March 9, 2021

People watch a three-dimensional projection of the 56-meter-high Salsal Buddha at the place where the Buddhas of Bamiyan statues stood before being destroyed by the Taliban in March 2001, in Bamiyan province, Afghanistan.

This handout photo by the Myitkyina News Journal shows a nun begging police not to harm protesters in Myitkyina in Myanmar's Kachin state, March 8, 2021.

People watch as soldiers and policemen arrive with earth-moving to remove temporary barriers set up by anti-coup protesters in Mandalay, Myanmar.

This image shows the area where a large landslide destroyed several homes in Ask, Gjerdrum, Norway, March 8, 2021. (Credit: NTB/Stian Lysberg Solum)

Riot police sprays powder on a demonstrator during a protest on International Women's Day, in Mexico City, Mexico, March 8, 2021.

A forest worker climbs an oak tree in the Forest of Berce in the Loire area of France. Four 200-year-old oak trees are from the forest are being cut down for wood to rebuild Notre Dame cathedral's fallen spire.

A man looks for valuables in the polluted Yamuna River in New Delhi, India.

Sylvia Baer meets for lunch with other seniors weeks after receiving the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.