March 11, 2021

Paper lanterns are lit for the victims of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami disaster that killed thousands and led to the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl, in Tokyo, Japan.

President Joe Biden's pick for attorney general Merrick Garland hugs his wife Lynn as he arrives for his first day at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.

Musicians Albert Skuratov, right, and Samuel Palomino, left, play a small Mozart concert for COVID-19 patients at the intensive care unit at the Nurse Isabel Zendal Hospital in Madrid, Spain.

Hindu devotees line up to perform rituals to a Shiva Lingam, a stone sculpture representing the phallus of the Hindu deity Shiva, for the Maha Shivaratri festival at Shivala Bhaiyaan temple in Amritsar, India.

An anti-coup protester looks out from temporary barriers in Yangon, Myanmar.

Protesters throw stones at riot police during clashes in Thessaloniki, Greece. Thousands of students take part in a demonstration against the operation of the evacuation of the Aristotle University by police.

Michigan National Guard member Sgt. Hannah Boulder plays guitar and sings in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., March 10, 2021.

Family members attend a burial service of a person who died from health issues related to COVID-19 at the Vila Formosa cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

A child falls on the ground in front of riot police officers during an eviction of an unapproved settlement without drinking water, a drainage system and electricity, where people have moved in with their families during the COVID-19 outbreak, at Renca area of Santiago, Chile, March 10, 2021.

The pack rides during the 5th stage of the 79th Paris - Nice cycling race, 200 kilometers between Vienne and Bollene, France.

A Balinese Hindu worshiper throws a duck as he prays at a beach during a Melasti purification ceremony ahead of the holy day of Nyepi in Badung, Bali, Indonesia.