A participant soars during the Pig Racing and Diving display at the Sydney Royal Easter Show in Australia. The Royal Easter Show includes carnival shows and rides, equestrian and animal shows, various types of racing, agricultural displays and food stalls. (Mark Kolbe / Getty Images)
An Iraqi bride gets some help from relatives on arrival at a hotel in Baghdad for her honeymoon. (Patrick Baz / AFP/Getty Images)
A penitent of the Santisimo Cristo del Salvador y el Amparo brotherhood casts a wreath during a Holy Week procession on the beach in Valencia, Spain. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during Holy Week. (Alberto Saiz / Associated Press)
Emily Young, 2, of Virginia gets a close-up view of tulips in Lafayette Park, across the street from the White House. (Ron Edmonds / Associated Press)
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A view of Baghdad, where demonstrators at a recent protest called for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq. (Patrick Baz / AFP/Getty Images)
Pallbearers carry the coffin of a victim of Monday’s quake in Italy after a state funeral in L’Aquila. Italy observed a day of mourning in tribute to the more than 280 people killed in the temblor. (Giuseppe Cacace / AFP/Getty Images)
Anne Gibson is among the residents in Mena, Ark., whose homes were hit by a tornado. The twister killed three people, injured at least 24 and flattened homes and businesses, including a manufacturing plant. (Mike Wintroath / Associated Press)