A police officer looks up next to a car crushed by debris after an earthquake shook Cuenca, Ecuador, Saturday, March 18, 2023. The U.S. Geological Survey reported an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 on Saturday about 50 miles south of Guayaquil .(Photo by Xavier Caivinagua/AP Photo)





A woman representing the Nuestros Pilares feminist group, plays a violin during a demonstration against gender-based violence marking International Women's Day, in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. (Photo by Esteban Felix/AP Photo)





People take part in a protest, organised by the London Cycling Campaign, calling for safe cycling for women in London on Sunday, March 5, 2023. (Photo by Jordan Pettitt/PA Images via Getty Images)





People watch as the puppet called Little Amal performs in Paternoster Square in London, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. The Little Amal giant puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee girl is visiting London. The 3.5m puppet has travelled over 9,000km to 13 countries to spread a message of hope and solidarity for displaced people everywhere. (Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Photo)





Young girls are seen participating in the Kumari Puja at the Adyapith temple in Kolkata, India on March 30, 2023. Kumari Puja is an Indian Hindu Tradition mainly celebrated during the Durga Puja / Basanti Puja / Navratri according to Hindu calendar. Kumari actually describes a young virgin girl from the age 1 to 16 who is getting worshipped during the transition of Ashtami / Navami tithi of Durga Puja / Navaratri according to Hindu mythology. Young girls seen being worshipped during the Kumari Puja by their mothers at Adyapith Temple, It is believed that Kumari Puja grant many blessings to the worshipers and as well as the little Girl too. Devotees believe it will overcome all barriers, dangers for the little girls in the coming future and also, she will be empowered to handle any stress and obstruction in her coming life. (Photo by Avishek Das/SOPA Images/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Fans of Guitarricadelafuente cheer during the Vive Latino music festival in Mexico City, Sunday, March 19, 2023. (Photo by Fernando Llano/AP Photo)





Balinese Hindu being hit with burnt dried coconut leaves during fire fight ritual ahead of the Balinese Day of Silence in Paksebali Village, Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia on March 21, 2023. The ritual which is locally known as Lukat Geni, is being held on the night before the new lunar year of Balinese calendar or Nyepi. It is believed as part of purification using fire to burn all the negative energy and to harmonize the universes. (Photo by Johannes P. Christo/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





One of Europe’s biggest street festivals, Fallas of Valencia, involving the burning of sculptures to mark the arrival of spring was witnessed by thousands. Management consultant, Mats Rennstam, 54, from London visited the 19 day festival this Sunday, March 19, 2023, as The Cremà took place, which sees a million visitors ascend on Valencia. (Photo by Mats Rennstam/Solent News & Photo Agency)





Protesters supporting women's rights dressed as characters from The Handmaid's Tale TV series traveling to a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government to overhaul the judicial system, at a railway station in Jerusalem, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. (Photo by Ohad Zwigenberg/AP Photo)





Italian Special Air Force aerobatic unit Frecce Tricolori (Tricolor Arrows) spreads smoke with the colors of the Italian flag over the city of Rome to mark the 100th anniversary of the Italian Air Force, on March 28, 2023 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Antonio Masiello/Getty Images)





A woman stands among the rubble of collapsed buildings in Hatay on March 6, 2023, one month after a massive earthquake struck southeastern Turkey. A massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked huge swathes of Turkey and parts of Syria on February 6, 2023, killing more than 50,000 people in both countries, with some 46 000 on the Turkish side. One month on, teams of workers are still toiling to clear the rubble that now dominates quake-hit cities, as the country faces faces the daunting task of rebuilding flattened cities, with tens of thousands buried and many survivors barely subsisting in tents or containers. Turkish officials said 214,000 buildings collapsed following the quake, many of them in Hatay and Kahramanmaras. (Photo by Ozan Köse/AFP Photo)





A pedestrian walks past full waste bins in Paris' 2nd district as rubbish collectors strike against pension reforms, leaving many streets in the capital piled with stinking waste on March 17, 2023. France forced Paris rubbish collectors to return to work after a days-long strike against pension reforms. Workers walked off the job in protest against President Emmanuel Macron's plans to reform the pension system, with headline measures of raising the legal retirement age to 64 and increasing the number of years people must pay in to receive a full pension. (Photo by Bertrand Guay/AFP Photo)





An approaching sandstorm is seen on March 20, 2023 in Zhangye, Gansu Province of China. (Photo by Wang Chao/VCG via Getty Images)





A Buddhist practitioner walks on the fire during the Hiwatari or fire-walking ceremony at Takao-san Yakuo-in Yuki-ji Temple in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan on March 12, 2023. Buddhist devotees walked over the fire with bare feet to pray for world peace and receive protection from misfortune and good health. Visitors can participate at the end of the ceremony to receive the benefits. The annual event is held on the second Sunday of March at the down skirt of Mt. Takao. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/ZUMA Press Wire/Alamy Live News)





A student of medicine, acting as specialist staff, is accompanied by a child who came with a plush toy to be treated at The Teddy Bear Clinic (Clinique du Nounours), a facility that helps children to cope with their fear of medical examinations, in Brussels, Belgium March 7, 2023. (Photo by Yves Herman/Reuters)





Revellers from Imperatriz Leopoldinense samba school perform at the streets of Ramos neighborhood to celebrate their victory of the Carnival contest, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on March 4, 2023. (Photo by Ricardo Moraes/Reuters)





Women wearing traditional costumes take part in the Nooruz celebrations at Ala-Too square in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 21 March 2023. Nooruz, also called Nowruz, marks the first day of spring and is usually celebrated on 21 March every year, on the day of the astronomical vernal equinox. (Photo by Igor Kovalenko/EPA/EFE)





Members of the Ngati Ranana London Maori Club perform outside Westminster Abbey, in London, on March 13, 2023 ahead of the Commonwealth Day service ceremony. (Photo by Richard Pohle/The Times)





Two women riding their horses bathe in the shallow waters at Botany Bay near a Fiji Airways plane at an airport in Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia, 07 March 2023. Sweltering conditions continue across NSW with a heatwave bringing more hot and windy weather. (Photo by Dan Himbrechts/EPA/EFE)