Today in Pictures, March 9, 2026.
Fire walking festival in Tokyo, International Women’s Day being celebrated worldwide, and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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A monk splashing hot water during the annual fire walking festival at the Takaosan Yakuoin Temple in Tokyo on March 8.
PHOTO: AFP
A masked woman at a demonstration on International Women’s Day in Caracas, Venezuela, on March 8.
PHOTO: AFP
A demonstration in front of the Colosseum in Rome to mark International Women’s Day on March 8.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A sled dog at the 54th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Willow, Alaska, on March 8.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Firefighters working to control a large fire in Glasgow city centre in Scotland on March 8.
PHOTO: AFP
Vanitonia Soloist “Bruin”, a Clumber spaniel, and handler Lee Cox posing for photographs after winning the Best in Show competition at the Crufts dog show in Birmingham, England, on March 8.
PHOTO: AFP
Pope Leo XIV leaving after a visit to the Parish of Santa Maria della Presentazione in Rome on March 8.
PHOTO: AFP
