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  • 2
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    2011
    4:53pm, EDT

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    People enjoy the warm weather in Zurich, Switzerland, on Saturday, April 2. Many parts of northern Europe experienced warm spring-like weather over the weekend, with temperatures reaching 25 degrees Celsius in parts of Switzerland.

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    Boys jumps into the water on the first sunny spring day in Malmo, Sweden, on Saturday. The temperature in Malmo reached 63 degrees Fahrenheit, signaling the end of an unusually long and hard winter.

    Enjoying the outdoors: Spring weather hits parts of Switzerland, Sweden

    By Elena Grothe

    What a beautiful day!

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    1:55pm, EDT

    Let 'em fly! Pillow Fight Day celebrated around the world

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    People attend a flash-mob pillow fight during the International Pillow Fight Day on Saturday.

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    Fighters battle in Manhattan's Union Square during a massive pillow fight on Saturday in New York City.

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    Young people take part in a pillow fight on Pillow Fight Day at the Zamkowy square in Warsaw, Poland, on Saturday.

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    A massive pillow fight in Manhattan's Union Square on Saturday.

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    People attend a flash-mob pillow fight during the International Pillow Fight Day in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Saturday.

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    Feathers swirl in the air as participants hit each other with pillows during the International Pillow Fight Day in Fovam Square in Budapest on Saturday.

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    People attend a flash-mob pillow fight during the International Pillow Fight Day in Zurich on Saturday.

    By Elena Grothe

    According to AFP, over 130 cities around the world are due to participate in the fourth annual edition of International Pillow Fight Day. 

    International Pillow Fight Day sends feathers flying from Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Sao Paulo, Brazil.

    28 comments

    ... we honestly need something like this once in a while to "lighten" up the otherwise burdensome thoughts of the world ...

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    12:49pm, EDT

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    A tourist slides across Managua's Tiscapa Lagoon in Nicaragua on Friday, June 10.

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    Excellent job!

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