2014 images of MARCH - March 16 - March 31

2014
Images of MARCH
March 16 – March 31
April 2, 2014 1
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Ukrainians living in Malaga stand while a compatriot (not pictured) talks to
them during a protest against Russian President Vladimir Putin and in
favour of unity and democratic freedom in Ukraine, in downtown
Malaga, southern Spain, March 16, 2014. France on Sunday demanded
Russia immediately take measures to reduce "pointless and dangerous"
tensions in Ukraine, calling the secession referendum held in the Crimea
region illegal. REUTERS/Jon Nazca (SPAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST
ELECTIONS)
April 2, 2014 3
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People wave Crimean flags as they wait for the announcement of preliminary
results of today's referendum on Lenin Square in the Crimean capital of
Simferopol, March 16, 2014. Crimeans voted in a referendum on Sunday on
whether to break away from Ukraine and join Russia, with Kiev accusing Moscow
of pouring forces into the peninsula and warning separatist leaders "the ground
will burn under their feet". REUTERS/Thomas Peter (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS
CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
April 2, 2014 4
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Women toss their bras during the 5th Pink Bra Spring
and Bra Toss and help Push Up the Fight Against Breast
Cancer event at the Trocadero Square near the Eiffel
Tower in Paris March 16, 2014. Pink Bra Bazaar is a
charity dedicated to breast health education and
supporting women diagnosed with breast cancer.
REUTERS/Benoit Tessier (FRANCE - Tags: SOCIETY TPX
IMAGES OF THE DAY)
April 2, 2014 5
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A man inspects the damage at
a site hit by what activists said
were barrel bombs dropped by
forces loyal to Syria's
President Bashar al-Assad in
Aleppo's district of al-Sukari
March 16, 2014.
REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah
(SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS
CIVIL UNREST)
April 2, 2014 6
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New York City emergency responders search through the rubble at the site of a
building explosion in the Harlem section of New York, March 16, 2014.
Emergency crews clearing debris from the site of two New York City apartment
buildings levelled in a gas explosion four days ago said they expected to reach an
underground area on Sunday where natural gas lines could reveal what caused
the deadly blast. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER
TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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A man looks at messages of support and hope for the passengers of the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370
displayed in central Kuala Lumpur March 16, 2014. Police are combing through the personal, political and
religious backgrounds of pilots and crew of the missing Malaysian jetliner, a senior officer said on
Sunday, trying to work out why someone aboard flew the plane hundreds of miles off course.
REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MALAYSIA - Tags: DISASTER TRANSPORT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR3H9MF
April 2, 2014 8
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People celebrate the announcement of preliminary results of today's referendum
in the Crimean city of Sevastopol March 16, 2014. Russian state media said
Crimeans voted overwhelmingly to break with Ukraine and join Russia on
Sunday, as Kiev accused Moscow of pouring forces into the peninsula and warned
separatist leaders "the ground will burn under their feet". REUTERS/Baz
Ratner (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST ELECTIONS)
April 2, 2014 9
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A security official and members of the Hindu community stand inside a temple
that was attacked on Saturday night, in Larkana, southern Pakistan's Sindh
province, March 16, 2014. Hundreds of angry Pakistanis attacked the Hindu
temple and set it on fire overnight following a rumour that a member of the
Hindu community had desecrated the Koran, police and community leaders said
on Sunday. REUTERS/Faheem Soormro (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST
RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)April 2, 2014 10
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A TV presenter takes pictures with her mobile phone at
Serbia's Progressive Party (SNS) headquarters in Belgrade
March 16, 2014. Serbia's centre-right Progressives, a party
of former ultra-nationalists converted to the cause of
European Union membership, won an outright majority in
parliament on Sunday promising deep economic reform.
REUTERS/Marko Djurica (SERBIA - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS
TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
April 2, 2014 11

An Iraqi Kurd resident visits the cemetery for victims of the 1988 chemical attack in the Kurdish town of Halabja, near Sulaimaniya, 260 km (160 miles) northeast
of Baghdad, March 16, 2014. Iraqi Kurds on Saturday marked the 26th anniversary of the chemical attack on the northern Iraqi city of Halabja by Saddam
Hussein's forces. Up to 5,000 people may have been killed by chemical gas, villages were razed and thousands of Kurds were forced into camps during the 1988
Anfal genocidal campaign against Iraqi Kurds. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: ANNIVERSARY CIVIL UNREST)
April 2, 2014 12

Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends the closing
ceremony of the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in
Sochi, March 16, 2014. REUTERS/Alexander
Demianchuk (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS)
April 2, 2014 13

National Guards detain anti-government protesters after a demonstration against
Nicolas Maduro's government at Altamira square in Caracas March 16, 2014.
Venezuelan troops stormed the Caracas square on Sunday to evict protesters who
turned it into a stronghold during six weeks of demonstrations against President
Nicolas Maduro. REUTERS/Marco Bello (VENEZUELA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL
UNREST)
April 2, 2014 14

A boy poses for a photograph as he is seen through
a hole in a wall in Al-Maliha town, in the suburbs of
Damascus March 16, 2014. Picture taken March
16, 2014. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh (SYRIA - Tags:
POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
April 2, 2014 15

Dancers perform at the St Patrick's Day parade in central London March
16, 2014. REUTERS/Olivia Harris (BRITAIN - Tags: ANNIVERSARY
ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
April 2, 2014 16

Russian army MI-35 military helicopters patrol the area as Ukrainian servicemen guard
a checkpoint near the village of Strelkovo in Kherson region adjacent to Crimea, March
16, 2014. Ukraine accused "Kremlin agents" on Saturday of fomenting deadly violence
in Russian-speaking cities and urged people not to rise to provocations its new leaders
fear Moscow may use to justify a further invasion after its takeover of Crimea.
REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY)
April 2, 2014 17

A man enters a voting booth
during the referendum on the
status of Ukraine's Crimea
region at a polling station in
Sevastopol March 16, 2014.
Crimeans decided on Sunday
whether to break away from
Ukraine and join Russia in a
referendum that has alarmed
the ex-Soviet republic and
triggered the worst crisis in
East-West relations since the
Cold War. REUTERS/Baz
Ratner (UKRAINE - Tags:
POLITICS CIVIL UNREST
ELECTIONS)
April 2, 2014 18

April 2, 2014 19
Students stood surrounded by a 3-dimensional work of
art, based on missing flight MH370 Malaysia Airlines
airline, painted on the school grounds in the city of
Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines.

In this Sunday, March 16, 2014
photo, Pakistani Syeda Aima
Tanveer, 20, daughter of lawyer Tanveer
Haider, 58, who was one of eleven
victims that was killed by suicide
bombers in an attack on a court
complex on the 3rd of March 2014, sits
on her father's bed embracing his
photograph, at their home on the
outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. "My
father, my hero, I miss you so much
father," Aima said. (AP
Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
April 2, 2014 20

Caterham driver Kamui Kobayashi of Japan
runs off the track after he crashed with
Williams driver Felipe Massa of Brazil on the
first lap of the Australian Formula One Grand
Prix at Albert Park in
Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, March
16, 2014. Both Massa and Kobayashi walked
away from the accident. (AP Photo/Ross
Land)
April 2, 2014 21

TOPSHOTS
Bronze medalist Belarussia's Katsiaryna
Halkina performs her exercise with ball at the
individual final at the Rhythmic Gymnastics
World Cup in Debrecen, Hungary on March
16, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ATTILA
KISBENEDEKATTILA
KISBENEDEK/AFP/Getty Images
April 2, 2014 22

Pope Francis arrives to lead a mass at the parish of
Santa Maria dell'Orazione in Guidonia Montecelio near
Rome on March 16, 2014. TOPSHOTS/AFP
PHOTO/ALBERTO PIZZOLIALBERTO
PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images
April 2, 2014 23

A member of the Hindu community holds a damaged statue inside a temple that was
attacked on Saturday night, in Larkana, southern Pakistan's Sindh province, March
16, 2014. Hundreds of angry Pakistanis attacked the Hindu temple and set it on fire
overnight following a rumour that a member of the Hindu community had desecrated the
Koran, police and community leaders said on Sunday. REUTERS/Faheem Soormro
(PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)April 2, 2014 24

An Indian boy drags another on the floor of an
apartment as they play with colors during the Holi
festival in Chennai, India, Sunday, March 16, 2014.
The festival also marks the advent of spring. (AP
Photo/Arun Sankar K)
April 2, 2014 25

April 2, 2014 26
People in Crimea celebrate referendum results
Russian UN ambassador, Vitaly
Churkin voting against the draft
Demonstrators protest in Moscow today 15-03
Russian interference in Ukraine

A woman registers
before casting her
vote from home in a
mobile ballot box in a
referendum in
Dobroye outside
Simferopol March
16, 2014.
REUTERS/David
Mdzinarishvili
A woman casts her
ballot during the
referendum on the
status of Ukraine's
Crimea region at a
polling station in
Sevastopol March
16, 2014.
REUTERS/Baz Ratner
An election official carries a mobile
ballot box after a house visit during
voting in a referendum in Dobroye
outside Simferopol March 16, 2014.
REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
Crimea votes
April 2, 2014 27
An official waits for voters
during the referendum on
the status of Ukraine's
Crimea region at a polling
station in a predominantly
Tatar district of the town of
Bakhchisaray March
16, 2014.
REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

People leave voting
booths to cast their
ballots in a referendum
at a polling station in
Simferopol March
16, 2014.
REUTERS/Vasily
Fedosenko
A woman casts her ballot during voting in a
referendum at a polling station in Simferopol
March 16, 2014.
REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Filled in ballot papers are seen after they were cast in a referendum at a polling station in
Simferopol March 16, 2014.
A man fills out registration papers before casting his vote in a mobile ballot box during
voting in a referendum in the village of Pionerskoye outside Simferopol March 16, 2014.
REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
Crimea votes
April 2, 2014 28

BACHCHISARAY, UKRAINE - MARCH 16: Solodkova Natalia who was too infirm to visit a polling station casts her vote at her home in a prodominantly Russian area of Bachchisaray on March
16, 2014 in Bachchisaray, Ukraine. Crimeans go to the polls today in a vote that which will decide whether the peninsular will break away from mainland Ukraine. The referendum, which
has been dismissed as illegal by the West, follows the ousting of President Viktor Yanukovych by pro-Western and nationalist protesters. As the standoff between the Russian military and
Ukrainian forces continues in Ukraine's Crimean peninsula, world leaders are continuing to push for a diplomatic solution to the escalating situation though many believe that there is every
likelihood that thy vote will favour Crimea being incorporated into Russia. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
April 2, 2014 29

TOPSHOTS- A man exits a voting booth prior to cast his vote in a local school on March 16, 2014, in
Simferopol. People in Crimea took to the polls on March 16 for a referendum on breaking away from
Ukraine to join Russia that has precipitated a Cold War-style security crisis on Europe's eastern
frontier. Some 1.5 million people are called to vote on the Black Sea peninsula, which is mostly
inhabited by ethnic Russians and has been seized by Russian forces over the past month. AFP PHOTO/
Filippo MONTEFORTEFILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images
April 2, 2014 30

Resident of Crimea, a breakaway region of
Ukraine, vote in a referendum on their region's
secession from Ukraine and annexation into Russia on
March 16, 2014
April 2, 2014 31

Sergei Yurchenko, the leader of a pro-Russian paramilitary
force in Crimea, a breakaway region of Ukraine votes in a
referendum on their region's secession from Ukraine and
annexation into Russia at the city of Bakhchysarai, his
hometown on March 16, 2014
April 2, 2014 32

Members of the Cossack
paramilitary force in Crimea, a
breakaway region of
Ukraine, guard a checkpoint on
the highway leading to the city
of Sevastopol, home of Russia's
Black Sea naval fleet, on March
16, 2014, the day Crimea's
residents voted in a disputed
referendum to split from
Ukraine and become a part of
Russia. April 2, 2014 33

Parishioners gather for Sunday Mass at the main
Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the region of
Crimea, a breakaway region of Ukraine, on March
16, 2014, the day Crimean residents voted to
secede from Ukraine and become a part of
Russia. The leaders of the Ukrainian Orthodox
Church urged their congregations to boycott the
referendum, which they condemned as an illegal
act of separatism.
April 2, 2014 34

A jubilant crowd in Crimea, a breakaway region of Ukraine, waits for the results of
a referendum in the Crimean city of Sevastopol on March 16, 2014, the day the
region voted to secede from Ukraine and become a part of Russia. In the
foreground, a woman holds a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who
has supported the separatist government and Crimea and pledged to respect the
will of the Crimean people to join the Russian Federation.
April 2, 2014 35

A drone flies near spectators at the 4th
Intergalactic Meeting of Phantom's Pilots in
an open secure area in the Bois de
Boulogne, western Paris, March
16, 2014.REUTERS/Charles Platiau
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17 Mar 2014, Malaysia --- Subang
Jaya, Malaysia. 17th March 2014 -- A
woman offers a prayer. -- The people
of Subang Jaya offer prayer and
words of support on a chalkboard in
response to the disappearance of
Malasyian Airlines flight MH370. The
Boeing plane which was flying Kuala
Lumpur to Beijing has been missing
since March 8th. --- Image by ©
AHMAD ZIKRI MOHAMAD
ZUKI/Demotix/Corbis
April 2, 2014 38

Police officers control cars with even-numbered licence plates which are not allowed to drive today, near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris March 17, 2014. France deployed hundreds of
police in Paris on Monday to enforce the most drastic curbs on car use in 20 years as authorities sought to reduce health-endangering pollution days before town hall elections. Amid
concerns of a worsening air quality after a week when unseasonally balmy weather boosted pollution, public transport was free of charge while drivers with even-numbered licence
plates were told to leave their cars at home of face fines. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer (FRANCE - Tags: TRANSPORT ENVIRONMENT)ATTENTION EDITORS : FRENCH LAW REQUIRES THAT
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A South Korean soldier wraps the remains of a Chinese soldier during
rites of placing them in a coffin at a South Korean Army base in
Paju, north of Seoul, March 17, 2014. The remains of more than 400
Chinese soldiers killed during the 1950-53 Korean War were placed in
coffins on Monday during the rites, ahead of their return to China from
South Korea next week for a permanent burial. REUTERS/Jung Yeon-
je/Pool (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY SOCIETY CONFLICT)
April 2, 2014 40

April 2, 2014 42
A Ukrainian soldier stands on top of an armored
vehicle at a military camp near the village of
Michurino, Ukraine, on March 17.

Defending Ukraine
Members of a "Maidan" self-defense battalion take part in training at a Ukrainian Interior
Ministry base near Kiev March 17, 2014.
REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Members of a "Maidan" self-defense battalion take part in weapons training at a Ukrainian
Interior Ministry base near Kiev March 17, 2014.
Members of a "Maidan" self-defense
battalion take part in weapons training
at a Ukrainian Interior Ministry base
near Kiev March 17, 2014.
Members of a "Maidan" self-defense battalion take
part in training at a Ukrainian Interior Ministry base
near Kiev March 17, 2014.
April 2, 2014 43

Defending Ukraine
Members of a "Maidan" self-defense battalion take part in weapons training at a Ukrainian
Interior Ministry base near Kiev March 14, 2014.
REUTERS/Maks Levin
Members of a "Maidan" self-
defense battalion take part in
weapons training at a
Ukrainian Interior Ministry
base near Kiev March
17, 2014.
Members of a "Maidan" self-defense unit stand guard in front of a Ukrainian parliament
building in Kiev March 17, 2014.
REUTERS/Alex Kuzmin
Members of a "Maidan" self-
defense battalion take part in
training at a Ukrainian
Interior Ministry base near
Kiev March 17, 2014. The first
500 volunteers arrived at the
base for training to qualify for
service in the newly created
National Guard. Ukraine's
parliament, seeking to boost
the country's military force in
the face of Russia's takeover
of the Crimea
peninsula, endorsed a
presidential decree to carry
out a partial mobilization
involving 40,000 reservists.
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Members of a "Maidan" self-defense battalion take part in a training at a Ukrainian Interior
Ministry base near Kiev March 17, 2014. The first 500 volunteers arrived at the base for training
to qualify for service in the newly-created National Guard. Ukraine's parliament, seeking to
boost the country's military force in the face of Russia's takeover of the Crimea
peninsula, endorsed a presidential decree on Monday to carry out a partial mobilisation
involving 40,000 reservists. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST
MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) -
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A Crimean Tartar piles up wood in his garden in Belogorsk near the Crimean capital of
Simferopol, March 17, 2014.
Crimean Tatars deliver groceries to a store in the predominantly Tartar settlement
of Belogorsk near the Crimean capital of Simferopol, March 17, 2014.
Mustafa Asaba, a regional
leader of Crimean
Tatars, speaks during an
interview in the living room
of a friend's home in
Belogorsk near the
Crimean capital of
Simferopol, March
17, 2014.
Crimean Tartars Aliye (L) and
Suzanna play with their
children at their father's
home in Belogorsk near the
Crimean capital of
Crimea's Tatars in the minority
April 2, 2014 46

A Crimean Tartar woman stands outside her home in Belogorsk
near the Crimean capital of Simferopol, March 17, 2014.
Crimean Tartar Dzhanie Tyuleiki prepares coffee at her home in
Belogorsk near the Crimean capital of Simferopol, March 17, 2014.
Crimea's Tatars in the minority
April 2, 2014 47

The 10-meter South Pole Telescope and the BICEP (Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization) Telescope at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
is seen against the night sky with the Milky Way in this National Science Foundation picture taken in August, 2008. Astronomers announced on Monday that
they had discovered what many consider the holy grail of their field: ripples in the fabric of space-time that are echoes of the massive expansion of the
universe that took place just after the Big Bang. The gravitational waves were detected by the BICEP telescope. REUTERS/Keith Vanderlinde/National Science
Foundation/Handout (ANTARCTICA - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY ENVIRONMENT) ATTENTION EDITORS - IMAGE HAS BEEN
SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS
April 2, 2014 48

A Palestinian youth throws a stone
towards Israeli soldiers as he jumps
over burning tyres during clashes that
followed a rally to support President
Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city
of Hebron March 17, 2014. Thousands
of Palestinians took to the streets on
Monday to show their support for
Abbas, who is under heavy pressure as
he prepares to meet U.S. President
Barack Obama. REUTERS/Mussa
Qawasma (WEST BANK - Tags:
POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES
OF THE DAY)
April 2, 2014 49

Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER flight MH318
to Beijing sits on the tarmac as passengers are
reflected on the glass at the boarding gate at
Kuala Lumpur International Airport at
approximately 12:20am March 17, 2014.
Malaysia Airlines flight number MH318 replaces
the flight number of the missing
airplane, MH370, that was retired as a mark of
respect to the passengers and crew while the
flight route remains unchanged. Reuters
photographer Edgar Su boarded the flight in
Kuala Lumpur on March 17 and documented the
journey to Beijing. This is picture number 1 of 23
in this series. REUTERS/Edgar Su (MALAYSIA -
Tags: TRANSPORT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
April 2, 2014 50

Hindu devotees raise their hands to receive coloured holy water from a priest (unseen) outside a temple
during Holi celebrations in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad March 17, 2014. Holi, also known as the
Festival of Colours, heralds the beginning of spring and is celebrated all over India. REUTERS/Amit Dave
(INDIA - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
April 2, 2014 51

Hindu priest Babulal jumps
out of a fire to signify the
burning of the demon Holika
during a ritual to mark the first
day of the Holi spring
festival, also known as the
Festival of Colours, at village
Phalen near the northern
Indian city of Mathura March
17, 2014. REUTERS/Adnan
Abidi
April 2, 2014 52

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men
wearing costumes celebrate the
holiday of Purim in Jerusalem's
Mea Shearim neighbourhood
March 17, 2014. Purim is a
celebration of the Jews' salvation
from genocide in ancient Persia, as
recounted in the Book of Esther.
REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
(JERUSALEM - Tags: RELIGION TPX
IMAGES OF THE DAY)
April 2, 2014 53

Workers in the public sector scuffle
with police during the arrival of a team
of inspectors from the IMF, the
European Commission and the
European Central Bank at the Finance
Ministry in Athens March 17, 2014.
REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis (GREECE -
Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST BUSINESS
EMPLOYMENT) -
April 2, 2014 54

A labourer works at an upside-down house under construction at Fengjing Ancient Town, Jinshan
District, south of Shanghai, March 17, 2014. Workers are putting the final touches on this eccentric
tourist attraction built at the "China Folk Painting Village". Furniture will also be placed upside down
in the house, which is expected to open the public in April, according to local media. REUTERS/Carlos
Barria (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
April 2, 2014 55

An anti-government protester holds a stone in front of a burning bus during a
protest against Nicolas Maduro's government in San Cristobal March 17, 2014.
Since early February, students and hardline opposition leaders have been calling
supporters onto the streets to protest against Maduro and his socialist
government. REUTERS/Carlos Eduardo Ramirez (VENEZUELA - Tags: POLITICS
CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
April 2, 2014 56

Iraqi security forces fire an artillery during clashes
with the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and
the Levant (ISIL) in Jurf al-Sakhar March 17, 2014.
REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani (IRAQ - Tags - Tags:
CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW MILITARY TPX IMAGES
OF THE DAY)
April 2, 2014 57

President Barack Obama leaves after
speaking to reporters at the White
House in Washington, March
17, 2014. The U.S., working in
coordination with Europe, imposed a
new round of sanctions on
prominent Russian officials on
Monday as the showdown over
Ukraine reached a new stage of
confrontation between East and
West. (Gabriella Demczuk/The New
York Times)
April 2, 2014 58

Ultra Orthodox Jews from the Belz Hasidic group are taking part in a "Tisch", which is a public
gathering of Hasidim around their Rabbi, during the Holiday celebration of Purim on March
17, 2014. The Jewish holiday of Purim commemorates the salvation of the Jews living with in
the borders of the anchaint Persian Empire.Purim customs include food gifts, charity, wearing
costumes and drinking heavily. (Photo by Omer Messinger/NurPhoto/Sipa USA)
April 2, 2014 59

Indian devotees covered in coloured powder dance during Holi
celebrations in Vrindavan on March 17, 2014. Holi, also called the
Festival of Colours, is a popular Hindu spring festival observed in
India at the end of the winter season on the last full moon day of
the lunar month. AFP PHOTO/Chandan KHANNAChandan
Khanna/AFP/Getty Images
April 2, 2014 60

The 100-metre (300-foot), sword-wielding statue of "The Motherland" is seen in the National Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War in Kiev March 17, 2014. On a blustery day
on the banks of the Dnieper, the statue of "The Motherland", a Soviet hammer and sickle on her shield, towered overhead, a reminder of the common cause Ukrainians and Russians died
for side by side in their millions in World War Two and which Russian President Vladimir Putin thinks Ukraine has betrayed by turning to "fascism" and the West. To match story UKRAINE-
CRISIS/WAR REUTERS/Konstantin Grishin (UKRAINE - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
April 2, 2014 61

Locals search for rubies in waste waters produced from a nearby ruby mine in Mogok February 28, 2014. Mogok, also known as the Ruby
Land, is home to the world-famous Myanmar ruby. Residents from Mogok and nearby areas used to do ruby mining for generations, usually
on a manageable scale by traditional manual methods, until it was restricted due to joint-ventures between the ruling government and its
close business associates about 20 years ago. Unscrupulous mining by joint-ventures, using heavy machinery, has left the town with dumps
and craters. According to official data compiled by the State-run Central Statistical Organisation, total ruby production in the country were
over 19 million kilograms in 2012-2013 (April/March) fiscal and over 43 million kilograms in 2011-2012 fiscal year. Picture taken February
28, 2014. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY)
April 2, 2014 62

Marine One blows up a cloud of snow as it lands at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland
March 17, 2014. U.S. President Barack Obama, who took Marine One back to the White House, visited Walter Reed to
meet with Wounded Warriors who are being treated at the hospital and their families. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
(UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)April 2, 2014 63

Muppet Kermit the Frog rings the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange March 17, 2014. Kermit rang the
bell to celebrate Disney's new movie "Muppets Most Wanted." REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES -
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A Cambodian man went on a 5-meter
long bamboo stick laid across two tall
palm trees for palm country road in the
village harvests Samroang, Kampong
Chhnang province, west of Phnom Penh.

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The pro-democracy protesters in Yemen
and prayers as they stood around the
coffin to remember assume people were
killed on March 18, 2011 during a
demonstration in the capital Sana'a
against the rule of President Saleh.

April 2, 2014 67
The Egyptian conservationists cleaning a female mummy
from the Pharaoh (712-323 BC) at the conservation
center University Egyptian Museum is under
construction, outside Cairo, on March 17, 2014.

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People stood along 5th Avenue
in the St. Patrick's Day parade in
New York, March 17, 2014.

A Ukrainian serviceman guards a
checkpoint near the village of
Strelkovo in Kherson region adjacent
to Crimea, March 17, 2014.
REUTERS/Viktor Gurniak
Ukrainian servicemen guard a
A Ukrainian serviceman
digs a trench at a
checkpoint near the village
of Strelkovo in Kherson
region adjacent to
Crimea, March 17, 2014.
REUTERS/Valentyn
Ogirenko
Ukraine military on guard
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Stone crosses and gravestones are silhouetted against the
sky at Invaliden cemetery in Berlin March
17, 2014. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz
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A Ukrainian soldier stands near
an armored personnel carrier
(APC) at a checkpoint near the
village of Salkovo, in Kherson
region adjacent to Crimea, March
18, 2014.
Ukrainian armored personnel
carriers and a MI-24 military
helicopter are seen near the village
of Salkovo in Kherson
region, adjacent to Crimea, March
18, 2014.
REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
A Ukrainian soldier stands on
top of an armored personnel
carrier at a checkpoint near
the village of Salkovo in
Kherson region adjacent to
Obstacles are seen at the
Ukrainian-Russian border
crossing of Novoazovsk
March 18, 2014.
REUTERS/Fedja Grulovic
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Strelkovo in Kherson region
adjacent to Crimea, March
17, 2014. REUTERS/Valentyn
Ogirenko
Ukrainian soldiers and military
helicopters are seen near the
region adjacent to Crimea, March
18, 2014.
A Ukrainian soldier stands near
an armored personnel carrier
(APC) at a checkpoint near the
region adjacent to
Ukrainian soldiers and an armored
personnel carrier (APC) are seen near the
village of Salkovo, in Kherson region
adjacent to Crimea, March 18, 2014.
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An Ukrainian soldier stands near an armored personnel carrier at a
checkpoint near the village of Salkovo, in Kherson region adjacent to
Crimea, March 18, 2014. The words on his arm read as: "If you want
peace, prepare for war". REUTERS/Viktor Gurniak
April 2, 2014 74

Russia's President Vladimir Putin addresses the audience during a rally and concert
called "We are together" to support the annexation of Ukraine's Crimea to Russia, at
the Red Square in central Moscow, March 18, 2014.
REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
People attend a rally called "We are together" to support the annexation of Ukraine's Crimea
to Russia in Red Square in central Moscow, March 18, 2014. The flags display portraits of
Putin and read "We are together!"
REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
A woman jumps for joy during a broadcast of
Russian President Vladimir Putin's address to the
Federal Assembly in Sevastopol, March 18, 2014.
REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the Federal
Assembly at the Kremlin in Moscow, March 18, 2014.
REUTERS/Alexei Nikolskyi/RIA Novosti/Kremlin
Putin signs Crimea treaty
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, Crimea's Prime
Minister Sergei Aksyonov, Crimean parliamentary
speaker Vladimir Konstantinov and Sevastopol Mayor
Alexei Chaliy shake hands after a signing ceremony at
the Kremlin in Moscow March
18, 2014. REUTERS/Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool
April 2, 2014 76

People hold a Crimean flag in front of Lenin's statue in the center of
Simferopol, Ukraine March 18, 2014. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
April 2, 2014 77

Crimean Tatars gather at a cemetery for the
funeral of Reshat Ametov outside the town of
Simferopol, Ukraine March
18, 2014. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
April 2, 2014 78

People rally in support of Crimea joining Russia, with banners and
portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin, reading "We are
together," in Red Square in Moscow, Tuesday, March 18, 2014. With a
sweep of his pen, President Vladimir Putin added Crimea to the map of
Russia on Tuesday, describing the move as correcting past injustice and
responding to what he called Western encroachment upon Russia's vital
interests. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
April 2, 2014 79

Afghan security personnel present a burqa-clad resident they say is a Taliban fighter to
the media at the Afghan National Army headquarters in Khogyani District near Jalalabad
on March 18,2014. Three Taliban insurgents have been arrested in possession of
heroin by Afghan Joint Forces during an operation in the Khogyani District of Nangarhar
province. AFP PHOTO / Noorullah ShirzadaNoorullah Shirzada/AFP/Getty ImagesApril 2, 2014 80

A woman presents a performance about Venezuela's
crisis during a protest at Altamira Square in
Caracas, Venezuela, 18 March 2014. Since mid
February, 27 people including opposition activists, pro-
government supporters and at least one police officer
have died across the country in anti-government protests.
Venezuelan President Maduro blamed sharp shooters in
two of the cases and announced a meeting of his security
cabinet in light of the renewed violence. EPA/MIGUEL
GUTIERREZ
April 2, 2014 81

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - MARCH 18: A soldier with the Afghan National Army's (ANA) National Engineer Brigade
tries to make dry land after leaping from the top of a Mabey-Johnson portable pre-fabricated bridge which his
unit was learning to construct with the help of U.S. Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion
(MCB) 28 at the ANA's combined Fielding Center on March 18, 2014 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Seabees are
attached to the U.S. Army's 130th Engineer Brigade are responsible for training ANA soldiers various
engineering tasks at the facility. In a recent speech to his country's parliament, Afghan President Hamid Karzai
said U.S. troops can leave Afghanistan at the end of the year because his military was ready to take over
responsibility for the nation's security. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
April 2, 2014 82

Women dance during "Huranga" at
Dauji temple near the northern Indian
city of Mathura March
18, 2014. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
April 2, 2014 83

Fishermen arrange their fishing net as the
sun sets on Marina beach in the southern
Indian city of Chennai March
18, 2014. REUTERS/Babu
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An Iranian man playing with fireworks in the park Pardisan in
Tehran, on March 18, 2014, during the festival Chaharshanbe Souri
(Fire Festival). Iranians jump over the fire that burned and threw
firecrackers to celebrate spring, coinciding with celebrations of their
traditional New Year, called Nowruz, starting March 21.

A suspect, seen walking next to a dummy of former Ming Pao chief editor
Kevin Lau, is taken away by the police after the reconstruction of a crime
scene at Sai Wan Ho in Hong Kong, March 18, 2014. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
April 2, 2014 86

Restoration workers peel off loose gold foil as part of a
restoration project for an 800-year-old Thousand-Hand
Guanyin Buddhist statue on Mount Baoding in Chongqing
municipality, China March 18, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer
April 2, 2014 87

A man carries an injured
anti-government protester
during a protest against
Venezuela's President
Nicolas Maduro's
government in San
Cristobal, Venezuela March
18, 2014. REUTERS/Carlos
Eduardo Ramirez
April 2, 2014 88

A boy comforts a crying girl
during a special prayer for the
passengers of the missing
Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in
central Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
March
18, 2014.REUTERS/Damir
Sagolj
April 2, 2014 89

An Israeli army officer listens to a soldier who was wounded
during an explosion as he is evacuated to a hospital, in the
northern city of Haifa, Israel March 18, 2014.REUTERS/Moran
Mayan/Jinipix
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A man walks as he holds a baby at a site hit by what
activists said was an air strike from forces loyal to
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Sad Al-Lawz in
Aleppo, Syria March 18, 2014. REUTERS/Hosam Katan
April 2, 2014 91

Men talk as they are seen
reflected in a window of a
building at the Pudong financial
district in Shanghai March
18, 2014. REUTERS/Carlos
Barria
April 2, 2014 92

Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra
arrives on a wheelchair at the Royal Police Cadet
Academy in Nakorn Pathom province, Thailand
March 18, 2014.REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
April 2, 2014 93

A zookeeper walks with Marjan, a male
lion, inside his cage in Kabul's zoo in
Kabul, Afghanistan March
18, 2014. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
April 2, 2014 94

Vice President Joe Biden is seen in a plane window
after landing in Vilnius, Lithuania March
18, 2014. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins
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SIMFEROPOL, UKRAINE - MARCH 18: Workmen change the
lettering on the Parliament building to a sign that reads 'Crimean
Autonomous Council' on March 18, 2014 in Simferopol, Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed Crimea as a part of
Russia and said that Crimea would have three equal
languages, Russian, Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar. Voters on the
autonomous Ukrainian peninsular of Crimea voted
overwhelmingly to secede from their country and join Russia.
(Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 18: Artists Gerda
Steiner & Jörg Lenzlinger's installation 'Bush Power' is
displayed during a media preview as part of the 19th
Beinnale of Sydney at Cockatoo Island on March
18, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark
Metcalfe/Getty Images)
April 2, 2014 97

A humanoid robot from Pal Robotics walks during
the Innorobo 2014 fair (Innovation Robotics
Summit) in Lyon, France March
18, 2014. REUTERS/Robert Pratta
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Decorative lanterns to celebrate Vesak Day
coming on June 5 at the Temple of the Jogye in
Seoul, South Korea.

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Easter eggs hanging garden of shade tree in her
summerhouse Christa and Volker Kraft Germans he
retired, in the eastern city of Saalfeld Germany. Every year
since 1965 they spent two weeks decorating the tree with
10,000 collection of hand-painted Easter eggs colorful to
celebrate Easter.

April 2, 2014 101
An Indian farmer lying on piles of watermelons at his
fruit stall before being sold in the wholesale market for
fruit Gaddiannaram outskirts of Hyderabad.

April 2, 2014 102
A humanoid robot IIT exhibited in 2014 Innorobo robot fair in
Lyon, France, on March 18, 2014. Innorobo is an annual event for companies
and research centers launch of its latest technology in manufacturing
industrial robotics.

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Riot police sought to break campus gate at al-Azhar University in clashes with
female college students, supporters organized Muslim Brotherhood and
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi ousted in Nasr City area of Cairo.

A man who recycles used materials watches television on
his cart on a TV set which he says works with a solar energy
panel, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil March
18, 2014.REUTERS/Jorge Silva
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Tibetan Buddhist monks holding ceremonial
scarfs stand in a line to welcome their spiritual
leader the Dalai Lama, fourth left, as he arrives
at the Jhonang Takten Phuntsok Choeling
monastery in Shimla, India, Tuesday, March
18, 2014. (AP Photo/Tenzin Choejor)
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March 18, 2014 - Petaling
Jaya, SELANGOR, MALAYSIA - A girl prays
during an event for the missing Malaysia
Airline, MH370, at a shopping mall, in Petaling
Jaya, Malaysia, on March 18, 2014. A
coalition of 26 countries, including
Thailand, are looking for Malaysia Airlines
Flight 370, which vanished March 8 with 239
people aboard on a night flight from Kuala
Lumpur to Beijing. (Credit Image: © Kamal
Sellehuddin/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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In this picture taken on Tuesday, March
18, 2014, an Iranian woman lights fireworks during
a celebration, known as ìChaharshanbe Souri,î or
Wednesday Feast, marking the eve of the last
Wednesday of the solar Persian year, in Pardisan
park, Tehran, Iran. March 21, the first day of
spring, marks Nowruz, the beginning of the year
1393 on the Persian calendar. (AP Photo/Ebrahim
Noroozi)
April 2, 2014 107

Women have their lunch as they watch Russian
President Vladimir Putin on the television
addressing the Russian Federal Assembly on the
Crimean referendum to reunify with Russia
outside Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine, 18 March
2014. Putin and leaders of Crimea and its
biggest city Sevastopol signed a treaty making
the two entities new members of the Russian
Federation. EPA/YURI KOCHETKOV
April 2, 2014 108

People crowd onto a bridge during
the annual Caiqiaohui event in
Mianyang, Sichuan province, China
March 18, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer
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Students of Bagong Silangan Elementary school cover their head
during an earthquake drill in Manila on March 19, 2014. The
students participated in a national emergency earthquake drill that
aims to generate awareness on disaster risk reduction and assess
their capacity level to respond during a disaster. AFP PHOTO /
NOEL CELISNOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images
April 2, 2014 111

Egg boxes for storing Easter eggs are stacked in a room of German pensioners Christa and
Volker Kraft's summerhouse in the eastern German town of Saalfeld, March 19, 2014. Each
year since 1965 Volker and his wife Christa spend up to two weeks decorating the tree with
their collection of 10,000 colourful hand-painted Easter eggs in time for Easter celebrations.
REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
April 2, 2014 112

A member of a Pro-Russian self-defense force takes down a Ukrainian Navy flag, left, as the
other raises the Russian flag at the Ukrainian Navy headquarters in
Sevastopol, Crimea, Wednesday, March 19, 2014. An Associated Press photographer said
several hundred militiamen took down the gate and made their way onto the base. They then
raised the Russian flag in the square by the headquarters. The unarmed militia waited for an
hour on the square before the move to storm the headquarters. Following the arrival of the
commander of the Russian Black Sea fleet, the Crimeans took over the building. (AP
Photo/Andrew Lubimov)
April 2, 2014 113

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men gather under the Chords Bridge during a demonstration against
military conscription held at the entrance to Jerusalem, 19 March 2014. Some 500 ultra-
Orthodox people protested against police arresting Hassidic draft dogers and against the law
that will make a certain amount of ultra-Orthodox join the army as other citizens a must.
EPA/JIM HOLLANDER EPA/JIM HOLLANDER
April 2, 2014 114

A pro-Russian man looks through a wall
after breaking into the territory of the naval
headquarters in Sevastopol, Ukraine March
19, 2014. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
April 2, 2014 115

Armed man stand at
entrance of the naval
headquarters in
Sevastopol, March
19, 2014.
REUTERS/Baz Ratner
A Ukrainian naval officer passes by armed
men, believed to be Russian servicemen, as he leaves
the naval headquarters in Sevastopol, March 19, 2014.
REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
A man, believed to be a Ukrainian serviceman, with belongings walks past armed
men, believed to be Russian servicemen, while leaving the territory of the naval
headquarters in Sevastopol, March 19, 2014.
Armed men, believed to be Russian servicemen, check documents of Russian navy
officers who enter the territory of the naval headquarters in Sevastopol, March 19, 2014.
REUTERS/Vasily FedosenkoUkraine Navy HQ stormed
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Supporters of Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani
Ahmadzai tried to grab the leaflets in one of his election
campaign in the province of Kunduz, northern Afghanistan.

A man walks in a desert during an election campaign in
Kunduz province, northern Afghanistan March
19, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
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On the Afghan campaign trail

A supporter of Abdul Rashid Dostum, an Uzbek leader and a
vice-presidential candidate, holds a picture of him after an
election campaign in Kunduz province, northern Afghanistan
March 19, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

A helicopter carrying Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai's team takes off
after an election campaign in Kunduz province, northern Afghanistan March 19, 2014.
REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
A supporter of Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai jumps to cross a
ditch after an election campaign in Kunduz province, northern Afghanistan March
19, 2014.
Supporters of Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai attend an
election campaign in Kunduz province, northern Afghanistan March 19, 2014.
Afghan security personnel block a road as Habiba Sarabi, one of the running mates to
Afghan presidential candidate Zalmai Rassoul, leaves after a campaign in Kabul March
17, 2014.
April 2, 2014 120

A boy holding a toy pistol
stands a cage containing
chickens for sale near the
venue of an election
campaign by Afghan
presidential candidate Ashraf
Ghani Ahmadzai in Kunduz
province, northern
Afghanistan March 19, 2014.
A girl runs during an election
campaign by Afghan presidential
candidate Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai
in Kunduz province, northern
Afghanistan March 19, 2014.
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Supporters of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah to
election campaigning in Charikar. The April 5 election of Afghanistan's
presidential election Tuesday, with 11 candidates running for office
since the fall of the Taliban.

Free Syrian Army fighters climb the stairs at the justice
palace in the old city of Aleppo, after the FSA claimed to have
taken control of it from forces loyal to Syria's President
Bashar al-Assad March 19, 2014. REUTERS/Rami Zayat
April 2, 2014 123

Pro-Russian supporters walk after breaking into the
territory of the naval headquarters in Sevastopol, March
19, 2014. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
April 2, 2014 124

A Ukrainian naval officer passes by armed
men, believed to be Russian servicemen, as he
leaves the naval headquarters in
Sevastopol, March 19, 2014. REUTERS/Vasily
FedosenkoApril 2, 2014 125

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A British cavalry regiment march in Hyde Park in
London. This regiment has just undergone an
annual inspection to confirm their ability to
perform the rituals in the state.

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A woman writes a message to the passengers on the
aircraft carrier Malaysia Airlines disappearance of the
glass wall at a shopping center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Relatives of Palestinian youth Youssef Shawamra mourn outside
his house in the West Bank village of Deir al-Asal near Hebron
March 19, 2014. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
April 2, 2014 128

A screen displays a news conference by Federal
Reserve Chair Janet Yellen as a trader works on the
floor of the New York Stock Exchange March
19, 2014.REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
April 2, 2014 129

Jerome Kerviel, former trader of French bank Societe
Generale, walks while carrying his backpack in Modena, northern
Italy March 19, 2014. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi
April 2, 2014 130

A Romanian special forces member disembarks
from a helicopter to the U.S. Navy guided-missile
destroyer USS Truxtun during a joint military drill
in the Black Sea, near Bulgaria and
Romania, March 19, 2014. REUTERS/Stoyan
Nenov
April 2, 2014 131

Peter Norbot and Kris Hamilton, dressed up as fictional comic book
superhero Spider-Man, look through a magazine as they wait for their turn
to audition to be a part of a promotional campaign for the upcoming
release of the new movie "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" in Chicago March
19, 2014. REUTERS/Jim Young
April 2, 2014 132

A Chinese family member of a
passenger onboard the missing
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370
screams as she is being brought into
a room outside the media
conference area at a hotel near
Kuala Lumpur International Airport
March 19, 2014. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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Members of Iraq's security forces fired cannon in
clashes with the organization of the Islamic State in Iraq
and the Levant linked to al-Qaida in Jurf al-
SAKHAR, south of Baghdad, Iraq, March 19 , 2014.

Boys, carrying flags, sit on a tank in
Benghazi, March 19, 2014, during the third
anniversary of an attack by pro-Gaddafi forces on
Benghazi. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori
April 2, 2014 135

Visitors are greeted by an Orca killer whale as they attend a show
featuring the whales during a visit to the animal theme park SeaWorld in
San Diego, California March 19, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Blake
April 2, 2014 136

Israeli soldiers stand atop tanks in the Golan
Heights near Israel's border with Syria March
19, 2014. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
April 2, 2014 137

Women prepare food next to their belongings near
Kilometre 12 where internally displaced Muslims are
stranded due to the ongoing sectarian violence in the
Central African Republic capital of Bangui March
19, 2014. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola
April 2, 2014 138

A Free Syrian Army fighter takes a position behind piled sandbags
as he aims his weapon near the Justice Palace, which is controlled
by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in
Aleppo, March 12, 2014.
REUTERS/Mahmoud Hebbo
A damaged car is seen at a site hit by what activists said were barrel bombs dropped by
forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's district of al-Sukari, March
16, 2014.
REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah
Flames are seen after what Free Syrian Army fighters said was shelling by forces loyal to
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad at the compound of the justice palace in the old city of
Aleppo, after the FSA claimed to have taken control of the justice palace, March 19, 2014.
REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail
A man carries a survivor at a site hit by what
activists said was an air strike from forces
loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in
Sad Al-Lawz in Aleppo, March 18, 2014.
REUTERS/Hosam Katan
A week in Aleppo
April 2, 2014 139

A boy stands with Free Syrian Army fighters as they pray in
Aleppo's Karm al-Jabal district, March 17, 2014.
REUTERS/Jalal Al-Mamo
Residents inspect damage after what
activists said was an airstrike by forces
loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-
Assad in Tariq Al Bab neighbourhood of
REUTERS/Hosam Katan
A view of damaged buildings in
old Aleppo, March 11, 2014.
A woman reacts as she walks
amid debris of damaged
buildings at a site hit by what
activists said was an air strike
from forces loyal to Syria's
President Bashar al-Assad in
Aleppo's al-Shaar
district, March 18, 2014.
REUTERS/Hosam Katan
A week in Aleppo
April 2, 2014 140

A civil defence member reacts as he takes part in an
anti-government protest in Aleppo's Bustan al-
Qasr, March 14, 2014.
REUTERS/Hosam Katan
Abu Amara a 26-year-old fighter from
the Free Syrian Army, holds his weapon
in old Aleppo, March 13, 2014.
A man carries a girl who survived what
activists said was an airstrike by forces
Assad in Tariq Al Bab neighbourhood of
REUTERS/Hosam Katan
People search for belongings
amid rubble of collapsed
buildings in the al-Myassar
neighbourhood of
REUTERS/Hamid Khatib
A week in Aleppo
April 2, 2014 141

A man rides his bicycle under
almond blossoms in a park during a
warm winter day in Madrid, March
19. (Sergio Perez/Reuters) #
April 2, 2014 142

Vanessa Kennedy assumes a
position during the Bold & Naked
yoga class in New York March
19, 2014. REUTERS/Shannon
Stapleton
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The view from the apartment of Muriel
Schneider in Paris's 7th arrondissement.
March 20, 2014
Happy 125 Eiffel Tower

The view behind the
Eiffel Tower, Paris. March
20, 2014

Champ de Mars in the late afternoon
sunshine. March 20, 2014

A view of the tower from the right bank. March 22, 2014

A view of the tower. March 22, 2014

French boys play games on a Sunday at
Champ de Mars. March 23, 2014

An elderly Iranian woman looks at the graves of soldiers who were
killed during 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, at the Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery
just outside Tehran, Iran, Thursday, March 20, 2014, on the eve of the
Iranian New Year, or Nowruz. Nowruz which means "New Day" in
Persian, marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the year on
the Iranian calendar, which occurs exactly on the Spring Equinox, and
usually begins on March 21 or the previous or following day. (AP
Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Russian forces in Crimea
An armed man, believed to be a Russian serviceman, stands guard near a military base
in Perevalnoye, near the Crimean city of Simferopol, March 20, 2014.
REUTERS/Baz Ratner
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Armed men, believed to be Russian servicemen, stand guard at the gate of a military
base in Perevalnoye, near the Crimean city of Simferopol, after taking control of parts of
the base, March 20, 2014.
REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Armed men, believed to be a Russian servicemen, walk as they change shifts near a military
base in Perevalnoye, near the Crimean city of Simferopol, March 20, 2014.
REUTERS/Baz Ratner
A man believed to be a Russian serviceman walks as he carries two rocket-propelled grenade
launchers while he and his comrades change shifts, near a military base in Perevalnoye, near
the Crimean city of Simferopol, March 20, 2014.
REUTERS/Baz Ratner
A Ukrainian soldier looks at armed men, believed
to be Russian servicemen, standing guard near a
military base in Perevalnoye, near the Crimean
city of Simferopol, March 20, 2014.
REUTERS/Baz Ratner
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A Ukrainian servicewoman
carries her uniforms while
leaving a military base in
Perevalnoye, near the Crimean
city of Simferopol, March
20, 2014.
REUTERS/Baz Ratner
An armed man, believed to be a Russian serviceman, stands guard after taking control of
a military base in Perevalnoye, near the Crimean city of Simferopol, March 20, 2014.
REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Armed men, believed to be
a Russian servicemen, walk
as they change shifts near
a military base in
Perevalnoye, near the
Crimean city of
Simferopol, March
20, 2014.
REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Armed men, believed to be a Russian
serviceman, walk as they change shifts near a
military base in Perevalnoye, near the Crimean
city of Simferopol, March 20, 2014.
REUTERS/Baz Ratner
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Armed men, believed to be Russian
soldiers, stand guard outside a Ukrainian
military base in Simferopol March 19, 2014.
Armed men, believed to be Russian servicemen, stand
guard outside a Ukrainian military base in
Perevalnoye, near the Crimean city of
REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov
Armed men, believed to be Russian
servicemen, gather at a tire
assembling shop outside the naval
headquarters in Sevastopol, March
19, 2014.
Ukrainian servicemen walk past a gate at the military base in Perevalnoye, near the
Crimean city of Simferopol, March 20, 2014.
REUTERS/Baz Ratner
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An Afghan police officer walks around inside the nearby state-run Afghan radio
and television building badly damaged when a suicide car bomber blew up his
vehicle near a police station in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Thursday, March 20, 2014.
A suicide car bomber blew up his vehicle near the police station in eastern
Afghanistan while other Taliban insurgents stormed the building Thursday, killing
nearly a dozen police officers and a civilian, officials said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
April 2, 2014 156

Supporters of Afghan presidential candidate
Abdullah Abdullah hold posters of him during an
election rally in Parwan province, northern
Afghanistan March 20, 2014. Afghanistan's
presidential election will be held on April 5, 2014.
REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (AFGHANISTAN - Tags:
POLITICS ELECTIONS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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An artist walks across the roof of his
house while carrying paintings to be
dried at Jelekong village near
Bandung, in Indonesia's West Java
province, March 20, 2014. The people
of Jelekong village earn their living by
selling their paintings. Around 300
painters live in the village, producing
about 1,000 paintings a month, each
priced between 50,000 rupiah to
11,000,000 rupiah ($4.50 to
$1000), according to villager Asep
Sancang, who works as a high school
art teacher and painter.
REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA -
Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE
DAY)
April 2, 2014 158

Iraqi Kurdish people carry fire torches up
a mountain where a giant flag of Iraq's
autonomous Kurdistan region is laid, as
they celebrate Newroz Day, a festival
marking their spring and new year, near
Dahuk, March 20, 2014. Newroz Day is
also celebrated in other countries
including
Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran, Afghanistan and
Tajikistan. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari (IRAQ
- Tags: ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY TPX
IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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An armed man, believed to be a Russian serviceman, stands guard near a military
base in Perevalnoye, near the Crimean city of Simferopol, March
20, 2014.REUTERS/Baz Ratner
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Supporters of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah
Abdullah wait for the start of an election rally in Parwan
province, northern Afghanistan, March
20, 2014.REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
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Ballet dancer Vladimir Malakhov (right), Elisa Carrillio Cabrera
(above) and Mikhail Kaniskin (left) Shakespeare "Clear" on the
music of Johann Sebastian Bach, in a ceremony rehearsal at
the Schiller Theater in Berlin, Germany, 20 March, 2014

Blooming crocuses are seen at the Jasne
Blonie park on a first day of the astronomical
Spring in Szczecin, Poland, March 20.
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A Palestinian man and his daughter pick wild
mustard flowers which grow in untilled fields across
the Gaza Strip, on March 20, as the official start of
spring is marked by the by the Vernal Equinox.
(MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)
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Robins feed on staghorn sumac on a tree in
North Adams, Mass., March, 20. While the sight
of robins have often been linked to the beginning
of spring as some travel south for the
winter, many of the birds are actually seen
throughout the winter in the Northeast. (Gillian
Jones/The Berkshire Eagle via Associated
Press) #April 2, 2014 165

A slackline walker enjoys the sunny and
warm weather in a park at the river Rhine
bank in Duesseldorf, Germany, March 20.
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Mar. 21, 2014. An Indian woman carries an empty bucket as she walks
on dry mud against blowing sand, along the Brahmaputra river on the
eve of World Water Day in Gauhati, India. (Anupam Nath—AP)
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Ukrainian troops leave Crimea
Crew members of the blockaded
Ukrainian naval landing vessel
"Konstantin Olshansky" come
ashore after leaving the ship in
Donuzlav bay in Crimea March
23, 2014.
REUTERS/Baz Ratner
A woman kisses a Ukrainian marine in front of a
Ukrainian marine base in the Crimean port city
of Feodosia, March 23, 2014.
An armed man, believed to be a Russian
serviceman, stands guard as a Ukrainian officer
passes by at a military airbase in the Crimean
town of Belbek near Sevastopol March 22, 2014.
A Ukrainian serviceman holds a flag of Ukraine
and smokes at a military base in the Crimean
town of Belbek, near Sevastopol March
22, 2014.
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170

Members of pro-Russian self-defense units
move in the direction of a military airbase as
they attempt to take over in the Crimean
town of Belbek near Sevastopol March
22, 2014.
Ukrainian servicemen carry
their belongings as they leave
their base in the village of
Lyubimovka near Sevastopol
March 21, 2014.
REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Ukrainian soldiers walk
inside a military base in
Perevalnoye, near the
Crimean city of Simferopol
March 21, 2014.
A Ukrainian serviceman closes a
gate on a Ukrainian military base
in the Crimean town of Belbek
March 21, 2014.
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A view shows the Crac des Chevaliers fortress and smoke rising from Husen village homes in Homs, after
soldiers loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad took control of it from rebel fighters, March 21, 2014.
Standing at the gate of the Crusader castle captured from insurgents, a Syrian army officer declared that
forces loyal to Assad were now in control of the western half of Homs province. Picture taken during a tour
organized by the government.
REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri
Soldiers loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-
Assad are seen walking inside the Crac des
Chevaliers fortress in Homs
countryside, after soldiers loyal to Assad
took control of it from rebel fighters, March
21, 2014.
A view shows the damage inside the
Crac des Chevaliers fortress in the
Homs countryside, after soldiers loyal
to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad
took control of it from rebel
fighters, March 21, 2014.
Soldiers loyal to Syria's President
Bashar al-Assad and the media
are seen in front of the Crac des
Chevaliers fortress in Homs
countryside, after soldiers loyal to
Assad took control of it from
rebel fighters, March 21, 2014.
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A view shows the damage inside the Crac
des Chevaliers fortress in Homs
countryside, after soldiers loyal to Syria's
President Bashar al-Assad took control of
it from rebel fighters, March 21, 2014.
A view shows part of the Crac des Chevaliers fortress
and smoke rising from Husen village homes in
Homs, after soldiers loyal to Syria's President Bashar
al-Assad took control of it from rebel fighters, March
21, 2014.
A view shows the damage inside the Crac des Chevaliers fortress in
the Homs countryside, after soldiers loyal to Syria's President Bashar
al-Assad took control of it from rebel fighters, March 21, 2014.
A view shows the Crac des Chevaliers
fortress and smoke rising from Husen
village homes in Homs, after soldiers
Assad took control of it from rebel
fighters, March 21, 2014.
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Ruins of war

Mar. 21, 2014. Military caps are thrown in the ocean by
Ukrainian submariners as the surrendered Ukrainian
submarine 'Zaporozhye' is towed to the Russian Black
Sea Fleet base in Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine. (Sergei
Ilnitsky—EPA)
April 2, 2014 174

Mar. 21, 2014. A solitary rower skims across the Potomac
River past the Lincoln Memorial and under the Memorial
Bridge at sunrise in Washington DC. (J. David Ake—AP)
April 2, 2014 175

Migrants hold their
identification numbers as they
arrive at the Sicilian port of
Augusta near Siracusa March
21, 2014. REUTERS/Antonio
Parrinello
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These women and men in traditional costumes
Kyrgyz celebrate Nowruz (New Year) on the
outskirts of the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek.
Nowruz, the Farsi means "new year," is an
ancient festival marking the first day of spring in
Central Asia.

Spring flowers blossom on a meadow in
Potsdam, Germany, March 21. (Ralf
Hirschberger/EPA) #
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Crimea annexed
People watch fireworks during celebrations
on the main square of the Crimean city of
Russian President Vladimir Putin prepares to sign documents to complete the
process of absorbing Crimea into Russia during a ceremony in Moscow's
Kremlin, March 21, 2014.
REUTERS/Sergei Chirikov/Pool
People attend celebrations on the main square
of the Crimean city of Simferopol, March
21, 2014.
A military priest and a uniformed man, believed to be a Russian servicemen, march
outside a military base in Perevalnoye, near the Crimean city of Simferopol, March
21, 2014.
April 2, 2014 179

A Ukrainian serviceman watches a TV broadcast of
Russian President Vladimir Putin signing a law on
ratification of a treaty making Crimea part of
Russia, at a Ukrainian military base in the Crimean
town of Belbek March 21, 2014. REUTERS/Vasily
Fedosenko
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Crimea annexed
A woman brings provisions to a Ukrainian soldier at a checkpoint close to the Russian border
near the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, March 21, 2014.
REUTERS/Stringer
Ukrainian navy command ship Slavutych is blocked by two Russian ships at the Crimean port
of Sevastopol, March 21, 2014.
REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Ukrainian soldiers fortify a military check point by a camp on a field the Ukrainian Army
forces set up close to the Russian border in east Ukraine, March 21, 2014.
REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
Russian officers walk to meet Ukrainian colleagues on the ship Slavutich in
Sevastopol, March 20, 2014.
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Crimea annexed
A Ukrainian soldier stands guard at
a military camp on a field the
Ukrainian Army forces set up close
to the Russian border in east
Ukraine, March 21, 2014.
REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
Ukrainian servicemen stand guard at
a Ukrainian military base in the
Crimean town of Belbek, March
21, 2014.
Ukrainian servicemen dig trenches
at a checkpoint near the town of
Armyansk in Kherson region
adjacent to Crimea, March
21, 2014.
Ukrainian servicemen carry a
washing machine to a van as
they leave their base in the
village of Lyubimovka near
Sevastopol, March 21, 2014.
REUTERS/Baz Ratner
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US First Lady Michelle Obama plays table tennis
as she visit to the Beijing Normal School, a
school that prepares students to attend
university abroad in Beijing on March 21, 2014.
Michelle Obama arrived in Beijing with her
mother and daughters to kick off a seven-
day, three-city tour where she will focus on
education and cultural exchange. AFP PHOTO /
POOLANDY WONG/AFP/Getty Images
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Afghan men look on from tree branches while other revelers gather near the Hazrat-e-Ali shrine for Nowruz festivities which marks the Afghan new year in
Mazari-i-Sharif on March 21, 2014. Nowruz, one of the biggest festivals of the war-scarred nation, marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the year
in the Persian calendar. Nowruz is calculated according to a solar calendar, this coming year marking 1393. AFP PHOTO/FARSHAD USYANFARSHAD
USYAN/AFP/Getty Images
April 2, 2014 186

People ride a tram with a sign
reading, ''Another view on
life" in Daugavpils, Latvia
March 21, 2014. In the former
Soviet republics of Latvia and
Estonia, there is unease over
events in Crimea, which was
formally annexed by Moscow
last week on the pretext of
safeguarding its Russian
minorities. REUTERS/Ints
Kalnins
April 2, 2014 187

Mar. 21, 2014. Ukrainian border guards
run to take their positions during training
at a military camp in the village of
Alekseyevka on the Ukrainian-Russian
border. (Sergei Grits—AP)
April 2, 2014 188

Mar. 21, 2014. A man waves a Russian flag as
people look at fire works in the center of the
Crimean city of Sevastopol. Russia's upper house
of parliament unanimously voted on March 21 to
ratify the treaty incorporating Crimea into Russian
territory. (Viktor Drachev—AFP/Getty Images)
April 2, 2014 189

A refugee Crimean Tatar child is seen in temporary
housing near Kiev. (Sergii Kharchenko—NurPhoto)
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Pro-Russian militia members remove a local resident as Russian
troops assault the Belbek air base, outside Sevastopol, on
Saturday, March 22. Following its annexation of Crimea, Russian
forces have consolidated their control of the region.

Mar. 22, 2014. A Russian sailor holding the Russian Navy's St. Andrew flag
while standing on the on bow of the surrendered Ukrainian submarine
'Zaporozhye', is reflected in the waters of the harbor of
Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine. (Sergei Ilnitsky—EPA
April 2, 2014 195

Mar. 22, 2014. People attend the funeral
ceremony of Ukrainian soldier Sergey
Kokurin in Simferopol. Crimea held a joint
funeral for an Ukrainian soldier and a pro-
Moscow militiaman killed this week -- the
first casualties since Russian forces
seized the Black Sea peninsula. (Yuriy
Lashov—AFP/Getty Images)
April 2, 2014 196

A boy takes a bath along a pavement in
the southern Indian city of Chennai March
22, 2014. REUTERS/Babu
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A view of the hillside that gave way and
collapsed near State Route 530 is seen in this
Washington State Department of
Transportation picture taken near
Oso, Washington March
22, 2014. REUTERS/Washington State
Department of Transportation/Handout via
Reuters
April 2, 2014 198

A barge loaded with marine fuel oil sits partially submerged in
the Houston Ship Channel in this U.S. Coast Guard picture
taken March 22, 2014. REUTERS/US Coast Guard/Handout via
Reuters
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Anti-government protesters
kiss during a protest against
Venezuela's President
Nicolas Maduro's
government in Caracas
March
22, 2014. REUTERS/Christian
Veron
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Opposition supporters hold a national flag
during a rally against Venezuela's President
Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas
March 22, 2014. REUTERS/Christian Veron
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Free Syrian Army fighters fire an artillery
cannon towards forces loyal to Syria's President
Bashar al-Assad in the eastern Damascus suburb
of Ghouta, Syria March
23, 2014. REUTERS/Ammar al-Bushy
April 2, 2014 203

A landslide and structural debris blocks
Highway 530 near Oso, Washington
March 23, 2014. REUTERS/Lindsey
Wasson/Pool
April 2, 2014 204

Palestinians watch a Hamas rally
marking the anniversary of the death
of its leaders killed by Israel, in Gaza
City March
23, 2014. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem
April 2, 2014 205

France's President Francois
Hollande is seen speaking in a
bar after voting in the first round
in the French mayoral elections in
Tulle, center France, March
23, 2014.REUTERS/Regis
Duvignau
April 2, 2014 206

Former French President
Nicolas Sarkozy sits on a
bench with his wife and
singer Carla Bruni-Sarkozy
after voting at a polling
station in the first round in
the French mayoral
elections in Paris, March
23, 2014. REUTERS/Benoit
Tessier
April 2, 2014 207

A young man takes photos of his girlfriend
next to Ukrainian riot policemen guarding
the regional administration building
following a pro-Russian rally in central
Donetsk, Ukraine March
23, 2014. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
April 2, 2014 208

Boys walk on the ruins of
their school which was
bombed by Shi'ite militants of
the Shi'ite al-Houthi group
during recent conflicts against
local tribes in the Hamdan
area west of the Yemeni
capital Sanaa March
23, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed
al-Sayaghi
April 2, 2014 209

Afghans take part in a burial
ceremony of Afghan journalist Sardar
Ahmad of Agence France-Presse in
Kabul March 23, 2014. Sardar, his
wife and two children were killed
during an attack by gunmen at Serena
Hotel. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
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The bird hanging on the column tube in a contest birds
in the Rueso of Narathiwat province, southern Thailand.
Hundreds of bird owners from Thailand, Malaysia and
Singapore to participate in the traditional contest is held
every year, on March 23, 2014.

A girl looks out of a window after clashes in south
Beirut, Lebanon March 23, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed
Azakir
April 2, 2014 212

Mar. 23, 2014. Chinese Antarctic exploration team members
aboard Chinese icebreaker Xuelong (Snow Dragon), search for
missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 over the southern
Indian Ocean. (Xinhua—Sipa USA)
April 2, 2014 213

Mar. 23, 2014. A resident collects scrap metal from the rubble of
burnt shanties after a fire gutted a residential area in Caloocan
city, north of Manila, Philippines. (Ezra Acayan—NurPhoto)
April 2, 2014 214

Mar. 23, 2014. A resident collects scrap metal
from the rubble of burnt shanties after a fire
gutted a residential area in Caloocan
city, north of Manila, Philippines. (Ezra
Acayan—NurPhoto)
April 2, 2014 215

People watch Russian ships blockading the exit
of Donuzlav bay in Crimea, where three
Ukrainian navy ships have refused to surrender
to Russian forces, March 23, 2014. REUTERS/Baz
Ratner
April 2, 2014 216

Crew members of the blockaded Ukrainian
naval landing vessel "Konstantin Olshansky"
come ashore after leaving the ship in
Donuzlav bay in Crimea March
23, 2014.REUTERS/Baz Ratner
April 2, 2014 217

People sing the Ukrainian
national anthem during an anti-
war rally at Independence Square
in Kiev, Ukraine March
23, 2014. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
April 2, 2014 218

First lady Michelle Obama walks with her
daughters Sasha and Malia as they visit the
Mutianyu section of the Great Wall of China, in
Beijing March 23, 2014.REUTERS/Petar
Kujundzic
April 2, 2014 219

Steve Skaglund walks across the rubble on
the east side of Saturday's fatal mudslide
near Oso, Wash., Sunday, March 23, 2014.
(Genna Martin/AP/The Herald) #
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An image released by the Washington
Governor Jay Inslee's office shows the scene
of a mudslide (Handout/EPA) #
April 2, 2014 221

A view of the damage from Saturday's
mudslide near Oso, Wash. At least
eight people were killed in the 1-
square-mile slide that hit in a rural
area about 55 miles northeast of
Seattle on Saturday. Several people
also were critically injured, and about
30 homes were destroyed.
(Washington State Dept. of
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U.S. President Barack Obama smiles before
his "The Guardian of the Night" by famous
Dutch painter Rembrandt during a visit to
the Rijksmuseum in
Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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A Secret Service officer looked into a Chinese
actress dressed as an ancient warrior while U.S.
First Lady Michelle Obama visits a nearby wall in
Xi'an city, Shaanxi Province, northwest China

Mar. 23, 2014. Justice and Development
Party (AKP) supporters wait on a tree
during a rally in Istanbul. Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan rallied hundreds
of thousands of supporters on
Sunday, dismissing accusations of
intolerance by Western and domestic
critics. (Ozan Kose—AFP/Getty Images)
April 2, 2014 225

Mar. 23, 2014. Supporters of Turkey's Prime
Minister Tayyip Erdogan hold a giant Turkish flag
during an election rally in Istanbul. Erdogan rallied
hundreds of thousands of supporters on
Sunday, dismissing accusations of intolerance by
Western and domestic critics. (Bulent Kilic—
AFP/Getty Images)
April 2, 2014 226

Mar. 23, 2014. Roma AK Party supporters sing and
dance at a campaign rally in Istanbul on The
AKP, Prime Minister Erdogan's Justice and
Development Party organized the rally ahead of next
week's municipal elections.(Jodi Hilton)
April 2, 2014 227

The Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft is
transported to its launch pad at the
Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan March
23, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
April 2, 2014 228

Mar. 23, 2014. The Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft
is set on its launch pad at the Baikonur
cosmodrome. The spacecraft will carry Russian
cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg
Artemyev and U.S. astronaut Steven Swanson
to the International Space Station (ISS) on
March 26. (Maxim Shemetov—Reuters)
April 2, 2014 229

Mar. 23, 2014. Members of the 'New Power
Generation' perform their 'Zebralution' program
during the 'enjoy your rhythm' gala at the 2014
GAZPROM World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics at
the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany.(Alex
Grimm—Bongarts/Getty Images)
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju
watch a performance by the Moranbong Band at the
April 25 House of Culture in this undated photo
released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency
in Pyongyang on March 24, 2014. REUTERS/KCNA
April 2, 2014 232

Members of the pro-
government "red shirt"
movement attack a Buddhist
monk outside the National Anti-
Corruption Commission office in
Nonthaburi province, on the
outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand
March
24, 2014. REUTERS/Chaiwat
Subprasom
April 2, 2014 233

A member of the media films a Royal Australian Air
Force AP-3C Orion plane arriving at the RAAF Base
Pearce in Perth, Australia after flying over the southern
Indian Ocean searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines
Flight MH370 March 24, 2014. REUTERS/Greg
Wood/Pool
April 2, 2014 234

President Barack Obama and Chancellor
Angela Merkel sit at a round at a meeting
of the G7 in The Hague, Netherlands on
March 24, 2014.
April 2, 2014 235

Britain's Prime Minister David
Cameron and President Barack
Obama point at each other as
they participate in a G7 leaders
meeting during the Nuclear
Security Summit in The Hague
March 24, 2014. REUTERS/Jerry
Lampen/Pool
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel smiles told Finnish President Sauli
Niinisto in intimate session on the final day of the Conference of the
Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague, Netherlands

U.S. Marine One and a decoy land at
The Hague airport March
24, 2014. REUTERS/Michiel
Wijnbergh/Pool
April 2, 2014 238

Mar. 24, 2014. Marta Llorente, 28, poses
backstage before taking part in a body paint
pageant during Expobeauty Andalusia in the
Andalusian capital of Seville. (Marcelo del
Pozo—REUTERS)
April 2, 2014 239

Mar. 24, 2014. An Afghan refugee girl
wraps herself and her younger brother
with a shawl to shield from the
rain.(Muhammed Muheisen—AP)
April 2, 2014 240

Mar. 24, 2014. Rebel fighters carry their weapons as they
walk along a trench in the northeastern city of Deir Ezzor.
Fighting with pro-regime fighters continues as more than
146,000 people have died in the three-years and millions
more have been displaced. (Ahmad Aboud—AFP/Getty
Images)
April 2, 2014 241

A car drives with a Russian flag
on a road outside the Crimean
port city of Feodosia March
24, 2014. REUTERS/Shamil
Zhumatov
April 2, 2014 242

Ruben Hidalgo, 25, a
contestant, looks at his reflection in
the mirror at a bathroom before taking
part in a body paint pageant during
Expobelleza Andalucia in the
Andalusian capital of Seville, Spain
March 24, 2014. REUTERS/Marcelo
del Pozo
April 2, 2014 243

First lady Michelle Obama kicks a
shuttlecock with students as she
visits the City Wall with her daughter
Sasha, in Xi'an, Shaanxi
province, China March
24, 2014.REUTERS/Petar Kujundzic
April 2, 2014 244

An orthodox rabbi says a prayer at an Holocaust
memorial at the Danube river, as Hungary marks the
70th anniversary of the Holocaust, in
Budapest, Hungary March 24, 2014. REUTERS/Laszlo
Balogh
April 2, 2014 245

A smoke screen created by crew members partially covers the
blockaded Ukrainian naval landing vessel "Konstantin Olshansky"
in Donuzlav bay in Crimea March 24, 2014.REUTERS/Oleksii
Tamrazov
April 2, 2014 246

Anti-government protesters take part in a rally in central of
Bangkok March 24, 2014. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
April 2, 2014 247

People lay down in a pedestrian zone as part of an art project in
remembrance of the 528 victims of the "Katzbach" Nazi concentration
camp, in Frankfurt, Germany March 24, 2014. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
April 2, 2014 248

A motorist checks his car next to a tank position close to
the Russian border near the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv
March 24, 2014. REUTERS/Dmitry Neymyrok
April 2, 2014 249

Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste of Australia
stands in a metal cage during his trial in a court
in Cairo March 24, 2014. REUTERS/Al Youm Al
Saabi Newspaper
April 2, 2014 250

A picture of Bob Crow is reflected on his
coffin as it arrives by horse and carriage at the
City of London Cemetery and Crematorium in
east London March 24, 2014.REUTERS/Luke
MacGregor
April 2, 2014 251

A Ukrainian soldier stands guard outside a
Ukrainian Army military camp set up on a field
close to the Russian border in east Ukraine
March 24, 2014. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
April 2, 2014 252

A search and rescue worker rides a boat along a
flooded portion of Highway 530 after returning
from the massive landslide near
Darrington, Washington March
24, 2014.REUTERS/Jason Redmond
April 2, 2014 253

A worker walks out of the Connaught
Tunnels section of the Crossrail
construction project in East
London, March
24, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Winning
April 2, 2014 254

Girls stand inside a house
that was burned down during
an attack by rebels in Mellit
town in North Darfur March
24, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed
Nureldin Abdallah
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Ms. Ulrike Kaiser, director of fund
Leuchtenburg, wipe the porcelain bowl at
the exhibition 'Porcelain Worlds' in
Leuchtenburg castle near Kahla, Germany.

April 2, 2014 257
Visitors stand between rows of trees in
Shinjuku Gyoen park in Tokyo, Japan.

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Mar. 25, 2014. People attend the funeral ceremony of Petro Mironovich, a
maidan activist, at Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine. Mironovich, an
Afghan war veteran, was an anti-government protester who died in a hospital
after gas poisoning. (Jakub Kaminski—EPA)
April 2, 2014 259

Mar. 25, 2014. US First Lady Michelle Obama (R) performs Tai Chi
with students from the Chengdu No.7 High School in China's
southwest Sichuan province. (Peter Parks—AFP/Getty Images)
April 2, 2014 260

Mar. 25, 2014. Police women rest after a military
parade marking the Greek Independence Day in
Athens. (Aris Messinis—AFP/Getty Images)
April 2, 2014 261

Mar. 25, 2014. Pupils at play time in the Ephatha Primary School in Juba.
Peace talks between South Sudan's government and rebels resumed in
Ethiopia on Tuesday, mediators said, urging both sides to return to a
moribund ceasefire agreement. (Ivan Lieman—AFP/Getty Images)
April 2, 2014 262

Mar. 25, 2014. Framed between
makeshift clotheslines, a military
police officer patrols during an
operation in the Mare slum
complex in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil. (Felipe Dana—
AP)
April 2, 2014 263

Mar. 25, 2014. Construction continues at the Red
Bull Ring race track in Spielberg, Austria, where
The Formula 1 Austria Grand Prix is to be held on
June 22. (Helmut Fohringer—EPA)
April 2, 2014 264

Mar. 25, 2014. Bodies of suspected
rebels killed in a shootout with police
officers lie near their car in the town
of Khasavyurt in
Dagestan, Russia. (Bashir Aliev—
AFP/Getty Images)
April 2, 2014 265

People visit the art exhibition 'A Dream I
Dreamed' by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama at the
Museum of Contemporary Art of
Shanghai, March 25, 2014. REUTERS/Carlos
Barria
April 2, 2014 266

Afghan police hold onto each other as
one of them points at the site of an attack
in Kabul March 25, 2014. REUTERS/Zohra
Bensemra
April 2, 2014 267

Ukrainian marines wave as they leave a base
in Feodosia, Crimea, on Tuesday, March 25.
April 2, 2014 268

Thousands of juvenile salmon are
dispatched into a holding tank in the
Sacramento River in Rio
Vista, California March
25, 2014. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith
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Lavrov met his counterparts
Ukraine-March 25

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People fishing on a pier in the port of Mariupol, located
north east of the Sea of Azov in Ukraine.

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Russian sailors stand on the deck of the
corvette ship Suzdalets in the bay of
Sevastopol, Crimea, on March 25.

People walk past a mural showing a map of
Crimea in the Russian national colors on a
street in Moscow March 25, 2014. The mural
reads: "Crimea and Russia".REUTERS/Artur
Bainozarov
April 2, 2014 273

A woman holds Ukrainian passports as she
waits to apply for Russian passports in the
Crimean city of Simferopol March
25, 2014. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov
April 2, 2014 274

An Afghan policeman stands guard at an election
commission office after an attack in
Kabul, Afghanistan March
25, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
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First Lady Michelle Obama (left) and her
mother Marian Robinson (right), raccoons
eat apples to visit Giant Panda Research
Base in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China.

First lady Michelle Obama gestures as she
watches students practice Taichi at Chengdu No. 7
High School during her visit in Chengdu, Sichuan
province, March 25, 2014.REUTERS/Petar
Kujundzic
April 2, 2014 277

Residents observe a police
officer take up position during
an operation at the Mare slums
complex in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil March
25, 2014. REUTERS/Ricardo
Moraes
April 2, 2014 278

Um Fathy, 70-years-old, collects clothes that
were left out to dry next to mausoleums in front
of her home at the El'Arafa necropolis, a
cemetery located in the City of the Dead, in
Cairo, Egypt March 25, 2014. REUTERS/Amr
Abdallah Dalsh
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Aircraft Pilatus PC-9 / A prepares to land at RAAF base
Pearce in Perth, Australia. Pursuant to RAAF Pearce
receiving aircraft from Australia, New Zealand, the
U.S., Japan and South Korea participate in a search
operation in the maritime largest in history, looking for
fragments of flight MH370 Malaysia Airlines currently
missing.

Middle school students hold candles as
they pray for passengers aboard Malaysia
Airline MH370 at campus in
Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China
March 25, 2014.REUTERS/China Daily
April 2, 2014 281

Member of staff at satellite communications company Inmarsat point
to a section of the screen showing the southern Indian Ocean to the
west of Australia, at their headquarters in London March
25, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Winning
April 2, 2014 282

Visitors look at a sound and light show as part of the
exhibition 'Klimt and Vienna, a Century of Gold and
Colours', projected on the walls of the "Carrieres de
Lumieres" site (Quarries of Lights) in Les Baux-de-
Provence, France March 25, 2014. REUTERS/Jean-Paul
Pelissier
April 2, 2014 283

A family member of a passenger onboard
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 cries on a
bus before heading to the Malaysian
embassy, outside Lido Hotel in Beijing
March 25, 2014. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
April 2, 2014 284

Indians who are considered uncontacted by
anthropologists react to a plane flying over their
community in the Amazon basin near the Xinane
river in Brazil's Acre State, near the border with
Peru, March 25, 2014. REUTERS/Lunae Parracho
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Ukrainian tanks are transported from their
base in Perevalne, Crimea, on
Wednesday, March 26
April 2, 2014 287

German shoemaker Georg Wessels helps Win Zaw
Oo, who according to his medical team, at 7.5 ft, is
Myanmar's tallest man, in Yangon March
26, 2014.REUTERS/Minzayar
April 2, 2014 288

Riot police officers scuffle with visually-
impaired protesters, threatening to set
themselves on fire during a protest
against a hiring freeze in the public
sector, blocking a main street in
Rabat, Morocco March
26, 2014. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal
April 2, 2014 289

Residents react as policemen take position during an
operation in the Mare slums complex in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil March 26, 2014. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
April 2, 2014 290

People gather in front of a branch of Rural
Commercial Bank of Huanghai in Yancheng, Jiangsu
province, China March 26, 2014. A Chinese county
official appealed for calm among bank depositors
in the eastern city of Yancheng as lines formed
outside the branches of two small banks rumored
to be in financial trouble. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
April 2, 2014 291

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A Russian soldier (left) of Ukraine
guidance tank go up a train in
northern Crimea.

April 2, 2014 293
Tourists admire the fields of daffodils and
tulips blooming near Lisse, western
Netherlands.

April 2, 2014 294
Image comet C/2013 A1truoc and after filtration, the earth about 353
million miles, the wide-angle camera mounted Wide Field Camera 3 on the
Hubble Space Telescope photographed by NASA.

Members of Saudi special
forces aim their guns
during a training session
in Darma, west of
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
March
26, 2014. REUTERS/Faisal
Al Nasser
April 2, 2014 295

Girls make a selection from the
Cupcake "ATM" at Sprinkles Cupcake
Bakery at New York's Upper East Side
in Manhattan, March
26, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Segar
April 2, 2014 296

Russia's Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov compete during the pairs
short program at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in
Saitama, north of Tokyo, March 26, 2014. REUTERS/Yuya Shino
April 2, 2014 297

Workers search the debris that flowed across Highway
530 in the mudslide near Oso, Washington as rescue
efforts continue March 26, 2014. REUTERS/Rick Wilking
April 2, 2014 298

Traders watch as a mascot dressed
as a character from "Candy Crush
Saga" walks the floor of the New
York Stock Exchange, March
26, 2014. REUTERS/Brendan
McDermid
April 2, 2014 299

A girl smiles as she walks after visiting the
Sakhi shrine in Kabul, Afghanistan March
26, 2014. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
April 2, 2014 300

A family member of one of the deceased 46 navy sailors on the sunken naval ship Cheonan touches her son's portrait while crying after
an event marking the fourth anniversary of the incident at the National Cemetery of South Korea in Daejeon, March
26, 2014. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
April 2, 2014 301

A masked student who is supporter of the Muslim
Brotherhood and ousted President Mohamed
Mursi throws a Molotov cocktail at riot police and
residents during clashes outside Cairo University
March 26, 2014. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
April 2, 2014 302

A rescue worker with a search and rescue
dog looks for a 3-month-old baby lost in the
mudslide near Oso, Washington as efforts
continued to find victims March
26, 2014. REUTERS/Rick Wilking
April 2, 2014 303

Smoke rises from across the Charles River above buildings on Beacon Street in
Boston's Back Bay neighborhood as firefighters battle a fatal nine-alarm blaze in
Boston, Massachusetts, March 26, 2014. REUTERS/Neal HambergApril 2, 2014 304

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A woman standing on rocks at the Giant's Causeway is
located on the north coast of Northern Ireland

April 2, 2014 306
Wide-body cargo aircraft NASA's Super
Guppy landed at the military airport near
Redstone Huntsville, Alabama, USA with
special items: a fuel tank mixes modern
spacecraft, on March 26, 2014.

Kosovo Albanians mourn during a reburial
ceremony of the remains of 19 Albanians who
were killed during the Kosovo War and identified
from a mass grave in the village of Krusha e Vogel
March 26, 2014. REUTERS/Hazir Reka
April 2, 2014 307

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