March 6, 2015

The snow-covered U.S. Marine Corp Memorial is framed through the trees at sunrise in Arlington, Virginia, after a winter storm blanketed the Washington D.C. area with several inches of snow Thursday.

Myanmar Buddhist monks hold fans as sunshades during a protest march by students and Buddhist monks in Letpadan, some 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Myanmar's main city of Yangon. Students have rallied for months over an education bill that they say is not democratic.

A woman looks at a photo exhibition of murdered women staged as a protest in Ankara, Turkey, ahead of International Women's Day on Sunday.

Schoolchildren walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge as they visit historic sites from the Selma to Montgomery civil rights march in Selma, Alabama. Selma is preparing to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the famed march on Saturday, March 7.

South Korean conservative activists hold candles during a rally to wish U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert a quick recovery, in front of Severance Hospital where he is hospitalized, in Seoul.  Police on Friday investigated the reason why the anti-U.S. activist they say slashed Lippert.

A man takes a picture of a ship that ran aground after a storm near the Adriatic city of Split, Croatia. Winds in the coastal city roared at a speed of 240 kilometers (150 miles) an hour, forcing the suspension of most ferry lines between the port and the islands.

The mother of a miner killed in an explosion on Wednesday at more than 1,000 meters (3,200 feet) underground at the Zasyadko mine, is supported by relatives during a funeral for the victims of the accident in Donetsk, Ukraine.  At least 33 miners have been confirmed dead. 

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish youths walk next to a girl in costume during Purim celebrations in Jerusalem. The festival commemorates the rescue of Jews from genocide in ancient Persia recorded in the biblical Book of Esther.

A Dogue de Bordeaux rests during the second day of the Crufts Dog Show in Birmingham, central England.

Pope Francis touches a crying child's face as he arrives for a meeting in Aula Paolo VI at the Vatican.

Joburg Ballet senior soloist Kitty Phetla performs in front of an audience of children as part of a dance awareness event by the City Ballet at Park Senior School in Johannesburg, South Africa.

An Indian girl smears colored powder on the face of another as they celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Ahmadabad. The streets and lanes across most of the country turn into a large playground where people of all faiths throw colored powder and water at each other.

Cars drive on a snow-overed road on Mt. Romania, 30 kms east of Sarajevo. Heavy snowfall has caused transport problems and electricity supply breakdown in most of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Athletes compete in the women's 60m hurdles semifinals during the IAAF European Indoor Championships in Prague, Czech Republic.

A Muslim boy stands on Kastela Beach during sunset in Ternate, North Maluku, Indonesia.