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Week in Photos: March 30, 2013

From customers mobbing a Cyprus bank to a Puget Sound landslide, see the week’s most striking images.

Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP

By The Daily BeastMar 30, 2013

galleries/2013/03/30/week-in-photos-march-30-2013/130329-wip-spain_ypu3yn — March 28, 2013
Penitents of the Jesus Yacente brotherhood take part in a Holy Week procession in northern Spain. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week.
Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP

galleries/2013/03/30/week-in-photos-march-30-2013/130329-wip-syria_pnjbyc — March 25, 2013
A rebel fighter fires towards Syrian government forces positions from a building in Saif al-Dawla district in the northern Syrian city. On March 24, 165 people were killed in violence throughout Syria, according to a toll from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights watchdog.
Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty

galleries/2013/03/30/week-in-photos-march-30-2013/130329-wip-holi_c4pk8j — March 27, 2013
Hindu devotees play with color during Holi celebrations in the back streets close to the Banke Bihari temple.
Daniel Berehulak

galleries/2013/03/30/week-in-photos-march-30-2013/130329-wip-easter_r9n3py — March 28, 2013
Filipino hooded penitents flagellate themselves during Maundy Thursday rituals to atone for sins a suburb east of Manila. The ritual is frowned upon by church leaders in this predominantly Roman Catholic country.
Aaron Favila/AP

galleries/2013/03/30/week-in-photos-march-30-2013/130329-wip-egg_vxgpnb — March 27, 2013
Christie’s scientific specialist James Hyslop poses for photographs with a sub-fossilized pre-17th century Elephant Bird egg at the auction house’s premises. The egg, which is estimated to fetch$30,210 to $45,315 in the forthcoming Travel, Science and Natural History sale on April 24, measures more than 100 times the average size of a chicken egg, and stands at 21 centimeters in diameter and 30 centimeters in height. The extinct Elephant Bird species was native to Madagascar and among the heaviest known birds.
Matt Dunham/AP

galleries/2013/03/30/week-in-photos-march-30-2013/130329-wip-syria-car_xzbltz — March 28, 2013
A man drives a car in the center of the northern Syrian city. More than 70,000 people have died in Syria’s two-year conflict, the United Nations says.
Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty

galleries/2013/03/30/week-in-photos-march-30-2013/130329-wip-cyprus_mp3z87 — March 28, 2013
A Laiki Bank manager helps a police officer to enter the bank after getting past depositors waiting for the opening of the bank’s branch.
Yannis Behrakis/Reuters, via Landov

galleries/2013/03/30/week-in-photos-march-30-2013/130329-wip-mudslide_sbopov — March 27, 2013
An aerial photo shows a landslide on Whidbey Island. The slide severely damaged one home and isolated or threatened more than 30 on the island, about 50 miles north of Seattle in Puget Sound.
Ted S. Warren/AP

galleries/2013/03/30/week-in-photos-march-30-2013/130329-wip-snowstorm_mwsmkx — March 24, 2013
A man waits for help after becoming stuck in snow along West 6th Street.
Orlin Wagner/AP

galleries/2013/03/30/week-in-photos-march-30-2013/130329-wip-ncaa_xqug2v — March 28, 2013
Indiana guard Remy Abell, center, shoots over Syracuse center Baye Keita (12) as forward C.J. Fair (5) and Indiana guard Victor Oladipo (4) watch during the first half of an East Regional semifinal in the NCAA college basketball tournament. Syracuse prevailed, 61-50, moving on to the Elite Eight and busting President Obama’s bracket.

Pablo Martinez Monsivais

galleries/2013/03/30/week-in-photos-march-30-2013/130329-wip-baseball_ttvult — March 28, 2013
The Oakland Athletics’ Josh Donaldson slides to score against the San Francisco Giants in the sixth inning of an exhibition baseball game. Donaldson scored on a bunt by Eric Sogard. Major League Baseball’s opening day is March 31.

Ben Margot/AP

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