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Pictures of the day: March 22, 2017

We look at 13 pictures from events around the world

Multimedia Desk March 22, 2017

The sun shines directly through the door of the Seven Dolls Temple, in the Maya Ruins of Dzibilchaltun, in the Mexican state of Yucatan, as it rises on the spring equinox. PHOTO: AFP

Aviation staff assess the wreckage of a South Supreme Airlines plane that crashed when it landed in the northwestern town of Wau from South Sudan's capital Juba. PHOTO: REUTERS

Belgian Catherine Bloemen, 86, sits among more than 20,000 stuffed and plastic toys, she is collecting for more than 65 years, in her house in Brussels, Belgium. PHOTO: REUTERS

Eleven-month-old Sakeena sleeps in a hammock on the promenade next to a lake in Mumbai, India. PHOTO: REUTERS

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen waves as she boards Hai Lung-class submarine (SS-794) during her visit to a navy base in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. PHOTO: REUTERS

Displaced Iraqis who had fled their homes wait to enter Hammam al-Alil camp south of Mosul, Iraq. PHOTO: REUTERS

Residents cross a street after a massive landslide and flood in Trujillo, northern Peru. PHOTO: REUTERS

On the first day of Spring a women crouches down to take a photograph of Giant Tecolote Ranunculus flowers at the Flower Fields in Carlsbad, California, US. PHOTO: REUTERS

Iraqi Kurds holding lit torches walk up a mountain, draped in a large Kurdish flag, in the town of Akra, 500 km north of Baghdad as they celebrate the Noruz spring festival. PHOTO: AFP

A man eats a meal beside street art painted on a shoplot wall along Peel Street in Hong Kong's SoHo district. From graffiti shows to major installations, Hong Kong will see a creative surge as Art Basel comes to town this week, but residents want a more permanent change to the visual landscape. PHOTO: AFP

A man eats a meal beside street art painted on a shoplot wall along Peel Street in Hong Kong's SoHo district. PHOTO: AFP

Iraqi Kurds migrants pray in La Liniere camp in Grande-Synthe, northern France where about 1,400-1,500 people stay. PHOTO: AFP

Indian people get drinking water from a water tanker in Bhopal on the eve of World Water Day. International World Water Day is marked annually on March 22 to focus global attention on the importance of water. PHOTO: AFP

An Afghan man swings on a swing near the Sakhi Shrine during the Nowruz festival to mark the Afghan New Year in Kabul. PHOTO: AFP

The sun shines directly through the door of the Seven Dolls Temple, in the Maya Ruins of Dzibilchaltun, in the Mexican state of Yucatan, as it rises on the spring equinox. PHOTO: AFP