CYPRUS, Nicosia : A man with a parrot on his head is seen outside a Bank of Cyprus branch in the Cypriot capital, Nicosia, on March 28, 2013, as people queue up outside banks waiting for them to open after an unprecedented 12-day lockdown. Queues of dozens of people formed before the doors swung open at 12:00pm (1000 GMT) for the first time since March 16, and there were tensions as a few branches opened late, with customers banging on the doors
CYPRUS, Nicosia : Women wait outside a Laiki bank branch in the old part of the Cypriot capital, Nicosia, on March 28, 2013, ahead of their reopening after an unprecedented 12-day lockdown.