March 16, 2013

A girl places a flower on a railway track at the old train station of Thessaloniki during the 70th anniversary of the first deportation of Jews from Thessaloniki to Auschwitz, Thessaloniki, Greece.

A sculpture of a man riding a tshukudu, wooden scooters used to transport goods in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma.

A locust rests on a corn stalk in Beirut. Lebanon woke up to news that swarms of locusts, which can consume about 100 thousand tons of green vegetation a day have been spotted.

Pope Francis prays in front of a statue of the Virgin Mary at the Vatican.

Aero Albatros jets of the Breitling Jet Team perform during an aerobatics display at the Subang Skypark near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

A Balinese Hindu devotee bathes in the Sebatu waterfall during a "Melukat" purification ritual in Gianyar District in Bali, Indonesia.

Participants ride horses across sand dunes during the Sheikh Sultan Bin Zayed al-Nahyan International Equestrian festival in the Boudthib Endurance Village near the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi.

An elderly Anganwadi, or government sponsored child and mother care, worker participates in a protest in New Delhi, India.

A Nitro Circus member performs above the crowd ahead of the third practice session of the Formula One Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.

Men play on slot machines during the opening of Solaire Casino-Resort in Pasay city, Metro Manila, Philippines.

Picture taken with a fisheye lens shows trees reaching into a blue sky on a wintry day in Muenster, western Germany.

Workers climb scaffolding as they put the final touches to a large religious statue at the Buddhist temple near Amphawa floating market at Samut Songkhram province, Thailand.

A combination picture shows the new bridge named Pont Jacques Chaban Delmas moving upwards (top) and downwards (below) in Bordeaux, Southwestern France.