Snapshots of the Fortnight (March 20, April 2)

Apr 05, 2013, 06:41 IST3 min

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A bodysurfer punches through a wave at the Ehukai sandbar near the surf break (known as &#39Pipeline&#39) on the North Shore of Oahu in Hawaii on March 20<br /><br /> ...

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Christie&rsquos specialist James Hyslop holds a pre-17th century sub-fossilised Elephant Bird egg in London on March 27. The rare egg is expected to sell for 20,000-30,000 GB pounds (US $30...

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A butterfly emerges from its chrysalis in the &#39Sensational Butterflies&#39 exhibition at the Natural History museum in London on March 25. The live, tropical butterfly house is stationed...

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Olivia, a five-year-old Angolan colobus monkey, clutches her baby at the Brookfield Zoo in Illinois on March 27. The infant monkeys are born completely white, turn grey, and then black (the...

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

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Palestinian groom Emad al-Malalha, 21, walks with Manal Abu Shanar, 17, his Egyptian bride, inside a smuggling tunnel beneath the Gaza-Egypt border in the southern Gaza Strip on March 21. A...

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Brides pose for photos before their mass wedding ceremony at the Museum of the Republic in Brasilia on March 23. Seventy-eight couples participated in the mass wedding as part of the fifth ...

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Police detain a college student during a protest in the southern Indian city of Chennai on March 27. Dozens of students held a protest against Sri Lanka demanding the probe into war crimes....

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A man stands in front of a mosque as it burns in Meikhtila on March 21. The central Myanmar town declared a curfew after clashes killed 10 people, including a Buddhist monk, and injured at ...

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Penitents pass a man with a dog as they walk to a church before taking part in the procession of &lsquoLa Paz&rsquo (The Peace) brotherhood during Holy Week in the Andalusian capital of Sev...

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A man dressed as the Easter Bunny is given a warning by California Highway Patrol (CHP) Officer Adam Griffiths in this CHP handout photo in La Mesa, California on March 31.&nbsp The man was...

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