March 5, 2010
Australian Taj Burrow rides the waves before back-to-back Association of Surfing Professionals World Tour victories, including the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast. Burrow claims the No. 1 position in the surfing association.
Kirstin Scholtz-AFP/Getty Images
March 4, 2010
Venezuela's Giacomo Di Giorgi, left, vies with North Korea's Kim Myong Won during a friendly match in San Felipe-Yaracuy, Venezuela. The final score was 1-1.
Juan Barreto-AFP/Getty Images
March 5, 2010
An Indian nihang, a religious Sikh warrior, breathes fire during a procession at the Amritsar Heritage Festival in Amritsar.
Narinder Nanu-AFP/Getty Images
March 4, 2010
Students and supporters rally in Sacramento against funding cuts to higher education. Marches, strikes, teach-ins and walkouts occurred nationwide in what was called the National Day of Action for Public Education.
Rich Pedroncelli-AP
March 4, 2010
Students march in Oakland, Calif., to protest budget cuts that have led to canceled classes, faculty furloughs and steep fee increases.
Ben Margot-AP
March 4, 2010
A rally protesting funding cuts to higher education gathers at the state capitol in Sacramento.
Rich Pedroncelli-AP
March 4, 2010
Police restrain University of California at Davis student Laura Mitchell during a protest that led to a standoff between officers and more than 200 students near Interstate 80 in Davis.
Fred Gladdis-AP
March 5, 2010
A group of delegates in costumes of ethnic minorities arrive for the opening session of the annual National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
Goh Chai Hin-AFP/Getty Images
March 4, 2010
Singer Rihanna performs at the Echo music awards in Berlin.
Michael Gottschalk-AFP/Getty Images
March 5, 2010
Protesters dressed as British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the grim reaper demonstrate in London as the premiere provides evidence during an inquiry into his role in the Iraq war.
Oli Scarff-Getty Images
March 5, 2010
U.S. soldiers fire at a Taliban observation point in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
John Moore-Getty Images
March 5, 2010
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and commission Vice President Viviane Reding address a news conference on the issue of fair pay for women at E.U. headquarters in Brussels.
Georges Gobet-AFP/Getty Images
March 4, 2010
A painting of Britain's Queen Elizabeth I is displayed in the National Portrait Gallery in London. A serpent originally in the 16th-century artwork was painted over to depict the monarch holding roses, but degradation has allowed the first image to resurface.
National Portrait Gallery-Reuters
March 5, 2010
A man gets his hand on a 485-pound gold bar worth about $7.9 million on display at the Jinguashi Gold Ecological Park in Taipei, Taiwan. The gold bar is said to be the island's largest.
Nicky Loh-Reuters
March 5, 2010
A visitor takes pictures near a statue of Viking explorer Leif Ericson in front of the Reykjavik Cathedral in Iceland.
Bob Strong-Reuters
March 4, 2010
A visitor checks out Andrei Molodkin's "New Archtekton" at the opening of the Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture in Moscow.
Sergei Karpukhin-Reuters
March 5, 2010
A Thai Buddhist places a lotus flower on the foot of a giant statue of Buddha to signify respect at Indraviharn Temple in Bangkok.
Sakchai Lalit-AP
March 5, 2010
A Communist supporter wears a portrait of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin as she and others place flowers on his grave in Moscow to mark the 57th anniversary of his death.
Misha Japaridze-AP
March 5, 2010
An Indonesian Muslim student prepares a shoe to throw at a banner of President Obama during a protest against his planned visit to Jakarta.
Dita Alangkara-AP
March 5, 2010
A model wears a creation by French fashion designer Roland Mouret at Paris Fashion Week.
Christophe Ena-AP
March 4, 2010
Lydia Nunez searches the database at the Arlington County Employment Center. U.S. figures for February joblessness were released Friday.
Jahi Chikwendiu-The Washington Post
March 4, 2010
Former Staff Sgt. Eric Alva, who was wounded in 2003 in Iraq, speaks about the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. He appeared on the Hill with Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Pa.) at a rally to end the restriction.
Harry Hamburg-AP
March 5, 2010
Bishopric representatives Clemens Neck and Birgit Boehm speak at a news conference in Regensburg, Germany. They were addressing reports of sex abuse involving a Catholic boys choir.
Timm Schamberger-AFP/Getty Images
March 4, 2010
A building in Concepcion, Chile, lies in ruins after Saturday's 8.8-magnitude earthquake.
Natacha Pisarenko-AP
March 4, 2010
A house is waterlogged near the coastal town of Dichato, Chile, which suffered damage from tsunamis triggered by the massive earthquake.
Natacha Pisarenko-AP
March 5, 2010
Residents of the Pedro del Rio neighborhood take water from a fire hydrant in Concepcion, Chile. Several areas of the city remain without running water since last week's strong earthquake.
Ricardo Mazalan-AP
March 5, 2010
An Afghan man lathers up in the hot room of a Turkish bath in Herat, Afghanistan. Traditionally, Muslims visit the baths on Friday, their day of rest.
Majid Saeedi-Getty Images
March 5, 2010
Iraqis line up to vote in their country's parliamentary election at a polling station in downtown Tehran. More than 6,000 candidates represent 86 parties.
Vahid Salemi-AP
Mar. 5, 2010
Election workers in Najaf, Iraq, start the initial counting of ballots cast by those entitled to vote early. About 20 million people are expected to vote Sunday in the parliamentary races.
Alaa Al-marjani-AP
March 5, 2010
Fitimah Mohammed holds the corpse of her 6-month-old grandson after he and his mother were killed in an explosion Thursday in Baghdad.
Alaa Al-marjani-AP
March 5, 2010
Riot police detain a demonstrator during a protest in Athens. Greece has frozen pensions and raised a string of taxes to cut spending by 4.8 billion euros to persuade its E.U. partners that it can dodge bankruptcy.
Angelos Tzortzinis-AFP/Getty Images
March 5, 2010
Palestinian and foreign demonstrators dressed as, from left, Nelson Mandela, Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. wave a Palestinian flag during a protest against Israel's controversial barrier in Bilin, West Bank.
Abbas Momani-AFP/Getty Images
March 4, 2010
Yuval Sheiyish, 6, and her grandfather watch hot-air balloons take flight during the start of a three-day festival near Israel.
Sharon Perry-Reuters
March 5, 2010
Riot police stand guard as demonstrators protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey. Turkey's foreign minister warns of a breakdown in ties with the United States after a congressional committee approved a resolution branding the World War I-era killing of Armenians genocide.
Burhan Ozbilici-AP
Mar. 4, 2010
Sirapi Khogyan attends a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing that approved the term "genocide" to describe the mass killings of Armenians during the Ottoman era.
Harry Hamburg-AP
March 5, 2010
Pentagon workers cross Army-Navy Drive on foot instead of awaiting shuttle buses after service at the nearby rail station was suspended to investigate an attack by a gunman Thursday.
Gerald Martineau for The Washington Post
March 5, 2010
A Southern two-toed sloth hangs with her baby at the Singapore Zoo.
Wong Maye-e-AP
March 5, 2010
Spring flowers bloom in front of the Circus in Bath, England. The country endured one of its harshest winters on record, so the color was a change from snow that blanketed the ground for weeks.
Matt Cardy-Getty Images
Gallery Credits:
Photo Editor Dan Murano
Text Editors Eve Chan, Doris N. Truong
