Fireworks and drone displays featuring Disney characters and local icons lighting up the skies above Marina Bay in Singapore; US Air Force’s B-1B long range, supersonic bombers spotted at RAF Fairford airbase in Britain – these and more pictures from around the world in this week’s selection.
MARCH 12
Visitors walking through a Yayoi Kusama art installation Infinity Mirrored Room at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, Germany.
PHOTO: AFP
MARCH 9
Rocket trails streaking through the skies above Israel amid a barrage of Iranian missile attacks. The US-Israeli bombing campaign unleashed on Feb 28 has provoked Iranian retaliation against US allies across the region.
PHOTO: AFP
MARCH 11
A US Air Force B-1B bomber coming in to land at the Royal Air Force Fairford airbase, which hosts US Air Force personnel, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Fairford, Gloucestershire, Britain.
PHOTO: REUTERS
MARCH 13
Fireworks and colourful drone displays lighting up the skies above Marina Bay in Singapore, drawing thousands to the waterfront. The three-day spectacle celebrated the homeporting of Asia’s first Disney cruise ship, the Disney Adventure.
ST PHOTO: SHINTARO TAY
MARCH 10
A banner depicting Iran's late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on a building, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran.
PHOTO: REUTERS
MARCH 9
A man lying on the road to take cover in central Israel as an air raid siren sounds following a barrage of missiles from Iran, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran.
PHOTO: REUTERS
MARCH 11
A woman performing rituals for her family’s well-being during the Sheetala Saptami Hindu festival in Ajmer, India.
PHOTO: AFP
MARCH 11
Healthcare worker Amanda Er tearing up while greeting a loved one at Changi Airport after arriving on a Republic of Singapore Air Force repatriation flight from Saudi Arabia.
ST PHOTO: SHINTARO TAY
MARCH 13
Lava flow from Piton de la Fournaise, a volcano that has been erupting for a month on Reunion Island in France, making its way through a forested area and cutting off a national road.
AFP
MARCH 11
A drone operator taking pictures of the remains of a missile launched by Iran into Israel, amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran, in central Israel.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Produced by: Ong Wee Jin and Suneeta Devi
