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 a controversial education bill that they say is undemocratic.

A woman looks at a photo exhibition of murdered women staged as a protest in Ankara, Turkey, ahead of International Women's Day on March 8, 2015.

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 March 7.

South Korean conservative activists hold candles during a rally to wish U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert a speedy recovery, in front of Severance Hospital where he is hospitalized, in Seoul.  Police on Friday investigated the motive of the anti-U.S. activist they say slashed Lippert, as questions turned to whether security was neglected.

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.

İran'da Şii müslümanların Aşure Günü anması

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.

FILE - Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej leaves the Siriraj Hospital for a ceremony at the Grand Palace in Bangkok.

Pope Francis strokes 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 schoolchildren 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.