

A boy takes a holy bath at the Balaju Baise Dhara (22 water spouts) during the Baishak Asnan festival in Kathmandu. Devotees believe that the water from these stone spouts, which is collected from the catchments area of the Nagarjun forest behind the spouts, will cure ills. Navesh Chitrakar /Reuters
Tulips line the front of a fence in morning sunshine in Salina, Kansas. Tom Dorsey/Salina Journal/AP
A penitent, dressed as the Virgin Mary, participates in a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday in Iztapalapa in Mexico City. Edgard Garrido/Reuters
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men burn leavened items in a final preparation before the Passover holiday in the ultra Orthodox Jewish town of Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, Israel. Jews are forbidden to eat leavened foodstuffs during the Passover holiday. Oded Balilty/AP
People stand at a mini supermarket during a Gaga ceremony in a batey, or a village called Mata Mamon, near Santo Domingo. The ceremony, which is a combination of Santeria, Voodoo and Christianity beliefs that is called Gaga and originated in Haiti, is held during Lent and Holy Week especially in areas near sugar cane plantations. Ricardo Rojas /Reuters
A toy and flowers are left on red chairs displayed along main street in Sarajevo to mark the 20th anniversary of the start of the Bosnian War. City officials have lined up 11,541 red chairs arranged in 825 rows along the main street in memorial to the 11,541 Sarajevans who were killed during the siege. Amel Emric/AP
Visitors observe a resident at a new safari park named 'Taygan' in the Belgorsky region of Ukraine's Crimean peninsula. The park contains around 2,000 specimens including 50 lions, according to local media. Reuters
Members of the Oxford University rowing team get into their boat on the River Thames in west London. The rowing crews from Oxford and Cambridge will compete in the 158th Boat Race between the two universities on Saturday. Paul Hackett/Reuters
A couple enjoy a warm spring day, rowing a boat under the canopy of the blooming cherry blossoms at the Imperial Palace moat in Tokyo, Japan. Itsuo Inouye/AP
Belarusian biathlete Darya Domracheva poses in traditional Russian head dress in a souvenir shop while visiting famous landmarks in Moscow. Denis Sinyakov/Reuters
Kyrgyz ostrich farmer Kuldosun Shamudinov shows off one of his birds during an agricultural show on the outskirts of Bishkek. Shamundinov is the only ostrich farmer in the central Asian state, owning around 50 of the birds. Vladimir Pirogov/Reuters
Canoeists compete during a German qualifying event for the 2012 London Olympic Games in Duisburg, Germany. Frank Augstein/AP
Kashmiri women pray during a torch light procession to celebrate the Festival of Lights on a hilltop near the shrine of Muslim saint Sakhi Zain-ud-din Wali, in Aishmuqaam, India. Dar Yasin/AP
Canada's Zach Bell competes in the Men's Omnium Individual Pursuit at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne, Australia. Daniel Munoz/Reuters
A boy rides an armoured vehicle at a street, where a rally to demand restructuring of the Army is underway, in Sanaa. Mohamed al-Sayaghi /Reuters
US soldiers from the 4-73 Cavalry Regiment, 4th brigade, 82nd Airborne division, salute during a memorial ceremony at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Sarkari Karez in the Maiwand district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan. Baz Ratner /Reuters
Richard Discipio of Latham, N.Y., fishes for trout on the Kinderhook Creek in Nassau, N.Y. Mike Groll/AP