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A baby giraffe, born at the end of February, at Schwerin Zoo in Schwerin, Germany. The as yet unnamed animal is due to be christened on Easter Monday. Picture: EPA
A baby giraffe, born at the end of February, at Schwerin Zoo in Schwerin, Germany. The as yet unnamed animal is due to be christened on Easter Monday. Picture: EPA
US singer Meghan Trainor (centre) performs at the 2015 Echo Music Awards in Berlin on Thursday. Picture: Reuters
Flowers and candles surround the memorial with the inscription in four languages, "In memory of the victims of the air disaster of March 24, 2015" in the village of Le Vernet. Picture: Reuters
Firefighters respond to an explosion and partial building collapse in a residential and commercial multi-storey structure in lower Manhattan. Initial reports indicate multiple people have been injured in the explosion and collapse. Picture: EPA
A woman holding her cellphone walks past a window display for a luxury brand at a shopping district in Tokyo. Picture: Reuters
A street is flooded at Chanaral town. The death toll in Chile rose to four after rains battered the north and caused flooding, the government said on Thursday. Twenty-two others were unaccounted for. Picture: Reuters
Mexicans march for justice and in remembrance of the 43 Mexican students missing in Iguala. The march marks six months since the students' disappearance. Picture: EPA
An iceberg floats near Antarctica's Byers Peninsula. Recently, scientists discovered fish and shrimp-like creatures in the cold an barren world deep below. And in areas that haven't been exposed to sunlight for millions of years, scientists found a surprise: the DNA of a microscopic creature that looks like a combination of a bear, manatee and centipede. Picture: AP
New York City firefighters work the scene of a large fire and a partial building collapse in the East Village neighbourhood of New York on Thursday. Orange flames and black smoke are billowing from the facade and roof of the building near several New York University buildings. Picture: AP
Pupils place candles in shape of the Earth Hour logo at a primary school in Handan, Hebei province, a day before Earth Hour Day. Picture: Reuters
US singer Katy Perry poses with fans as she arrives for the world premiere screening of 'Katy Perry: The Prismatic World Tour' at The Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Picture: EPA
Tibetan artists in traditional costumes perform opera at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts in Dharmsala, India, on Friday. The Dalai Lama watched the first day of the 10-day "Shoton" festival, or the yoghurt festival, during which Tibetans eat yoghurt and enjoy traditional opera performances. Picture: AP
Rescue workers carry a recovered finless porpoise, before releasing it back into the wild, in Jianli, Hubei province. Oceanography and fishery experts said the finless porpoise has been endangered due to pollution and water shortage, local media reported. Picture: Reuters
Afghan farmers harvest an opium poppy field in Jalalabad. Afghanistan is still listed as the world's largest opium producer. Picture: EPA
Kyaw Naing, a slave from Myanmar, looks through the bars of a cell at the compound of a fishing company in Benjina, Indonesia. An estimated 4 000 foreign fishermen are stranded on a number of remote islands in eastern Indonesia, including men revealed to have been enslaved, an aid group said. Picture: AP
Jalada Prasad, about six-month-old male Indian one-horned rhino runs around his enclosure on his debut to the public at Alipore Zoological Garden in Kolkata, India, Friday, March 27, 2015. The forest guards rescued Prasad when poachers at Jaldapara forest in north Bengal killed his mother in November 2014. He was brought to the zoo in January 2015 and was kept under strict vigil and nourishment, according to a zoo spokesperson. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
Durban25032015A march took place in Durban representing different bible scenes Promoting a OWAFO play which will take place at the Jesus Dome over the Easter week-end.Picture:Marilyn Bernard
Picture: Shelley Kjonstad
Published Mar 27, 2015
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