March 17, 2021

The stupa of the Buddhist temple Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn) is lit up in green to mark St. Patrick's Day in Bangkok, Thailand.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, right, talks with South Korean Defense Minister Suh Wook as they inspect honor guards during a welcoming ceremony at the Defense Ministry in Seoul.

A student sits at a desk on Piazza Castello during a protest against the closure of schools from the 7th grade up, following new government restrictions over the COVID-19 pandemic, in Turin, Italy.

Fishers clear up fishing nets for recycling at a village in Lianyungang, in China's eastern Jiangsu province.

A sandstorm covers a section of the border wall in El Paso, Texas, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, March 16, 2021.

A mother uses her phone to take a picture of her husband and child in a voting booth, left, before voting a general election at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

A Hungarian soldier wearing a protective suit cleans a classroom in an effort to reduce the spread of the new coronavirus, in Budapest, Hungary.

An anti-coup protester uses a fire extinguisher to provide cover for others as security forces approach their encampment in Yangon, Myanmar.

A man dressed as St Patrick walks down O'Connell street in Dublin, Ireland. St Patrick's Day parades across Ireland were canceled for the second year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tel Aviv city workers remove a statue by an unidentified artist depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu without clothes, in Habima Square, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Italy's Sofia Goggia celebrates with the Women's Downhill trophy at the Alpine Skiing World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.