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The week in photos: Splash

This is the week that was, in photos…

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THIS IS THE week that was, in photos…

The week in photos: Splash
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  • Splash in the pan

    An Indian women, her face smeared with colored powder, reacts as water is squirted on her during Holi celebrations in Chennai, India. (AP Photo/Arun Sankar K.)

  • Make a splash

    A child tries to kiss the penguins swim inside the Pole-Aquarium at the Laohutan Ocean World. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

  • Snow Queen

    Austria's Michaela Kirchgasser skis during the first run of a women's Alpine Ski World cup giant slalom competition. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

  • Glow your mind

    The largest solar storm in five years sent a huge wave of radiation into earth's atmosphere creating a brilliant show of the aurora borealis near Yellowknife, North West Territories. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Bill Braden)

  • Riders on the storm

    Zara Phillips and her horse Lord Lauries splash through the water jump in the cross country at the Tweseldown Horse Trials near Farnham, Hampshire.(Chris Ison/PA Wire)

  • Pretty in pink

    An Indian girl has her face smeared with colored powder during the festival of Holi. (AP Photo/Arun Sankar K.)

  • After the flood

    In this photo taken on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, a motorist drives through a flooded road in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (AP Photo)

  • Glow in the dark

    Curator of Decorative Arts Caroline de Guitaut is pictured with Fabergé Capercaillie, carved from agate (PA)

  • Dark splatter

    Supporters throw confetti and streamters at the start of a CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal soccer match. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young)

  • Dive in!

    Action from heat 6 of the Women's 100m Freestyle (PA)

  • Thicker than water

    A Hindu devotee has a bucket of coloured water poured on her whilst walking to the the Banke Bihari temple. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

  • Better together

    Nepalese people splash water on each other as they celebrate Holi. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

  • Light splash

    A woman lights her cigar at the annual cigar festival gala dinner in Havana, Cuba. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)

  • Splash of colour

    Colored hands are seen as water is sprayed on people during Holi celebrations in Allahabad, India. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
  • An Indian women, her face smeared with colored powder, reacts as water is squirted on her during Holi celebrations in Chennai, India. (AP Photo/Arun Sankar K.)
  • A child tries to kiss the penguins swim inside the Pole-Aquarium at the Laohutan Ocean World. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
  • Austria's Michaela Kirchgasser skis during the first run of a women's Alpine Ski World cup giant slalom competition. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)
  • The largest solar storm in five years sent a huge wave of radiation into earth's atmosphere creating a brilliant show of the aurora borealis near Yellowknife, North West Territories. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Bill Braden)
  • Zara Phillips and her horse Lord Lauries splash through the water jump in the cross country at the Tweseldown Horse Trials near Farnham, Hampshire.(Chris Ison/PA Wire)
  • An Indian girl has her face smeared with colored powder during the festival of Holi. (AP Photo/Arun Sankar K.)
  • In this photo taken on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, a motorist drives through a flooded road in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (AP Photo)
  • Curator of Decorative Arts Caroline de Guitaut is pictured with Fabergé Capercaillie, carved from agate (PA)
  • Supporters throw confetti and streamters at the start of a CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal soccer match. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young)
  • Action from heat 6 of the Women's 100m Freestyle (PA)
  • A Hindu devotee has a bucket of coloured water poured on her whilst walking to the the Banke Bihari temple. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
  • Nepalese people splash water on each other as they celebrate Holi. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
  • A woman lights her cigar at the annual cigar festival gala dinner in Havana, Cuba. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)
  • Colored hands are seen as water is sprayed on people during Holi celebrations in Allahabad, India. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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