Today in Pictures, March 17, 2026
Lava flowing into the ocean from a French Indian Ocean island, Buddhist monks in Seoul protesting against the Iran war, and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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Gases, steam and more rising as lava from the Piton de la Fournaise volcano reaches the ocean at Sainte-Rose on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion on March 16.
PHOTO: AFP
View of a street in Havana during a blackout on March 16. Cuba suffered a widespread power cut on that day, according to its national electricity company, amid a severe crisis on the island caused by the US energy blockade.
PHOTO: AFP
South Korean Buddhist monks performing full bows as they march towards the US embassy in Seoul on March 17 during a protest against the war against Iran.
PHOTO: AFP
A child holding a floor brush next to displaced people’s tents in Beirut, Lebanon, on March 16, following an escalation in conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, amid the US-Israeli war with Iran.
PHOTO: REUTERS
An Israeli air-defence system intercepting an Iranian missile flying towards Israel, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, as seen from the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on March 16.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Ms Marzia Rezaei in Tehran, Iran, on March 16, reacting near the grave of her son Erfan who was killed in a blast, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Firefighters working at the site of overnight Israeli air strikes in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, on March 16.
PHOTO: AFP
People gathering to view the “fallas”, gigantic cardboard structures depicting current events and celebrities, on March 15 in Spain. Fallas are burned in the streets of Valencia every year on March 19 as a tribute to St Joseph, patron saint of the carpenters’ guild.
PHOTO: AFP
Afghan firefighters and Taliban security personnel working to extinguish a fire at the Secondary Rehabilitation Services Centre in Kabul on March 16. Afghanistan accused Pakistan of hitting a treatment centre for drug addicts. Pakistan denied deliberately targeting it.
PHOTO: AFP


