Marzo 01, 2015
1 Britain's Prince William (R), Duke of Cambridge, is greeted by a lion dance during his visit to the Chime of Hope Shopping Centre in Onagawa, Miyagi prefecture, Japan.
2 Russia's opposition supporters march in memory of murdered Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov in central Moscow . The 55-year-old former first deputy prime minister under Boris Yeltsin was shot in the back several times just before midnight on Feb. 27 as he walked across a bridge a stone's throw from the Kremlin walls.
3 People watch South Korean President Park Geun-hye's speech on small screens fitted in their seats during a ceremony celebrating the 96th anniversary of the Independence Movement Day in Seoul.
4 Stefan Kraft of Austria soars through the air during the men's large hill team ski jumping final at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun, Sweden, Feb. 28, 2015.
5 An elderly woman walks across a destroyed bridge, the scene of heavy fighting in Donetsk, Ukraine, March 1, 2015.
6 Men daubed in colors sing religious songs as they celebrate "Lathmar Holi" at Nandgaon, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Feb. 28, 2015.
7 Survivors of an avalanche run to get relief goods distributed by an Afghan army helicopter in the Paryan district of Panjshir province, north of Kabul.
8 Cooks sell a 2,031-meter-long sausage made for the 31st annual Sausage Festival in the village of Turija, some 100 kilometers (60 miles) northwest of Belgrade, Serbia, Feb. 28, 2015.
9 Models wear creations for Dolce & Gabbana women's Fall-Winter 2015-16 collection during the Milan Fashion Week in Italy.
Marzo 02, 2015
1 Iraqi government forces and allied militias fire weaponry from a position in the northern part of Diyala province, bordering Salaheddin province, as they take part in an assault to retake the city of Tikrit from jihadists of the Islamic State (IS) group.
2 Student protesters shout inside a monastery compound after police surrounded the monastery apparently to prevent them from proceeding with a protest march against an academic law to Yangon from Letpadan, north of Yangon, Myanmar, to protest against an academic law.
3 Performers spray molten iron against a concrete wall to celebrate the upcoming Lantern Festival in Nuanquan town of Yuxian County, Hebei province, China, March 1, 2015.
4 A woman holds a sign reading "I am not afraid" during a march in Moscow, Russia, in memory of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov who was shot and killed near the Kremlin on Feb. 27, 2015. (Photo taken by Vladimir Zablitsky from Moscow on March 1, 2015)
5 A harbor light on Lake Michigan at the 31st Street Harbor in Chicago, Illinois, is covered by snow and ice, March 1, 2015.
6 A woman looks at Hina dolls and thousands of hanging decorations marking Girls' Day at a hotel in Tokyo, Japan. March 3 is celebrated as Girls' Day to pray for the vigorous growth of girls in the family.
7 Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Terry Virts and Commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore venture outside the International Space Station for their third spacewalk in eight days. Virts and Wilmore completed installing 400 feet of cable and several antennas associated with the Common Communications for Visiting Vehicles system known as C2V2.
° C air all worth it! (Photo taken by Daniel Leavey of Jersey City in New Jersey on Feb. 21, 2015)
9 A farmer pulls an old fishing net over a rice field to protect it from birds in Cilacap, Central Java, Indonesia.
10 A participant in the Chicago Polar Plunge is engulfed by the partially frozen waters of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois, March 1, 2015.
11 A man shields himself from women playfully beating him with sticks as part of Holi celebrations at Gokul village in Mathura district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
12 Children react with their faces covered in cream from a 450-meter-long cake that was prepared as part of celebrations to mark the 450th anniversary of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 1, 2015.
13 An American Robin perches on a tree branch enjoying snowflakes in freezing weather in Virginia, Feb. 26, 2015. (Diaa Bekheet/VOA)
14 A woman uses Samsung Gear vr during the Mobile World Congress, the world's largest mobile phone trade show in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, March 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
15 Grumpy Cat attends the World Premiere of Cinderella in Los AngelesMarch 1, 2015.
Marzo 03, 2015
1 Cats crowd the harbor on Aoshima Island in the Ehime prefecture in southern Japan. An army of cats rules the remote island, curling up in abandoned houses or strutting about in a fishing village that is overrun with felines outnumbering humans six to one.
2 Zhanna, daughter of Russian leading opposition figure Boris Nemtsov, cries during his funeral in Moscow. Thousands of Russians, many carrying red carnations, queued to pay their respects to the Kremlin critic who was gunned down last week.
3 The Villarica volcano erupts near Pucon, Chile.
4 Myanmar riot police confront students during a protest march against an education bill in Letpadan town, some 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Yangon.
5 Couples from around the world participate in a mass wedding ceremony at the Cheong Shim Peace World Center in Gapyeong, South Korea. 3,800 couples from more than fifty countries exchanged or reaffirmed marriage vows in the Unification Church's mass wedding.
6 A helicopter water bombs fire in the Tokai Forest near Cape Town, South Africa. A wildfire continues to burn across the city's southern peninsula.
7 A woman poses inside the mockup of a car at the Opel booth during the press day of the Geneva Car Show in Switzerland.
8 People take pictures through a window as they wait to see Britain's Prince William in Shanghai, China.
9 Taxi drivers line a street during a protest against the online ride-sharing company Uber, in central Brussels, Belgium.
10 Swedish music band ABBA's new wax figures are presented at the ABBA museum in Stockholm.
Marzo 04, 2015
1 Armored police vehicles believed to be carrying two Australian prisoners, arrive at the port to take a ferry to the prison island of Nusa Kambangan, where upcoming executions are expected to take place, in Cilacap, Central Java, Indonesia. The planned executions of Myuran Sukumaran, 33, and Andrew Chan, 31, have ratcheted up diplomatic tensions between Australia and Indonesia following repeated pleas of mercy for the pair, who are among 11 death row convicts scheduled to go before a firing squad.
2 Buddhists holding candles encircle a large Buddha statue during Makha Bucha Day at a temple in Nakhon Pathom province on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand.
3 A woman cries as she waits to hear news about relatives after an explosion at the Zasyadko coal mine in Donetsk, Ukraine. Seventeen workers were confirmed dead and 16 are still missing.
4 An Indian army recruit wearing his ceremonial uniform looks on as he marches during the passing out parade at a garrison in Rangreth on the outskirts of Srinagar.
5 An environmental activist is arrested during clashes with Gendarmes in Gaillac, southwestern France. The activists hostile to the proposed dam in the nearby Sivens forest tried to supply food to the Zadists - the name given to the activists occupying the site "zone to defend," or ZAD, in spite of a blockade of pro-dam farmers on a road leading to the area.
6 Men sit in a makeshift chairlift to cross a river in Charsadda, near Peshawar, Pakistan.
7 Displaced Somali families help push a pick-up truck carrying personal belongings from a camp which was closed down by Somali forces, leaving hundreds of families without shelter, in the capital Mogadishu.
8 A Turkish Airlines jet that skidded off a slippery runway while landing in dense fog is seen at Tribhuwan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal.The plane with 238 people on board was coming from Istanbul. Officials said passengers suffered bruises but no serious injuries.
9 From the International Space Station, European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti took this photograph of the island of Hawaii.
Latoya Watson of Washington, with Planned Parenthood, cheers during a rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., as the court was hearing arguments in King v. Burwell, a major test of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
11 Paramilitary soldiers stand guard near the Great Hall of the People, where the National People's Congress will be held, in Beijing.
12 Fashion is displayed during the exhibition 'Bjork' at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, March 3, 2015. With pulsating sounds, stunning videos and elaborate costumes, a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) dedicated to the work of Bjork transports visitors into the world of the creative Icelandic musician, composer and singer.
13 Street performers dressed as the Statue of Liberty stand during a snowfall in New York's Times Square, March 3, 2015.
14 The new Radical RXC Turbo 500 is presented on the second press day of the Geneva International Motor Show in Geneva, Switzerland.
Marzo 05, 2015
1 Hostesses pose for photos outside the Great Hall of the People during the opening session of the annual National People's Congress in Beijing, China.
2 Bangladeshi workers unload goods from a boat in the Buriganga River in Dhaka.
3 The 4.6-meter high bronze sculpture "Gift Horse", which portrays a skeletal horse by German-born artist Hans Haacke, stands above Trafalgar Square after it was unveiled as the new commission for the Fourth Plinth, in London.
4 A girl slips on an icy street while walking with her sister in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The girls were dressed as clowns for the Jewish celebration of Purim.
5 Policemen take position behind shields near Yangon City Hall after a crackdown on a peaceful demonstration supporting the student protests which demand an amendment to the National Education Bill in Yangon, Myanmar.
6 Arthur Ward stands with his Pyrenean Mountain Dog Cody during the first day of the Crufts Dog Show in Birmingham, central England.
7 The moon sets in the early morning hours as a man walks along an ocean pier in Oceanside, California.
8 Male Afghan women's rights activist wear burqas to show their solidarity with Afghan women ahead of International Women's Day in Kabul.
9 Firecrackers are set off during the Beehive Rockets Festival, ahead of the Chinese Lantern Festival in Tainan, southern Taiwan, March 4, 2015.
10 People sing and dance while celebrating Holi, the Festival of Colors, in Kathmandu, Nepal.
11 Kristy Fogden, right, of New Zealand, hands her friend Dave Shaw a guitar as they stand on a sand dune at dusk in White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, March 4, 2015.
12 A foreign tourist screams as another puts color on her face during celebrations marking Holi in Kolkata, India.
Marzo 06, 2015
1 The snow-covered U.S. Marine Corp Memorial is framed through the trees at sunrise in Arlington, Virginia, after a winter storm blanketed the Washington D.C.-area with several inches of snow Thursday.
2 Myanmar Buddhist monks hold fans as sunshades during a protest march by students and Buddhist monks in Letpadan, some 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Myanmar's main city of Yangon. Students have rallied for months over a controversial education bill that they say is undemocratic.
3 A woman looks at a photo exhibition of murdered women staged as a protest in Ankara, Turkey, ahead of International Women's Day on March 8, 2015.
4 Schoolchildren walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge as they visit historic sites from the Selma to Montgomery civil rights march in Selma, Alabama. Selma is preparing to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the famed march on March 7.
5 South Korean conservative activists hold candles during a rally to wish U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert a speedy recovery, in front of Severance Hospital where he is hospitalized, in Seoul. Police on Friday investigated the motive of the anti-U.S. activist they say slashed Lippert, as questions turned to whether security was neglected.
6 A man takes a picture of a ship that ran aground after a storm near the Adriatic city of Split, Croatia. Winds in the coastal city roared at a speed of 240 kilometers (150 miles) an hour, forcing the suspension of most ferry lines between the port and the islands.
7 The mother of a miner killed in an explosion on Wednesday at more than 1,000 meters (3,200 feet) underground at the Zasyadko mine, is supported by relatives during a funeral for the victims of the accident in Donetsk, Ukraine. At least 33 miners have been confirmed dead.
8 Ultra-Orthodox Jewish youths walk next to a girl in costume during Purim celebrations in Jerusalem. The festival commemorates the rescue of Jews from genocide in ancient Persia recorded in the biblical Book of Esther.
9 A Dogue de Bordeaux rests during the second day of the Crufts Dog Show in Birmingham, central England.
10 Pope Francis strokes a crying child's face as he arrives for a meeting in Aula Paolo VI at the Vatican.
11 Joburg Ballet senior soloist Kitty Phetla performs in front of an audience of schoolchildren as part of a dance awareness event by the City Ballet at Park Senior School in Johannesburg, South Africa.
12 An Indian girl smears colored powder on the face of another as they celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Ahmadabad. The streets and lanes across most of the country turn into a large playground where people of all faiths throw colored powder and water at each other.
13 Cars drive on a snow-overed road on Mt. Romania, 30 kms east of Sarajevo. Heavy snowfall has caused transport problems and electricity supply breakdown in most of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
14 Athletes compete in the women's 60m hurdles semifinals during the IAAF European Indoor Championships in Prague, Czech Republic.
15 A Muslim boy stands on Kastela Beach during sunset in Ternate, North Maluku, Indonesia.
Marzo 08, 2015
1 A street artist performs in a park in Milan, Italy.
2 Thousands of lanterns are lit up to mourn for the victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo, ahead of the four-year anniversary of the disaster.
3 Liu Guiqiu, whose son was on board Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that went missing, cries as she protests near the Malaysian Embassy in Beijing on the one year anniversary of the plane's disappearance.
4 Police escort a man believed to be one of five suspects in the killing of prominent Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov in a court room in Moscow, Russia.
5 A man holding an umbrella walks in the snow in the village of Jezerc, west of Kosovo's capital Pristina.
6 Once a Norwegian, always a Norwegian - even in the absence of snow! (Photo taken by Maung Maung Myint on March 7, 2015, in Oslo, Norway)
7 An aerial view shows cross-country skiers racing during the Engadin Ski Marathon in the village of Maloja, Switzerland. According to the organizers, more than 13,000 skiers participated in the 42 km (26 miles) race between Maloja and S-chanf near the Swiss mountain resort of St. Moritz.
8 Corporals Verica Zlatevska (L) and Dragana Kitanovska attend an honor guard training session at an army barracks in Skopje, Macedonia.
9 Young Nepalese girls dressed traditional attire wait to perform a dance at an event to mark International Women's Day at the Maiti Nepal in Kathmandu.
10 Salt pans and small dams can be seen in drought-affected farming areas located on the outskirts of the Western Australian capital city of Perth.
11 U.S. President Barack Obama, center, walks as he holds hands with Amelia Boynton Robinson, who was beaten during "Bloody Sunday," along with the first family and others walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, for the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday," a landmark event of the civil rights movement, March 7, 2015.
12 Australia's captain Michael Clarke drops a catch from Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan during their Cricket World Cup match in Sydney.
13 Fireworks from the United Kingdom's Jubilee Fireworks dot the sky at the scenic Manila Bay during the 6th International Pyro musical competition held at the Mall of Asia shopping complex at suburban Pasay city south of Manila, the Philippines, March 7, 2015.
Marzo 09, 2015
1 A Palestinian student prepares to fly a kite during a commemoration to mark the fourth anniversary of Japan's Tsunami organized by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip.
2 In this photo released by Solar Impulse, "Solar Impulse 2", a solar-powered airplane flies after taking off from Al Bateen Executive Airport in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, marking the start of the first attempt to fly around the world without a drop of fuel.
3 Chinese paramilitary policemen march to perform a flag lowering ceremony in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
4 German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R), escorted by Mamoru Mori, executive director of the museum and former astronaut, looks at "Asimo", a bi-ped humanoid robot developed by Honda Motor Co., while visiting Miraikan (National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation) in Tokyo, Japan.
5 People pass by a destroyed building in Vuhlehirsk, Ukraine.
6 Two Irish Setters look out from an enclosure in Lauw, Belgium.
7 Sun shines through the petals of a daisy in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany.
8 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un smiles during his inspection of Unit 1016 of KPA (Korean People's Army) Air and Anti-Air Force honored with the Title of O Jung Hup-led 7th Regiment, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang.
9 Madeleine Klonoski, 2, sits on her father's leg at a kite festival in Redondo Beach, California, March 8, 2015.
10 People move in a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, USA, March 8, 2015, to mark the 50th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday,' a civil rights march in which protesters were beaten, trampled and tear-gassed by police at the bridge.
11 Women take part in India’s first ever "Stilleto Run", organized by women's fashion brand Elle, on International Women’s Day in Bangalore, March 8, 2015.
Marzo 10, 2015
1 Police hit a student protester in Letpadan. Myanmar police beat students with batons and detained some of them as they broke up a group of about 200 protesters who had been locked in a standoff with security forces for more than a week, a Reuters witness said. The students were protesting an education bill they say stifles academic independence.
2 Palestinian girls play at their family's house, that witnesses said was damaged by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war last summer, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
3 A customer shops for shoes at a mall in Hefei, Anhui province, China.
4 Soldiers from German Bundeswehr Armed Forces with the 371st armored infantry battalion take position with a MILAN anti-tank rocket launcher during a media day at the barracks in Marienberg.
5 Supporters of Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh, the son of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, gather at the Monument of the Unknown Soldier during a demonstration demanding presidential elections be held and the younger Saleh run for the office, in Sana'a.
6 Demonstrators protest the shooting of Tony Robinson at the state Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin, USA, , March 9, 2015. Robinson, 19, was fatally shot by a police officer who forced his way into an apartment after hearing a disturbance while responding to a call. Police say Robinson had attacked the officer.
7 Smoke rises from fires caused by the derailment of a CN Railway train carrying crude oil near the northern Ontario community of Gogama, in this handout photo obtained from Transport Safety Board of Canada (TSBCanada).
8 Tibetan exiles, their faces painted in the colors of the Tibetan flag, jump over a flower bed as they make their way toward the Chinese Embassy during a protest in New Delhi, India.
9 A black vulture scans the surface of the Occoquan River, Virginia, for something to prey on, March 8, 2015. (Photo taken by Diaa Bekheet/VOA)
10 Model Cara Delevingne kisses a waiter as she wears creations of Chanel's ready to wear fall-winter 2015-2016 fashion collection during Paris fashion week in France.
11 Workers watch and take pictures as the tunnel boring machine Victoria breaks into the eastern end of the Liverpool Street Crossrail station in London.
12 A VW Golf VII car (R) and a VW Passat are loaded into a delivery tower at the plant of German carmaker Volkswagen in Wolfsburg.
Marzo 11, 2015
1 The booster for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket was fired for a two-minute test at the Orbital ATK test facility. The test is one of two that will qualify the booster for flight before SLS begins carrying NASA’s Orion spacecraft and other potential payloads to deep space destinations.
2 Ultra-Orthodox Jews take part in a rally supporting the United Torah Judaism party in Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv. Israelis will vote in a parliamentary election on March 17, choosing among party lists of candidates to serve in the 120-seat Knesset.
3 A protester holds a plank to hide from a police water cannon in Istanbul, during clashes following a protest in memory of a teenager killed in 2013 anti-government demonstrations and whose death has become a rallying cause for opponents of the Turkish president.
4 A Burmese laborer lifts a basket of fish from boiling water at a processing factory near Bang Saphan in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, southern Thailand, March 6, 2015. (Photo taken by Matthew Richards, Thailand)
5 School children wearing padded hoods to protect them from falling debris sit on running track during an earthquake simulation exercise at an elementary school in Tokyo, Japan.
6 Ruby Walsh on Annie Power falls at the final hurdle during Mares' Hurdle during the Cheltenham Festival in western England, March 10, 2015. (Credit: Matthew Childs Livepic)
7 Women and girls wearing Miao traditional costumes dance during the traditional Lusheng (reed-pipe wind instrument) Festival in Kaili, Guizhou province, March 10, 2015.
8 A man watches the sun set against the skyline in Johannesburg, South Africa, March. 10, 2015.
9 Models present creations of Italian designer Giambattista Valli as part of his Autumn/Winter 2015 - 2016 women's ready-to-wear collection for fashion house Moncler Gamme Rouge during Paris Fashion Week in France.
10 An art installation entitled "Hang On A Minute Lads, I've Got A Great Idea" created by British artist Richard Wilson and depicting a full-sized bus, is displayed outside the building of The Peninsula hotel in Hong Kong.
11 A model presents a creation of Iris Van Herpen during the 2015-2016 fall - winter ready-to-wear collection fashion show in Paris, Fraace.
Marzo 12, 2015
1 New South Korean military officers attend the joint commissioning ceremony of 6,478 new military officers of the army, navy, air force and marines at the military headquarters in Gyeryong, south of Seoul.
2 Britain's Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, chats to cast members Sopie McShera, left, and Lesley Nicol during an official visit to the set of the TV series Downton Abbey at Ealing Studios in London.
3 The Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 42 commander Barry Wilmore of NASA, Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Elena Serova of Roscosmos near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.
4 Police officers respond to a fellow officer hit by gunfire outside the Ferguson Police Headquarters in Ferguson, Missouri. Two police officers were shot in what officials called an ambush following months of tensions over relations between police and minority groups in the St. Louis suburb.
5 Relatives weep as they bury a loved one suspected of dying from the Ebola virus at a new graveyard on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia, March 11, 2015.
6 An Iraqi Army armored vehicle prepares to attack Islamic State extremists in Tikrit, 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Baghdad.
7 A staffmember looks at a selection of dresses from Alexander McQueen's 'Plato's Atlantis' 2010 Spring/Summer collection at the Alexander McQueen exhibition 'Savage Beauty' at the Victoria and Albert museum in London.
8 A balloon depicting Vincent van Gogh flies over the Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin mosque during the Hot Air Balloon festival in Putrajaya, Malaysia.
9 Chinese hostesses, who serve the delegates of the National People's Congress, jump as they pose for photographs on Tiananmen Square during a plenary session of the NPC held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
10 A shower runs continuously on Leblon beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 11, 2015. A historic drought making taps run dry across southeastern Brazil, particularly in South America’s largest city of Sao Paulo, has people worried they might be asked to cut down on their beloved showers.
Marzo 13, 2015
1 An Olive Ridley turtle returns to sea after nesting, at Rushikullya beach in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. Hundreds of Olive Ridleys, a species of sea turtles, arrive annually on India's east coast for mass nesting.
2 Hostesses prepare tea for members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) ahead of the closing ceremony of the CPPCC at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
3 Flowers covered in volcanic ash are seen after an eruption of Turrialba volcano, at El Roble near Turrialba, Costa Rica. The volcano belched a column of gas and ash up to 3,280 feet (1 km) into the air on Thursday in its most powerful eruption in two decades, and local authorities started to evacuate residents from the surrounding area.
4 Supporters of the Israel's center-left Zionist Union party wear T-shirts bearing the names of the party's co-leaders, Isaac Herzog, also known by his nickname, Buji, and Tzipi Livni, during a campaign stop in the southern city of Ashdod. The center-left opposition is poised for an upset victory in national elections next week, with the last opinion polls before the March 17 vote giving it a solid lead over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's party.
5 An Indian woman in a sari stands next to two wooden crosses with poppies during a WWI commemoration ceremony at the Neuve Chapelle Indian Memorial in Neuve Chapelle, France. The Memorial commemorates over 4,700 Indian soldiers and workers who lost their lives on the Western Front during WWI and have no known grave.
6 A Royal Air Force Chinook flies over London during the Service of Commemoration – Afghanistan at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. The Queen and Britain's prime minister joined veterans in a service to commemorate the end of Britain's combat operations in Afghanistan. Almost 150,000 Britons served in the conflict, and 453 died.
7 Elephants enjoy a "buffet" of fruit and vegetables during Thailand's National Elephant Day in the ancient Thai capital Ayutthaya. Thais honored the elephant with special fruits and Buddhist ceremonies across the country to pay homage to their national animal.
8 Malaysia's Ann Osman enters the arena carrying the Malaysian flag for her mixed martial arts (MMA) ONE Championship fight against Egypt's Walaa Abbas in Kuala Lumpur. Osman is the first female Muslim MMA fighter to compete at the top level of the sport.
9 People gather at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C. Temperatures hovered around 45 degrees (F) with the first day of Spring a week away.
10 A lighting technician puts the finishing touches to Temple, a cross-community arts project that aims to demonstrate the transformative power of the arts in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It has been built and raised by more than 100 individuals drawn from communities across the city, working together with California artist David Best. It will be burned to the ground in a special ceremony on March 21.
11 Nico de Boinville celebrates winning the 15.20 Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase on Coneygree, U.K., March 13, 2015.
12 This frame grab taken from handout video streamed live shows images of the presumed World War II battleship Musashi on the sea bed in the Sibuyan Sea. The torn wreck of Japan's presumed Musashi battleship was shown to the world for the first time more than 70 years after it sank in a World War II sea battle off the Philippines. (Paul G. Allen handout)
13 People stand in front of the oil painting 'Goldfish' (1989) by Rainer Fetting during the press preview at the exhibition 'Berlin Gallery Weeks,' a project with Berlin's Raab gallery, in the Kulturfabrik in Apolda, central Germany. The exhibition runs until July 14, 2015.
14 A model of a planned new capital for Egypt is displayed for investors at the opening of the Egypt Economic Development Conference (EEDC) in Sharm el-Sheikh, in the South Sinai governorate, about 550 km (342 miles) south of Cairo. Egypt expects to sign several memoranda of understanding at the conference, including one for the construction of a new administrative capital with a price-tag of about $40 billion.
15 Ann-Catrin wears colorful make-up as she visits the Leipzig Book Fair in Leipzig, eastern Germany. Authors, readers and publishers gather during the fair (March 12-15, 2015), which is traditionally a meeting place for supporters of the cosplay and manga crowd
Marzo 15, 2015
1 People enjoy watching a Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways' plane landing at the Narita International Airport from a popular viewing spot at Sakuranoyama Park in Narita, east of Tokyo, March 14, 2015.
2 This handout photo received by CARE Australia shows a man running away from high waves caused by Cyclone Pam crashing along the coast in the Vanuatu capital of Port Vila, March 14, 2015. Cyclone-devastated Vanuatu declared a state of emergency as relief agencies scrambled to get help to the remote Pacific nation amid reports entire villages were "blown away" when the monster storm swept through.
3 A man walks past a graffiti dedicated to the Holocaust in the northern port city of Thessaloniki.
4 A man carries a wounded child in the rebel-held area of Douma, east of the capital Damascus, Syria, following reported air strikes by regime forces.
5 Centenarian Georgina Harwood, center right, gestures as she lands with Jason Baker, centre left, after her tandem parachute jump forming part of her birthday celebrations, in Cape Town, South Africa, March 14, 2015. Harwood, who celebrated her 100th birthday, completed her third parachute jump in front of family and friends.
6 Fighters from Misrata fire weapons at Islamic State militants near Sirte, Libya.
7 A Pakistani Christian woman mourns over a family member who was killed from a suicide bombing attack near two churches in Lahore.
8 Chinese paramilitary policemen watch over Tiananmen Square from a rooftop across from the Great Hall of the People druing the sunrise in Beijing.
9 Farmers walk with their donkeys on a snow covered road on La Cumbre mountain on the outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia, March 14, 2015.
10 The sun sets over the Pacific Ocean in Point Mugu State Park, California, March 14, 2015.
11 NHRA top fuel dragster driver Larry Dixon (right) crashes and goes airborne alongside Doug Kalitta after his car broke in half during qualifying for the Gatornationals at Auto Plus Raceway at Gainesville, Florida, USA. Dixon walked away from the incident. (Credit: Mark J. Rebilas/USA TODAY Sports)
12 A robot installation is pictured at the booth of Deutsche Telekom at the CeBIT technology fair in Hanover, Germany.
13 Fireworks from the Philippines' Platinum Fireworks, Inc. fill the night sky at scenic Manila Bay during the closing exhibition of the 6th Philippine International Pyro musical competition, March 14, 2015 at the Mall of Asia shopping complex in suburban Pasay city, south of Manila, the Philippines. The Netherlands was declared this year's champion, followed by 1st and 2nd runners-up China and Portugal.
14 A visitor peers into U.S. artist John Baldessari's "Beethoven's Trumpet (with Ear) Opus # 133" at the Art Basel fair in Hong Kong.
Marzo 16, 2015
1 A Christian holds a candle during a vigil to show solidarity with the nun, who was raped during an armed assault on a convent school, in New Delhi, India.
2 Franz Fitzek, a professor at the technical university of Dresden, stands in front of an installation of tablet computers at the CeBit trade fair in Hanover, Germany.
3 Kite boarders and kite skiers compete during an annual amateur regional snow kiting championship on the frozen Yenisei River in the Taiga district outside Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, March 15, 2015.
4 Police use water cannon to disperse protesters led by the opposition Congress party in New Delhi. Police fired water cannon at demonstrators rallying in the Indian capital against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's land reforms, which they say will harm the country's millions of farmers.
5 Tsukimi Ayano stands in a classroom with scarecrows at a closed down school in the village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island. The tiny village in southern Japan is teeming with Ayano's hand-sewn creations, frozen in time for a tableau that captures the motions of everyday life.
6 The IFC (L) and ICC (R) towers are seen shrouded in fog in Hong Kong on March 16, 2015. The foggy weather in the Southern Chinese city is caused by a humid maritime airstream affecting the south China coastal areas. AFP PHOTO / Philippe Lopez
7 A Canadian supporter watches the World Women's Curling Championships in Sapporo, Japan.
8 Chadian jockeys wait for a race at the hippodrome in N'djamena, Chad, March 15, 2015.
9 Pelicans try to catch a fish thrown by a fisherman on a fishing pier in Paracas National Reserve in Ica, Peru, March 15, 2015.
10 Kazakhs herd their sheep amid a heavy snowfall in Yili, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region.
11 Journalists walk during a visit to the foot-path "El Caminito del Rey" (King's little path) a narrow walkway hanging and carved on the steep walls of a defile in Ardales near Malaga, Spain, March 15, 2015. The one meter-wide and 7.7 km-long path, hanging from Ardales' defile at 100 meters high, was closed in the mid 90's after several hikers lost their lives.
12 Spring breakers are covered in foam at The City nightclub in the Caribbean resort city of Cancun, Mexico.
Marzo 17, 2015
1 People wash their clothes on the beach at Lenakel town in Tanna, days after Cyclone Pam hit the South Pacific island nation. International aid agencies began emergency flights to some of the remote outer islands of Vanuatu, which they fear have been devastated by the monster cyclone.
2 A man dressed as a Leprechaun reads a newspaper during St Patrick's Day festivities in the city of Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
3 Phil Blackwood, a bar manager from New Zealand, falls into a police vehicle as he is taken away after being sentenced to two and half years in prison, at Bahan township court in Yangon. Blackwood was found guilty along with two Myanmar citizens, bar owner Tun Thurein and manager Htut Ko Ko Lwin, of insulting religion after publishing a psychedelic image of Buddha wearing headphones to promote his bar in Yangon.
4 The 'Frecce Tricolori', the Italian Air Force acrobatic team flies over Rome to mark the 154th anniversary of the Italian Unification in 1861.
5 An Israeli soldier casts his ballot for the parliamentary election behind a mobile voting booth in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Migdalim, near Ariel.
6 Eight-month-old cat Hei Hudie meaning "black butterfly" with a special walking aid in a pet hospital in China's southwest Chongqing municipality, March 16, 2015. With the help of some good Samaritans, Hei Hudie had four surgeries within five months after it fell from the tenth floor of a building, and managed to live on with both of its hind legs disabled. Doctors equipped the cat with a special wheelchair to help it walk, local media reported.
7 An artist dressed as Hindu god Kandakarnan performs a ceremonial dance with fire during the Theyyam ritual in Somwarpet town in the southern Indian state of Karnataka.
8 A bomb expert works on a package suspected to be a bomb, at the entrance of the Venezuela Central Bank in Caracas.
9 A maintenance worker waters a rooftop garden on a building in the central business district of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Marzo 18, 2015
1 Police officers are seen on the pavement outside parliament in Tunis. Gunmen attacked Tunisia's national museum near its parliament, killing at least 19 people and taking others hostage inside the building, the government said.
2 Paul Alexander Hatyay (C), the headmaster, and teacher of Central School, lays out books to dry in the sun after the roof of the school's library was blown away by Cyclone Pam in Port Vila, the capital city of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu.
3 A policeman stops a 'Blockupy' anti-capitalist protester near the European Central Bank (ECB) building before the official opening of its new headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany.
4 Fadila Efendic prays near memorial plaques at the Potocari genocide memorial center near Srebrenica. Fadila lost her son and husband in the Srebrenica massacre. Serbia arrested eight men suspected of taking part in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia, the first such arrests in the ex-Yugoslav republic of accused gunmen in Europe's worst atrocity since World War II.
5 A huge jellyfish (Anomalorhiza shawi) swims in the Manila Ocean Park aquarium a day after it was found floating off Manila Bay, the Philippines. It is between 2 to 3 feet in length and 18 inches in diameter, and the biggest one to be displayed at the oceanarium.
6 A Bangladeshi cricket fan has his face painted in the colors of his national flag during a show of support to their national team at the Dhaka University Campus in Dhaka. Bangladesh will play the World Cup quarterfinal match against India on March 19.
7 The Northern Lights (Aurora borealis) are seen in the sky above Pilisszentkereszt, 26 kms north of Budapest, Hungary.
8 The aurora borealis over Oresund, the strait that separates Denmark and Sweden, seen from Malmo, southern Sweden
9 Chung Ki-Sup (C), the head of the council of South Korean companies operating at the Kaesong Industrial Complex, speaks to the media at the inter-Korea transit office in Paju near the Demilitarized zone dividing the two Koreas, before leaving for North Korea.
10 Bubbleologist Sam Heath, otherwise know as Samsam Bubbleman, attempts to break his tenth Guinness World Record by creating a 23-cubic-meter bubble in central London.
11 A pro-Russian rebel takes cover as a woman from inside a kiosk looks on, during what the rebels said was an anti-terrorist drill in Donetsk, Ukraine.
12 A woman protects herself from pollution by covering her face with a scarf, while walking in a park in Beijing, China.
13 Russian paratroopers perform during a military show in the southern city of Stavropol.
14 A model presents a creation of designer Takafumi Tsuruta from his Autumn/Winter 2015/2016 collection for his brand tenbo during Tokyo Fashion Week in Japan.
Marzo 19, 2015
1 A line of tulips stand in bloom in front of cherry trees also in full bloom near the Capitol building in Olympia, Washington.
2 U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama recovers from a stumble before shaking hands with Japanese Emperor Akihito, center, as Empress Michiko looks on upon her arrival at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.
3 Swiss pilots Andre Borschberg (L) and Bertrand Piccard (R) of Solar Impulse 2, the world's only solar-powered aircraft, react upon their arrival at Mandalay international airport, Myanmar.
4 Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (C on left) and head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi (C on right) talk outside with aides after a morning negotiation session with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry over Iran's nucler program in Lausanne, Switzerland.
5 A river is seen flowing through drought-affected farming areas in the western region of New South Wales, Australia.
6 Former street dog Vladimir wears an ID collar that gives his name and residence, as he sits at the entrance of the Old Havana Museum of Metalwork in Havana, Cuba. Cuban law banning animals from workplaces contains an exemption for guard dogs. This legal cover for the ex-strays was bolstered when a dog at a government office awakened a guard one night by barking when she heard would-be thieves removing air conditioners from the windows, according to Nora Garcia, president of the Cuban Association for the Protection of Plants and Animals.
7 Tadjik women throw water on men from rooftop as they take part in a celebration to welcome the coming Spring in Tadjik autonomous county, Kashgar, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China, March 18, 2015.
8 A soldier walks past graffiti depicting angel wings by artist Colette Miller in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, March 18, 2015.
9 Militia men secure a street leading to the airport during clashes in Yemen's southern port city of Aden.
10 Dancers perform during the new Golden Mask Dynasty show at Happy Valley in Beijing, China.
11 A father and son on a makeshift boat made from styrofoam paddle through a garbage-filled river as they collect plastic bottles that they can sell in junkshops in Manila, the Philippines.
12 Icelandic singer Bjork performs during a concert at the Kings Theater in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, March 18, 2015.
13 Ladybug, or lady beatle, is part of the Coccinellidae family and is considered useful insect. (Diaa Bekheet/VOA)
14 A tourist camp in Svalbard. A Czech tourist was mauled by a polar bear in Svalbard in Norway's Arctic, police said, illustrating the potential danger for those arriving to see this week's total eclipse of the sun. (Credit: Svalbard Police/Arild Lyssand)
15 Boston Red Sox intern Tim Batesole changes the manual scoreboard during the sixth inning of an exhibition spring training baseball game against the Minnesota Twins in Fort Myers, Florida, March 18, 2015.
16 Carlo Janka of Switzerland loses his ski and crashes during the alpine ski, men's World Cup super-G race, at the World Cup finals in Meribel, France.
Marzo 20, 2015
1 A total solar eclipse can be seen in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway. A partial eclipse of varying degrees was visible, depending on weather conditions, across most of Europe, North Africa, northwest Asia and the Middle East, before finishing its show close at the North Pole.
2 People look up to view a partial solar eclipse around the Giza Pyramids, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. The total eclipse of the sun was only visable in the Faroe Islands and the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard in the Arctic Ocean.
3 Tunisians wave banners and their national flag during a demonstration in Midoun, northeast of Djerba, two days after gunmen attacked the National Bardo Museum. The attack which killed 21 people, was the country's worst since the 2011 uprising that toppled leader Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. German writting on placard reads: "We don't want any terrorists in Tunisia."
4 Belgian lawyers, judges and employees at the Justice ministry protest inside the Brussels Justice Palace. Demonstrators protested against the lack of resources and personnel in the country's justice institutions.
5 An injured girl reacts as she is carried by a man out of a mosque which was attacked by a suicide bomber in Sanaa, Yemen. At least 16 people were killed when bombers blew themselves up in two mosques during noon prayers. The mosques are known to be used mainly by supporters of the Shi'ite Muslim Houthi group which has seized control of the government.
6 Visitors walk in the Roman Villa of the Mysteries (Villa dei Misteri) which was newly restored and re-opened to the public in the archaeological site of Pompeii, Italy.
7 Indian Christians and people from other minority groups listen to Archbishop Stanislaus Fernandes SJ of Gandhinagar (L) and Bishop Thomas Macwan of Ahmedabad during a peace protest gathering in Ahmedabad, in the wake of the gang-rape on an elderly nun.
8 Solar panels are seen at the Les Mees solar power plant in Les Mees, southern France.
9 Kansas Jayhawks forward Jamari Traylor (31) and New Mexico State Aggies center Tshilidzi Nephawe (15) battle for a rebound during the first half in the second round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament at CenturyLink Center, in Omaha, Nebraska. (Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports)
10 Goldfish swim in a bowl at Tajrish square market in Tehran on the eve of beginning of 1394 Persian solar calendar year. Iranians buy flowers, green sprouts and goldfish to celebrate Noruz which is a Zoroastrian tradition, still celebrated by Iranians even after Islam.
11 Balinese Hindu dancers perform during a ritual before Nyepi Day in Jakarta, Indonesia. Nyepi is a day of silence for self-reflection to celebrate the Balinese Hindu new year, where people may not use lights, light fires, work, travel nor enjoy entertainment.
12 The art piece 'Cosmic Visions / Light Disks' of German artist Guenther Uecker is displayed at the ZERO exhibition in Berlin. The exhibition honors the German-born ZERO movement, which sought to give a new optimism and a fresh start to art after the gloomy post-World War II years, with a major retrospective. The exhibition at the Martin-Gropius-Bau museum will be displayed March 21-June 8, 2015.
13 Gannets nest in their colony on Bempton Cliffs near Bridlington, northern England. Seabirds in this region migrate in large numbers from warmer climates to nest on the chalk cliffs at Bempton, where they will spend the summer breeding and rearing their young.
14 Palestinian girls pick wild mustard flowers which grow in fields across the Gaza Strip, as the official start of spring is marked by the by the Vernal Equinox.
Marzo 22, 2015
1 A girl gestures while others wave Kurdish flags during a gathering celebrating Newroz, which marks the arrival of spring and the new year, in Istanbul, Turkey.
2 Anna Fenninger of Austria speeds down the course on her way to win the alpine ski in the women's World Cup giant slalom at the World Cup finals in Meribel, France.
3 Anna Fenninger of Austria is seen trhough her alpine ski trophy at the World Cup finals in Meribel, France.
4 A Bangladeshi homeless child sleeps on a garbage bag on the bank of the polluted Buriganga River on World Water Day in Dhaka.
5 A woman enjoys the water overflowing from a defunct but still watery reservoir called the Wawa Dam in Montalban in Manila, the Philippines.
6 Free Syrian Army fighters fire shells toward forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad in Bosra Al-Sham, Daraa province, March 21, 2015.
7 Cadets wheel Richard III's coffin on to the battefield at Bosworth, near Leicester, central England. Richard III's remains are being carried in procession through Leicestershire on its way to the cathedral where they will be reburied. The body of Richard III, who died at the battle of Bosworth in 1485, was found under a car park in 2012.
8 Birds sit in cages hanging from poles during a bird-singing contest in the Rueso district of Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat.
9 Israeli illusionist and endurance artist Hezi Dean performs a purported levitation trick in Tel Aviv. Dean began what he calls a "24-hour levitation" on the outside of a Tel Aviv building.
10 A man falls from an ox cart as he competes during an ox cart competition near U Bein bridge, in Mandalay, Myanmar.
11 Armed anti-terror police walk ahead of guard officers carrying bags of evidence from the house of a man suspected of being involved in Islamic State-related activities in south Tangerang, Indonesia's Banten province in this photo taken by Antara Foto.
12 Rescuers pull the wreckage of a small helicopter out of a lake in Hefei, Anhui province, China. The pilot remained missing and the sole passenger was injured after the two-seated Ukraine-made helicopter fell into the lake during during an unregistered flight, local media reported.
13 Afghan women's rights activists carry the coffin of 27-year-old Farkhunda, who was beaten to death by a mob, during her funeral, in Kabul.
14 A child cries while getting a haircut at a barbershop during the Longtaitou Festival in Zhengzhou, Henan province March 21, 2015. Longtaitou, which means dragon raising its head, is a traditional Chinese festival held on the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, which falls on March 21 this year. Many Chinese believe that getting a haircut on this festival is likely to bring good luck.
15 An aerial view shows illegally-built slums on the border of the polluted water of Billings reservoir in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
16 South Korean honor guards wait for the arrival of New Zealand Prime Minister John Key at Incheon International Airport in Incheon.
17 Liverpool's Italian striker Mario Balotelli (R) vies with Manchester United's English defender Chris Smalling (L) during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Manchester United at Anfield in Liverpool, northwest England.
Marzo 23, 2015
1 People pay their respects at the tribute area of Singapore General Hospital following the death of former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew. Lee - one of the towering figures of post-colonial Asian politics - died at the age of 91 at the hospital, the government said.
2 An Afghan family travels on a motorcycle to celebrate Nowruz which marks the Afghan New Year on the outskirts of Mazari-i-Sharif.
3 A mourner watches the burial ceremony for seven children from the Sassoon family in Jerusalem. The seven children from the Orthodox Jewish family died when flames ripped through their Brooklyn home in one of New York City's deadliest fires in years, officials said.
4 Civilians walk near upright buses barricading a street as protection from snipers loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's rebel-controlled Bustan al-Qasr neighborhood.
5 German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras review an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony at the Chancellery in Berlin.
6 A child plays in a pool during a warm sunny day in Santiago, Chile, March 22, 2015.
7 An Indian "toddy tapper", who collects the sap from palm trees to make arrack, climbs a tree with clay pots to fill up with the liquid at Bibi Nagar in Nalgonda District, some 40 kilometers from Hyderabad, India.
8 Troops fire 105mm howitzers during the celebration of the 118th Founding Anniversary of the Philippine Army at the military headquarters in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, Metro Manila.
9 New York Yankees center fielder Jose Pirela crashes into the wall as he chases a ball hit for an inside-the-park home run hit by New York Mets' Juan Lagares in the first inning of an exhibition spring training baseball game in Port St. Lucie, Florida, March 22, 2015.
10 A woman walks with an umbrella during a snowstorm in Niles, Illinois, USA.
11 A Kashmiri boy does a somersault near almond trees in full bloom as the almond garden opens for visitors at Badamwari in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmi.
12 A boy plays in the surf adjacent to Aphrodite's Rock, the spot where the ancient goddess Aphrodite was born according to ancient Greek mythology, near Cyprus' coastal resort town of Paphos, March 22, 2015.
Marzo 24, 2015
1 Models display creations by South Korean fashion designer Hongbum Kim during the 2015 fall/winter show at the Seoul Fashion Week in Seoul.
2 Debris is scattered over the area after a Germanwings Airbus 320 crashed in the French Alps. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying at least 150 people crashed in a remote section of the French Alps, sounding like an avalanche as it scattered pulverized debris across the mountain. (Credit: BFMTV)
3 Indian priests cycle home at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati in Allahabad.
4 Imam Ali Brigades, members of an Iraqi Shi'ite militant group, launch rockets against Islamic State extremist positions during clashes in Tikrit, 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq.
5 Hundreds of fake money bags representing the donations from companies in election campaigns placed in front of the National Congress in Brasilia. The protest was organized by the Coalition for Political Reform, a group formed by 101 Brazilian entities including the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil, Lawyers Association of Brazil and Landless Workers' Movement.
6 A rebel fighter looks inside a cannon near Idlib in northern Syria, March 23, 2015.
7 A slow loris is carried in a cage by a wildlife department official at the head office in Kuala Lumpur. It was among other animals estimated to be worth $20,000, including juvenile eagles and a Malayan sun bear cub, seized by the wildlife department during an operation against illegal wildlife traders earlier this month.
8 South Africa's AB de Villiers falls over as he attempts a run out during the Cricket World Cup semifinal against New Zealand in Auckland, New Zealand.
9 A school bus is seen after it crashed into a house at the Windermere Development in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. The school bus carrying nine elementary school students careened off the road and crashed into a home in suburban Philadelphia home. According to police, no injuries were reported.
10 A serviceman embraces his son after a farewell ceremony at the Vaziani military base outside Tbilisi, Georgia.
11 Dressed in super hero capes, six-year-old Girl Scouts, from left, Alicia Cutter, Addy O’Neal, Emery Dodson, Karissa Cheng, and Emily Bergenroth, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, meet with President Barack Obama before showing him their project during his tour of the White House Science Fair in Washington. The girls used Lego pieces and designed a battery-powered page turner to help people who are paralyzed or have arthritis.
12 An alligator swims in the waters of the Panama Canal, near Gatun, Panama, March 23, 2015.
13 A model wears a creation from the Chiara Macchiavello autumn/winter collection during Fashion Week in Lima, Peru, March 23, 2015.
Marzo 25, 2015
1 An Afghan man drives his damaged car from the site of a suicide attack in Kabul. The suicide car bombing in the heart of the capital killed several people and wounded dozens, according to security officials.
2 Employees of German airline Germanwings place candles and flowers for the victims of the plane crash in front of the company's headquarters in Cologne, western Germany. A Germanwings Airbus A320 coming from Barcelona and heading to Duesseldorf smashed into the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board.
3 The Guard of honor drapes the Singapore's national flag over the coffin of the late first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew in the Istana before he is conveyed to the Parliament House where he will lie in state until March 28.
4 A Nenets man takes part in a reindeer race at the Reindeer Herder's Day in the city of Nadym, in Yamal-Nenets Region, 2500 km (about 1553 miles) northeast of Moscow, Russia.
5 A handout picture from Britain's Ministry of Defence, shows the aftermath of a controlled explosion conducted by the military on an unexploded WWII bomb that was discovered at a building site in south London.
6 A veteran cleans the ground at a Martyrs' Cemetery ahead of Qingming festival, or Tomb Sweeping Day, in Bozhou, Anhui province. The festival, which falls on April 5 this year, is a day for the Chinese to remember and honor their ancestors.
7 Two visitors take an escalator after attending a press preview of the exhibit "The Oasis of Matisse" at Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
8 Houthi Shi'ite mourners attend the funeral procession of victims who were killed in a triple suicide bombing attack on mosques in Sana'a, Yemen.
9 People remove mud and rocks from their house after a massive landslide in Chosica, Peru, March 24, 2015. Seven people were killed and more were feared dead after a massive landslide buried parts of a town amid heavy rains, authorities said.
10 A common clownfish - amphiprion percular - in an aquarium is seen during a media preview of 'Coral Reef - Secret Cities of the Sea' exhibition at the Natural History museum in London.
11 A teacher looks at sketches drawn by candidates taking part in an entrance examination at China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province.
12 View of the forest fire at the Conguillo National Park, March 24, 2015. Massive wildfires raging in drought-stricken southern Chile have wiped out hundreds of plant species, and are now threatening animal life and the national park as well, officials warned.
13 A model parades creations during the Sheguang Hu Collection at China Fashion Week in Beijing.
Marzo 26, 2015
1 A rescue worker is lifted into an helicopter at the crash site near Seyne-les-Alpes, France, . The co-pilot of the Germanwings jet barricaded himself in the cockpit and internationally rammed the plane full speed into the French Alps, ignoring the captain's frantic pounding on the cockpit door and the screams of terror from passengers, a prosecutor said.
2 Flags representing some of the nationalities of the victims are seen as family members and relatives gather near the crash site of an Airbus A320 in the French Alps.
3 British television presenter Jeremy Clarkson (C) is surrounded by media personnel as he leaves his home on a bicycle in London. The BBC announced that it was dropping one of its most popular presenters, "Top Gear" host Jeremy Clarkson, for physically attacking a producer.
4 Buddhist believers perform during a "three steps one bow" ceremony in central Seoul to urge the government to salvage the sunken ferry Sewol as soon as possible.
5 A handout picture released by Leicester Cathedral Quarter Partnership Board (LCQPB) shows the reinterment ceremony of England’s Kind Richard III in Leicester Cathedral in central England. England's slain King Richard III, exhumed from an undignified grave under a car park, was finally buried with honor, 530 years after his death on the battlefield.
6 An employee climbs a ladder to check a huge clock in Cergy. France will change to daylight saving time on March 29, with the clocks moving forward one hour.
7 Locals cross a flooded river at Copiapo city, Chile. The death toll rose to four after rains battered the north and caused flooding, the government said, while 22 others were unaccounted for as the military rescued stranded villagers.
8 A trumpeter falls off his horse as the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment parades in Hyde Park in London.
9 Students do morning exercises with soccer balls on a playground at a primary school in Linhai, Zhejiang province, China.
10 Elena Radionova of Russia competes in the ladies short program during the ISU World Figure Skating Championship in Shanghai, China.
11 An aerial view of a public cemetery ahead of the Qingming Festival, or Tomb Sweeping Day in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China.
12 Workers paint as they restore the gold foil on the thousand-hands Bodhisattva in Chongqing Municipality, China, March 25, 2015.
13 An Orthodox Priest blesses Sergey Semchenko of the Russian Search and Recovery Forces after having blessed the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch pad in Kazakhstan.
14 A Tornado is seen in Sand Springs, Oklahoma, USA, March 25, 2015. A storm system produced at least three tornadoes in Arkansas and Oklahoma, killing one person and injuring several others, officials said.
Marzo 27, 2015
1 Tibetan artists in traditional costumes perform opera at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts in Dharamsala, India.
2 New York firefighters battle a blaze at a commercial and residential block on March 26, 2015, in New York's East Village. The entire building at 125 Second Avenue was engulfed in flames and the lower two floors appeared partially collapsed, television footage and press photographs showed. Twelve people were reported hurt.
3 A girl reacts as President Barack Obama greets her and others in the crowd after speaking about payday lending, at Lawson State Community College in Birmingham, Ala., March 26, 2015.
4 An image shot through the frame of a broken television shows Palestinian protesters during clashes with Israeli security forces after a demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel in the village of Kfar Qaddum, near Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
5 (L-R) Silver medalists Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the US, gold medalists Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France and bronze medalists Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje of Canada pose during the awards ceremony of the ice dance of the 2015 ISU World Figure Skating Championships at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center.
6 A Nigerian woman prays at the main mosque in the capital Abuja.
7 Host of NBC's 'The Tonight Show', Jimmy Fallon (L) at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in New York.
8 A leaflet created by the U. S. Department of Defense to be dropped over Syria is shown after being released to Reuters by the Pentagon in Washington, March 26, 2015. The U.S. has dropped tens of thousands of the graphic leaflets southwest of the Syrian city of Raqqa aimed at discouraging Islamic State recruitment.
9 A masked Tibetan artist waits to perform a traditional opera at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts in Dharamsala, India.
10 Mercedes mechanics fix British driver Lewis Hamilton's car at the team's garage after its engine failure during the first practice session for the Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix at Sepang International Circuit in Sepang, Malaysia.
11 Somali police take positions after Islamist group al Shabaab attacked Maka Al-Mukarama hotel in Mogadishu.
12 Members of the public light candles around a portrait of the late Lee Kuan Yew as a tribute to him, in Singapore. Lee, 91, died Monday at Singapore General Hospital after more than a month of battling severe pneumonia.
13 A stele and flowers laid in memory of the victims are placed in the area where the Germanwings jetliner crashed in the French Alps, in Le Vernet, France.
Marzo 29, 2015
1 Members of the public react as the ceremonial gun carriage bearing Singapore's late former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew passes by during his funeral procession in Singapore. Tens of thousands of mourners braved torrential rain while howitzers fired a 21-gun salute and jet fighters screamed across the sky as Singapore staged a grand farewell for its founding leader.
2 An official of the Independent National Electoral Commission retrieves documents from presidential election ballot boxes in Katsina state. Nigeria's closely fought general elections were forced into a second day after failures in controversial new technology snarled the polling, including for President Goodluck Jonathan.
3 Pope Francis celebrates Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
4 This combination photo shows the Eiffel Tower with its usual lighting (L) and after the lighting was switched off (R) in celebration of Earth Hour in Paris, France, March 28, 2015.
5 (L to R) Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Rico Rodriguez, Sarah Hyland and Ariel Winter are slimed while accepting the award for Favorite Family TV Show for "Modern Family" during the 2015 Kids' Choice Awards in Los Angeles, California, March 28, 2015.
6 Palestinian protesters run from tear gas canisters launched by Israeli troops during clashes following a protest marking Land Day in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah, March 28, 2015. Palestinians mark Land Day on March 30, the annual commemoration of protests in 1976 against Israel's appropriation of Arab-owned land in the Galilee.
7 Hooded penitents from "La Borriquita" brotherhood take part during a Holy Week procession in Cordoba, Spain.
8 An empty street in Sierra Leone is seen, as the country enters the third and final day of a three-day countrywide lockdown on movement of people to combat the Ebola virus in the city of Freetown, Sierra Leone.
9 People row their boats in the Imperial moat under a canopy of the cherry blossoms in Tokyo, Japan.
10 Revelers throw colored corn starch into the air as they celebrate the 2015 Holi (Festival of Colors) at the Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork, Utah, USA, March 28, 2015.
11 A man pulls his camel as he sits in an auto rickshaw during a dust storm in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, India.
12 A woman jumps into an icy water tank during the Tough Mudder 10-12-mile obstacle challenge in San Bernardino, California, USA, March 28, 2015.
Marzo 30, 2015
1 A member of the Iraqi security forces runs to plant the national flag during clashes to regain Tikrit from Islamic State militants.
2 A man being pulled out of the water, during floods in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir.
3 South Korean Marine amphibious assault vehicles fire smoke shells before an amphibious landing during a joint operation by U.S. and South Korean Marines in the southeastern port of Pohang.
4 Supporters of opposition candidate Gen. Muhammadu Buhari's All Progressives Congress (APC) party celebrate by wheel-spinning motorcycles what they said was the senatorial win in Kano Central district of APC candidate Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. Nigerians are waiting in hope and fear for results of the most tightly contested presidential election in the nation's turbulent history.
5 A member of the Iranian media walks on an open air chess board at the site of negotiations about Iran's nuclear program, between Iranian officials and representatives of the world powers in Lausanne, Switzerland.
6 Commuters are seen during rush hour on a street in Hanoi, Vietnam.
7 A Bengal cat is examined by a jury member at the World Cat show in Athens, Greece, March 29, 2015.
8 The 18-month-old fraternal twins, Nacho Guirado (L) and Asier cry as they are carried by their father Ignacio (L) and their uncle Jose Carlos, who are also twins, while lifting a float bearing the statue of the Virgin Mary inside a church as they take part as penitents in the "Salud" brotherhood in a Palm Sunday procession at the start of Holy Week in Malaga, southern Spain, March 29, 2015.
9 A man looks at an exhibition called "Oh! Future Sensation" as part of Saint-Gobain's 350th anniversary celebrations, in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
10 Hundreds of sea lions lay on marina docks in Astoria, Oregon, USA, March 29, 2015. More than 2,300 California sea lions have taken over the docks of the coastal community and are expected to stay until the smelt and salmon runs they feed on are finished in late May, according to officials.
11 Smoke and lava spew from the Chilean Villarrica volcano, March 29, 2015.
Marzo 31, 2015
1 Workers carry a rope to a decommissioned ship at the Alang shipyard in the western Indian state of Gujarat.
2 Soldiers from the guard of honor awaiting the arrival of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande for a joint Franco-German cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany.
3 Relatives mourn during the funeral of the victims who died after a hillside collapsed onto a house at Ledhan village, west of Srinagar. Heavy rains and a landslide in the Himalayan region of Kashmir killed 17 people, police said as Indian authorities continued working to rescue stranded villagers, with unseasonal rains raising fears of flash floods in the mountainous north.
4 Japan's Shinji Okazaki (R) and Uzbekistan's Lutfulla Turaev dive into the net after Japan's Gaku Shibasaki (not in picture) scored during their international friendly soccer match in Tokyo.
5 Georgia Ball Keely, 4, holds still as a Danaus Chrysippus or 'plain tiger' butterfly lands on her nose at the Natural History Museum in London, Tuesday, March 31, 2015.
6 A general view shows solar panels to produce renewable energy at the photovoltaic park in Les Mees, in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, southern France. The solar farm of the Colle des Mees, the biggest in France, consists of 112,780 solar modules covering an area of 200 hectares of land and producing 100 MW of power.
7 Palestinian residents of the damaged Nada Towers residential neighborhood walk in the street during sunset in the town of Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip.
8 Workers look on as the machine head of Bertha, the world's largest tunnel-boring machine, is lifted from an access pit for repairs in Seattle, Washington, USA, March 30, 2015.
9 Roads intersecting drought-affected farming areas in south-eastern Australia
10 A station attendant attempts to open a door for a passenger trying to get in a train at a station in Kawasaki near Tokyo, Japan, during a morning rush hour, March 30, 2015.
11 This artist's concept shows the test vehicle for NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD), designed to test landing technologies for future Mars missions. LDSD project will be flying a rocket-powered, saucer-shaped test vehicle into near-space from the Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii, in June.
