Children enjoy the St. Patrick's Day celebrations in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Monday, March, 17, 2008. Half a million Dubliners and visitors gathered five deep to enjoy their parade, the centerpiece of a five-day festival.
A reveller in a shamrock hat takes part in St. Patrick's Day celebrations in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Monday, March, 17, 2008.
Denmark
Participants wait in the rain and snow for the annual St. Patrick's Day parade to begin in Copenhagen, Monday, March 17, 2008, in celebration of the national holiday of Ireland.
Florida
Dressed in green uniforms for St. Patrick's Day, Minnesota Twins pitcher Boof Bonser, right, stands with Delmon Young, second from right, during the National Anthem prior to their Spring Training baseball game against the Florida Marlins in Fort Myers, Fla., Monday March 17, 2008.
Washington, D.C.
Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern presents President Bush with a bowl of shamrocks during a St. Patrick's Day ceremony, Monday, March 17, 2008, in the East Room of the White House in Washington.
New York
James Carrol enjoys the St. Patrick's Day Parade Monday, March 17, 2008 in New York City. This annual parade has been held for the past 247 years in honor of the Patron Saint of Ireland and the Archdiocese of New York.
A man dressed as a leprechaun holds a sign alluding to the Eliot Spitzer prostitute scandal during the St. Patrick's Day Parade Monday, March 17, 2008 in New York City. New York boasts the nation's largest parade, typically drawing 2 million spectators and 150,000 marchers.
The Empire State Building is illuminated in green to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, in New York, Monday, March 17, 2008.
Ontario
Flex the bulldog is dressed up for the occasion during the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in Peterborough, Ontario, on Sunday, March 16, 2008.
Montreal
Some of the thousands of people who dressed in green to watch the 184th consecutive St. Patrick's Day Parade in Montreal, Canada on Sunday, March 16, 2008.
Detroit
Emily Cassleman of Royal Oak who said she is only a tiny bit Irish, got all decked out for the 50th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in Detroit, Sunday, March 16, 2008.
The bus from Wild Woody's in Roseville drives down Michigan Ave. while its riders shower the crowd with candy and beads during the 50th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in Detroit, Sunday, March 16, 2008.
Russia
A man waves an Irish flag during a St. Patrick's Day Parade in Moscow, Sunday, March 16, 2008.
Boston
Sgt. Joseph Mallory of Chicago plays tuba as he marches with the 2nd. Marine Division Band during, the St. Patrick's Day Parade in South Boston, Sunday, March 16, 2008.
Savannah, Ga.
Deborah Padilla, right, of Savannah kisses a person marching in the 2008 St. Patrick's Day parade, March 14, 2008, in Savannah, Ga. Savannah boasts the nation's second-largest St. Patrick's parade, behind only New York. The date of the parade was changed because of a quirk in the 2008 calendar that places Monday the 17th during Holy Week. It happens only about once a century.