Pictures of the day: March 18, 2017

We look at 13 pictures from events around the world

A man with a shovel works on the extraction of sand from the Lempa riverbed to use it for construction, in San Marcos Lempa, 84 kilometres west from San Salvador. PHOTO: AFP

A zookeeper blows on a Dromedary from the other side of a fence at Berlin's Zoologischer garten zoo. PHOTO: AFP


A motorcyclist performs during Monster Jam show which was organised by General Entertainment Authority, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. PHOTO: REUTERS


Aerial view after a massive landslide and flood in the Huachipa district of Lima, Peru. PHOTO: REUTERS


A H-IIA rocket, carrying a government's information gathering radar satellite, lifts off from the launching pad at Tanegashima Space Centre on the Japanese southwestern island of Tanegashima, Japan. PHOTO: REUTERS


A man leads a camel with children taking a ride on it along the Clifton beach in Karachi. PHOTO: REUTERS


Australian surf legend from the 80's Tom Carroll, 55, rides a bike in Unstad before surfing the Arctic waves of the Atlantic Ocean. PHOTO: AFP


The New York skyline is seen across a frozen pond in Central Park. PHOTO: AFP



Women dance with fans in a park on a sunny day in Shanghai. PHOTO: AFP


Russian Orthodox believers attend a religious service marking 100 years since the abdication of the last Tsar Nicholas II at a cathedral in Moscow's Kolomenskoye park. PHOTO: AFP


A woman with a dog reacts at a polling booth for Dutch general elections at a polling station in The Hague. PHOTO: AFP


An activist hits a carabiniere's shield during a protest against TTP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) treaties and the Pacific Alliance Ministers' Summit that takes place in Vina del Mar, Chile. PHOTO: AFP


Relatives carry the bodies of civilians killed in air strike, during a battle between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants, in Mosul, Iraq. PHOTO: REUTERS


Farmers working in a wheat field. Genetically modified organisms are banned in China but the debate over whether to introduce them rages at the annual session of parliament, Liaocheng, China. PHOTO: AFP


 
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