A look at the best news photos from around the world.
March 12, 2021
![Kashmiri Muslim women pray as the head priest shows a relic at the Hazratbal shrine on Mehraj-u-Alam, believed to mark the rising of Prophet Muhammad to heaven, in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1bb82ef1-6631-4825-9786-10bbac6c0f2e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kashmiri Muslim women pray as the head priest shows a relic at the Hazratbal shrine on Mehraj-u-Alam, believed to mark the rising of Prophet Muhammad to heaven, in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir.
![President Joe Biden speaks during a virtual meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, from the State Dining Room of the White House.](https://gdb.voanews.com/caee02fe-f656-4af9-967e-6b4c4b9a1c58_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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President Joe Biden speaks during a virtual meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, from the State Dining Room of the White House.
![People dressed in fancy clothes take part in a performance as students and teachers of a local school celebrate Maslenitsa, also known as Pancake Week, a holiday marking the end of winter, in central Moscow, Russia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3b26883d-ea85-48d2-be30-c2b7f8fadaeb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People dressed in fancy clothes take part in a performance as students and teachers of a local school celebrate Maslenitsa, also known as Pancake Week, a holiday marking the end of winter, in central Moscow, Russia.
![South Korean Buddhist monks and Myanmar nationals living in South Korea march and bow during a protest against Myanmar's military coup in front of the Myanmar embassy in Seoul.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d1f93662-a384-418b-b861-f9ec30150afe_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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South Korean Buddhist monks and Myanmar nationals living in South Korea march and bow during a protest against Myanmar's military coup in front of the Myanmar embassy in Seoul.