Today in Pictures, March 8, 2023
Nursing skills class for postnatal care in Shanghai, United States Air Force unveils the B-21 Raider to the public at a ceremony in Palmdale, California, and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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Women training with plastic baby dolls as they take part in a nursing skills class for postnatal care at Yipeitong training centre in Shanghai on March 2, 2023.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A dancer performing on the eve of International Women's Day during the World Women's Forum for Peace at the historic fortifications of the port of Essaouira on Morocco's Atlantic coast on March 7, 2023. The inaugural forum is supported by the United Nations Alliance of Civilisations.
PHOTO: AFP
Brazilian make-up artist Clelia Rodriguez working on a client in her salon in Visconde do Rio Branco, in Brazil's Minas Gerais state, on March 7, 2023. Ms Rodriguez was born with arthrogryposis, which limits her arm movements, but the 29-year-old managed to become a make-up artist and succeed on social media by posting her work and make up tips.
PHOTO: AFP
Young fighters competing in a bout during a traditional Myanmar boxing tournament at Pyi Thar Lin Aye pagoda in Hlaingbwe town on March 4, 2023. Also known as lethwei, the almost no-holds-barred martial art is considered one of the most aggressive combat sports in the world, with fighters eschewing boxing gloves for thin gauze bandages wrapped around hardened knuckles. The spectacle draws huge crowds in the eastern border state of Karen.
PHOTO: AFP
A medical student attending to a child who came with a plush toy to be treated at The Teddy Bear Clinic, a facility that helps children cope with their fear of medical examinations, in Brussels, Belgium, on March 7, 2023.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A life-size whale heart sculpture on display during an exhibition at the Aspen Ideas: Climate conference in the Miami Beach Convention Centre in Florida on March 7, 2023. The conference, held for the second time, aims to convene a diverse group of global and local policymakers, scientific experts, corporate leaders, innovators, young leaders, influencers, artists and members of the public to engage with climate solutions that have the potential to reshape the world.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE
The B-21 Raider stealth bomber being unveiled to the public at a ceremony in Palmdale, California, on Dec 2, 2022. The photograph was released by the United States Air Force on March 7, 2023.
PHOTO: AFP
A policeman throwing tear gas to disperse anti-government demonstrators and university students during a protest demanding the release of Inter University Students’ Federation leaders and urging the government to hold local council election as scheduled in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on March 7, 2023.
PHOTO: AFP
Thai labour unions, state enterprises and women’s rights activists preparing to march on International Women’s Day in Bangkok, Thailand, on March 8, 2023. Among their demands is the eradication of harassment against women in the workplace.
PHOTO: AFP
Ethnic minority delegates leaving after the second plenary session of the National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 7, 2023.
PHOTO: AFP
