Week in pictures: 31 March - 6 April 2018 - BBC News

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The Poy Sang Long ceremony marks a rite of passage among the Shan peoples in Myanmar and northern Thailand. Boys between seven and fourteen years of age are temporarily ordained as Buddhist novices, pampered and carried around on the shoulders of their older male relatives.




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Victoria Ewers and her sister Elle participate in an Easter egg roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington DC. Children from around the USA can participate in the event, hosted by President Donald Trump, via tickets won in an online lottery.




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Men dressed as Hungarian Hussars and Hapsburg Austrian soldiers re-enact the Battle of Tapiobicske near Cegled, Hungary. The 1848 battle resulted in Hungary briefly gaining independence from the Hapsburg Empire. Hungarian nationalism is promoted by the country's current Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who is seeking re-election on 8 April.




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A Kenya Wildlife Services ranger tries to cover the eyes of Elia, a young Southern white rhino, to calm her down. She had been shot by a tranquilizer from a helicopter during a rhino ear-notching exercise at Meru National Park, 350 km (220 miles) from Nairobi.




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A man cups a fake chick in his hand during the annual Easter parade in Manhattan, New York. Participants often wear bonnets and costumes for the event on Fifth Avenue.




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South Korean performers in Seoul commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Jeju uprising. The clash between the South Korean government at the time and guerrilla fighters of the South Korean Labour Party is said to have killed tens of thousand of people.




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A woman emerges from the mouth of an artwork during the KunstRai art fair in Amsterdam. The event claims to be the longest running art fair in the Netherlands.




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Central American migrants rest at a sports centre field in Oaxaca state, Mexico. Images of the "Migrant Viacrucis" caravan, composed of hundreds of people headed towards the US border, caused President Donald Trump to strike out at immigration into America.




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A woman lays flowers on Chalgrove Road, Tottenham, in north London where 17-year-old Tanesha Melbourne died after being shot. Two miles away, in Walthamstow, another boy was found with gunshot wounds, alongside another boy, 15, who had stab injuries.