Photos of the day – March 17, 2016
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A man paddles his boat along the weed-covered interiors of Nigeen Lake in Srinagar March 17, 2016. (REUTERS/Danish Ismail)
(REUTERS/Danish Ismail)
Hindu devotees laugh as they watch the religious festival of Lathmar Holi, where women beat the men with sticks, in the town of Barsana in the Uttar Pradesh region of India, March 17, 2016. (REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton)
(REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton)
French Police forces take part in a mock terrorist attack drill at a "fan zone" inside the National Police school in Nimes, France, in preparation of security measures for the UEFA 2016 European Championship, March 17, 2016. (REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier)
(REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier)
Iraqi Sabean Mandaeans pray as they stand in the Tigris River during Eid Al-Khaiqeh (creation of the world), marked during the spring by this pre-Christian sect on the banks of the Tigris River, Thursday, March 17, 2016 in Baghdad. Since the 2003 U.S. invasion and the ouster of Saddam Hussein, their numbers in Iraq have dwindled due to a rise in religious extremism and sectarian violence. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
An anti-government demonstrator (L) and a supporter of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff clash before the appointment of former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as chief of staff, near the Planalto palace in Brasilia, Brazil, March 17, 2016. (REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes)
(REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes)
A boy plays with a cardboard box as migrants from Afghanistan, wait in queues to receive food distributed by the Greek army at a refugee camp in the western Athens' suburb of Schisto, Thursday, March 17, 2016. European Union leaders will push ahead Thursday with contested plans to send tens of thousands of migrants back to Turkey amid deep divisions over how to manage Europe's biggest refugee emergency in decades. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
(AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Russian President Vladimir Putin walks in Moscow's Kremlin, Russia on Thursday, March 17, 2016. President Vladimir Putin says Russia can again build up its forces in Syria "in a few hoursâ" if necessary, and will continue striking extremist groups. Putin made the statement in the Kremlin Thursday while honoring Russian military officers who have taken part in the Syrian campaign. (Alexei Nikolsky/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
(lexei Nikolsky/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
An Orthodox priest conducts a blessing in front of the Soyuz TMA-20M for the next International Space Station (ISS) crew, comprised of Jeff Williams of the U.S. and Oleg Skriprochka and Alexey Ovchinin of Russia, at the launchpad at the Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, March 17, 2016, ahead of its launch scheduled on March 19. (REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov)
(REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov)
A father holding up his child at a waterpark at the children's garden in the Gardens by the Bay in Singapore, 17 March 2016. The National Environment Agency of Singapore said that temperatures would rise up to nine degrees higher than usual for this time of year, predicting a high of 36 degrees Celsius during the dry spell over the next two weeks. (Wallace Woon/EPA)
(Wallace Woon/EPA)
A Hanuman Langur monkey looks through a glass enclosure, part of the new Land of the Lions display, at London Zoo, Thursday, March 17, 2016. The Queen and Prince Philip visited to unveil Land of the Lions, an Asiatic lion enclosure at ZSL London Zoo. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Students from a martial arts school practice Shaolin Kung Fu on cliffs in Dengfeng, Henan Province, China, March 17, 2016. (REUTERS/Stringer)
(REUTERS/Stringer)
A man casts his shadow on the ground as he is jogging between German parliament buildings through the government district in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, March 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Lufthansa CFO Simone Menne (L) stands with personnel before a news conference at Lufthansa headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, March 17, 2016. (REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach)
(REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach)
A woman with a "Flint Lives Matter" shirt walks toward a hearing room where Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy will testify before a House Oversight and government Reform hearing on "Examining Federal Administration of the Safe Drinking Water Act in Flint, Michigan, Part III" on Capitol Hill in Washington March 17, 2016. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
(REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder drinks water as he testifies before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing in Washington, Thursday, March 17, 2016, to look into the circumstances surrounding high levels of lead found in many residents' tap water in Flint, Michigan. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Bangladeshi volunteers sit at the Museum of Independence in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, March 17, 2016. The Museum of Independence is located at the place where Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, founding leader of Bangladesh, gave his historic speech declaring the struggle for independence, and where the Pakistani forces surrendered after the War of Liberation. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)
(AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)
Visitors walk past the Dior showroom at the Baselworld watch and jewellery fair in Basel, Switzerland March 17, 2016. (REUTERS/Ruben Sprich)
(REUTERS/Ruben Sprich)
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff (L) talks with former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during the appointment of Lula da Silva as chief of staff, at Planalto palace in Brasilia, Brazil, March 17, 2016. (REUTERS/Adriano Machado)
(REUTERS/Adriano Machado)
Afghan women wear mask of Farkhunda, an Afghan woman who was stoned to death by a mob, Kabul, Afghanistan, 17 March 2016. Farkhunda, 27, an Islamic Studies graduate, was killed by a mob outside a mosque on 19 March, after she was falsely accused of burning a Koran. She had been arguing with local mullahs about the selling of amulets for good fortune. The Appeals Court reduced the men's sentences to 20 years of jail. (Hedayatullah Amid/EPA)
(Hedayatullah Amid/EPA)
A delegate at the FireEye Cyber Security Summit uses his laptop during a break in sessions at a venue in Sydney, Australia, March 17, 2016. (REUTERS/David Gray)
(REUTERS/David Gray)
Models display creations designed by Japanese designer Tae Ashida during the 2016 Autumn/Winter Collection at the Tokyo Fashion Week in Tokyo, Thursday, March 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
(AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
Switzerland's Lara Gut speeds down the course during the women's super G competition at the Alpine Ski World Cup Finals, in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Thursday, March 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Pier Marco Tacca)
(AP Photo/Pier Marco Tacca)
Ferrari F1 driver Sebastian Vettel (L) jokingly places his Ferrari team hat on the head of Red Bull Racing F1 driver Daniel Ricciardo in response to a question on whether Ricciardo will move to Ferrari in 2017, as Mercedes F1 driver Lewis Hamilton (R) watches on during a news conference at the Australian Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne, Australia on March 17, 2016. (REUTERS/Brandon Malone)
(REUTERS/Brandon Malone)
Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway reacts after finishing the Men's Super G race during the Audi FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup i n St Moritz, Switzerland o n March 17, 2016
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(REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann)
(REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann)
Caoimhe Cooburn-Gray poses for a picture on St. Patrick's day in Dublin, Ireland March 17, 2016. (REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne)
(REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne)
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A man paddles his boat along the weed-covered interiors of Nigeen Lake in Srinagar March 17, 2016. (REUTERS/Danish Ismail)
(REUTERS/Danish Ismail)
A man paddles his boat along the weed-covered interiors of Nigeen Lake in Srinagar; Hindu devotees laugh as they watch the religious festival of Lathmar Holi, where women beat the men with sticks, in the town of Barsana in the Uttar Pradesh region of India; and French Police forces take part in a mock terrorist attack drill at a "fan zone" inside the National Police school in Nimes. (Reuters)
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