The Week in Pictures: March 16 – March 22 2013 (175 Photos)

Author: alice Date: 14 November, Category: Fact, Visits 2292

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An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldier is pictured behind a blossoming almond tree during a ceremony for a fallen comrade killed in yesterday's ambush, in Srinagar on March 22, 2013. Gunmen shot dead an Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldier and wounded two others when they ambushed their patrol vehicle in Indian-administered Kashmir's main city, police said. The ambush came barely a week after militants disguised as cricketers killed five paramilitary police in Srinagar in the deadliest attack for nearly five years. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge joins in the preparation of campfire food during a visit to the Great Tower Scout camp at Newby Bridge in Cumbria on March 22, 2013. The Duchess braved snowy conditions to pay a visit to the scout camp. (Photo by Andy Stenning/AFP Photo)

Residents ride a motorcycle past a burning building in riot-hit Meiktila, central Myanmar on March 22, 2013. Charred bodies lay unclaimed on the streets of a riot-hit town in central Myanmar, witnesses said, as global pressure mounted for an end to the Buddhist-Muslim unrest. Parts of Meiktila have been reduced to ashes in the most serious communal violence to hit the former junta-ruled nation since last year, leaving the authorities struggling to bring the situation under control. (Photo by Soe Than Win/AFP Photo)

Supporters of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood clash with anti-government protesters near the movements' headquarters in Cairo on March 22, 2013. Gunshots were heard as hundreds of opposition activists and the Islamists battled in the streets of the Mokattam neighbourhood where the headquarters are situated. (Photo by Khaled Desouki/AFP Photo)

Woman uses a bag-shaped [monster] during a book fair in Leipzig, Germany, on March 19, 2013. (Photo by Jens Kalaene/AFP Photo)

An athlete competes during the Women's 1.1 kilometer cross country World Cup Royal Palace Sprint on March 20, 2013 in Stockholm. (Photo by Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP Photo)

This undated picture, released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on March 19, 2013 shows a military drill of the Korean People's Army at an undisclosed location in North Korea. The US on March 19 said it was flying training missions of nuclear-capable B-52 bombers over South Korea, in a clear signal to North Korea at a time of escalating military tensions. (Photo by KCNA via KNS/AFP Photo)

In this handout picture released by Greenpeace, activists displaying banners against coal plants hang from a cliff at Railay Beach in Krabi, some 700 kilometres south of Bangkok on March 21, 2013. The Thai government plans to build several coal plants across the country, one of them in Krabi province, in projects opposed by local communities and Greenpeace. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/AFP Photo/Greenpeace)

Revellers celebrate [Ash Monday] by participating in a colourful [flour war], a traditional festivity marking the end of the carnival season and the start of the 40-day Lent period until the Orthodox Easter,in the port town of Galaxidi, some 215 km (134 miles) north west of Athens, March 18, 2013. (Photo by Aris Messinis/AFP Photo)

A bus of the public transport operator Connexxion sits on the embankment after an accident with a car on the provincial road N242 in Alkmaar, The Netherlands, on March 20, 2013. After the accident, the N242 was partially closed. (Photo by Olaf Kraak/AFP Photo)

Rescuers participate in an exercise of emergency care of injured fans in football stadiums in Brasilia, on March 20, 2013. Rescuers from several Brazilian states participated in a simulated exercise aimed at the FIFA 2013 Confederations Cup and FIFA 2014 World Cup. (Photo by Evaristo Sá/AFP Photo)

Rescuers look at an apartment block damaged by a gas explosion in St. Petersburg late on March 22, 2013. Eight people were injured in the blast and one women died later in hospital, the Russian media reported. (Photo by Olga Maltseva/AFP Photo)

Runners pass by Nam Dae Moon Gate during the men's race of the Seoul International Marathon, on March 17, 2013. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/Associated Press)

Ice swimmers enjoy a bath in the frigid water of the Zegrzynski lake in Nieporet, near Warsaw, Poland, on March 17, 2013. (Photo by Alik Keplicz/Associated Press)

Crocuses peek through snow at the Zoo in Berlin, on March 17, 2013. (Photo by Stephanie Pilick/Dpa)

The aurora borealis, or northern lights, fill the sky above the Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox church in Kenai, Alaska, on March 17, 2013. (Photo by M. Scott Moon/Associated Press)

People storm a snow castle during celebrations of Maslenitsa, or Shrovetide, outside Marfino village, 32 miles north of Moscow, on March 17, 2013. Maslenitsa is a traditional Russian holiday marking the end of winter that dates back to pagan times. (Photo by Yevgeny Feldman/Associated Press)

Men chant [U.S. special operations forces out!] as several hundred demonstrators march to the Afghan parliament building in Kabul to protest against the continued presence of U.S. commandos in Afghanistan's troubled Wardak province, on March 16, 2013. The demonstrators are demanding the release of nine local citizens they believe were detained by the U.S. forces. (Photo by Anja Niedringhaus/Associated Press)

Chaplain Lt. Commander James Mucha leads a prayer over the transfer case containing the remains of Navy Chief Petty Officer Christian M. Pike of Peoria, Arizona, upon arrival at Dover Air Force Base, on March 16, 2013. The Department of Defense announced the death of Pike who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. (Photo by Jose Luis Magana/Associated Press)

Aero Albatros jets of the Breitling Jet Team perform during an aerobatics display at the Subang Skypark near Kuala Lumpur, on March 16, 2013. Malaysia is the fourth stop of the Breitling Asian Tour, which is making its debut in the country. (Photo by Vincent Thian/Associated Press)

Employees of PSA Peugeot Citroen burn tyres during a demonstration in front of the Peugeot headquarters in Paris March 18, 2013 to protest against the closure of the PSA Aulnay automobile plant and the government's economic policy and industrial layoffs. (Photo by Jacky Naegelen/Reuters)

Attendees photograph President Barack Obama with their mobile phones at a Women's History Month reception at the White House in Washington, on March 18, 2013. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

Photographers protests symbolically chained hands denouncing the treatment given to them by the government and the Muslim Brotherhood in coverage of recent events in Cairo, Egypt, on March 19, 2013. (Photo by Reuters/Khaled Elfiqi/Egyptian Photo Journalistic Society)

A trader holds a 73.85 carat heart-shaped diamond at the trading floor of Israel's diamond exchange, on March 19, 2013, that must be sold for about $ 2.8 million in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv, Israel. (Photo by Nir Elias/Reuters)

Afghan boys play on a grave at a cemetery in Kabul on March 20, 2013. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)

Britain's Queen Elizabeth speaks with Mike Brown, managing director of London Underground, as she inspects a tube train during her visit to Baker Street underground station in London March 20, 2013.The visit to the station on London's tube transport system, was to mark the 150th anniversary of the London Underground. (Photo by Chris Radburn/Reuters)

A Free Syrian Army fighter takes position inside a room as he points his weapon through a hole in Aleppo's Saif al-Dawla district March 20, 2013. (Photo by Giath Taha/Reuters)

A native indian paints his face at the Brazilian Indian Museum in Rio de Janeiro, March 20, 2013. A native Indian community of around 30 individuals who have been living in the abandoned Indian Museum since 2006, were summoned to leave the museum in 72 hours by court officials since last Friday, local media reported. The group is fighting against the destruction of the museum, which is next to the Maracana Stadium. (Photo by Sergio Moraes/Reuters)

Artists perform during Cirque du Soleil’s Varekai show in Bogota, Colombia, on March 21, 2013. (Photo by John Vizcaino/Reuters)

Afghan children play on a swing near the Sakhi shrine, the centre of the Afghanistan new year celebrations in Kabul during Nowruz festivities, on March 21, 2013. 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 1392. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) speak with Professor Amir Geva (R), head of the biomedical signal processing and pattern recognition lab at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, as they tour a technology expo at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, on March 21, 2013. (Photo by Jason Reed/Reuters)

A farmer is silhouetted as he pours water, which he collected from a well, onto his bitter melon plants in Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines, on March 22, 2013. World Water Day falls on March 22. (Photo by Cheryl Ravelo/Reuters)

Motorists drive through snow blown from fields near Buxton in central England March 22, 2013. Heavy snowfalls caused disruption across the country on Friday. (Photo by Darren Staples/Reuters)

A bus set ablaze by angry protesters during a demonstration against power outage in Muzffarabad, capital of Pakistan-administrated Kashmir March 21, 2013. People protesting against power outage in Muzaffarabad turned violent on Thursday. Around 50 people, including a police official, sustained minor injuries when the protesters pelted stones at the police and burnt a police bus, local media reported. (Photo by Amiruddin Mughal/Reuters)

Visitors look up at illuminated cherry blossoms in full bloom along the Chidorigafuchi moats in Tokyo March 22, 2013. Many people enjoy viewing the blossoms all over the country during this season. (Photo by Toru Hanai/Reuters)

A [cloud angel] rose over South Florida on the day that a new pope was named at the Vatican – resulting in snapshots and comments that multiplied like the biblical loaves and fishes. But experts say Wednesday evening's apparition is no supernatural miracle. Rather, it's a perfectly natural phenomenon that took on special meaning because of Pope Francis' selection. (Photo by WPTV YouReport)

A view is seen of an illegal oil refinery near Awoba village during an aerial tour by the Royal Dutch Shell company, near Nigeria's oil hub city of Port Harcourt March 22, 2013. (Photo by Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters)

A supporter of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr takes part in a rally, which the participants said was against sectarianism and injustice, in Kut, 150 km (93 miles) southeast of Baghdad, March 16, 2013. (Photo by Wissm al-Okili/Reuters)

A Buddhist monk pauses from cutting the dense vegetation around a temple near Amphawa floating market at Samut Songkhram province March 16, 2013. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

Emergency and rescue crews respond to the scene of a tour bus crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike on Saturday, March 16, 2013 near Carlisle, Pa. Authorities say the tour bus crashed on the freeway at mile marker 227 in central Pennsylvania, and serious injuries have been reported. Megan Silverstram of the Cumberland County public safety department says the crash in the eastbound lanes of the Pennsylvania Turnpike was reported just before 9 a.m. Saturday. She says there are reports of multiple injuries, including that some are serious. (Photo by Jason Malmont/AP Photo/The Sentinel)

Arsenal's Theo Walcott (L) takes a free kick against Swansea City during their English Premier League soccer match at the Liberty Stadium in Swansea, March 16, 2013. (Photo by Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)

An Egyptian bread vendor rides his bicycle in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 16, 2013. Owners of state-subsidized bakeries protested Saturday against changes to the distribution system of subsidized wheat. It comes amid economic reforms the government is seeking to implement to boost the economy and ensure subsidized bread reaches millions of poor Egyptians who complain that the bakeries sell the wheat for a profit. (Photo by Amr Nabil/AP Photo)

A Swiss woman with her face covered is taken to a hospital by police for her medical examination at Gwalior in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh March 16, 2013. Four men raped a 39-year-old Swiss woman camping with her husband in an Indian forest, police said on Saturday, turning the spotlight anew on the security of women in the world's largest democracy. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

Sara Hurtado and Adria Diaz, of Spain, perform their free skate program in the ice dance competition at the World Figure Skating Championships, Saturday, March 16, 2013, in London, Ontario. (Photo by Paul Chiasson/AP Photo/The Canadian Press)

Boston Bruins' Adam McQuaid, top, fights with Washington Capitals' Matt Hendricks (26) during the third period of Boston's 4–1 win in an NHL hockey game in Boston, Saturday, March 16, 2013. (Photo by Winslow Townson/AP Photo)

Mississippi guard Marshall Henderson (22) gestures after he made a 3-point shot against Vanderbilt during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the semifinals of the Southeastern Conference tournament, Saturday, March 16, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by John Bazemore/AP Photo)

U.S Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Tanner Marshall is kissed by a woman during a St. Patrick's Day parade, Saturday, March, 16, 2013, in Savannah, Ga. St. (Photo by Stephen Morton/AP Photo)

The moon is seen behind a dome of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, March 16, 2013. Pope Francis offered intimate insights Saturday into the moments after his election, telling journalists that he was immediately inspired to take the name of St. Francis of Assisi because of his work for peace and the poor – and that he himself would like to see [a poor church and a church for the poor]. (Photo by Dmitry Lovetsky/AP Photo)

People burn an effigy of Lady Maslenitsa as they celebrate Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week, in the Russian far eastern city of Vladivostok, March 17, 2013. Maslenitsa is widely viewed as a pagan holiday marking the end of winter and is celebrated with pancake eating, while the Orthodox Church considers it as the week of feasting before Lent. (Photo by Yuri Maltsev/Reuters)

Pope Francis I greets the crowds after conducting a mass in Saint Anna church inside the Vatican, in a picture released by Osservatore Romano at the March 17, 2013. Pope Francis took on the role of a simple parish priest on Sunday, saying Mass for the Vatican's resident community and urging listeners to not to be so quick to condemn others for their failings. (Photo by Osservatore Romano/Reuters)

A woman reacts as she climbs up a smooth wooden column to win a contest during the celebrations of Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week, at the Bobrovy Log ski resort on the surburbs of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, March 17, 2013. Maslenitsa is widely viewed as a pagan holiday marking the end of winter and is celebrated with pancake eating, while the Orthodox Church considers it as the week of feasting before Lent. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (2nd R) and her husband Prince William (2nd L) pose for an official photograph as they attend a St Patrick's Day Parade at Mons Barracks in Aldershot, southern England March 17, 2013. Prince William attended the Parade as Colonel of the Regiment, and the Duchess presented the traditional sprigs of shamrocks to the Officers and Guardsmen of the Regiment. (Photo by Toby Melville/Reuters)

A security official collects evidences at the site of bomb blast in a judicial compound in Peshawar March 18, 2013. Two suicide bombers attacked a judicial compound in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Monday, killing four people and taking hostages, officials said. (Photo

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