Tibetan exiles light cedar leaves to purify air as they wait to welcome their spiritual leader Dalai Lama outside a small Buddhist temple near Rewalsar, a small hill town 90 miles from Dharmsala, India. (AP)

Sand dunes and snow in the Gobi Desert, located south of the Mongolian capital city of Ulaanbaatar. (Reuters)

People carry the coffin of Neslisah Sultan, 91, last in line to the dynasty that once ruled the Ottoman empire, in Istanbul, Turkey. Once known as Imperial Princess of the Ottoman Empire and Princess of Egypt, Sultan was the granddaughter of the last Ottoman sultan, Mehmed VI. She was to be buried in a family vault after a religious ceremony in the grounds of the former Yildiz imperial palace. (AFP)

A young girl jumps over small fountains during sunny weather in Duisburg, Germany. (AP)

A rescued pit bull catches drops of water from a volunteer of the Philippine Animal Welfare Society at a coffee farm lot in San Pablo city, Laguna province, south of Manila. Dozens of pit bulls, rescued from a dog-fighting ring will be put down by animal welfare activists who say there are no facilities to rehabilitate them and prevent them from again being used in underground arenas. (AP)

Penitents walk to their church during the Holy Week in Seville, Spain. (AFP)

Two trucks lie on their sides on a bridge at Toyama city, western Japan. A typhoon-like spring storm brought strong gusts and heavy rains to Japan, causing traffic chaos. (AFP)

Aline Pellegrino of Brazil chases the ball during the women's friendly soccer match against the U.S. in Chiba, east of Tokyo, Japan. (Reuters)

Towering Supertrees Grove, which are part of horticultural themed gardens, sit in the Garden by the Bay in Singapore. The 101-hectare Gardens by the Bay will include two greenhouses and 220,000 plants from almost every continent. (AFP)