Week in Photos (Apr 3)

View a gallery of photos from around the world the week of Mar. 30-Apr. 3, 2015.

Section:Gallery

Sat., April 4, 2015

Georgia Ball Keely, 4, holds still as a Danaus Chrysippus or 'plain tiger' butterfly lands on her nose during a media opportunity at the Natural History Museum in London, Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Some hundreds of live tropical butterflies will fill the butterfly house for the returning exhibition called 'Sensational Butterflies' open at the museum from April 2 until Sept.13.

Kirsty Wigglesworth Associated Press
Pilgrims walk with crosses as the Northern Cross pilgrimage makes its final leg of the journey to Holy Island, Berwick Upon Tweed, England, Friday, April 3, 2015. For more than 30 years, groups of pilgrims celebrate Easter by crossing the tidal causeway during the annual Christian cross carrying pilgrimage to Holy Island, the pilgrims walk around 100 miles through Northumberland and the Scottish Borders during Holy Week.

Scott Heppell Associated Press
Duke students from left, Michaela Stith, Ashley Croker-Benn and Jasmine Roddey rally during a university-wide forum outside the Duke Chapel on campus Wednesday, April 1, 2015, in Durham, N.C. Duke officials said Wednesday that they are trying to find out who hung a noose outside a building that houses several offices, including those focused on diversity.

Travis Long The News & Observer
In this photo taken on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 and provided by the French Interior Ministry, French emergency rescue services work among debris of the Germanwings passenger jet at the crash site near Seyne-les-Alpes, France. The heads of Lufthansa and its low-cost airline Germanwings are visiting the site of the crash that killed 150 people amid mounting questions about the co-pilot and how much his employers knew about his mental health.

Yves Malenfer Minstere De L'Interieur
Indian spiritual leader Mata Amritanandamayi, center left, hugs to bless a devotee during a prayer meeting in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 30, 2015. Known among her followers as "Amma," which means �mother" in several Indian languages, Amritanandamayi has devotees in India and the rest of the world. She is also popularly known as the Hugging Saint.

Saurabh Das Associated Press
Heather Mack, from Chicago, Ill., holds her baby inside a cell before her trial at Denpasar's district court in Bali, Indonesia, Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Mack, 19, and Tommy Schaefer, 21, are being tried separately by Denpasar District Court on a charge of premeditated murder for the death of Sheila von Wiese-Mack at a hotel last August.

Firdia Lisnawati Associated Press
An Iranian boy flies a kite during the ancient festival of Sizdeh Bedar, an annual public picnic day on the 13th day of the Iranian new year, at the Pardisan Park in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, April 2, 2015. Iranians flocked to parks and wilderness on Thursday to mark the ancient festival, a legacy from pre-Islamic era, in the last day of Persian New Year holidays. Sizdeh means 13 and Bedar means day out in Persian and it is believed unlucky to stay indoors on Sizdeh Bedar which means getting rid of number 13. Unlike other countries in the Middle East, Iranians follow the Persian solar year, which begins on the first day spring. On March 21 this year, Iran began the year 1394.

Vahid Salemi Associated Press
In this Jan. 9, 2015 photo, two young laborers bathe at the Ghebleh public bathhouse, in Tehran, Iran. The steamy air and curved tiled walls of Iran�s famed public bathhouses, some rinsing and massaging patrons for hundreds of years, slowly may wash away as interest in them wanes. The bathhouses, known as �hammams� in Persian, find themselves in rough financial times as modern conveniences now allow showers and baths in most homes across the Islamic Republic.

Ebrahim Noroozi Associated Press
Maryland's Aja Ellison, center, and her teammates celebrate after winning a women's college basketball regional final game against Tennessee in the NCAA tournament, Monday, March 30, 2015, in Spokane, Wash. Maryland won 58-48.

Young Kwak Fr159675 Ap
Ladder trucks from Lebanon, Ore., Corvallis, Ore., and Albany, Ore., battle a 4-alarm fire that destroyed the cafeteria of South Albany High School, early Wednesday, April 1, 2015. There was no immediate report of injuries or what caused the fire.

Mark Ylen Albany Democrat-Herald
Tourists ride horses along the beach as the sun sets in Cadiz the south of Spain, Wednesday, April 1, 2015.

Emilio Morenatti Associated Press
Red flares burn while penitents of the Cristo de Viga brotherhood carrying a float with a cross take part in a Holy Week procession in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, Monday, March 30, 2015. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week.

Daniel Olza Associated Press