Today in Pictures, March 7, 2019

Hindu devotees participate in a fire war in Mataram, a city in Indonesia, lightning lights up the sky in Santa Barbara, California, USA, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Mar 07, 2019, 09:10 AM

Hindu devotees participate in a traditional activity known locally as "Perang Api" or fire war one day ahead of Nyepi in Mataram, Indonesia on March 6, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

A handout photo made available by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department shows lightning strikes as a storm approaches Santa Barbara, California, on March 5, 2019. PHOTO: SANTA BARBARA COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT HANDOUT VIA EPA-EFE

A photo issued on March 5, 2019, shows polar bears feeding at a garbage dump near the village of Belushya Guba on October 31, 2018, on the remote Russian northern Novaya Zemlya archipelago, a tightly controlled military area where a village declared a state of emergency in February after dozens of bears were seen entering homes and public buildings. PHOTO: AFP

Women and children evacuated from the Islamic State group's embattled holdout of Baghouz arrive at a screening area held by the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor, on March 6, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

Waste burns as prison guards block the entrance to the penitentiary center of Alencon, in Conde-sur-Sarthe, north-western France, on early March 6, 2019, a day after a prison inmate seriously wounded two guards in a knife attack before being detained in a police raid. PHOTO: AFP

Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou leaves British Columbia Supreme Court after a court appearance for her extradition hearing in Vancouver, Canada, on March 6, 2019. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Competitors from the opposing teams, the Up'ards and the Down'ards, reach for the ball during the annual Royal Shrovetide Football Match in Ashbourne, northern England, on March 5, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

Artist Pascale Marthine Tayou's Plastic Bags is on display at the The Armory Show at Piers 90, 92, and 94 in New York, on March 6, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

A man looks at Venezuelan bolivar notes hung to resemble a tree, in Caracas, Venezuela March 6, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

Manchester's Romelu Lukaku celebrates during the UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg soccer match between PSG and Manchester United at the Parc des Princes Stadium in Paris, France, on March 6, 2019. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

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