March 13, 2015

An Olive Ridley turtle returns to sea after nesting, at Rushikullya beach in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. Hundreds of Olive Ridleys, a species of sea turtles, arrive annually on India's east coast for mass nesting.

Hostesses prepare tea for members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) ahead of the closing ceremony of the CPPCC at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Flowers covered in volcanic ash are seen after an eruption of Turrialba volcano, at El Roble near Turrialba, Costa Rica. The volcano belched a column of gas and ash up to 3,280 feet (1 km) into the air on Thursday in its most powerful eruption in two decades, and local authorities started to evacuate residents from the surrounding area.

Supporters of the Israel's center-left Zionist Union party wear T-shirts bearing the names of the party's co-leaders, Isaac Herzog, also known by his nickname, Buji, and Tzipi Livni, during a campaign stop in the southern city of Ashdod. The center-left opposition is poised for an upset victory in national elections next week, with the last opinion polls before the March 17 vote giving it a solid lead over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's party.

An Indian woman in a sari stands next to two wooden crosses with poppies during a WWI commemoration ceremony at the Neuve Chapelle Indian Memorial in Neuve Chapelle, France.
The Memorial commemorates over 4,700 Indian soldiers and workers who lost their lives on the Western Front during WWI and have no known grave.

A Royal Air Force Chinook flies over London during the Service of Commemoration – Afghanistan at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. The Queen and Britain's prime minister joined veterans in a service to commemorate the end of Britain's combat operations in Afghanistan. Almost 150,000 Britons served in the conflict, and 453 died.

Elephants enjoy a "buffet" of fruit and vegetables during Thailand's National Elephant Day in the ancient Thai capital Ayutthaya. Thais honored the elephant with special fruits and Buddhist ceremonies across the country to pay homage to their national animal.

Malaysia's Ann Osman enters the arena carrying the Malaysian flag for her mixed martial arts (MMA) ONE Championship fight against Egypt's Walaa Abbas in Kuala Lumpur. Osman is the first female Muslim MMA fighter to compete at the top level of the sport.

People gather at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C.  Temperatures hovered around 45 degrees (F) with the first day of Spring a week away.

A lighting technician puts the finishing touches to Temple, a cross-community arts project that aims to demonstrate the transformative power of the arts in Londonderry. Northern Ireland. It has been built and raised by more than 100 individuals drawn from communities across the city, working together with Californian artist David Best. It will be burned to the ground in a special ceremony March 21.

Nico de Boinville celebrates winning the 15.20 Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase on Coneygree, U.K., March 13, 2015.

This frame grab taken from handout video streamed live shows images of the presumed World War II battleship Musashi on the sea bed in the Sibuyan Sea. The torn wreck of Japan's presumed Musashi battleship was shown to the world for the first time more than 70 years after it sank in a World War II sea battle off the Philippines. (Paul G. Allen handout)

People stand in front of the oil painting 'Goldfish' (1989) by Rainer Fetting during the press preview at the exhibition 'Berlin Gallery Weeks,' a project with Berlin's Raab gallery, in the Kulturfabrik in Apolda, central Germany. The exhibition runs until July 14, 2015.

A model of a planned new capital for Egypt is displayed for investors at the opening of the Egypt Economic Development Conference (EEDC) in Sharm el-Sheikh, in the South Sinai governorate, about 550 km (342 miles) south of Cairo. Egypt expects to sign several memoranda of understanding at the conference, including one for the construction of a new administrative capital with a price-tag of about $40 billion.

Ann-Catrin wears colorful make-up as she visits the Leipzig Book Fair in Leipzig, eastern Germany.  Authors, readers and publishers gather during the fair (March 12-15, 2015), which is traditionally a meeting place for supporters of the cosplay and manga crowd