Pictures of the day: March 15, 2017

We look at 13 pictures from events around the world


Multimedia Desk March 15, 2017
Julia Lu, 5, (L) and Amy Liu, 5, walk through a massive spring wildflower bloom caused by a wet winter in Lake Elsinore, California, US. PHOTO: REUTERS

People work on the construction of a building in La Paz, Bolivia. PHOTO: REUTERS People work on the construction of a building in La Paz, Bolivia. PHOTO: REUTERS

Displaced Iraqi children look out of a bus window as they wait to get into Hamam al-Alil, camp on a rainy day, south of Mosul, Iraq. PHOTO: REUTER Displaced Iraqi children look out of a bus window as they wait to get into Hamam al-Alil, camp on a rainy day, south of Mosul, Iraq. PHOTO: REUTERS

Law enforcement officers stand guard as activists of nationalist groups gather to support participants of the blockade, which recently stopped rail shipments from separatist-controlled areas, and to mark the Ukrainian Military Volunteer Day in Kiev, Ukraine. PHOTO: REUTERS Law enforcement officers stand guard as activists of nationalist groups gather to support participants of the blockade, which recently stopped rail shipments from separatist-controlled areas, and to mark the Ukrainian Military Volunteer Day in Kiev, Ukraine. PHOTO: REUTERS

Shipping containers sit stacked at the Port 2000 terminal in the Port of Le Havre, France. PHOTO: REUTERS Shipping containers sit stacked at the Port 2000 terminal in the Port of Le Havre, France. PHOTO: REUTERS

An Air France Airbus A 380 is under maintenance in the Air France hangar in Roissy at Charles de Gaulle airport, near Paris. PHOTO: REUTERS An Air France Airbus A 380 is under maintenance in the Air France hangar in Roissy at Charles de Gaulle airport, near Paris. PHOTO: REUTERS

An official from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics collects information from a resident (top) during a census, as an army soldier stands guard, in Lahore. PHOTO: AFP An official from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics collects information from a resident (top) during a census, as an army soldier stands guard, in Lahore. PHOTO: AFP

Egyptian workers excavate the statue, recently discovered by a team of German-Egyptian archeologists, in Cairo's Mattarya district. PHOTO: AFP Egyptian workers excavate the statue, recently discovered by a team of German-Egyptian archeologists, in Cairo's Mattarya district. PHOTO: AFP

A man throws coloured water during A man throws coloured water during "Huranga", a game played between men and women a day after Holi, at Dauji temple near the northern city of Mathura, India. PHOTO: REUTERS

VW Golfs are loaded in a delivery tower at the plant of German carmaker Volkswagen in Wolfsburg, Germany. PHOTO: REUTERS VW Golfs are loaded in a delivery tower at the plant of German carmaker Volkswagen in Wolfsburg, Germany. PHOTO: REUTERS

A Palestinian police officer teaches a dog obedience commands at a dog training facility in the West Bank city of Hebron. PHOTO: REUTERS A Palestinian police officer teaches a dog obedience commands at a dog training facility in the West Bank city of Hebron. PHOTO: REUTERS

Times Square is seen in the background as a man walks along West 59th street in falling snow in Manhattan, New York, US. PHOTO: REUTERS Times Square is seen in the background as a man walks along West 59th street in falling snow in Manhattan, New York, US. PHOTO: REUTERS

Bicycles are seen reflected in the water of a canal in Delft, Netherlands. PHOTO: REUTERS Bicycles are seen reflected in the water of a canal in Delft, Netherlands. PHOTO: REUTERS

Relatives look at the coffins of victims of a double bomb attack which targeted Shias visiting a pilgrimage site in Damascus, Najaf, Iraq. PHOTO: REUTERS Relatives look at the coffins of victims of a double bomb attack which targeted Shia visiting a pilgrimage site in Damascus, Najaf, Iraq. PHOTO: REUTERS

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