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World
Mar 31, 2010

News in pictures on Wednesday



An adult is seen at the Koziolek Matolek European fairytales centre on March 26, 2010 in Pacanow, some 200 kms south of Warsaw. Fief of the adventures of a hero in a Polish comic book, the small village of Pacanow has built a centre of interactive European fairytales with educational purposes, far from the universe of Disney. -- PHOTO: AFP




Children play nearby as villagers collect water from a water tank on the outskirt of Kunming, Yunnan province March 30, 2010. The worst drought in a century has been ravaging China's south-west provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou and the region of Guangxi, leaving 20.5 million residents and 12.6 million heads of livestock with insufficient drinking water -- PHOTO: REUTERS




Tourists gathered to watch lava flow at the site of a volcanic eruption at the Fimmvorduhals volcano near the Eyjafjallajokull glacier some 125km east of Reykjakic. With lava still gushing, a small Icelandic volcano that initially sent hundreds fleeing from their homes is turning into a boon for the island nation's tourism industry, as visitors flock to catch a glimpse of the eruption. -- PHOTO: AFP

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Hooded penitents take part in a Holy Week procession in Riobamba, Ecuador, Tuesday, March 30, 2010. -- PHOTO: AP




Residents look over the flood waters along Riverbank Road March 30, 2010 in Attleboro, Massachusetts. The second major rain storm of March doused the Northeast today, causing flooding and evacuations. National Guard troops were activated in Massachusetts and Rhode Island where a state of emergency was declared. -- PHOTO: AFP




Dancers in bunny costumes during the press preview for the new parade Disney Easter Wonderland at the Tokyo Disneyland at Urayasu city, suburban Tokyo on March 31, 2010. The Disneyl theme park will start the new attractions for the easter, featuring the Alice in Wonderland from April 1 through June 30. -- PHOTO: AFP

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Residents dressed as Roman soldiers walk during the Moriones (meaning mask, or visor) Festival in Marinduque island, central Philippines March 31, 2010. Every year during Holy Week, residents in costumes and masks parade the streets as part of celebrations for the colourful religious festival -- PHOTO: REUTERS




The Soyuz TMA-18 space ship is rolled out of a hangar to the launch pad at Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan March 31, 2010. The start of the new Soyuz mission, with US astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Mikhail Kornienko, is due for blast off to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on April 2, 2010. -- PHOTO: REUTERS




Seattle's Space Needle is seen among tulips. Residents of the Pacific Northwest know spring is here when the daffodils and tulips begin showing their brilliant colors. -- PHOTO: AP

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Actors perform during the closing ceremony of the IX South American Games in Medellin, Antioquia department, Colombia. -- PHOTO: AFP




Lit candles form the number 39, marking the number of victims in the bomb explosions in the Moscow metro, during a commemoration ceremony in the southern Russian town of Beslan. Moscow observed an official day of mourning on Tuesday and nervous commuters returned to the metro, while the death toll from twin suicide bombings on the capital's underground railway rose to 39 people. -- PHOTO: REUTERS




Penitents take part in the procession of 'La Sangre' brotherhood during Holy Week in Cordoba, southern Spain. Hundreds of Easter processions take place around the clock in Spain during Holy Week, drawing thousands of visitors. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

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A swan makes its way to the back yard of on of the flooded homes on Staples Shore Road in Lakeville, after heavy rains swept through the area flooding most of the properties. -- PHOTO: AP




A balloon seller struggles against the wind during Holy Week in Malaga, southern Spain. Hundreds of Easter processions take place around the clock in Spain during Holy Week, drawing thousands of visitors. -- PHOTO: REUTERS




Kyle German of Crossfield, Alberta, Canada, falls off before the 8-second mark, at the Bull Dazzle event at the Great Northern Fairgrounds' Bigger Better Barn in Havre, Mont. -- PHOTO: REUTERS




A stork flies at sunset in Petrovec village, 20 km (12 miles) east of capital Skopje. -- PHOTO: REUTERS