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    • Christie's scientific specialist James Hyslop poses for photographs with a sub-fossilized pre-17th century Elephant Bird egg at the auction house's premises in London,March 27, 2013.

      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.

      Credit: Matt Dunham/AP

    • Indian villagers from Nandgaon, India, wait for the arrival of villagers from Barsana to celebrate Lathmar Holi at the Nandagram temple, famous for Lord Krishna and his brother Balram, 75 miles from New Delhi, March 22, 2013.

      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.

      Credit: Manish Swarup/AP

    • Butterflies emerge from their chrysalises in the "Sensational Butterflies" exhibition at the Natural History Museum in London, March 25, 2013.

      Credit: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

    • Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men burn leavened items in final preparation for the Passover holiday in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish town of Bnei Brak, Israel, March. 25, 2013.

      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.

      Credit: Oded Balilty/AP

    • Relatives undress Cesar Higuero Martin, 25, after walking the way of the cross or "Via Crucis" at the end of the procession of the "Empalaos" in Valverde de la Vera, Spain.

      Credit: David Ramos/Getty Images

    • Penitents from the "San Gonzalo" brotherhood take part in a procession in Seville, Spain, March 25, 2013. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week.

      Credit: Emilio Morenatti/AP

    • A penitent of the "Santisimo Cristo de las Injurias" brotherhood takes part in a Holy Week procession in Zamora, northern Spain, March 27, 2013.

      Credit: David Ramos/AP

    • Canadian singer Justin Bieber performs on stage during the "I Believe Tour" in Munich, Germany, March 28, 2013.

      Credit: Matthias Schrader/AP

    • Millie Kennard of Tolworth competes in the Beam of the Junior Apparatus Finals during the Men's and Women's British Gymnastics Championships at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England, March 24, 2013.

      Credit: Alex Livesey/Getty Images

    • Mitik, a baby walrus who survived the flooding of his enclosure during Superstorm Sandy, checks out visitors at the Wildlife Conservation Society's New York Aquarium in Coney Island, New York, March 25, 2013.

      Credit: Seth Wenig/AP

    • Pope Francis celebrates Palm Sunday Mass, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, March 24, 2013.

      Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP

    • Before a full moon backdrop, thousands of balloons are released into the night sky honoring the Chilean soccer team at their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match against Uruguay in Santiago, Chile, March 26, 2013.

      Credit: Luis Hidalgo/AP

    • Ultra-Orthodox Jewish children gather around a baby donkey as they take part in the "Pidyon Peter Chamor" ceremony, or the "Redemption of the first born donkey" in the Meir Sharim neighborhood in Jerusalem, Israel, March 28, 2013.

      Credit: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images

    • A Greek Cypriot looks on a map of Cyprus in the capital city of Nicosia, March 27, 2013.

      Credit: Petros Giannakouris/AP

    • An aerial photo shows a landslide near Coupeville, Wash. on Whidbey Island, March 27, 2013.
      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.

      Credit: Ted S. Warren/AP

    • A Hindu devotee, body pierced with skewers, participates in a religious procession during the Panguni Uthiram festival in Chennai, India, March 26, 2013.
      The festival is observed in the Tamil month of Panguni and is celebrated in honor of the Hindu God Murugan.

      Credit: Arun Sankar K./AP

    • Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men burn leavened items in a final preparation before the Passover holiday in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish town of Bnei Brak, Israel, March. 25, 2013.

      Credit: Oded Balilty/AP

    • A full rainbow appears in the sky following rainfall in Peshawar, Pakistan, March 23, 2013.

      Credit: Mohammad Sajjad/AP

    • A model gets ready backstage before the MGPIN Make-up Styling Collection on the fourth day of Mercedes-Benz China Fashion Week in Beijing, March 27, 2013.

      Credit: Feng Li/Getty Images

    • An Iraqi man is comforted at the scene of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, March 29, 2013.
      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.

      Credit: Karim Kadim/AP

    • Pope Francis presides over a Papal Mass with the Celebration of the Lord's Passion inside St Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, March 29, 2013.

      Credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

    • A swimmer gets out of the water next to a snowman with bunny ears at the snow covered beach of Strandbad Lake Wannsee lido in Berlin, Germany, March 29, 2013. Bathing season at the lido traditionally starts on Good Friday.

      Credit: Rainer Jensen/AP