A person takes photos of cherry blossoms at St James’ Park in London, Britain, on March 16, 2024. (Photo by Belinda Jiao/Reuters)





Karen “Biscuits & Crazy” Velkovska, a member of New York's Long Island Roller Rebels gets ready for practice at the United Skates of America Roller Skating facility in Massapequa, New York, U.S., on March 19, 2024. (Photo by Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)





Tommy Alexander of Great Western Auctions faces off against a full-size replica Dalek from Doctor Who on March 20, 2024, estimated to sell for between £500 and £800 on Friday when it goes under the hammer in a fine art and antiques sale. (Photo by James Chapelard/The Times)





British Sikh soldiers covered in paint during Hola Mohalla, the annual Sikh military festival, which was celebrated by the Defence Sikh Network and the British Army at the Aldershot Garrison in Hampshire on March 19, 2024. (Photo by Richard Pohle/The Times)





Surfers make their way to the water for a practice session at the ISA World Surfing Games in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, on February 27, 2024. (Photo by Ricardo Arduengo/Reuters)





A woman attends St. Patrick's Day parade in Dublin, Ireland on March 17, 2024. (Photo by Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters)





Revellers participate in a colourful “flour war”, celebrating the “Ash Monday” or “Clean Monday”, a traditional festivity marking the end of the carnival season and the start of the 40-day Lent period until the Orthodox Easter, in the town of Galaxidi, Greece, on March 18, 2024. (Photo by Louisa Gouliamaki/Reuters)





People celebrating Holi festival (festival of colours) held at Al Mamzar Beach Park in Dubai on March 5, 2024. Holi festival is on 8th march but people are celebrating on 5th and 12th march during the weekend. (Photo by Pawan Singh/The National)





n Indian artist dressed as the Hindu deity Bhagawathy waits to perform during the traditional dance festival “Theyyam” also known as “Kaliyattam”, at Muthappa Swami temple in Somwarpet on March 19, 2024. (Photo by Idrees Mohammed/AFP Photo)





Actors Emma Stone congratulates Cillian Murphy after he won the Oscar for Best Actor for “Oppenheimer” during the Oscars show at the 96th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 10, 2024. (Photo by Mike Blake/Reuters)





Members of carnival groups perform during a carnival procession of the closing carnival night in the town of Strumica, southeastern North Macedonia, 16 March 2024. North Macedonians are marking Trimery, an Orthodox Christian holiday, when evil spirits are chased away with dance rituals. The holiday marks the beginning of the fasting period ahead of Easter. (Photo by Georgi Licovski/EPA/EFE)





Nina Gomes collects garbage from the sea near Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. For years Gomes has been accompanying her father, Ricardo Gomes, a biologist and director of the Mar Urbano Institute, to collect garbage from the city's beaches and seawater. (Photo by Bruna Prado/AP Photo)





Members of carnival groups perform during a carnival procession of the closing carnival night in the town of Strumica, southeastern North Macedonia, 16 March 2024. North Macedonians are marking Trimery, an Orthodox Christian holiday, when evil spirits are chased away with dance rituals. The holiday marks the beginning of the fasting period ahead of Easter. (Photo by Georgi Licovski/EPA/EFE)





People flee after shots were fired near the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl LVIII victory parade on February 14, 2024, in Kansas City, Missouri. A shooting incident at a packed parade Wednesday to celebrate the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory killed one person and injured 21 others, police said. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP Photo)





Performers from the Salgueiro samba school parade during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early Monday, February 12, 2024. (Photo by Bruna Prado/AP Photo)





Participants learn how to handle weapons at a civilian training center on November 11, 2023 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, many Ukrainians attend courses where civilians can get skills they need in times of war. One of the leading charitable organizations specializing in supporting the Armed Forces of Ukraine - the ‘Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation’, also conducts such trainings in Ukraine. Its “Civil Awareness Center” teaches civilians basic military training – how to handle weapons, explosive devices, basics of the shooting, aerial reconnaissance basics, and premedical assistance in extreme condition. Currently, more than 31,000 Ukrainian civilians have attended the CAC trainings. (Photo by Oleksandr Lapshyn/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)





A member of the Territorial Defence Forces of Ukraine holds a weapon, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine on March 2, 2022. (Photo by Mikhail Palinchak/Reuters)





Malaysia's Muhammad Hafizul Adnan (R) vies for the ball with Cambodia's Phom Kongkia (L) during their mens sepaktakraw team regu match at the 32nd Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Phnom Penh on May 12, 2023. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





Revelers dance as they participate in the flour war, a unique colorful flour fight marking the end of the carnival season, in the port town of Galaxidi, some 200 kilometers (120 miles) west of Athens, Monday, March 18, 2024. The flour fight, on the coastal road lining Galaxidi's old harbor, takes place on Clean Monday, the beginning of the 40-day Christian Lent fast that ends on Easter Sunday. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)





A woman takes part in a carnival parade as part of New Year's Eve festivities in San Jose, Costa Rica, 27 December 2023. (Photo by Jeffrey Arguedas/EPA/EFE)