Photos of the week
The egg measures over 100 times the average size of a chicken egg. The extinct Elephant Bird species was native to Madagascar and among the heaviest known birds.
During Lathmar Holi the women of Nandgaon, the hometown of Hindu god Krishna, beat the men from Barsana, the legendary hometown of Radha, consort of Krishna, with wooden sticks in response to their teasing as they depart the town.
Jews are forbidden to eat leavened foodstuffs during the Passover holiday that celebrates the biblical story of the Israelites' escape from slavery and exodus from Egypt.
The slide severely damaged one home and isolated or threatened more than 30 on the island, about 50 miles north of Seattle in Puget Sound.
The festival is observed in the Tamil month of Panguni and is celebrated in honor of the Hindu God Murugan.
A parked car bomb exploded near the al-Mahdi mosque in the northeastern Binook neighborhood as worshippers were leaving Friday prayers, killing and wounding several.