter with a Queen Elizabeth since 1967 when the Queen Mary, during her final transatlantic crossing, passed by the original Queen Elizabeth. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision for Cunard)




Relatives of miners wait at the site of an accident in Shuicheng County, China, on March 13, 2013. Authorities said 21 coal miners have been killed and four more are missing following an accident inside the mine. (Photo by Ou Dongqu/Xinhua)

Relatives of miners wait at the site of an accident in Shuicheng County, China, on March 13, 2013. Authorities said 21 coal miners have been killed and four more are missing following an accident inside the mine. (Photo by Ou Dongqu/Xinhua)




Faheema Titi, the sister of Mahmoud Titi, is covered with the blood of her dead brother after embracing him during his funeral in the Al-Fawwar refugee camp, near the West Bank town of Hebron, on March 13, 2013. Israeli troops shot Titi on Tuesday after he and others hurled rocks and firebombs at them in the West Bank, the military said. The death was the latest in a new uptick in Palestinian casualties in the area, where protests in support of prisoners held in Israeli jails have led to violent clashes between the protesters and Israeli forces. (Photo by Bernat Armangue/Associated Press)

Faheema Titi, the sister of Mahmoud Titi, is covered with the blood of her dead brother after embracing him during his funeral in the Al-Fawwar refugee camp, near the West Bank town of Hebron, on March 13, 2013. Israeli troops shot Titi on Tuesday after he and others hurled rocks and firebombs at them in the West Bank, the military said. The death was the latest in a new uptick in Palestinian casualties in the area, where protests in support of prisoners held in Israeli jails have led to violent clashes between the protesters and Israeli forces. (Photo by Bernat Armangue/Associated Press)




A visitor touches the wax figure of President Barack Obama which was unveiled at the Madame Tussauds exhibition in Tokyo, on March 13, 2013. (Photo by Itsuo Inouye/Associated Press)

A visitor touches the wax figure of President Barack Obama which was unveiled at the Madame Tussauds exhibition in Tokyo, on March 13, 2013. (Photo by Itsuo Inouye/Associated Press)




People walk by graffiti showing the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, as they head to pay their final respects during Chavez's funeral ceremony at the military academy in Caracas, on March 11, 2013. (Photo by Mauricio Lima/The New York Times)

People walk by graffiti showing the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, as they head to pay their final respects during Chavez's funeral ceremony at the military academy in Caracas, on March 11, 2013. (Photo by Mauricio Lima/The New York Times)




Soldiers who served with Hugo Chavez carry his coffin inside the military museum, Chavez's final resting place, where a mural of Chavez covers a wall, on March 15, 2013. (Photo by Miraflores Press Office)

Soldiers who served with Hugo Chavez carry his coffin inside the military museum, Chavez's final resting place, where a mural of Chavez covers a wall, on March 15, 2013. (Photo by Miraflores Press Office)




A funeral procession escorts the remains of Hugo Chavez, who died March 5, in Caracas, Venezuela, on March 15, 2013. Chavez's body was taken to its final resting place at the 4F military museum on the outskirts of the 23 de Enero neighborhood. (Photo by Meridith Kohut/The New York Times)

A funeral procession escorts the remains of Hugo Chavez, who died March 5, in Caracas, Venezuela, on March 15, 2013. Chavez's body was taken to its final resting place at the 4F military museum on the outskirts of the 23 de Enero neighborhood. (Photo by Meridith Kohut/The New York Times)




Supporters of the late President Hugo Chavez react after watching the funeral procession in Caracas, on March 15, 2013. (Photo by Meridith Kohut/The New York Times)

Supporters of the late President Hugo Chavez react after watching the funeral procession in Caracas, on March 15, 2013. (Photo by Meridith Kohut/The New York Times)




Pallbearers carry the coffin of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez to a hearse prior to a funeral parade in Caracas March 15, 2013. Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans were on the streets again on Friday at a funeral parade for Hugo Chavez amid opposition protests that the government was exploiting his death for election purposes. Chavez's remains were being transported for about 12 miles (20 km) through Caracas from an army academy to a military museum on a hillside where the former soldier launched his political career with a failed coup in 1992. (Photo by Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)

Pallbearers carry the coffin of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez to a hearse prior to a funeral parade in Caracas March 15, 2013. Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans were on the streets again on Friday at a funeral parade for Hugo Chavez amid opposition protests that the government was exploiting his death for election purposes. Chavez's remains were being transported for about 12 miles (20 km) through Caracas from an army academy to a military museum on a hillside where the former soldier launched his political career with a failed coup in 1992. (Photo by Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)




A wildfire burns out of control at Horsetooth Reservoir west of Fort Collins, Colorado, on March 15, 2013. The 40-acre wildfire burning in gusty winds and warm weather was threatening homes west of Fort Collins and prompted about 50 people to leave the area. (Photo by Ed Andrieski/Associated Press)

A wildfire burns out of control at Horsetooth Reservoir west of Fort Collins, Colorado, on March 15, 2013. The 40-acre wildfire burning in gusty winds and warm weather was threatening homes west of Fort Collins and prompted about 50 people to leave the area. (Photo by Ed Andrieski/Associated Press)




A man takes pictures of the painting “Buste de femme au chapeau, Dora” (1939) by Pablo Picasso in the Kunstmuseum in Basel, Switzerland, on March 15, 2013. The exhibition “The Picassos Are Here!”, a retrospective from Basel collections, lasts from March 17 to July 21. (Photo by Georgios Kefalas/Keystone)

A man takes pictures of the painting “Buste de femme au chapeau, Dora” (1939) by Pablo Picasso in the Kunstmuseum in Basel, Switzerland, on March 15, 2013. The exhibition “The Picassos Are Here!”, a retrospective from Basel collections, lasts from March 17 to July 21. (Photo by Georgios Kefalas/Keystone)




A man carries a sofa on his motorcycle on a highway near Kenya’s capital Nairobi on March 11, 2013. (Photo by Marko Djurica/Reuters)

A man carries a sofa on his motorcycle on a highway near Kenya’s capital Nairobi on March 11, 2013. (Photo by Marko Djurica/Reuters)




A Balinese man kicks up fire during the “Perang Api” ritual ahead of Nyepi day, which falls on Tuesday in Gianyar on the Indonesian island of Bali, on March 12, 2013. Nyepi is a day of silence for self-reflection to celebrate the Balinese Hindu new year, where Hindus in Bali observe meditation and fasting, but are not allowed to work, cook, light lamps or conduct any other activities. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

A Balinese man kicks up fire during the “Perang Api” ritual ahead of Nyepi day, which falls on Tuesday in Gianyar on the Indonesian island of Bali, on March 12, 2013. Nyepi is a day of silence for self-reflection to celebrate the Balinese Hindu new year, where Hindus in Bali observe meditation and fasting, but are not allowed to work, cook, light lamps or conduct any other activities. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)




A Free Syrian Army fighter mourns at the grave of his father who was killed by what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, in a public park that has been converted into a makeshift graveyard in Deir el-Zor, on March 12, 2013. (Photo by Khalil Ashawi/Reuters)

A Free Syrian Army fighter mourns at the grave of his father who was killed by what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, in a public park that has been converted into a makeshift graveyard in Deir el-Zor, on March 12, 2013. (Photo by Khalil Ashawi/Reuters)




Indian paramilitary soldiers carry their injured colleague to a hospital during the gunfight in Srinagar, on March 13, 2013. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)

Indian paramilitary soldiers carry their injured colleague to a hospital during the gunfight in Srinagar, on March 13, 2013. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)




An image of a Fennec fox painted on a tree hole by Wang Yue is seen in Shijiazhuang, on March 13, 2013. Wang Yue, a senior at Dalian Industry University, uses her paintbrush to turn ugly tree holes into lovely views in Shijiazhuang, capital city of Hebei Province, China. Wang and her companions call the tree-hole paintings “meitu”, which means “beautiful journey”. The paintings on the trees have brightened the city during the dull, grey winter. (Photo by Pillar Lee/Reuters)

An image of a Fennec fox painted on a tree hole by Wang Yue is seen in Shijiazhuang, on March 13, 2013. Wang Yue, a senior at Dalian Industry University, uses her paintbrush to turn ugly tree holes into lovely views in Shijiazhuang, capital city of Hebei Province, China. Wang and her companions call the tree-hole paintings “meitu”, which means “beautiful journey”. The paintings on the trees have brightened the city during the dull, grey winter. (Photo by Pillar Lee/Reuters)




Soldiers of North Korean army participate in military exercises which served as the answer to the joint military maneuvers of South Korea and the USA, on March 13, 2013. (Photo by Reuters/KCNA)

Soldiers of North Korean army participate in military exercises which served as the answer to the joint military maneuvers of South Korea and the USA, on March 13, 2013. (Photo by Reuters/KCNA)




A serviceman of the Belarussian Interior Ministry's special forces unit breaks a stack of burning tiles with his head during a show at their base in Minsk, on March 13, 2013. (Photo by Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)

A serviceman of the Belarussian Interior Ministry's special forces unit breaks a stack of burning tiles with his head during a show at their base in Minsk, on March 13, 2013. (Photo by Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)




North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) and military officers watch a live shell firing drill to examine war fighting capabilities of artillery sub-units, whose mission is to strike DaeYeonpyeong island and Baengnyeong island of South Korea, in the western sector of the front line in this picture released by the North’s official KCNA news agency in Pyongyang, on March 14, 2013. (Photo by KCNA via Reuters)

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) and military officers watch a live shell firing drill to examine war fighting capabilities of artillery sub-units, whose mission is to strike DaeYeonpyeong island and Baengnyeong island of South Korea, in the western sector of the front line in this picture released by the North’s official KCNA news agency in Pyongyang, on March 14, 2013. (Photo by KCNA via Reuters)




A passer-by walks as a high wave hits the waterfront in Marseille March 14, 2013. French public weather agency Meteo France issued an orange alert warning of winds threatening southern French departments. (Photo by Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters)

A passer-by walks as a high wave hits the waterfront in Marseille March 14, 2013. French public weather agency Meteo France issued an orange alert warning of winds threatening southern French departments. (Photo by Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters)




Israelis enjoy good weather on a beach in Tel Aviv, on March 15, 2013. In Israel everything becomes warmer, and this Friday temperature rose to 33 degrees Celsius. (Photo by Nir Elias/Reuters)

Israelis enjoy good weather on a beach in Tel Aviv, on March 15, 2013. In Israel everything becomes warmer, and this Friday temperature rose to 33 degrees Celsius. (Photo by Nir Elias/Reuters)




A sadhu (Hindu holy man) asks for money from passing devotees on the premises of Pashupatinath Temple during the Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu March 10, 2013. Celebrated by Hindu devotees all over the world, Shivaratri is dedicated to Lord Shiva, and holy men mark the occasion by praying, smoking marijuana or smearing their bodies with ashes. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

A sadhu (Hindu holy man) asks for money from passing devotees on the premises of Pashupatinath Temple during the Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu March 10, 2013. Celebrated by Hindu devotees all over the world, Shivaratri is dedicated to Lord Shiva, and holy men mark the occasion by praying, smoking marijuana or smearing their bodies with ashes. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)




A hotel security guard poses for pictures in front of China's national flag at Tiananmen Square during the third plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing March 10, 2013. (Photo by Stringer/Reuters)

A hotel security guard poses for pictures in front of China's national flag at Tiananmen Square during the third plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing March 10, 2013. (Photo by Stringer/Reuters)




Activists with the colours of the Tibetan flag painted on their faces take part in a rally to support Tibet in Taipei March 10, 2013. Hundreds of Tibetans and their supporters in Taiwan marched the streets to commemorate the uprising in Lhasa 54 years ago against Chinese rule. (Photo by Pichi Chuang/Reuters)

Activists with the colours of the Tibetan flag painted on their faces take part in a rally to support Tibet in Taipei March 10, 2013. Hundreds of Tibetans and their supporters in Taiwan marched the streets to commemorate the uprising in Lhasa 54 years ago against Chinese rule. (Photo by Pichi Chuang/Reuters)




A protester, wearing a sweater in the colours of the Bulgarian national flag, sits on the tracks as demonstrators block the main railway station in Sofia March 10, 2013. Hundreds of Bulgarians took to the streets for a fourth Sunday in a row against monopolies and widespread corruption, demanding a stop to the planned sale of the cargo unit of ailing state railway operator BDZ and an audit of all privatisation deals. (Photo by Stoyan Nenov/Reuters)

A protester, wearing a sweater in the colours of the Bulgarian national flag, sits on the tracks as demonstrators block the main railway station in Sofia March 10, 2013. Hundreds of Bulgarians took to the streets for a fourth Sunday in a row against monopolies and widespread corruption, demanding a stop to the planned sale of the cargo unit of ailing state railway operator BDZ and an audit of all privatisation deals. (Photo by Stoyan Nenov/Reuters)




Policemen use water cannons to break up the crowd of protesters during a rally in Baku, March 10, 2013. Police in Azerbaijan fired rubber bullets and water cannon at hundreds of opposition protesters demonstrating on Sunday against violence in the military in the oil-rich country. (Photo by Elmar Mustafazadeh/Reuters)

Policemen use water cannons to break up the crowd of protesters during a rally in Baku, March 10, 2013. Police in Azerbaijan fired rubber bullets and water cannon at hundreds of opposition protesters demonstrating on Sunday against violence in the military in the oil-rich country. (Photo by Elmar Mustafazadeh/Reuters)




An aerial view shows cross-country skiers awaiting the start of the Engadin Ski Marathon on the frozen Lake Sils near the village of Maloja March 10, 2013. More than 12,000 skiers participated in the 42.2 km (26.2 miles) race between Maloja and S-chanf near the Swiss mountain resort of St. Moritz. (Photo by Michael Buholzer/Reuters)

An aerial view shows cross-country skiers awaiting the start of the Engadin Ski Marathon on the frozen Lake Sils near the village of Maloja March 10, 2013. More than 12,000 skiers participated in the 42.2 km (26.2 miles) race between Maloja and S-chanf near the Swiss mountain resort of St. Moritz. (Photo by Michael Buholzer/Reuters)




A Hindu devotee prays during the annual Maha Shivaratri festival at Shivam Kovil in Colombo March 10, 2013. Sri Lanka's Hindu devotees celebrate the annual Maha Shivaratri festival by fasting for an entire day and holding a night long vigil at Hindu temples island wide. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)

A Hindu devotee prays during the annual Maha Shivaratri festival at Shivam Kovil in Colombo March 10, 2013. Sri Lanka's Hindu devotees celebrate the annual Maha Shivaratri festival by fasting for an entire day and holding a night long vigil at Hindu temples island wide. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)




Catholic clergy take part in a morning prayer at the Al-Bishara Church in the West Bank town of Beit Jala, near Bethlehem March 10, 2013. Christian worshippers in the West Bank voiced hope on Sunday that the conclave of Roman Catholic cardinals will swiftly elect a successor to Pope Benedict XVI. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)

Catholic clergy take part in a morning prayer at the Al-Bishara Church in the West Bank town of Beit Jala, near Bethlehem March 10, 2013. Christian worshippers in the West Bank voiced hope on Sunday that the conclave of Roman Catholic cardinals will swiftly elect a successor to Pope Benedict XVI. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)




A Pakistani Christian woman weeps after visiting  her home which was damaged by an angry Muslim mob in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, March 10, 2013. Hundreds of Christians clashed with police in eastern and southern Pakistan on Sunday, a day after a Muslim mob burned dozens of homes owned by members of the minority religious group in retaliation for alleged insults against Islam's Prophet Muhammad. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo)

A Pakistani Christian woman weeps after visiting her home which was damaged by an angry Muslim mob in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, March 10, 2013. Hundreds of Christians clashed with police in eastern and southern Pakistan on Sunday, a day after a Muslim mob burned dozens of homes owned by members of the minority religious group in retaliation for alleged insults against Islam's Prophet Muhammad. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo)




Azra, 68, looks at her dead pet bird in a cage at her home, which was burnt by a mob two days earlier, in Badami Bagh, Lahore March 11, 2013. Hundreds of Pakistani Christians took to the streets across the country on Sunday, demanding better protection after a Christian neighbourhood was torched in the city of Lahore a day earlier in connection with the country's controversial anti-blasphemy law. (Photo by Mohsin Raza/Reuters)

Azra, 68, looks at her dead pet bird in a cage at her home, which was burnt by a mob two days earlier, in Badami Bagh, Lahore March 11, 2013. Hundreds of Pakistani Christians took to the streets across the country on Sunday, demanding better protection after a Christian neighbourhood was torched in the city of Lahore a day earlier in connection with the country's controversial anti-blasphemy law. (Photo by Mohsin Raza/Reuters)




Police beat and detain a Pakistani Christian protester during a demonstration against Saturday's burning of Christian houses and belongings in Badami Bagh, Lahore March 10, 2013. Hundreds of Pakistani Christians took to the streets across the country on Sunday, demanding better protection after a Christian neighbourhood was torched in the city of Lahore a day earlier in connection with the country's controversial anti-blasphemy law. (Photo by Mohsin Raza/Reuters)

Police beat and detain a Pakistani Christian protester during a demonstration against Saturday's burning of Christian houses and belongings in Badami Bagh, Lahore March 10, 2013. Hundreds of Pakistani Christians took to the streets across the country on Sunday, demanding better protection after a Christian neighbourhood was torched in the city of Lahore a day earlier in connection with the country's controversial anti-blasphemy law. (Photo by Mohsin Raza/Reuters)




Local resident Fada Yarga prepares to climb down a ladder at his residence, a traditional mud brick house, in Gao March 11 2013. (Photo by Joe Penney/Reuters)

Local resident Fada Yarga prepares to climb down a ladder at his residence, a traditional mud brick house, in Gao March 11 2013. (Photo by Joe Penney/Reuters)




Ram Bai, mother of Ram Singh, the driver of the bus in which a young woman was gang-raped and fatally injured three months ago, wails inside her house at Ravi Das camp in New Delhi March 11, 2013. Ram Singh hanged himself in his jail cell on Monday, prison authorities said, but his family and lawyer said they suspected “foul play”. Singh, the main accused in India's most high-profile criminal case, killed himself in a cell he shared with three other inmates in New Delhi's Tihar jail just before dawn, prison spokesman Sunil Gupta said. Ravi Das camp is the slum where four of the six accused in the rape case including Singh reside at. (Photo by Mansi Thapliyal/Reuters)

Ram Bai, mother of Ram Singh, the driver of the bus in which a young woman was gang-raped and fatally injured three months ago, wails inside her house at Ravi Das camp in New Delhi March 11, 2013. Ram Singh hanged himself in his jail cell on Monday, prison authorities said, but his family and lawyer said they suspected “foul play”. Singh, the main accused in India's most high-profile criminal case, killed himself in a cell he shared with three other inmates in New Delhi's Tihar jail just before dawn, prison spokesman Sunil Gupta said. Ravi Das camp is the slum where four of the six accused in the rape case including Singh reside at. (Photo by Mansi Thapliyal/Reuters)




New York designer Michael Schmidt and architect Francis Bitonti have created a 3D-printed dress for burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese. The floor-length nylon gown was made using selective laser sintering (SLS), where material is built up in layers from plastic powder fused together with a laser. The rigid plastic components are fully articulated to create a netted structure that allows for movement. Spirals based on the Golden Ratio were applied to a computer rendering of Von Teese's body so the garment fits her exactly. (Photo by Jeff Meltz)

New York designer Michael Schmidt and architect Francis Bitonti have created a 3D-printed dress for burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese. The floor-length nylon gown was made using selective laser sintering (SLS), where material is built up in layers from plastic powder fused together with a laser. The rigid plastic components are fully articulated to create a netted structure that allows for movement. Spirals based on the Golden Ratio were applied to a computer rendering of Von Teese's body so the garment fits her exactly. (Photo by Jeff Meltz)




Cleaning workers retrieve the carcasses of pigs from a branch of Huangpu River in Shanghai, March 10, 2013. Over 2,200 pigs have been found dead in one of Shanghai's main water sources, official media reported on March 11, 2013, triggering a public outcry in China where concerns over food safety and environmental pollution run high. Picture taken March 10, 2013. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

Cleaning workers retrieve the carcasses of pigs from a branch of Huangpu River in Shanghai, March 10, 2013. Over 2,200 pigs have been found dead in one of Shanghai's main water sources, official media reported on March 11, 2013, triggering a public outcry in China where concerns over food safety and environmental pollution run high. Picture taken March 10, 2013. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)




Alexander Yushkov, 49, a boiler room operator in a local mining company, drives his self-made three-wheeled cross-country vehicle called “Bolivar” near the frozen Mana river in a remote taiga area, some 60 km (37 miles) southeast of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk March 11, 2013. Yushkov created the vehicle for off-road travel across the taiga through all possible weather conditions by modifying and reconstructing a 1971 Soviet made “Izh Planeta” motorcycle. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

Alexander Yushkov, 49, a boiler room operator in a local mining company, drives his self-made three-wheeled cross-country vehicle called “Bolivar” near the frozen Mana river in a remote taiga area, some 60 km (37 miles) southeast of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk March 11, 2013. Yushkov created the vehicle for off-road travel across the taiga through all possible weather conditions by modifying and reconstructing a 1971 Soviet made “Izh Planeta” motorcycle. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)




An activist of Jamaat-e-Islami gestures to the police during a clash in Dhaka March 11, 2013. Around 50 people have been arrested as police raided the office of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) following a violent clash with activists of the BNP and its ally Jamaat-e-Islami after a scheduled rally, local media reported. (Photo by Andrew Biraj/Reuters)

An activist of Jamaat-e-Islami gestures to the police during a clash in Dhaka March 11, 2013. Around 50 people have been arrested as police raided the office of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) following a violent clash with activists of the BNP and its ally Jamaat-e-Islami after a scheduled rally, local media reported. (Photo by Andrew Biraj/Reuters)




Venezuela's acting President, Nicolas Maduro, shows the document that he signed to register as candidate for president in the April 14th election at the national election board in Caracas March 11, 2013. Presidential candidates Maduro and Henrique Capriles have begun Venezuela's election race with scathing personal attacks even as mourners still file past the late Hugo Chavez's corpse. (Photo by Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)

Venezuela's acting President, Nicolas Maduro, shows the document that he signed to register as candidate for president in the April 14th election at the national election board in Caracas March 11, 2013. Presidential candidates Maduro and Henrique Capriles have begun Venezuela's election race with scathing personal attacks even as mourners still file past the late Hugo Chavez's corpse. (Photo by Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)




People help a driver to move his bus after activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) set fire to it during a nationwide strike in Dhaka March 12, 2013. Police on Monday arrested more than 200 opposition leaders, including BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir following a violent clash in front of their party office. The BNP announced a nationwide dawn-to-dusk shutdown on Tuesday, claiming that Monday's raid on the BNP office was an attack on the opposition 18-party rally, local media reported. (Photo by Andrew Biraj/Reuters)

People help a driver to move his bus after activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) set fire to it during a nationwide strike in Dhaka March 12, 2013. Police on Monday arrested more than 200 opposition leaders, including BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir following a violent clash in front of their party office. The BNP announced a nationwide dawn-to-dusk shutdown on Tuesday, claiming that Monday's raid on the BNP office was an attack on the opposition 18-party rally, local media reported. (Photo by Andrew Biraj/Reuters)




An Israeli soldier collects wheat stalks as her comrades search for remains at the site of a helicopter crash in a field near Kibbutz Revadim in southern Israel March 12, 2013. The Israeli air force helicopter crashed in southern Israel on Tuesday killing its two pilots, the Israeli military said. (Photo by Amir Cohen/Reuters)

An Israeli soldier collects wheat stalks as her comrades search for remains at the site of a helicopter crash in a field near Kibbutz Revadim in southern Israel March 12, 2013. The Israeli air force helicopter crashed in southern Israel on Tuesday killing its two pilots, the Israeli military said. (Photo by Amir Cohen/Reuters)




Protesters chant slogans as they celebrate after nine South African policemen accused of murder were denied bail at the Benoni court, east of Johannesburg, March 12, 2013. The nine South African policemen charged with the murder of a Mozambican taxi driver who was shackled to the back of a police vehicle and dragged to a nearby station were denied bail on Tuesday. The police officers have pleaded not guilty to murder but cellphone footage captured by an onlooker and broadcast around the world by news channels shows heavy-handed treatment meted out to 27-year-old Mido Macia. (Photo by Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters)

Protesters chant slogans as they celebrate after nine South African policemen accused of murder were denied bail at the Benoni court, east of Johannesburg, March 12, 2013. The nine South African policemen charged with the murder of a Mozambican taxi driver who was shackled to the back of a police vehicle and dragged to a nearby station were denied bail on Tuesday. The police officers have pleaded not guilty to murder but cellphone footage captured by an onlooker and broadcast around the world by news channels shows heavy-handed treatment meted out to 27-year-old Mido Macia. (Photo by Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters)




A girl is pictured through a broken window after clashes at Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp near the port city of Sidon in south Lebanon March 12, 2013. Ten people were wounded and one killed during clashes between the Fatah movement and radical Islamists that started on Monday. (Photo by Ali Hashisho/Reuters)

A girl is pictured through a broken window after clashes at Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp near the port city of Sidon in south Lebanon March 12, 2013. Ten people were wounded and one killed during clashes between the Fatah movement and radical Islamists that started on Monday. (Photo by Ali Hashisho/Reuters)




A child cries while getting a haircut at a barber shop in Huaibei, Anhui province, March 13, 2013. According to traditional Chinese beliefs, getting a haircut on the second day of the second month of the Chinese lunar calendar, which falls on March 13 this year, will bring good luck. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)

A child cries while getting a haircut at a barber shop in Huaibei, Anhui province, March 13, 2013. According to traditional Chinese beliefs, getting a haircut on the second day of the second month of the Chinese lunar calendar, which falls on March 13 this year, will bring good luck. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)




A racegoer smiles during Ladies Day, the second day of racing at the Cheltenham Festival horse racing meet in Gloucestershire, western England March 13, 2013. (Photo by Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)

A racegoer smiles during Ladies Day, the second day of racing at the Cheltenham Festival horse racing meet in Gloucestershire, western England March 13, 2013. (Photo by Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)




A woman cycles as she carries baskets to sell in a market near Lapdaung mountain in Sarlingyi township, March 13, 2013. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)

A woman cycles as she carries baskets to sell in a market near Lapdaung mountain in Sarlingyi township, March 13, 2013. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)




Girls attend their first ballet class at studio Cinderella in Sanaa March 12, 2013. (Photo by Mohamed al-Sayaghi/Reuters)

Girls attend their first ballet class at studio Cinderella in Sanaa March 12, 2013. (Photo by Mohamed al-Sayaghi/Reuters)




Britain's Prince Charles (C) smiles next to members of a traditional Jordanian troupe as they welcome him during his visit to the ancient Roman ruins in Jerash near Amman March 13, 2013. (Photo by Muhammad Hamed/Reuters)

Britain's Prince Charles (C) smiles next to members of a traditional Jordanian troupe as they welcome him during his visit to the ancient Roman ruins in Jerash near Amman March 13, 2013. (Photo by Muhammad Hamed/Reuters)




Villagers protest against a copper mine project in front of Lapdaung hill during a visit by Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Sarlingyi township March 13, 2013. People whose land was seized to allow the expansion of the copper mine in northwestern Myanmar, prompted protests that were crushed by police, should be compensated before the project goes ahead, according to an official report published on Tuesday. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)

Villagers protest against a copper mine project in front of Lapdaung hill during a visit by Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Sarlingyi township March 13, 2013. People whose land was seized to allow the expansion of the copper mine in northwestern Myanmar, prompted protests that were crushed by police, should be compensated before the project goes ahead, according to an official report published on Tuesday. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)




Afghan children from the Mobile Mini Circus Children (MMCC) perform during a show at the French Culture center in Kabul, March 13, 2013. (Photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters)

Afghan children from the Mobile Mini Circus Children (MMCC) perform during a show at the French Culture center in Kabul, March 13, 2013. (Photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters)




A fire still burns Wednesday, March 13, 2013, after a tugboat and barge hit a gas pipeline Tuesday evening in Perot Bay in Lafourche Parish, La., about 30 miles south of New Orleans. Coast Guard Cmdr. Russ Bowen said it appears the barge is intact and none of its cargo of crude oil was leaking, though there were patches of oily sheen in the area. The Coast Guard was investigating whether those sheens were related to the accident. (Photo by Gerald Herbert/AP Photo)

A fire still burns Wednesday, March 13, 2013, after a tugboat and barge hit a gas pipeline Tuesday evening in Perot Bay in Lafourche Parish, La., about 30 miles south of New Orleans. Coast Guard Cmdr. Russ Bowen said it appears the barge is intact and none of its cargo of crude oil was leaking, though there were patches of oily sheen in the area. The Coast Guard was investigating whether those sheens were related to the accident. (Photo by Gerald Herbert/AP Photo)




Pakistani boy, Haroun Matiullah, 11, holds an umbrella to shelter himself from rain, while sitting on a roadside hoping to sell his oranges, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Thursday, March 14, 2013. Haroun and his family fled Pakistan's tribal areas in 2009, due to fighting between militants and the army, and took refuge in Islamabad. (Photo by Muhammed Muheisen/AP Photo)

Pakistani boy, Haroun Matiullah, 11, holds an umbrella to shelter himself from rain, while sitting on a roadside hoping to sell his oranges, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Thursday, March 14, 2013. Haroun and his family fled Pakistan's tribal areas in 2009, due to fighting between militants and the army, and took refuge in Islamabad. (Photo by Muhammed Muheisen/AP Photo)




Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi uses binoculars to look at the Letpadaung copper mine project during a visit to Myanmar Yang Tse Copper Limited in Monywa, 760 kilometers (450 miles) north of Yangon, central Myanmar, Thursday, March 14, 2013. In talks with villagers, Suu Kyi failed to persuade her listeners to agree with the conclusions of an official panel she headed that the national interest was best served by allowing continued operation of the Letpadaung copper mine, to encourage foreign investors to help the sagging economy. (Photo by Khin Maung Win/AP Photo)

Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi uses binoculars to look at the Letpadaung copper mine project during a visit to Myanmar Yang Tse Copper Limited in Monywa, 760 kilometers (450 miles) north of Yangon, central Myanmar, Thursday, March 14, 2013. In talks with villagers, Suu Kyi failed to persuade her listeners to agree with the conclusions of an official panel she headed that the national interest was best served by allowing continued operation of the Letpadaung copper mine, to encourage foreign investors to help the sagging economy. (Photo by Khin Maung Win/AP Photo)




A protester burns tires to set up road blocks in the village of Sanabis during clashes with riot police, west of Manama, March 14, 2013. (Photo by Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters)

A protester burns tires to set up road blocks in the village of Sanabis during clashes with riot police, west of Manama, March 14, 2013. (Photo by Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters)




Jordanian and Syrian children participate in a candlelit vigil to mark the second anniversary of the Syrian revolution at the Citadel in Amman, Jordan, Thursday, March, 14, 2013. (Photo by Raad Adayleh/AP Photo)

Jordanian and Syrian children participate in a candlelit vigil to mark the second anniversary of the Syrian revolution at the Citadel in Amman, Jordan, Thursday, March, 14, 2013. (Photo by Raad Adayleh/AP Photo)




A member of the pacifist group Platform Against The BBVA covers himself in red paint to symbolise investments in armaments as he is led away by a policeman before the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Spain's second biggest bank BBVA, at the Palacio Euskalduna in Bilbao March 15, 2013. (Photo by Vincent West/Reuters)

A member of the pacifist group Platform Against The BBVA covers himself in red paint to symbolise investments in armaments as he is led away by a policeman before the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Spain's second biggest bank BBVA, at the Palacio Euskalduna in Bilbao March 15, 2013. (Photo by Vincent West/Reuters)




Snow falls as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, attends a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 14, 2013. (Photo by Misha Japaridze/AP Photo)

Snow falls as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, attends a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 14, 2013. (Photo by Misha Japaridze/AP Photo)




Indian army soldiers spit fire as they perform the mallakhamb, a traditional Indian gymnastic sport, during a display of skills at Officers Training Academy in Chennai, India, Friday, March 15, 2013. (Photo by Arun Sankar K./AP Photo

Indian army soldiers spit fire as they perform the mallakhamb, a traditional Indian gymnastic sport, during a display of skills at Officers Training Academy in Chennai, India, Friday, March 15, 2013. (Photo by Arun Sankar K./AP Photo)




A young newly-wed Chinese couple  at the Trocadero plaza near the  Effeil in Paris, France, as they pose for  photographs in the snow Tuesday March 12, 2012. Hundreds of flights out of Western Europe have been cancelled, no trains are running under the English Channel, and Belgium’s prince is stuck at home all because of a sudden dump of oddly late snowfall on Western Europe.  Less-prepared for the kind of heavy snow that regularly hits northern and eastern neighbors, cities across France, Belgium, southern England and Germany struggled Tuesday to assure transport amid the frosty conditions. (Photo by Jacques Brinon/AP Photo)

A young newly-wed Chinese couple at the Trocadero plaza near the Effeil in Paris, France, as they pose for photographs in the snow Tuesday March 12, 2012. Hundreds of flights out of Western Europe have been cancelled, no trains are running under the English Channel, and Belgium’s prince is stuck at home all because of a sudden dump of oddly late snowfall on Western Europe. Less-prepared for the kind of heavy snow that regularly hits northern and eastern neighbors, cities across France, Belgium, southern England and Germany struggled Tuesday to assure transport amid the frosty conditions. (Photo by Jacques Brinon/AP Photo)




Kirsten Moore-Towers and Dylan Moscovitch, of Canada, perform during the pairs free program at the World Figure Skating Championships Friday, March 15, 2013, in London, Ontario. (Photo by Darron Cummings/AP Photo)

Kirsten Moore-Towers and Dylan Moscovitch, of Canada, perform during the pairs free program at the World Figure Skating Championships Friday, March 15, 2013, in London, Ontario. (Photo by Darron Cummings/AP Photo)




Afghan Police officers stand around a dead body after U.S. forces fired on an Afghan truck, killing two passengers and injuring another on the road between Kabul and Bagram, Afghanistan, on March 11, 2013. (Photo by Ali Hamed Haghdoust/Associated Press)

Afghan Police officers stand around a dead body after U.S. forces fired on an Afghan truck, killing two passengers and injuring another on the road between Kabul and Bagram, Afghanistan, on March 11, 2013. (Photo by Ali Hamed Haghdoust/Associated Press)




Balinese Hindu devotees carry effigies known as “Ogoh-Ogoh” during a parade one day before “Silent Day” in Denpasar on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on March 11, 2013. The predominantly Hindu island of Bali in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-populated nation, will celebrate the “Day of Silence” on March 12, locally known as Nyepi. (Photo by Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP Photo)

Balinese Hindu devotees carry effigies known as “Ogoh-Ogoh” during a parade one day before “Silent Day” in Denpasar on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on March 11, 2013. The predominantly Hindu island of Bali in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-populated nation, will celebrate the “Day of Silence” on March 12, locally known as Nyepi. (Photo by Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP Photo)




Alexa Scimeca and Chris Knierim, of the United States, react as they watch their scores during the pairs free program at the World Figure Skating Championships Friday, March 15, 2013, in London, Ontario. (Photo by Darron Cummings/AP Photo)

Alexa Scimeca and Chris Knierim, of the United States, react as they watch their scores during the pairs free program at the World Figure Skating Championships Friday, March 15, 2013, in London, Ontario. (Photo by Darron Cummings/AP Photo)




A model presents a dress made from chocolate during the second Bordeaux's Chocolate fair (Salon du Chocolat) on March 15, 2013, in Bordeaux, western France. (Photo by Jean-Pierre Muller/AFP Photo)

A model presents a dress made from chocolate during the second Bordeaux's Chocolate fair (Salon du Chocolat) on March 15, 2013, in Bordeaux, western France. (Photo by Jean-Pierre Muller/AFP Photo)




A hostess (L) poses on Tiananmen Square as they wait for delegates to return from the closing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Thousands of delegates from across China met this week to seal a power transfer to new leaders whose first months running the Communist Party have pumped up expectations with a deluge of propaganda. (Photo by Ed Jones)

A hostess (L) poses on Tiananmen Square as they wait for delegates to return from the closing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Thousands of delegates from across China met this week to seal a power transfer to new leaders whose first months running the Communist Party have pumped up expectations with a deluge of propaganda. (Photo by Ed Jones)




A soldier from the 'Karakal' Battalion during a graduation march near the Israeli-Egyptian border on March 13, 2010 near Azoz, Israel. The Karakal is a mixed-s*x battalion formed in 2004, with men and women serving together in this combat unit, based in the Negev desert on the borders with Egypt and Jordan. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich)

A soldier from the “Karakal” Battalion during a graduation march near the Israeli-Egyptian border on March 13, 2010 near Azoz, Israel. The Karakal is a mixed-s*x battalion formed in 2004, with men and women serving together in this combat unit, based in the Negev desert on the borders with Egypt and Jordan. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich)




An Indian taxi driver waits for customers on a street in New Delhi, India, Thursday, March 14, 2013. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/AP Photo)

An Indian taxi driver waits for customers on a street in New Delhi, India, Thursday, March 14, 2013. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/AP Photo)




One World Trade Center emerges from the clouds in the night sky in a photo made from a passing airplane, Monday, March 12, 2013 in New York. Construction continues on the office complex going up on the site of the original World Trade Center that was destroyed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. (Photo by Matthew Ziegler/AP Photo)

One World Trade Center emerges from the clouds in the night sky in a photo made from a passing airplane, Monday, March 12, 2013 in New York. Construction continues on the office complex going up on the site of the original World Trade Center that was destroyed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. (Photo by Matthew Ziegler/AP Photo)




Afghan boys peer out from the trunk of a car as they get a ride through the center of Kabul, Friday, March 15, 2013. (Photo by Anja Niedringhaus/AP Photo)

Afghan boys peer out from the trunk of a car as they get a ride through the center of Kabul, Friday, March 15, 2013. (Photo by Anja Niedringhaus/AP Photo)




A gunman fires his weapom during clashes between the Palestinian Fateh Movement and the Islamic group of Fateh al-Islam, in the Ein el-Hilweh camp near the southern city of Sidon, Lebanon, on March 12, 2013. The fighting between rival factions in Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp have killed one person and injured more than a dozen. (Photo by Mohammed Zaatari/Associated Press)

A gunman fires his weapom during clashes between the Palestinian Fateh Movement and the Islamic group of Fateh al-Islam, in the Ein el-Hilweh camp near the southern city of Sidon, Lebanon, on March 12, 2013. The fighting between rival factions in Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp have killed one person and injured more than a dozen. (Photo by Mohammed Zaatari/Associated Press)




A child holds a candle during a rally denouncing the annual joint military exercises between South Korea and the United States in Seoul, South Korea, on March 15, 2013. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/Associated Press)

A child holds a candle during a rally denouncing the annual joint military exercises between South Korea and the United States in Seoul, South Korea, on March 15, 2013. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/Associated Press)




The Olympic champion in swimming, American Michael Phelps (at the left), and the Paralympic champion, Brazilian Daniel Dias (on the right) help children during sports occupations in Rocinha pool, Rio de Janeiro, on March 11, 2013, during the 2013 Laureus World Sports Awards in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)

The Olympic champion in swimming, American Michael Phelps (at the left), and the Paralympic champion, Brazilian Daniel Dias (on the right) help children during sports occupations in Rocinha pool, Rio de Janeiro, on March 11, 2013, during the 2013 Laureus World Sports Awards in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)




Visitors look at the the painted ceiling of a reconstructed wooden synagogue that dates back centuries during a presentation  to the media in Warsaw, Poland, on March 12, 2013. The painting in the17th century synagogue is a key attraction in the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, a major institution due to open next year in  Warsaw. (Photo by Czarek Sokolowski/Associated Press)

Visitors look at the the painted ceiling of a reconstructed wooden synagogue that dates back centuries during a presentation to the media in Warsaw, Poland, on March 12, 2013. The painting in the17th century synagogue is a key attraction in the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, a major institution due to open next year in Warsaw. (Photo by Czarek Sokolowski/Associated Press)




A Marine plunges into the ice cold water during the ice breaking drill,  as troops take part in Exercise Hairspring 2013, which focuses on cold weather survival and warfare training for Royal Marines Commando Reservists in the mountains range near to Porsanger Garrison near Lakselv, Norway, onSaturday March 9, 2013. (Photo by Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)

A Marine plunges into the ice cold water during the ice breaking drill, as troops take part in Exercise Hairspring 2013, which focuses on cold weather survival and warfare training for Royal Marines Commando Reservists in the mountains range near to Porsanger Garrison near Lakselv, Norway, onSaturday March 9, 2013. (Photo by Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)




The single-motor Cessna plane flying from the USA, fell in Manaus, on March 12, 2013. (Photo by Arlesson Sicsu/Futura Press/Estadão Conteúdo)

The single-motor Cessna plane flying from the USA, fell in Manaus, on March 12, 2013. (Photo by Arlesson Sicsu/Futura Press/Estadão Conteúdo)




US-Bulgarian artist Christo (R) during a press-visit in his installation “Big Air Package” on March 14, 2013 at the Oberhausen Casle in Oberhausen, western Germany. 18 years after the wrapping of the Reichstag and 14 years after the installation “The Wall” as the finale of the Emscher Park International Building Exhibition, Christo is returning to Germany with a further art project: From March 16 to December 30, 2013, Christo will fill the Oberhausen Gasometer with his Big Air Package. The artwork is the largest ever inflated frameless envelope and the largest indoor sculpture ever made. (Photo by Martin Meissner/AP Photo)

US-Bulgarian artist Christo (R) during a press-visit in his installation “Big Air Package” on March 14, 2013 at the Oberhausen Casle in Oberhausen, western Germany. 18 years after the wrapping of the Reichstag and 14 years after the installation “The Wall” as the finale of the Emscher Park International Building Exhibition, Christo is returning to Germany with a further art project: From March 16 to December 30, 2013, Christo will fill the Oberhausen Gasometer with his Big Air Package. The artwork is the largest ever inflated frameless envelope and the largest indoor sculpture ever made. (Photo by Martin Meissner/AP Photo)




Family members of paramilitary soldier mourn by his coffin during his cremation ceremony in Peraiyur, India, on March 14, 2013. The man was among five soldiers that were killed during an attack by militants. (Photo by Associated Press)

Family members of paramilitary soldier mourn by his coffin during his cremation ceremony in Peraiyur, India, on March 14, 2013. The man was among five soldiers that were killed during an attack by militants. (Photo by Associated Press)




The fossil of a blue whale age of 2 thousand years was found  on Praia do Leste beach, the southern coast of São Paulo. Blue whales are on the verge of disappearance and total less than 200 individuals in the whole world. (Photo by Divulgação/Unesp)

The fossil of a blue whale age of 2 thousand years was found on Praia do Leste beach, the southern coast of São Paulo. Blue whales are on the verge of disappearance and total less than 200 individuals in the whole world. (Photo by Divulgação/Unesp)




Handout photo issued by the Lancet of the Mummy of Hatiay in a scanner, March 11, 2013. A macabre study of mummified corpses shows that heart attacks and strokes may have plagued the ancient world as well as the modern one. Scientists studied 137 mummies from Egypt and other locations around the world dating back 4,000 years. More than a third showed signs of likely or definite hardening and narrowing of the arteries. The condition, known as atherosclerosis, is the primary cause of heart attacks and strokes caused by lack of blood to the brain. Until now it had been widely assumed that today's high rates of heart and artery disease were chiefly the result of unhealthy modern lifestyles. Diets rich in saturated fat encourage the deposit of fatty layers on artery walls which harden over time. As a result blood vessels become narrower and the flow of blood is impeded. When insufficient blood reaches the heart muscle or brain it can trigger a heart attack or stroke. The latest findings, published in The Lancet medical journal, suggests that other factors besides diet and lifestyle play a leading role in atherosclerosis. (Photo by The Lancet/PA Wire)

Handout photo issued by the Lancet of the Mummy of Hatiay in a scanner, March 11, 2013. A macabre study of mummified corpses shows that heart attacks and strokes may have plagued the ancient world as well as the modern one. Scientists studied 137 mummies from Egypt and other locations around the world dating back 4,000 years. More than a third showed signs of likely or definite hardening and narrowing of the arteries. The condition, known as atherosclerosis, is the primary cause of heart attacks and strokes caused by lack of blood to the brain. Until now it had been widely assumed that today's high rates of heart and artery disease were chiefly the result of unhealthy modern lifestyles. Diets rich in saturated fat encourage the deposit of fatty layers on artery walls which harden over time. As a result blood vessels become narrower and the flow of blood is impeded. When insufficient blood reaches the heart muscle or brain it can trigger a heart attack or stroke. The latest findings, published in The Lancet medical journal, suggests that other factors besides diet and lifestyle play a leading role in atherosclerosis. (Photo by The Lancet/PA Wire)




A member of staff looks at the Diageo Claive Scotch Whisky collection the worlds largest collection of Scotch whisky with 3,5000 individual bottles the collection is on display at the Scottish Whisky Experience near Edinburgh Castle on Sunday March 10, 2013. Master blenders from across the globe will meet in Scotland next month in search of the year's top whisky. The Scotch Whisky Experience in Edinburgh, home to the world's largest collection at 3,384 bottles, will host the International Spirits Challenge for a second year. (Photo by Davis Cheskin/PA Wire)

A member of staff looks at the Diageo Claive Scotch Whisky collection the worlds largest collection of Scotch whisky with 3,5000 individual bottles the collection is on display at the Scottish Whisky Experience near Edinburgh Castle on Sunday March 10, 2013. Master blenders from across the globe will meet in Scotland next month in search of the year's top whisky. The Scotch Whisky Experience in Edinburgh, home to the world's largest collection at 3,384 bottles, will host the International Spirits Challenge for a second year. (Photo by Davis Cheskin/PA Wire)




Ross Murray at the grave of a medieval knight that has been discovered under an old city car park in Edinburgh, Wednesday March 13, 2013. The grave of a medieval knight and the foundations of a monastery built by a former king of Scotland have been found under an old city car park. Archaeologists made the discoveries, with dozens of other artifacts, during the excavation of a building site in Edinburgh's Old Town. (Photo by Danny Lawson/PA Wire)

Ross Murray at the grave of a medieval knight that has been discovered under an old city car park in Edinburgh, Wednesday March 13, 2013. The grave of a medieval knight and the foundations of a monastery built by a former king of Scotland have been found under an old city car park. Archaeologists made the discoveries, with dozens of other artifacts, during the excavation of a building site in Edinburgh's Old Town. (Photo by Danny Lawson/PA Wire)




An Indian sand artist applies the finishing touches to a sand sculpture of the new pope at the Golden Sea beach on the Bay of Bengal coast in Puri, Orissa state, India, Thursday, March 14, 2013. Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope Wednesday, becoming the first pontiff from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. He chose the name Francis, associating himself with the humble 13th-century Italian preacher who lived a life of poverty.  (Photo by Biswaranjan Rout/AP Photo)

An Indian sand artist applies the finishing touches to a sand sculpture of the new pope at the Golden Sea beach on the Bay of Bengal coast in Puri, Orissa state, India, Thursday, March 14, 2013. Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope Wednesday, becoming the first pontiff from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. He chose the name Francis, associating himself with the humble 13th-century Italian preacher who lived a life of poverty. (Photo by Biswaranjan Rout/AP Photo)




A young Balinese couple kiss during the Kissing Festival known as “Omed-Omedan” at Sesetan village on March 13, 2013 in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. During the annual festival, Balinese youths gather first to pray, then to kiss and dance as spectators douse the teenagers with water. The festival follows the Day of Nyepi, and is intended to fend off bad luck in the year ahead. (Photo by Firdia Lisnawati/AP Photo)

A young Balinese couple kiss during the Kissing Festival known as “Omed-Omedan” at Sesetan village on March 13, 2013 in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. During the annual festival, Balinese youths gather first to pray, then to kiss and dance as spectators douse the teenagers with water. The festival follows the Day of Nyepi, and is intended to fend off bad luck in the year ahead. (Photo by Firdia Lisnawati/AP Photo)




Indian policemen take cover during a gunbattle in Srinagar, India, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. A team of militants stormed a paramilitary camp Wednesday morning in the capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, leaving five soldiers and two militants dead and 10 more people wounded, a police official said. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)

Indian policemen take cover during a gunbattle in Srinagar, India, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. A team of militants stormed a paramilitary camp Wednesday morning in the capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, leaving five soldiers and two militants dead and 10 more people wounded, a police official said. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)




Israeli policemen stand guard in Jerusalem's Old City. Israeli police declared an age limit on Friday for Palestinians wanting to enter the Old City, only allowing males above the age of 50 and all females to enter. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)

Israeli policemen stand guard in Jerusalem's Old City. Israeli police declared an age limit on Friday for Palestinians wanting to enter the Old City, only allowing males above the age of 50 and all females to enter. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)




People perform a dragon dance during a cultural festival marking the end of Chinese New Year celebrations in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (Photo by Achmad Ibrahim/AP Photo)

People perform a dragon dance during a cultural festival marking the end of Chinese New Year celebrations in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (Photo by Achmad Ibrahim/AP Photo)




An activist dressed as orangutan takes part in a protest demanding that Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to take immediate action to save orangutan outside the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, March 14, 2013. Orangutan populations in Indonesia's Borneo and Sumatera island are facing severe threats from habitat loss, illegal logging, fires and poaching. (Photo by Dita Alangkara/AP Photo)

An activist dressed as orangutan takes part in a protest demanding that Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to take immediate action to save orangutan outside the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, March 14, 2013. Orangutan populations in Indonesia's Borneo and Sumatera island are facing severe threats from habitat loss, illegal logging, fires and poaching. (Photo by Dita Alangkara/AP Photo)




Villagers look at flooded houses pictured in the village Guri i Zi, in the western part of Kosovo on Friday, March 15, 2013. A 8-year-old girl drowned after days off heavy rain fall swelled a river in the northern town of Skenderaj, and  flooded many areas in Kosovo. (Photo by Visar Kryeziu/AP Photo)

Villagers look at flooded houses pictured in the village Guri i Zi, in the western part of Kosovo on Friday, March 15, 2013. A 8-year-old girl drowned after days off heavy rain fall swelled a river in the northern town of Skenderaj, and flooded many areas in Kosovo. (Photo by Visar Kryeziu/AP Photo)




Top Oil launches annual amateur photography competition themed: “Fuelling Creativity” Photography is “top” fuel for creativity! Pictured at The Lighthouse Cinema today were Finn Richardson, aged 4 from Wicklow and Kiarra Bailey, aged 4 from Dublin launching Top Oil's annual search for aspiring photographers, who think they can capture the inventive theme “Fuelling Creativity” and win one of the 12 places available in Top Oil's 2014 calendar, on March 11, 2013. (Photo by Marc O'Sullivan)

Top Oil launches annual amateur photography competition themed: “Fuelling Creativity” Photography is “top” fuel for creativity! Pictured at The Lighthouse Cinema today were Finn Richardson, aged 4 from Wicklow and Kiarra Bailey, aged 4 from Dublin launching Top Oil's annual search for aspiring photographers, who think they can capture the inventive theme “Fuelling Creativity” and win one of the 12 places available in Top Oil's 2014 calendar, on March 11, 2013. (Photo by Marc O'Sullivan)




A 35-year-old deaf and mute woman threatens to take her life after climbing up the supports of a sculpture in Omonia Square, Athens, on March 11, 2013. The woman, a single mother of two, was protesting serious delays in disability payments that have resulted from successive austerity measures in the crisis-hit country. The woman was later lifted to safety by fire fighters using a crane. She had carried out a similar protest at the same spot three months ago. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/Associated Press)

A 35-year-old deaf and mute woman threatens to take her life after climbing up the supports of a sculpture in Omonia Square, Athens, on March 11, 2013. The woman, a single mother of two, was protesting serious delays in disability payments that have resulted from successive austerity measures in the crisis-hit country. The woman was later lifted to safety by fire fighters using a crane. She had carried out a similar protest at the same spot three months ago. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/Associated Press)




Pakistani men, part of an angry mob, throw bricks at a Christian house after setting it on fire, in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, March 9, 2013. A mob of hundreds of people in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore attacked a Christian neighborhood Saturday and set fire to homes after hearing accusations that a Christian man had committed blasphemy against Islam's prophet, said a police officer. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo)

Pakistani men, part of an angry mob, throw bricks at a Christian house after setting it on fire, in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, March 9, 2013. A mob of hundreds of people in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore attacked a Christian neighborhood Saturday and set fire to homes after hearing accusations that a Christian man had committed blasphemy against Islam's prophet, said a police officer. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo)




The Breitling Jet Team flies over the Petronas Towers above Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on March 14, 2013. The show  is the fourth stop of their Breitling Asian Tour. (Photo by Katsuhiko Tokunaga/Breitling)

The Breitling Jet Team flies over the Petronas Towers above Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on March 14, 2013. The show is the fourth stop of their Breitling Asian Tour. (Photo by Katsuhiko Tokunaga/Breitling)




Teams of Czech and Polish experts are working to free a Czech Boeing 737 airplane from a muddy field at the airport in Katowice, Poland on Wednesday, March 13, 2013. The plane from the Czech Travel Service airline skidded late Tuesday and went some 20 meters (22 yards) off the Pyrzowice airport runway and ran into wet ground, where its front landing gear sank. None of the 176 passengers and six crew members was hurt. The airport remains closed and flights are redirected to nearby Krakow. (Photo by Artur Gierwatowski/AP Photo)

Teams of Czech and Polish experts are working to free a Czech Boeing 737 airplane from a muddy field at the airport in Katowice, Poland on Wednesday, March 13, 2013. The plane from the Czech Travel Service airline skidded late Tuesday and went some 20 meters (22 yards) off the Pyrzowice airport runway and ran into wet ground, where its front landing gear sank. None of the 176 passengers and six crew members was hurt. The airport remains closed and flights are redirected to nearby Krakow. (Photo by Artur Gierwatowski/AP Photo)




Ian Abbot from Halifax looks through his badge adorned binoculars during St Patrick's Thursday at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse, Gloucestershire, on March 14, 2013. (Photo by Tim Ireland/PA Wire)

Ian Abbot from Halifax looks through his badge adorned binoculars during St Patrick's Thursday at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse, Gloucestershire, on March 14, 2013. (Photo by Tim Ireland/PA Wire)




An Asian municipal worker  plays on his cell phone as he rests at an advertising  in Moscow,  Russia, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)

An Asian municipal worker plays on his cell phone as he rests at an advertising in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)




Lystra Adams from Staffordshire arrives during Ladies Day at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse, Gloucestershire, UK, on March 13, 2013. (Photo by Tim Ireland/PA Wire)

Lystra Adams from Staffordshire arrives during Ladies Day at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse, Gloucestershire, UK, on March 13, 2013. (Photo by Tim Ireland/PA Wire)




Russian President Vladimir Putin, second right, and U.S. movie actor Steven Seagal, right rear, visit  a new sports arena in Moscow, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. President Vladimir Putin has called for the revival of the Soviet-era physical evaluation program that required all schoolchildren to pass fitness tests. In center is Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin. (Photo by Alexei Nikolsky/AP Photo/RIA Novosti/Presidential Press Service)

Russian President Vladimir Putin, second right, and U.S. movie actor Steven Seagal, right rear, visit a new sports arena in Moscow, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. President Vladimir Putin has called for the revival of the Soviet-era physical evaluation program that required all schoolchildren to pass fitness tests. In center is Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin. (Photo by Alexei Nikolsky/AP Photo/RIA Novosti/Presidential Press Service)




Undated handout photo issued by Crossrail of carefully laid out skeletons thought to be from a 14th century burial ground that have been discovered in London during work on the £14.8 billion Crossrail project. (Photo by Crossrail/PA Wire)

Undated handout photo issued by Crossrail of carefully laid out skeletons thought to be from a 14th century burial ground that have been discovered in London during work on the £14.8 billion Crossrail project. (Photo by Crossrail/PA Wire)




Japanese mountaineer Kosei Yamada, who was reported missing on Wednesday last week, is assisted by rescuers after he was found at the bottom of a ravine at Mount Sibayak in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on March 10, 2013. Yamada was found alive near the top of the 7,257 ft active volcano. (Photo by Binsar Bakkara/Associated Press)

Japanese mountaineer Kosei Yamada, who was reported missing on Wednesday last week, is assisted by rescuers after he was found at the bottom of a ravine at Mount Sibayak in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on March 10, 2013. Yamada was found alive near the top of the 7,257 ft active volcano. (Photo by Binsar Bakkara/Associated Press)




A Christie's employee (name withheld) holds a 101.73 carat pear-shaped diamond, the largest D colour flawless diamond ever to be offered for sale at auction, which is expected to fetch in excess of $20 million (£13.36 million), during a photocall at Christie's auction house, in central London, on March 13, 2013. (Photo by Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)

A Christie's employee (name withheld) holds a 101.73 carat pear-shaped diamond, the largest D colour flawless diamond ever to be offered for sale at auction, which is expected to fetch in excess of $20 million (£13.36 million), during a photocall at Christie's auction house, in central London, on March 13, 2013. (Photo by Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)




A man reads a newspaper featuring a photo of the newly elected Pope Francis, in downtown in Caracas,Venezuela, Thursday, March 14, 2013. Latin Americans reacted with joy on Wednesday at news that Argentina's former cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who chose the name Francis, had become the first pope ever from the Americas. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

A man reads a newspaper featuring a photo of the newly elected Pope Francis, in downtown in Caracas,Venezuela, Thursday, March 14, 2013. Latin Americans reacted with joy on Wednesday at news that Argentina's former cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who chose the name Francis, had become the first pope ever from the Americas. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)
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