Best photos of March 14: Holi celebrations to lunar eclipse

  • A girl is smeared with coloured powder during Holi, the Hindu spring festival of colours, in Kolkata. AFP
    A girl is smeared with coloured powder during Holi, the Hindu spring festival of colours, in Kolkata. AFP
  • Muslim worshippers pray near the Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, during the second Friday noon prayer of Ramadan. AFP
    Muslim worshippers pray near the Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, during the second Friday noon prayer of Ramadan. AFP
  • Athletic Club players and supporters celebrate after winning their UEFA Europa League round of 16 tie against AS Roma in Bilbao, Spain. EPA
    Athletic Club players and supporters celebrate after winning their UEFA Europa League round of 16 tie against AS Roma in Bilbao, Spain. EPA
  • Cocoa farmers return from the fields in Kididiwe, North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. AFP
    Cocoa farmers return from the fields in Kididiwe, North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. AFP
  • Women watch the procession as they celebrate Hindu festival of Holy in the desert town of Mithi in south-east Pakistan. AFP
    Women watch the procession as they celebrate Hindu festival of Holy in the desert town of Mithi in south-east Pakistan. AFP
  • Passengers are evacuated onto the wing of an American Airlines plane after it caught fire in Denver, Colorado. AFP
    Passengers are evacuated onto the wing of an American Airlines plane after it caught fire in Denver, Colorado. AFP
  • Houston and Colorado players battle for a rebound during an NCAA college basketball game in Kansas City. AP
    Houston and Colorado players battle for a rebound during an NCAA college basketball game in Kansas City. AP
  • Hundreds of people seek refuge at the Russian airbase in Hmeimim, in Syria's Latakia province, after fleeing sectarian violence. AP
    Hundreds of people seek refuge at the Russian airbase in Hmeimim, in Syria's Latakia province, after fleeing sectarian violence. AP
  • A sequence of the total lunar eclipse as seen from Sao Paulo in Brazil. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the entire moon passes into the Earth's umbral shadow. EPA
    A sequence of the total lunar eclipse as seen from Sao Paulo in Brazil. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the entire moon passes into the Earth's umbral shadow. EPA