March 11, 2016

A woman puts flowers into the sea to pray for victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Sendai, northern Japan. Japan marked the fifth anniversary of the disaster that claimed some 18,500 lives, flattened coastal communities and set off the worst nuclear crisis in a generation.

People hold a European Union flag stained with red paint as they protest in Madrid, Spain, against a possible deal between the EU and Turkey to return thousands of migrants. The poster shows a photograph of a refugee camp and reads in Spanish: "Shame."

A military honor guard arrives carrying the coffin during the funeral of Nancy Reagan at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. The former U.S. first lady died Sunday at age 94, 12 years after her beloved husband.

A Lithuanian soldier is seen behind a national flag being raised, during a celebration of the country's declaration of independence in Vilnius. Lithuania celebrated its 26th anniversary of independence from the Soviet Union, recalling seminal events that set the Baltic nation on a path to freedom and helped lead to the collapse of the U.S.S.R.

Yemeni journalist and Nobel Laureate Tawakkol Abdel-Salam Karman gestures before a panel discussion on human rights on the sidelines of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.

A man wades through floodwaters in Hammond, Louisiana. Torrential rains pounded northern Louisiana for a fourth day, trapping several hundred people in their homes, leaving scores of roads impassable and causing widespread flooding.

A woman lights a candle next to flowers left by others at the Atocha Bombing Memorial in Atocha train station in Madrid.  Spain marked the 12th anniversary of Europe's worst Islamic terrorist attack which killed 191 people, when attackers targeted four commuter trains during morning rush hour.

Participants perform at a venue of the World Culture Festival on the banks of a river in New Delhi, India.

People sit on large rocks on the Britanny coast in Perros-Guirec, France.

A woman uses a mobile phone next to an Italian Spinone dog on the second day of the Crufts dog show at the National Exhibition Center in Birmingham, central England.

Models present creations by Jenahara at Indonesia Fashion Week in Jakarta.

A balloon flies near the Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin mosque during the Hot Air Balloon festival in Putrajaya, Malaysia.

Artist Saroj Shakya gives a finishing touch to an idol of Buddha ahead of the Samyak festival in Lalitpur, Nepal.

People walk in front of the Eiffel Tower at sunrise, in Paris, France.