Today in Pictures, March 19, 2021

A drive-thru vaccination centre in Brazil, Hindu priests perform 'Narmada Aarti' in India, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Mar 19, 2021, 03:59 PM

Aerial view of a drive-thru vaccination centre against COVID-19 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil on March 17, 2021. The state of Rio Grande do Sul reported a record of 502 deaths in 24 hours on March 16 and began to impose severe restrictions due to the rapid increase of COVID-19 cases. PHOTO: AFP

An aerial view shows hoverboats on the ice of lake Baikal near the village of Bolshoye Goloustnoye in Irkutsk region, Russia, March 8, 2021. Lake Baikal remains one of the world's cleanest fresh water reservoirs. But pollution and the growth of weeds are harming microorganisms, sponges and some molluscs that filter its waters. The Baikal pulp and paper mill and its sewage treatment facilities were closed seven years ago, but pollution has spread significantly since then, according to local media. That, some experts say, is because pollution left behind at the industrial site is draining into the lake. PHOTO: REUTERS

A boy looks out of a shattered window in the aftermath of a bomb explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 18, 2021. At least four people were killed and eleven others injured after a magnetic improvised explosive device (IED), targeting a minibus carrying employees of the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, went off in Kabul. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Staff members count the ballots collected in approximately one hundred polling stations in Ahoy Rotterdam, the Netherlands on March 17, 2021 during Netherlands' general elections. PHOTO: AFP

Members of the public receive a dose of the AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccine at Lichfield cathedral, which has been converted into a temporary vaccination centre, in Lichfield, central England on March 18, 2021. PHOTO: AFP

Supporters of actor Johnny Depp pose outside the High Court in London, Britain, March 18, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS

Hindu priests perform 'Narmada Aarti' or the worshipping of Narmada river which is considered sacred, at Jabalpur, some 300km from the state capital Bhopal, India, March 18, 2021. Everyday, thousands of devotees attend the Narmada Aarti at the banks of river Narmada as a ritual. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Kemar Roofe (centre) of Rangers collides with Prague's goalkeeper Ondrej Kolar (left) during the UEFA Europa League Round of 16, second leg match between Glasgow Rangers and Slavia Prague in Glasgow, Britain, March 18, 2021. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

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