Today in Pictures, March 20, 2024
A pianist hanging from a crane, cherry blossoms in Washington, DC, and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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Artiste Alain Roche playing the piano while hanging from a crane 10m above the ground in Munich, Germany, on March 19, 2024. The performance titled When The Sun Stands Still mixes music with the sounds of nature, in a piece inspired by the transition between seasons and night to day. His audience on the ground listens in with headphones while watching the sun rise.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE
The Washington Monument is seen under cherry blossoms from the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC, on March 19, 2024. Some 140 cherry trees will be removed as part of an upcoming sea wall rehabilitation project.
PHOTO: AFP
A picture from North Korea’s state media, Korean Central News Agency, on March 19, 2024, showing the western region artillery unit’s ultra-large rocket salvo firing drills. Pyongyang has broken with decades of its inter-Korea policy, declaring South Korea an enemy state.
PHOTO: AFP
Rows of neatly arranged graves are seen at a cemetary in the rural Emei township in Hsinchu county on March 19, 2024. Hsinchu is home to the largest Hakka community in Taiwan.
PHOTO: AFP
Nvidia co-founder and chief executive Jensen Huang speaking at the annual Nvidia GTC Artificial Intelligence Conference at SAP Centre in San Jose, California, on March 18, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP
Pedestrians are reflected on a curved mirror next to Japan’s national flag in a shopping district in Tokyo, Japan, on March 19, 2024.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Women professional cyclists competing during Stage 2 of the Absa Cape Epic mountain bike race in Saronsberg, South Africa, on March 19, 2024. This year's event sees 600 teams, comprising both pros and amateurs, tackle 617km with 16,000m of climbing over eight days.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE
An Indian artiste dressed as the Hindu deity Bhagawathy waiting to perform during the traditional dance festival Theyyam, which is also known as Kaliyattam, at Muthappa Swami temple in Somwarpet on March 19, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP
Mr Leonardo Muylaert, 36, in front of the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on March 18, 2024. The lawyer, who did not have social media one year ago, found out that a video of him went viral on TikTok, calling him the Brazilian Superman. He liked the idea and since then, he has been travelling around Brazil as the superhero.
PHOTO: AFP
Vehicles travelling beneath decorations put up for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan across the Hadarat (Civilisations) bridge amid reduced visibility due to a dust storm in Nasiriyah, the capital of Iraq's southern Dhi Qar province, on March 18, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP
Cardboard coffins are placed at Piazza del Popolo by Italian Labour Union during a campaign, Zero Dead At Work, to draw attention to the tragedy of deaths at work on March 19, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP
