Swiss-French artist Saype’s giant painting on the desert sand in Al Mazim, Oman, auroras illuminating the sky over Lapland in Rovaniemi, Finland, and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
An aerial view of Swiss-French artist Saype's giant painting, which he uses biodegradable pigments made out of charcoal and chalk to paint on the desert sand at the Ibri II Solar Independent Power Project in Al Mazim, Oman, on March 16.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Auroras, caused by a coronal mass ejection on the Sun, illuminating the night sky over Lapland in Rovaniemi, Finland, on March 15. The vibrant displays of red, green and purplish-blue lights sometimes appear to shimmer or pulse.
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A beachgoer throwing bird seeds to a flock of pigeons in the morning at Edward Elliot's Beach in Chennai, India, on March 16. The beach, considered one of the cleanest and safest in the city, is named after a former governor of Chennai.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE
A crane wandering in a pond at a wetland in Jiujiang, in China's central Jiangxi province on March 13.
PHOTO: AFP
A man walking on the cracked ground of the Baells reservoir as drinking water supplies have plunged to their lowest level since 1990 due to extreme drought in Catalonia, in Cersc village, in Spain's Bergueda region on March 14.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A daredevil subway surfing on a train in the Bronx borough of New York City on March 16. The reported numbers of people riding outside of subway trains jumped from 199 in 2020 to 928 in 2022, up nearly fourfold.
PHOTO: AFP
An aerial view of a hillside landslide brought on by heavy rain, which caused four ocean-view apartment buildings to be evacuated and shuttered due to unstable conditions on March 16 in San Clemente, California.
PHOTO: AFP
Smoke is seen in the Paris sky after people demonstrating near the National Assembly lit fires on March 16. Meanwhile, France's iconic Eiffel Tower is standing guard in the background.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE
Ben Harvey riding Seddon on their way to winning the 16:10 Magners Plate Handicap Chase at the Cheltenham Racecourse in Cheltenham, England, on March 16.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A model displaying a creation from the 2023 autumn-winter collection by Japanese designer Jotaro Saito at Tokyo Fashion Week on March 16. Saito comes from an artistic family and debuted at the age of 27 as one of kimono's youngest designers.
PHOTO: AFP
