Photos: St. Patrick's Day celebrations
Photos of St. Patrick's Day parades and events from around the world.
St. Patrick's Day celebrations
People dress in the emerald green to honour Ireland's Saint Partick, as they enjoy the atmosphere during the St Patrick's day parade in Dublin, Ireland, March, 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
St. Patrick's Day celebrations
Dancers line up in front of the Moulin Rouge cabaret, in the Montmartre neighbourhood as the exterior is illuminated in green to mark St. Patrick's day, in Paris, Monday, March 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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The Wantagh Pit Band marches in the St. Patrick's Day parade, Monday, March 17, 2014 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Cardinal Timothy Dolan, right, greets National Guardsmen at the St. Patrick's Day parade, Monday, March 17, 2014 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Cardinal Timothy Dolan, left, talks with Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny at New York's St. Patrick's Day parade, Monday, March 17, 2014 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Will Banton, center, and Dylan Browne try to catch bubbles before the start of Savannah's 190-year-old St. Patrickís Day parade, Monday, March 17, 2014, in Savannah, Ga. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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The County Tyrone Pipe Band marches in the St. Patrick's Day parade, Monday, March 17, 2014 in New York. St. Patrick's Cathedral, center, is wrapped in scaffolding for renovations. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Festive spectators watch the St. Patrick's Day parade, Monday, March 17, 2014 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Kate Hullihan, 6, watches the St. Patrick's Day parade, Monday, March 17, 2014 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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A participant walks with the Detroit Pirates group during the annual St. Patrick's day parade in Detroit, Michigan on March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Detroit News, Robin Buckson)
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Parade-goers walk with a large character of Father Solanus Casey during the annual St. Patrick's day parade in Detroit, Michigan on March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Detroit News, Robin Buckson)
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Mid American Region Pop Warner Cheer and Dance squad performs during the St. Patrick's day parade in the historic neighborhood of Corktown near downtown Detroit on Sunday, March 16, 2014. Detroit's parade began at noon and featured pipe and drum bands, color guard units, floats and clowns. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Kimberly P. Mitchell)
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From left, J.T. Delcamp sits with his kids, Dominic, 6, and Addalynn, 9, and with Kellie Bauss, as they watch the annual St. Patrick's day parade in Detroit, Michigan on March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Detroit News, Robin Buckson)
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Patty Nellenbach, left, and Blain LeBlanc pose for a "selfie" photo during Savannah's 190-year-old St. Patrickís Day parade, Monday, March 17, 2014, in Savannah, Ga. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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The Highty-Tighties Regimental Band of Virginia Tech marches in Savannah's 190-year-old St. Patrickís Day parade, Monday, March 17, 2014, in Savannah, Ga. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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From left to right, Gene and Cathleen Slivka join friends Barbara Aronson and Billy Sliver on a front porch overlooking Savannah's 190-year-old St. Patrickís Day parade, Monday, March 17, 2014, in Savannah, Ga. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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Celebrating her birthday, Diane Digiandomenico, of Toronto, watches Savannah's St. Patrickís Day parade, Monday, March 17, 2014, in Savannah, Ga. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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Adelaide Lynch takes part in her second St. Patrickís Day parade with her parents, Monday, March 17, 2014, in Savannah, Ga. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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Alice Linley takes a breaks from her job as a waitress at Clarys restaurant to wave at people waiting for Savannah's 190-year-old St. Patrickís Day parade to start, Monday, March 17, 2014, in Savannah, Ga. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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Brenda Meyers kisses a member of the Yonkers New York Fire Department Pipe and Drum during Savannah's 190-year-old St. Patrickís Day parade, Monday, March 17, 2014, in Savannah, Ga. Kissing men in uniform is a tradition during the celebration.. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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"Shamrock" a Irish wolfhound walks during the St. Patrick's Day parade in Chicago, Saturday, March 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
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Ni Riain School of Irish Dance students Carolyn Barton, 15, and Elise Lanteigne, 15, perform in Continental Square during the 31st annual York St. Patrick's Day Parade on Saturday, March 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Daily Record, Chris Dunn)
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Staying out of hot weather, Mike and Edina Tarango enjoy drinking beer Saturday, March 15, 2014 at the annual Porterville Breakfast Lions Club St. Patrick's Day Brewfest at Veteran's Memorial Building in Porterville, Calif. (AP Photo/The Porterville Recorder, Chieko Hara)
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Sebastian Newberry who pretends to be a Leprechaun enjoys partying with his friends Saturday, March 15, 2014 at the annual Porterville Breakfast Lions Club St. Patrick's Day Brewfest at Veteran's Memorial Building in Porterville, Calif. (AP Photo/The Porterville Recorder, Chieko Hara)
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Kayakers float on the Chicago River after being dyed green ahead of the St. Patrick's Day parade in Chicago, Saturday, March 15, 2014. (AP Photo/ Paul Beaty)
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Children wave from a float passing down Commercial Street in Emporia, Kan. on Saturday, March 15, 2014, as the city held their annual St. Patrick's Day parade. (AP Photo/The Emporia Gazette, Dustin Michelson)
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Rebecca Henderson with the Vikings of the Great Lakes, sounds a horn as people lined city streets Saturday March 15, 2014, for the 14th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in downtown Kalamazoo. (AP Photo/The Gazette, Mark Bugnaski)
St. Patrick's Day celebrations
David Sims portrays St. Patrick as people lined city streets Saturday, March 15, 2014, for the 14th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in downtown Kalamazoo. (AP Photo/The Gazette, Mark Bugnaski)
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2014 Grand Marshal Judy Sarkozy walks up Kalamazoo Mall as people line city streets Saturday March 15, 2014, for the 14th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in downtown Kalamazoo. (AP Photo/The Gazette, Mark Bugnaski)
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Sushila Stegman, 10, as people lined city streets Saturday, March 15, 2014, for the 14th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in downtown Kalamazoo. (AP Photo/The Gazette, Mark Bugnaski)
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The Carolina Kudzu Queens wave to festival goers during a St. Patrick's Day parade in Columbia, S.C., Saturday, March 15, 2014. The wild redheads have raised money for women's charities since 2004 and pariticpate in the annual St. Patrick's Day parade. (Rob Thompson/The State/MCT)
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A church group called Decided sings from the float during a St. Patrick's Day parade in Columbia, S.C., Saturday, March 15, 2014. (Rob Thompson/The State/MCT)
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Kindergarten students in Bennie Tarnow's class at Burton-Pack Elementary in Columbia, S.C., were celebrating St. Patrick's Day Monday, March 17, 2014, by creating hats, playing math games and learning words by searching for shamrocks. (Tim Dominick/The State/MCT)
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Kindergarten students in Bennie Tarnow's class at Burton-Pack Elementary in Columbia, S.C., were celebrating St. Patrick's Day Monday, March 17, 2014, by creating hats, playing math games and learning words by searching for shamrocks. Here, Kamea Banks is excited she knows the answer during the math game. (Tim Dominick/The State/MCT)
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In this March 13, 2014 photo provided by the Las Vegas News Bureau, shows the iconic Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign that went green for the St. Patrickís Day holiday. (Photo/Las Vegas News Bureau, Brian Jones)
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Craig Hyatt, left, and his wife Shannon Hyatt, both from Toronto, look toward the Jefferson Memorial after a St. Patrick's Day winter storm, Monday, March 17, 2014 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Spectators watch the annual St. Patrick's Day parade in the South Boston neighborhood of Boston, Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
St. Patrick's Day celebrations
Spectators watch the annual St. Patrick's Day parade in the South Boston neighborhood of Boston, Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
St. Patrick's Day celebrations
Clydesdale horses march in the annual St. Patrick's Day parade in Boston, Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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People watch the annual St. Patrick's Day parade from a roof in the South Boston neighborhood of Boston, Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Street vendor Marshall Baker blows a horn to attract customers before the start of Savannah's 190-year-old St. Patrickís Day parade, Monday, March 17, 2014, in Savannah, Ga. Started in 1824 by early Irish immigrants to Georgia, the parade has ballooned into a sprawling street party that makes for one of Savannah's most profitable tourism events. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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Allena Coburn, 7, left, and her sister Alivia Coburn, 6, of Meadville, Pa., watch the St. Patrick's Day Parade near 10th and State Streets, in Erie, Pa., on March 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Erie Times-News, Jack Hanrahan)
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Dressed in green, Marty Kobovitch, 53, of Freehold, N.J. takes part in his first Scranton St. Patrick's Day Parade in downtown Scranton, Pa. on Saturday, March 15, 2014. (AP Photo/The Scranton Times-Tribune, Butch Comegys)
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Zackary Richardson, 11, of Roaring Brook Township, Pa. wears a costume during the 53rd Scranton St. Patrick's Day Parade held in downtown Scranton, Pa. on Saturday, March 15, 2014. (AP Photo/The Scranton Times-Tribune, Butch Comegys)
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Colleen Dour,left, of Bremerton, Wash., holds Isabele Hamblet,1, at the end of the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Bremerton on Saturday, March 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Kitsap Sun, Larry Steagall)
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Revelers watch the St. Patrick's Day parade, Monday, March 17, 2014 in New York. The city's parade stepped off Monday without Mayor Bill de Blasio marching along with the crowds of kilted Irish-Americans and bagpipers amid a dispute over whether participants can carry pro-gay signs. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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A woman walks down the street decked out in St. Patrick's Day gear on Sunday March 16, 2014, for the 2014 Shamrock Run. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Emily Jan)
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Carolyn Geis, left, kisses Irish Air Corps Pipe and Drum member Terry Healy on the cheek during Savannah, Ga.'s 190-year-old St. Patrickís Day parade, Monday, March 17, 2014. Kissing men in uniform is a tradition during the celebration in Georgia's first city. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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Members of the New York City Police Department march in the St. Patrick's Day parade past protesters, Monday, March 17, 2014 in New York. The banner reads "Boycott Homophobia." The city's St. Patrick's Day parade stepped off Monday without Mayor Bill de Blasio marching along with the crowds of kilted Irish-Americans and bagpipers amid a dispute over whether participants can carry pro-gay signs. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Kate, The Duchess of Cambridge strokes Domhnall the Irish Wolfhound before presenting him with a shamrock, during a visit to the 1st Battalion Irish Guards at the St. Patrick's Day Parade at Mons Barracks, Aldershot, in England, Monday, March 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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Kate, The Duchess of Cambridge smiles during a visit to the 1st Battalion Irish Guards at the St. Patrick's Day Parade at Mons Barracks, Aldershot, in England, Monday, March 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Bradley Page)
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Kate, The Duchess of Cambridge smiles as she adjusts her hair during a visit to the 1st Battalion Irish Guards at the St. Patrick's Day Parade at Mons Barracks, Aldershot, in England, Monday, March 17, 2014. The Duke of Cambridge attended the Parade as Colonel of the Regiment. The Duchess of Cambridge presented the traditional sprigs of shamrocks to the Officers and Guardsmen of the Regiment. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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Domhnall the Irish Wolfhound wears a shamrock after being presented it by Kate, The Duchess of Cambridge during a visit to the 1st Battalion Irish Guards at the St. Patrick's Day Parade at Mons Barracks, Aldershot, in England, Monday, March 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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Prince William holds a pint of Guinness during a visit to the 1st Battalion Irish Guards at the St. Patrick's Day Parade at Mons Barracks, Aldershot, in England, Monday, March 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Bradley Page)
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A spectator smiles as she watches the annual St. Patrick's Day parade in Montreal, Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Graham Hughes)
St. Patrick's Day celebrations
Spectators smile as the watch the annual St. Patrick's Day parade in Montreal, Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Graham Hughes)
St. Patrick's Day celebrations
A giant shamrock waves to spectators during the annual St. Patrick's Day parade in Montreal, Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Graham Hughes)
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A woman enjoys the party atmosphere during the St Patrick's day parade in Dublin, Ireland, Monday March, 17, 2014. The world's largest parade celebrating Irish heritage set off on a cold and gray morning, the culmination of a weekend of St. Patrick's Day revelry. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
St. Patrick's Day celebrations
A man and child dressed in emerald green to honor Ireland's Saint Patrick, as they enjoy the atmosphere during the St Patrick's day parade in Dublin, Ireland, March, 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
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People dress wear fancy dress as they enjoy the atmosphere during the St Patrick's day parade in Dublin, Ireland, Monday March, 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
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A woman enjoys the party atmosphere during the St Patrick's day parade in Dublin, Ireland, Monday March, 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
St. Patrick's Day celebrations
People dress up and enjoy the party like atmosphere during the St Patrick's day parade in Dublin, Ireland, Monday March, 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
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Thousands of people line the streets of O'Connell Street to watch the St Patrick's day parade in Dublin, Ireland, Monday March, 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
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People get a good view to watch the St Patrick's day parade in Dublin, Ireland, March, 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
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A woman entertains the public during the St Patrick's day parade in Dublin, Ireland, March, 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
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Thousands of people line the streets to watch as colourful dancers make their way up O'Connell Street during the St Patrick's day parade in Dublin, Ireland, Monday March, 17, 2014. The world's largest parade celebrating Irish heritage set off on a cold and gray morning, the culmination of a weekend of St. Patrick's Day revelry.(AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
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Thousands of people line the streets to watch the St Patrick's day parade in Dublin, Ireland, Monday March, 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
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A shamrock-cheeked flag girl performs at the head of the Acton-Boxborough, USA, High School Marching Band during the St. Patrick's Day parade in Dublin, Ireland, on Monday, March 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Shawn Pogatchnik)
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Performers depicting axe-wielding Viking warriors march in the St. Patrick's Day parade in Dublin, Ireland, on Monday, March 17, 2014. Parade participants celebrated a theme of "Let's Make History" as they strutted and danced their way through Ireland's capital in front of an estimated 400,000 tourists and locals celebrating the Emerald Isle's national holiday. (AP Photo/Shawn Pogatchnik)
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Duane Bohmier celebrates on St. Patrick's Day at Nemo's in Detroit before the crowds arrive on Monday, March 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Jessica J. Trevino)
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People gather wearing green at the Most Holy Trinity Church to celebrate St. Patrick's Day during a service in Detroit, Monday, March 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Jessica J. Trevino)
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People gather at The Old Shillelagh on St. Patrick's Day, Monday, March 17, 2014, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Charles V. Tines)
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Retired police officer Ray Willis, formerly of New York, and now of Clearwater, Fla., plays his bagpipe music on the concourse at Brighthouse Field before a spring exhibition baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles on St. Patrick's Day in Clearwater, Fla., Monday, March 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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Decked out in St. Patrick's Day clothing, Ed Silva of Clearwater, Fla., wipes down seats before the gates opened for a spring exhibition baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Baltimore Orioles in Clearwater, Fla., Monday, March 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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A child wearing a green hat with a shamrock takes part in a parade celebrating St Patrick's Day, in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru/Mediafax)
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The Boston Police Gaelic Column marches in the annual St. Patrick's Day parade in the South Boston neighborhood of Boston, Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Andrea Sicignano of Long Island, NY high-fives a participant marching in Savannah's 190-year-old St. Patrickís Day parade Monday, March 17, 2014, in Savannah, Ga. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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Chris Davern marches in the annual St. Patrick's Day parade in the South Boston neighborhood of Boston, Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Kattryna Scheving, 6, of Fort Worth, Texas holds a camera during the Cowtown Goes Green event and St. Patrick's Day celebration at the Fort Worth Stockyards in Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday, March 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Ian McVea)
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A reveler takes a photo of herself in front of the Chicago River dyed green ahead of the St. Patrick's Day parade in Chicago on Saturday, March 15, 2014. The annual dying has been done since 1962. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)