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Day in photos The Price funeral, China’s National People's Congress, Kenyan elections, the Shivaratri festival in Nepal and more in the day in photos.
March 4, 2013
People are seen through the glass of a horse-drawn funeral carriage as another carriage is reflected in the glass at the interment service for Darrell Price Jr. and his daughters, Patrice Price, Tania Price and Daijah Price, at National Harmony Memorial Park in Landover. The four died as a result of a house fire last month.
Matt McClain
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For The Washington Post
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Tiffanee Price, left, mourns with Teresa Myles-Price, center, and Barbara Cromer at a memorial service for Darrell Price Jr. and his daughters, Patrice Price, Tania Price and Daijah Price, at First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Upper Marlboro. Tiffanee Price is Darrell Price Jr.’s sister; Teresa Myles-Price is Darrell's wife and the children’s mother; and Barbara Cromer is Darrell's aunt. They were mourning over the casket containing the remains of Daijah and Tania,
Matt McClain
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For The Washington Post
March 5, 2013
Models wear creations by German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel's fall/winter 2013-14 ready-to-wear collection at Paris Fashion Week.
Christophe Ena
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AP
March 4, 2013
A paramilitary policeman stands guard at Tiananmen Square near the Great Hall of the People before the pre-session of the National People's Congress in Beijing.
Kim Kyung-hoon
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Reuters
March 4, 2013
Women line up at dawn to vote in the general election in Kumpa, Kenya. Five years after more than 1,000 people were killed in election-related violence, Kenyans went to the polls Monday to begin casting votes in a nationwide election seen as the country's most important, and complicated, in its 50-year history.
Riccardo Gangale
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AP
March 4, 2013
Tribespeople leave after voting in Ilngarooj, Kajiado South County, Maasailand, during Kenya's elections. Long lines of Kenyans queued before dawn to vote in the tense elections.
Carl De Souza
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AFP/Getty Images
March 4, 2013
A Hindu sadhu, or holy man, applies paint to his forehead at his ashram on the premises of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal. Hindu holy men from Nepal and India go to the temple to take part in the Shivaratri festival, which this year falls on March 10. Celebrated by Hindu devotees all over the world, Shivaratri is dedicated to Lord Shiva, and holy men mark the occasion by praying, smoking marijuana or smearing their bodies with ashes.
Navesh Chitrakar
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Reuters
March 4, 2013
A Buddhist devotee applies gold leaf on the Kyaikhtiyo (Golden Rock) pagoda in Burma’s eastern Mon state. The pagoda is a well-known Buddhist pilgrimage site.
Ye Aung Thu
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AFP/Getty Images
March 4, 2013
Atlanta Braves outfielder B.J. Upton holds a bat while waiting at the on-deck circle during the fifth inning of an exhibition spring training baseball game against the New York Mets in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
Julio Cortez
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AP
March 4, 2013
A statue of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's father, Hafez al-Assad, is pulled down as people celebrate in Raqqa, Syria. Rebel fighters captured the northeastern city Monday, opposition sources and a resident said.
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Reuters TV
March 4, 2013
Shiite Muslims attend funeral prayers for those killed in a bomb attack Sunday in Karachi, Pakistan. A suspected suicide bomber attacked Shiites as they were leaving a mosque in Pakistan's commercial capital, killing at least 45 people, in another signal that Sunni militants are escalating sectarian attacks.
Athar Hussain
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Reuters
March 4, 2013
A man moves his bicycle from his damaged house at the site of a Sunday bomb blast in Karachi, Pakistan. Pakistan's largest city shut down Monday to mourn the 45 people killed by the car bomb in a Shiite Muslim neighborhood.
Asif Hassan
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AFP/Getty Images
March 4, 2013
A child stands at the door of a shipping container serving as his accommodation in Shanghai. The containers, which house families, were set up by a landlord who charges $80 per month for each container.
Aly Song
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Reuters
March 5, 2013
A man walks between glass facades of the Bonn Post Tower, the headquarters of German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post DHL, in Bonn, Germany.
Wolfgang Rattay
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Reuters
March 4, 2013
Pedestrians are reflected on a display window showing the movement on Japan's Nikkei index outside a brokerage in Tokyo.
Yuya Shino
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Reuters
March 4, 2013
A boy casts a net to fish in the Niger River in Gao, Mali.
Joe Penney
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Reuters
March 4, 2013
A cargo ship is seen grounded next to a statue of a man off the coast of Colon City, Panama. Strong winds and big waves due to a cold front from the north caused at least six ships to be grounded. Roofs were blown off homes, the city flooded and fishermen were forced to return to the mainland, according to local media.
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Reuters
March 5, 2013
A delegate dressed in ethnic attire walks back to her bus after the opening session of the National People's Congress, held at Beijing's Great Hall of the People. China's government on Tuesday promised deficit-fueled spending to fight deep-seated corruption; improve the despoiled environment; and address other quality-of-life issues demanded by an increasingly vocal public looking for change.
Alexander F. Yuan
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AP
March 5, 2013
Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, arrives at the National Fishing Heritage Center in Grimsby, England.
Toby Melville
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Reuters
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