March 17, 2014
![Snow is cleared behind a runner on the Washington Monument grounds in Washington, DC. Parts of the DC area received up to 20 centimeters of snow, just days before the start of spring.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d608b342-9760-4287-b105-1a05980332ef_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Snow is cleared behind a runner on the Washington Monument grounds in Washington, DC. Parts of the DC area received up to 20 centimeters of snow, just days before the start of spring.
![Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge strokes the regimental mascot Irish Wolf Hound dog at a St. Patrick's Day parade with the 1st Battalion Irish Guards.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9a6dbeaf-a6e8-4a0a-acf9-1b96b7285056_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge strokes the regimental mascot Irish Wolf Hound dog at a St. Patrick's Day parade with the 1st Battalion Irish Guards.
![Students gather around artwork based on missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. The artwork was painted on a school ground outside Manila in the Philippines.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1680adca-80b9-4aae-9539-61e86dbfe991_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Students gather around artwork based on missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. The artwork was painted on a school ground outside Manila in the Philippines.
![Italian military airplanes leave the colors of the Italian flag in the sky over Rome. Italy’s Air Force was marking the anniversary of Italian national unification.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c2e9f339-3a24-48a2-ae6b-20ec3db5f634_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Italian military airplanes leave the colors of the Italian flag in the sky over Rome. Italy’s Air Force was marking the anniversary of Italian national unification.