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Snapshot: The world in 24 hours, April 25

(Agencies)
Updated: 2011-04-26 15:16

Slovak youths dressed in traditional costumes throw a girl into a creek as part of Easter celebrations in the village of Trencianska Tepla, 145 km (90 miles) north of Bratislava April 25, 2011. Girls are doused with water and whipped in a custom believed to ensure a woman's fertility and beauty. [Photo/Agencies]

A Kayapo man from the Gorotire community rests on a hammock after a cataract surgery on the fifth day of a medical expedition of the "Expedicionarios da Saude" (Brazilian Health Expeditions) in the Kikretum community in Sao Felix, northern Brazil April 25, 2011. The "Expedicionarios da Saude" organization is currently on a medical expedition to the area with volunteer doctors that twice a year build a mobile hospital to provide clinical and surgical treatment for indigenous tribes and residents from different parts of the Amazonian rainforest. [Photo/Agencies]