Photos of the day - March 12, 2017

  • <p>A young man has colored powder thrown at him during celebrations of the Holi Festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, 12 March 2017. Holi, also known as the Festival of Colors, marks the beginning of spring and is celebrated all over Nepal and neighboring India. (Photo: Narendra Shrestha/EPA) </p>
  • <p>An ultra orthodox Jewish man dressed in the likeness of U.S. President Donald Trump takes part in the reading from the Book of Esther ceremony performed on the Jewish holiday of Purim, a celebration of the Jews’ salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther, in Jerusalem March 12, 2017. (Photo: Ammar Awad/Reuters) </p>
  • <p>Bucknell celebrates at centercourt after defeating Navy in overtime of an NCAA college basketball Patriot League Championship game in Lewisburg, Pa., March 12, 2017. (Photo: Chris Knight/AP) </p>
  • <p>People waving flags of the European Union gather in the city center for a pro-EU demonstration of the “Pulse of Europe” movement on March 12, 2017 in Frankfurt, Germany. (Photo: Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images) </p>
  • <p>New overall world champion Britain’s Elise Christie, center, Canada’s Marianne St-Gelais, left, and Netherlands’ Suzanne Schulting, right, pull faces during the medal ceremony for the women’s 1,000 meters race of the ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championships at Ahoy stadium in Rotterdam, Netherlands, March 12, 2017. (Photo: Peter Dejong/AP) </p>
  • <p>Creighton’s Marcus Foster (0) drives past Villanova’s Eric Paschall (4) and Jalen Brunson (1) during the second half of a championship NCAA college basketball game in the finals of the Big East men’s tournament Saturday, March 11, 2017, in New York. Villanova won 74-60.(Photo: Frank Franklin II/AP </p>
  • <p>The Great Hall of the People is seen through the head gear of an ethnic minority delegate as she arrives for the third plenary meeting of the fifth session of the 12th National People’s Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China, March 12, 2017. (Photo: How Hwee Young/EPA) </p>
  • <p>Japanese players celebrate their 8-6 victory in the World Baseball Classic Pool E Game Two between Japan and Netherlands at the Tokyo Dome on March 12, 2017 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo: Matt Roberts/Getty Images) </p>
  • <p>A pilot prepares a hot air balloon at the Canberra Balloon Festival in Canberra, Australia, March 12, 2017. (Photo: Lukas Coch/EPA) </p>
  • <p>People drink wine and eat a type of scallion or green onion known as calsot, during a calsotada on the outskirts of Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, March 12, 2017. Calsotada is an annual event in Catalonia to celebrate the harvest of calsots, which are grilled over a hot fire, wrapped up in newspaper, served on terra cotta tiles and eaten with bare hands after being dipped in romesco sauce, accompanied by red wine and bread. (Photo: Emilio Morenatti/AP) </p>
  • <p>Saint Patrick, played by Marty Burns, sails past Down Cathedral as the re-enactment of the first landing of Saint Patrick on Irish shores takes place at Inch Abbey on March 12, 2017 in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland. The Irish annals for the fifth century date Patrick’s arrival in Ireland at 432 and the patron saint of Ireland’s remains are believed to buried at Down Cathedral. Saint Patrick’s Day itself is celebrated around the world on March 17. (Photo: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images) </p>
  • <p>Police officers secure the perimeter at the scene of a garbage landslide, as excavators aid rescue efforts, on the outskirts of the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 12, 2017. Officials and residents say more than a dozen people have been killed in a landslide at a massive garbage dump on the outskirts of Ethiopia’s capital, and several dozen people are missing. (Photo: Elias Meseret/AP) </p>
  • <p>SMU’s Jarrey Foster, right, reaches for a shot-attempt by Cincinnati’s Jarron Cumberland, left, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the American Athletic Conference tournament finals, March 12, 2017, in Hartford, Conn. (Photo: Jessica Hill/AP) </p>
  • <p>Karel van Goor of Netherlands and Adam Lambert of Australia compete in the Men’s Snowboard Cross quarter final 3 on day five of the FIS Freestyle Ski & Snowboard World Championships 2017 on March 12, 2017 in Sierra Nevada, Spain. (Photo: Clive Rose/Getty Images) </p>
  • <p>Birds fly past as Nepalese people gather for Holi festivities at the Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 12, 2017. The Holi festival marks the advent of spring. (Photo: Niranjan Shrestha/AP) </p>
  • <p>A group of Turks protest outside the Dutch consulate in Istanbul, March 12, 2017. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he appropriately accused the Dutch government of “Nazism and fascism,” saying only those types of regimes would bar foreign ministers from traveling within their countries. Erdogan also said during a live televised address on Sunday that the Netherlands would “pay the price” for sacrificing its ties with a NATO ally to upcoming elections there. (Photo: Emrah Gurel/AP) </p>
  • <p>New Zealand’s DJ Forbes, left, grabs England’s Daniel Bibby by the foot but fails to stop him from scoring a try during World Rugby Sevens Series action in Vancouver, British Columbia, on March 12, 2017. (Photo: Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press/AP) </p>
  • <p>Riot police clash with demonstrators in the streets near the Turkish consulate in Rotterdam, Netherlands March 12, 2017. (Photo: Dylan Martinez/Reuters) </p>
  • <p>A security officer reacts from inside the Great Hall of the People during the third plenary session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China, March 12, 2017. (Photo: Damir Sagolj/Reuters) </p>
  • <p>A displaced Iraqi boy sits in front of a destroyed building as he waits to get into Hamam al-Alil camp, south of Mosul, Iraq March 12, 2017. (Photo: Suhaib Salem/Reuters) </p>
  • <p>French Model Emeline Duhautoy poses with her collection of 1,679 stuffed toy cows she has been collecting for over seven years at her home in Saint-Omer, northern France, March 12, 2017. (Photo: Charles Platiau/Reuters) </p>
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Holi Festival in Kathmandu

A young man has colored powder thrown at him during celebrations of the Holi Festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, 12 March 2017. Holi, also known as the Festival of Colors, marks the beginning of spring and is celebrated all over Nepal and neighboring India. (Photo: Narendra Shrestha/EPA)

Colored powder is thrown at a man during celebrations of the Holi Festival in Kathmandu; an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man dressed in a likeness of President Trump takes part in the reading from the Book of Esther ceremony performed on the Jewish holiday of Purim in Jerusalem; and Bucknell celebrates at center court after defeating the Navy in overtime of an NCAA college basketball Patriot League Championship game in Lewisburg, Pa. These are some of the photos of the day. (AP/EPA/Getty/Reuters)

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