Gallery: Residents reenact Jesus Christ's crucifixion on a hilltop in the Petare shanty town during Holy Week in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, April 18, 2014. Holy Week commemorates the last week of the earthly life of Jesus culminating in his crucifixion on Good Friday and his resurrection on Easter Sunday.
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Gallery: Jesus Christ, portrayed by Rodrigo Campos reenacts the Passion of Christ, with other parishioners of San Bernard Catholic Church, during a Good Friday procession to commemorate the Stations of the Cross in Riverdale Md. on Friday, April 18, 2014.
Sergei Grits – ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP
Gallery: An Orthodox priest blesses a woman during the Easter celebration, at a church in Donetsk, Ukraine, Saturday, April 19, 2014. Pro-Russian insurgents defiantly refused Friday to surrender their weapons or give up government buildings in eastern Ukraine, despite a diplomatic accord reached in Geneva and overtures from the government in Kiev.
Francisco Seco – ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP
Gallery: Worshippers dressed as Roman soldiers peek between a church main entrance doors as they follow the re-enact of the Stations of the Cross during the celebrations of the Holy Week in Ourem, Portugal, Friday, April 18, 2014. Holy Week commemorates the last week of the earthly life of Jesus Christ culminating in his crucifixion on Good Friday and his resurrection on Easter Sunday.
Hassan Ammar – ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP
Gallery: A man dressed as a Roman soldier uses a hubcap for a shield during the reenactment of the Passion of Christ on Good Friday during Holy Week celebrations in the Rocinha slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, April 18, 2014. Roman Catholics throughout Latin America and the Caribbean are paying tribute to Jesus Christ in Holy Week traditions that go back centuries and range from religious processions to self-flagellation.
Majdi Mohammed – ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP
Gallery: Palestinian Christians children part in a procession a day before Orthodox Easter in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, April 19, 2014.
Dan Balilty – ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP
Gallery: A Christian pilgrim holds candles at the church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed to be the burial site of Jesus Christ, during the ceremony of the Holy Fire in Jerusalem's Old City, Saturday, April 19, 2014. The "holy fire" was passed among worshippers outside the Church and then taken to the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, where tradition holds Jesus was born, and from there to other Christian communities in Israel and the West Bank.
Dan Balilty – ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP
Gallery: Christian pilgrims hold candles at the church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed to be the burial site of Jesus Christ, during the ceremony of the Holy Fire in Jerusalem's Old City, Saturday, April 19, 2014. The "holy fire" was passed among worshippers outside the Church and then taken to the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, where tradition holds Jesus was born, and from there to other Christian communities in Israel and the West Bank.
Alik Keplicz – ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP
Gallery: Flames rise from a menorah during a ceremony marking the 71st anniversary of the beginning of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, April 19, 2014, in front of the Warsaw Ghetto Heroes Memorial. Some 200 members of the Jewish community and Warsaw residents have observed the ceremony of the city ghetto's ill-fated uprising against German Nazi forces.
Arnulfo Franco – ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP
Gallery: An altar boy carries a statue of Jesus Christ during a Good Friday procession in Panama City, Friday, April 18, 2014. Holy Week commemorates the last week of the earthly life of Jesus Christ culminating in his crucifixion on Good Friday and his resurrection on Easter Sunday.
Esteban Felix – ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP
Gallery: A boy dressed as Archangel Gabriel stands on a platform as he is carried in a Holy Week procession on Good Friday in Masaya, Nicaragua, Friday, April 18, 2014. Holy Week commemorates the last week of the earthly life of Jesus Christ culminating in his crucifixion on Good Friday and his resurrection on Easter Sunday.
Rodrigo Abd – ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP
Gallery: A man performs during the Passion of Christ in Lima, Peru, Friday, April 18, 2014. Christians all over the world are marking Good Friday to commemorate the day Jesus was crucified.
Dieu Nalio Chery – ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP
Gallery: A woman prays during a pilgrimage to Calvaire Miracle Mount, marking Good Friday in Ganthier, Haiti, Friday, April 18, 2014. Thousands of Haitians traveled to Ganthier, a small town east of Port-au-Prince where pilgrims hiked across the surrounding mountains. These were dotted with Stations of the Cross, depictions of the final hours in Jesusí life.
Butch Dill – ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP
Gallery: Alabama's Kaitlyn Clark celebrates after her vault effort during the NCAA women's gymnastics championships Friday, April 18, 2014, in Birmingham, Ala.
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Gallery: Survivors of the Boston Marathon bombings, Erika Brannock, left, and Rebekah Gregory DiMartino, embrace in their wheelchairs as they head to the finish line of the Boston Marathon Tribute Run in Boston, Saturday, April 19, 2014.
Charles Krupa – ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP
Gallery: Runners approach the finish line of the Boston Marathon, a midpoint of a 5K race, on Boston Marathon weekend, Saturday, April 19, 2014 in Boston. The 118th Boston Marathon is scheduled to run on Patriots Day, Monday, April 21.
Charles Krupa – ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP
Gallery: Boston Marathon bombing survivors, family and friends gather in circle after crossing the finish line of the marathon during a Tribute Run, Saturday, April 19, 2014, in Boston. The 118th Boston Marathon is scheduled to run on Patriots Day, Monday, April 21.
Joanne Dollarton – ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP
Gallery: In this photo provided by Joanne Dollarton, people watch as fire engulfs three homes near the beachfront, Friday, April 18, 2014, in Sea Isle City, N.J. Authorities say no injuries have been reported in the smoky fire, which erupted around 4:30 p.m. Friday and sent large clouds of black smoke spewing across the region. It was brought under control about two hours later.
Scott Heppell – ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP
Gallery: Referee Chris Foy, center, is laid on the pitch after being struck by a ball to the face during the English Premier League soccer match between Newcastle United and Swansea City at St James' Park, Newcastle, England, Saturday, April 19, 2014.
Ricardo Mazalan – ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP
Gallery: Children play in an irrigation canal, the local swimming hole that runs though Aracataca, the hometown of the late Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez along Colombia's Caribbean coast during the Holy Week holiday on Friday, April 18, 2014. Although the author evoked his homeland's beauty in his novels and visited frequently, he never again resided there permanently, instead spending his time in Europe and Mexico City, where his cremated remains will be displayed at a memorial service Monday. Garcia Marquez died on Thursday in Mexico City.
Dolores Ochoa – ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP
Gallery: Female penitents called "Veronicas" participate in a Good Friday procession carrying an image of Jesus in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, April 18, 2014. Holy Week commemorates the last week of the earthly life of Jesus Christ, culminating in his crucifixion on Good Friday and his resurrection on Easter Sunday.
Moises Castillo – ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP
Gallery: In this April 13, 2014 photo, Mario Eduardo Garcia poses for a portrait dressed as a Roman soldier during the procession by Saint Joseph church in Guatemala City. Garcia has participated as a Roman soldier in the Palm Sunday procession for the last 38 years.
Dar Yasin – ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP
Gallery: Indian policemen chase activists of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) after they were stopped during a torch rally against the ongoing general elections in Srinagar, India, Saturday, April 19, 2014. JKLF along with several other separatist organizations have jointly appealed to the people of Jammu and Kashmir state to boycott Indian parliamentary elections. The multiphase voting across the country runs until May 12, with results for the 543-seat lower house of Parliament announced May 16.
Hasan Jamali – ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP
Gallery: A Bahraini anti-government protester pushes a garbage bin to block a street during clashes with riot police in Sanabis, Bahrain, on the edge of the capital of Manama, Saturday, April 19, 2014. Clashes erupted during a march in the village over a dispute between relatives and authorities about the official cause of death for a 27-year-old man who died Thursday of injuries sustained in earlier clashes. Authorities in Bahrain say an apparent car bombing has killed two people and wounded one west of the capital, Manama.
Shizuo Kambayashi – ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP
Gallery: A child watches the Asakusa Yabusame horseback archery event at Sumida Park in Tokyo, Saturday, April 19, 2014.
Hussein Tallal – ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP
Gallery: In this late Friday, April, 18, 2014 photo, Egyptian police investigate the site of a bombing that killed a police officer next to a traffic post, in Lebanon Square, Cairo, Egypt. In an audio interview with al-Qaida media arm as-Sahab posted early Saturday, April 19, 2014, Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri has given his blessing to attacks of Egyptian jihadis on the police and army, but said they should avoid harming civilians. More than 430 police officers and army personnel have been killed in terrorist attacks since mass demonstrations against Morsi on June 30, according to government figures.
Ahn Young-joon – ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP
Gallery: A relative of a passenger aboard the sunken ferry Sewol in the water off the southern coast, weeps as she waits for her missing loved one at a port in Jindo, South Korea, Saturday, April 19, 2014. Rescuers scrambled to find hundreds of ferry passengers still missing Friday and feared dead, as fresh questions emerged about whether quicker action by the captain of the doomed ship could have saved lives.
Tom Wallace – ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP
Gallery: Lee Joon-seok, center, the captain of the sunken ferry Sewol in the water off the southern coast, leaves a court which issued his arrest warrant in Mokpo, south of Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, April 19, 2014. The investigation into South Korea's ferry disaster focused on the sharp turn it took just before it began listing and on the possibility that a quicker evacuation order by the captain could have saved lives, officials said Friday, as rescuers struggled to find some 270 people still missing and feared dead.
Lee Jin-man – ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP
Gallery: South Korean navy personnel on boats search passengers of the sunken ferry Sewol near buoys which were installed to mark the area in the water off the southern coast near Jindo, south of Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, April 19, 2014. The captain of the sunken South Korean ferry was arrested Saturday on suspicion of negligence and abandoning people in need, as investigators looked into whether his evacuation order came too late to save lives. Two crew members were also arrested, a prosecutor said.
Steve Helber – ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP
Gallery: Sailors man the rails as the nuclear aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman approaches the pier at Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, Va., Friday, April 18, 2014. The Carrier Strike Group is returning form a 9-month deployment to the Middle East.
Matilde Campodonico – ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP
Gallery: RETRANSMITTING TO CHANGE FROM HORIZONTAL TO VERTICAL - In this April 13, 2014, a South American cowboy known as a gaucho rides a wild horse during a rodeo in Montevideo, Uruguay. The city of Montevideo has organized the annual rodeo during Holy Week since 1925.
Bruce Chambers – ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP
Gallery: Surfers and rowers gather around a Hobie Cat catamaran off Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, Calif. around 5 p.m. on Friday, April 18, 2014 to celebrate the life of surf and sailing entrepreneur Hobie Alter. Hobie died Saturday, March 29, 2014 at his Palm Desert, Calif. home after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 80.
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Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) and Jewish Community Action (JCA) hosted a Solidarity Dinner Tuesday evening. About 100 members of the Jewish and Muslim communities of the Twin Cities gathered together over a meal to talk about shared experiences and what it's been like for both communities over the past couple of years.
Guests arrive for a State Dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron and President Donald Trump at the White House, Tuesday, April 24, 2018, in Washington.
Academy of Whole Learning, a private school in Minnetonka and one of the only schools to serve autistic children has a new facility. The school is special in the sense that it is equipped with facilities, like dim-light classrooms and sensors, for the autistic kids from grade K to12.
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