March 26, 2013

Casts of a family of two adults and two children who died together in an alcove in Pompeii are seen during a photo call for the upcoming exhibition entitled 'Life and death Pompeii and Herculaneum' at the British Museum in central London.

A woman smokes beside a barrier that is decorated with artwork in central Madrid, Spain.

A Hindu devotee, body pierced with skewers, participates in a religious procession during Panguni Uthiram festival in Chennai, India.

An Easter Bunny made out of snow is pictured on the side of the road to advertise rooms for rent in Ahrenshoop, Germany.

Visitors climb up stairs on the newly opened treetop path in the Masoala Rainforest hall at the zoo in Zurich, Switzerland.

Indian people apply colored powder and dance during Holi celebrations in Hyderabad, India.

Oman's Amad Al Hosni (R) collides with Australia's Robert Cornthwaite as they struggle for the ball during their World Cup qualifying soccer match in Sydney, Australia.

The Soyuz rocket is rolled out to the launch pad by train at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, (NASA/Carla Cioffi).

A baby giraffe stands in front of its mother Gambela at an enclosure of the zoo in Dortmund, Germany.