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April 1, 2024 Brooklyn Eagle Staff
KASHMIR — The power of prayer … and relics: Muslim devotees pray as the head priest displays a holy relic believed to be a hair from the beard of the Prophet Muhammad during special prayers to observe the martyr day of Hazrat Ali, the fourth caliph of Islam, at Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Monday, April 1, 2024. Muslims across the world are observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan when devout refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk.Photo: Mukhtar Khan/AP
KASHMIR — The power of prayer … and relics: Muslim devotees pray as the head priest displays a holy relic believed to be a hair from the beard of the Prophet Muhammad during special prayers to observe the martyr day of Hazrat Ali, the fourth caliph of Islam, at Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Monday, April 1, 2024. Muslims across the world are observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan when devout refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk.
Photo: Mukhtar Khan/AP
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HUNGARY — Unusual local Easter ritual that seems to ‘water’ women to ‘prevent them from wilting’: Hungarian men wearing folk costumes pour water onto women during a traditional Easter Monday celebration in Holloko, Hungary, Monday, April 1, 2024. This Easter ritual is mostly confined to Central Europe.Photo: Denes Erdos/AP
HUNGARY — Unusual local Easter ritual that seems to ‘water’ women to ‘prevent them from wilting’: Hungarian men wearing folk costumes pour water onto women during a traditional Easter Monday celebration in Holloko, Hungary, Monday, April 1, 2024. This Easter ritual is mostly confined to Central Europe.
Photo: Denes Erdos/AP
WHITE HOUSE — How did a religious holiday like Easter get tied to an Easter egg roll? Whatever the connections, it’s a universal celebration for politicians. President Joe Biden, center left, and Vice President Kamala Harris, center right, accompanied by first lady Jill Biden, left, and second gentleman Doug Emhoff, right, wave at the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, April 1, 2024, in Washington.Photo: Evan Vucci/AP
WHITE HOUSE — How did a religious holiday like Easter get tied to an Easter egg roll? Whatever the connections, it’s a universal celebration for politicians. President Joe Biden, center left, and Vice President Kamala Harris, center right, accompanied by first lady Jill Biden, left, and second gentleman Doug Emhoff, right, wave at the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, April 1, 2024, in Washington.
Photo: Evan Vucci/AP
GEORGIA — A longtime inhabitant of Earth takes a look at an ‘alien’ who has just taken his photograph: A periodical cicada nymph extends a limb in Macon, GA, on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, after being found while digging holes for rosebushes. Trillions of cicadas are about to emerge in numbers not seen in decades and possibly centuries.Photo: Carolyn Kaster/AP
GEORGIA — A longtime inhabitant of Earth takes a look at an ‘alien’ who has just taken his photograph: A periodical cicada nymph extends a limb in Macon, GA, on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, after being found while digging holes for rosebushes. Trillions of cicadas are about to emerge in numbers not seen in decades and possibly centuries.
Photo: Carolyn Kaster/AP
ISRAEL — Conflict over compulsory military service: Police disperse ultra-Orthodox Jews blocking a highway during a protest against army recruitment near Bnei Brak, Israel, on Monday, April 1, 2024. Ultra-Orthodox men have long received exemptions from military service, which is compulsory for most Jewish men, generating widespread resentment. The Supreme Court has ordered the government to present a new proposal to force more religious men to enlist.Photo: Ariel Schalit/AP
ISRAEL — Conflict over compulsory military service: Police disperse ultra-Orthodox Jews blocking a highway during a protest against army recruitment near Bnei Brak, Israel, on Monday, April 1, 2024. Ultra-Orthodox men have long received exemptions from military service, which is compulsory for most Jewish men, generating widespread resentment. The Supreme Court has ordered the government to present a new proposal to force more religious men to enlist.
Photo: Ariel Schalit/AP
MACHESTER — The collision ballet of high-level soccer: Manchester City's Erling Haaland, center right, duels for the ball with Arsenal's William Saliba during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England, Sunday, March 31, 2024.Photo: Dave Thompson/AP
MACHESTER — The collision ballet of high-level soccer: Manchester City’s Erling Haaland, center right, duels for the ball with Arsenal’s William Saliba during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England, Sunday, March 31, 2024.
Photo: Dave Thompson/AP
DALLAS — NC State prevailed with superior net blockage: Duke's Kyle Filipowski (30) is blocked by North Carolina State's Ben Middlebrooks, left, and Mohamed Diarra during the first half of an Elite Eight college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament in Dallas, Sunday, March 31, 2024.Photo: Julio Cortez/AP
DALLAS — NC State prevailed with superior net blockage: Duke’s Kyle Filipowski (30) is blocked by North Carolina State’s Ben Middlebrooks, left, and Mohamed Diarra during the first half of an Elite Eight college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament in Dallas, Sunday, March 31, 2024.
Photo: Julio Cortez/AP
MANHATTAN — How helpful this religious holiday has been for fashion and egg consumption! Revelers wearing decorated hats and costumes participate in the annual Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral on Sunday, March 31, 2024, in New York.Photo: Andres Kudacki/AP
MANHATTAN — How helpful this religious holiday has been for fashion and egg consumption! Revelers wearing decorated hats and costumes participate in the annual Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival in front of St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Sunday, March 31, 2024, in New York.
Photo: Andres Kudacki/AP

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