Best photos of March 11: End of Black Lives Matter mural to Manhattan protests

  • Demolition work on the Black Lives Matter mural near the White House in Washington begins. AP
    Demolition work on the Black Lives Matter mural near the White House in Washington begins. AP
  • A resident gets clear of a house fire following an attack on the outskirts of the Black Sea city of Odesa in Ukraine. AFP
    A resident gets clear of a house fire following an attack on the outskirts of the Black Sea city of Odesa in Ukraine. AFP
  • In Natori, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, dove-shaped balloons are released in remembrance of the dead on the 14th anniversary of the magnitude-9.0 earthquake which triggered a tsunami and nuclear disaster. AFP
    In Natori, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, dove-shaped balloons are released in remembrance of the dead on the 14th anniversary of the magnitude-9.0 earthquake which triggered a tsunami and nuclear disaster. AFP
  • Models acknowledge the audience after the Louis Vuitton womenswear ready-to-wear autumn/winter 2025-2026 collection was shown as part of Paris Fashion Week. AFP
    Models acknowledge the audience after the Louis Vuitton womenswear ready-to-wear autumn/winter 2025-2026 collection was shown as part of Paris Fashion Week. AFP
  • Women play-fight with sticks as part of a traditional ritual during Lathmar Holi celebrations, the Hindu spring festival of colours, in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh state, India. AFP
    Women play-fight with sticks as part of a traditional ritual during Lathmar Holi celebrations, the Hindu spring festival of colours, in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh state, India. AFP
  • A Chinese military musical conductor leads the band at the closing ceremony of the National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People. AP
    A Chinese military musical conductor leads the band at the closing ceremony of the National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People. AP
  • Residents enjoy warm weather by the Black Sea shore in Sukhumi, the capital of the self-proclaimed republic of Abkhazia. EPA
    Residents enjoy warm weather by the Black Sea shore in Sukhumi, the capital of the self-proclaimed republic of Abkhazia. EPA
  • Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi during Ramadan. Victor Besa / The National
    Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi during Ramadan. Victor Besa / The National
  • Pro-Palestine protesters on the streets of Lower Manhattan in New York City after the arrest by immigration officers of a protest leader at Columbia University. AFP
    Pro-Palestine protesters on the streets of Lower Manhattan in New York City after the arrest by immigration officers of a protest leader at Columbia University. AFP