Events of the week in pictures





The Pictures of the two-headed lizard, you see; burning stuffed snowman in Switzerland; Congress marijuana smokers, and more.



Events of the week in pictures

Six-year applicants for the sacred places in the famous School of American Ballet waiting for the start of trial in the «Rose Building» at the Lincoln Center in New York. This week held its first trials for applicants age group of 6 to 10 years. (Photo by Mario Tama / Getty Images)

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Two Israeli girl looks at a woman in white drinking water before the performance at the 62nd Independence Day of Israel in Rabin Square in central Tel Aviv. (AP Photo / Ariel Schalit)

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Bangladeshi woman, Amina Begum carries homemade fan in Dhaka. Bangladeshi people stored fan made of palm leaves, candles, lanterns and fuel for generators to cope with the lack of electricity in the country. (AP Photo / Pavel Rahman)

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Lightning hit lava and ash from the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland, which continues to spew smoke and ash into the air space over Europe. Low-energy lightning - a common occurrence during eruptions, they beat the volcanic crater at a speed of 100 meters per second. (AP Photo / Jon Pall Vilhelmsson)

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Director of Community Care Raptors Portland Bob Sallinger lets young bald eagles in the park George Rogers, near Lake Oswego, Portland. Orlan was rescued after a fight over territory with another eagle near the park. (AP Photo / The Oregonian, Brent Wojahn)

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Scarecrow «Boeoegg» lit on the Zehselouten in Zurich. Zehselouten (ringing six clock tower) - a traditional festival of the end of the winter, during which the guild parades in historical costumes on horseback and burning effigies «Boeoegg» - a symbolic snowman. The faster burn effigy, is the hotter summer. (AP Photo / Patrick B. Kraemer, Keystone)

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The yacht «Jewel of Muscat» entrance to the harbor of Galle, 115 km south of Colombo, Sri Lanka. The vessel is 17 meters long, is a copy of an Arab merchant ship 9th century who traveled from Oman to Singapore. The ship should be in the port of Singapore in June. (AP Photo / Chamila Karunarathne)

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Michelle Bacon of Harcourt, Iowa, stroking his dog on the Cheyenne paunch during the 31st annual beauty contest among dogs in Des Moines. (AP Photo / Charlie Neibergall)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel makes a gesture to the robot at the opening ceremony of an industrial exhibition in Hanover. Nearby is a federal governor of Lower Saxony, Christian Wulff. (AP Photo / Jens Meyer)

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Six-year Lily Wilensky Hong Manhattan warmed up before samples at the School of American Ballet in New York. (AP Photo / Mary Altaffer)

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Ally (left) and Huck (right) at the 31 th annual beauty contest for dogs in Des Moines, Iowa. Contest timed to celebrate the University of Drake, whose symbol is a bulldog. (AP Photo / Charlie Neibergall)

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Bedouin goat milks in the Al-Jafr, south of Amman, Jordan, where Bedouins live. Word Bedouin came from the Arabic word "trouble", which means "inhabitant of the desert." Most of Jordan's Bedouin tribes descended from migrants from the Arabian Peninsula who came to this land in the period from the 14th to the 18th century. Bedouin culture still widespread in Jordan, where it is very appreciated. (AP Photo / Mohammad Abu Ghosh)

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People are looking for fish in a flooded field in Panikhaiti village, 25 km east of Gauhati. (AP Photo / Anupam Nath)

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Cubs Hawksbill turtles swimming in a bucket on the island Pramuk. Along the shores of Indonesia, tens of thousands of nesting turtles, but due to poaching and building their numbers reduced. (AP Photo / Achmad Ibrahim)

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Congolese carries on his head a basket of bananas on the streets of Goma. (AP Photo / The Canadian Press, Sean Kilpatrick)

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Visitors to the fair scream with delight at the attraction "kite" in the opening day of the fair Gernando. The fair lasted until 23 April. (WILL VRAGOVIC, Times)

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Fire breaks out of the pipeline damaged during the accident on Highway 518 after a leak of natural gas in Franklin, New Jersey. (AP Photo / Home News Tribune, Mark R. Sullivan)

People light a large herd marijuana Gate Park in San Francisco. Supporters of the legalization of marijuana have gathered for the annual meeting of 4/20 - the number symbolizing the use of marijuana. (AP Photo / Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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The mare gently pushes her foal in a meadow near the confused, to the south of the Netherlands. (AP Photo / Ermindo Armino)

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An Afghan refugee child living in the slums of Lahore, waiting for their turn to draw water. (AP Photo / K.M.Chaudary)

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Agfanskaya couple on a donkey passes by NATO patrol in the district in the province Badhis Balamorghab, west of Kabul. (AP Photo / Reza Shirmohammadi)

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Anti-government protesters peeping from behind barricades erected in Bangkok. Thai Prime Minister is ready to negotiate with protesters, who want to overthrow the government apparatus, but only if demonstrators, who took the streets of the city illegally, obey the law. (AP Photo / David Longstreath)

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Headed Tiliqua rugosa in their new home for the reptiles in Henley Brook Perth. This two-headed reptile was rescued in Coogee, it feels good, despite the short duration of life, which have similar mutants. Lizard eats two heads, but a large head tried to attack a little. Lizard moves with difficulty, as the two head operated hind legs. Lizard also has a brother, without any signs of mutation. This type of lizard gives birth to cubs, rather than laying eggs. (Photo by Paul Kane / Getty Images)

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The man who writes reviews and reviews of mobile phones on specialized sites, photographing themselves on the phone during the funeral of the famous Malcolm McLaren - group manager «Sex Pistols» and fashion guru - in London. McLaren died April 8 at a hospital in Switzerland, loses a rare type of cancer. (AP Photo / Lefteris Pitarakis)

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Indian farmer carries rice stalks collected in Kulberii, 40 km east of Calcutta. (AP Photo / Bikas Das)