Bir Hadage, Israel: a Bedouin boy collects locusts as a swarm arrives over his village in the Negev desert Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty ImagesSingapore: keepers gently release a four-month-old female manatee named Mini into a holding poolPhotograph: Wong Maye-E/APGao, Mali: young traders work in the market, which closed following a suicide bombing and infiltration by Islamic militants in February and has just reopenedPhotograph: John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images
South Downs, England: an abandoned caravan is buffeted by winds and drifting snow near BrightonPhotograph: Luke MacGregor/ReutersMalaga, Spain: tourists sit in a restaurant with posters announcing up-and-coming Holy Week processionsPhotograph: Jon Nazca/ReutersLos Angeles, US: a man uses an iPad to help him line up the comet Panstarrs with the waxing crescent moon as it passes the western coast of southern CaliforniaPhotograph: Gene Blevins/ReutersDenpasar, Bali: a young couple react as they are soaked with water during a tradition called Omed-Omedan, also known as the kissing festivalPhotograph: Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP/Getty ImagesSão Paulo, Brazil: a member of the Lair of Assisi Fraternity holds a wooden cross during a mass to note the beginning of the papal electionPhotograph: Andre Penner/APSana'a, Yemen: girls at their first ballet class at Studio CinderellaPhotograph: Mohamed Al-Sayaghi/ReutersBlair Atholl, Scotland: lenticular clouds, which are sometimes mistaken for UFOsPhotograph: Murdo MacLeod for the GuardianJiaxing, China: villagers gather dead pigs. The number of dead pigs found in Shanghai's main river has doubled in two days to nearly 6,000Photograph: AFP/Getty ImagesMuenzenberg, Germany: a rescue worker stands next to wreckage after a multi-vehicle accident on Autobahn 45 Photograph: Petra Seidel/AFP/Getty ImagesSanabis, Bahrain: an anti-government protester bangs on a tray to stir support for a planned 'dignity strike' – when government opponents refrain from going to work, school or shopping and close their storesPhotograph: Hasan Jamali/AP
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