Pictures of the day: March 17, 2017

We look at 13 pictures from events around the world
Multimedia Desk | March 17, 2017

Stars twinkle in the night sky over the treetops of a forest in Frankfurt (oder), western Germany. PHOTO: AFP

Taj Mohammad, 32, a labourer, uses a sledge hammer to remove an old wall near a newly constructed building in Karachi, Pakistan. PHOTO: REUTERS


A young Indian boy runs past the wreckage of a Chetak helicopter that crashed while attempting to land in a village near Bamrauli Air Base in Allahabad. PHOTO: AFP


Surfers wait for the right moment to enter the water in Unstad along the northern Atlantic Ocean where the water temperatures is at five degrees centigrade and the air temperature is at minus two degrees centigrade. PHOTO: AFP


The photo shows a visitor walking below cherry blossoms in Wuhan University, in central China's Hubei province. PHOTO: AFP


The photo shows a destroyed building in a West Mosul neighbourhood during the government-led offensive to retake Iraq's second largest city from Islamic State (IS) group militants. PHOTO: AFP


Displaced children evacuate a neighbourhood in West Mosul during the government-led offensive to retake Iraq's second largest city from Islamic State (IS) group militants. PHOTO: AFP



The picture shows a view of the galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors) painted by French artist Charles Le Brun (1619-1690) at the Versailles Castle, west of Paris. PHOTO: AFP


Indian farmers from the southern state of Tamil Nadu wear tree leaves as they take part in a protest in New Delhi. PHOTO: AFP


A woman exercises near a bed of flowering daffodils in St. James's Park in central London. PHOTO: AFP


The sunrise in early-morning haze is pictured in the region of Koenigswinkel, southern Germany. PHOTO: AFP


Kyrgyz riders play the traditional Central Asian sport of Kok-Boru (Gray Wolf) or Buzkashi (Goat Grabbing) during celebrations for Nowruz in Bishkek. PHOTO: AFP


The Thac Ban Gioc or Ban Gioc falls, located on the Vietnam-China land border area in Trung Khanh district, Vietnam's northern province of Cao Bang. PHOTO: AFP


A municipal guard in riot gear fires rubber bullets at protesters’ during a national strike against the government's social welfare reform bill which seeks to extend the time of contributions and raise the minimum age required to obtain full retirement benefits, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. PHOTO: AFP

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