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World
Apr 3, 2010

News in pictures on Saturday



An Indian soldier stands guard in a field near a railway track targeted by militants at Kakapora, south of Srinagar. Indian troops shot dead six suspected militants in revolt-hit Kashmir as rebels blew up two to three metres of train tracks, inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in October 2008. -- PHOTO: AFP




Two divers play a game of noughts and crosses as they try to break the Guinness world record for the event which stands at 24 hours, in Melbourne on Friday. The divers are raising money for the Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday appeal and hope to spend 36 hours in the water -- PHOTO: AFP




Residents bathe in the waters of Wawa dam spillway in Montalban town east of Manila on Saturday. Filipinos are enjoying a long Easter weekend and are spending time in the water to seek relief from one of the hottest months in the tropical Philippines. -- PHOTO: AFP

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Palestinians enjoy a night out on the beach in Gaza City with the rise in temperatures on Friday. Israel has threatened widescale military action against the Gaza Strip after launching a string of air strikes in response to rocket fire from the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave. -- PHOTO: AFP



Police officers stand guard during a ceremony at the Coricancha Inca temple after the opening of the Machu Picchu achaeological site on Thursday. The 15th-century city perched around 2,500 meters (8,200 feet) above sea level is the most visited site in South America, a pillar of the Cusco region and the source of 90 percent of Peru's tourist revenues, according to the country's finance ministry. -- PHOTO: AFP




Actors take part in an open-air performance of The Passion of Christ in Trafalgar Square, central London, to mark Good Friday. The performance is free to the public and there will be 107 actors in costume taking part. -- PHOTO: AFP

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Children look at a sphere sculpture made from Easter eggs on the day of its unveiling at Kievo-Pecherskaya Lavra cathedral in Kiev. The artwork, created by Ukrainian artist Oksana Mas, is made from 3000 wooden Easter eggs painted in traditional Ukrainian style. -- PHOTO: REUTERS




A man builds a sand sculpture in the image of Jesus during Holy Week in Oruro, Bolivia. -- PHOTO: AP




Actors take part in the Last Supper in a re-enactment of the Stations of the Cross (Via Crucis) at Delfines beach in Cancun. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

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An employee of Mitsukoshi Department Store intoduces a pure gold Mickey Mouse at the head store in Tokyo on April 3, 2010. The department store started selling the only figure in Japan, which is 20cm tall and weighs 2kg, at US$225,800 to commemorate the second anniversary of Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. -- PHOTO: AFP




Hindu devotees participate in a fire walking ceremony on to honour the Hindu Goddess Draupathi Amman at the Sathie Sunmarga Sungum in Chatsworth, south of Durban. Some 2000 devotees participated in the annual event. -- PHOTO: AFP




A young man lights a candle in front of a portrait of the late Pope John Paul II, in Warsaw, Poland, during ceremonies marking the 5th anniversary of the pope's death. -- PHOTO: AP



People at Fisherman's Wharf watch as master baker Fernando Padilla makes seasonal sculpted sourdough bread shaped like a bunny for Easter at Boudin at the Wharf in San Francisco. The historic bakery will be making the bunny sculpted bread through Sunday. -- PHOTO: AP