Chess teacher Miguel Barreneche Pena, 67, reads a newspaper while he waits for customers in Lima, Peru. Rodrigo Abd / AP
An anti-government protester throws stones at the police in Caracas. Two Venezuelans died from gunshot wounds during protests against Venezuela’s socialist President Nicolas Maduro. Carlos Garcia Rawlins / Reuters
People make soap bubbles during a flash mob near the Pantheon in Rome. Tiziana Fabi / AFP
A pro-Russian protester shouts slogans in front of Ukrainian riot police guarding the regional administration building during a rally in central Donetsk. Reuters
A pro-Russian activist holds a Russian flag during a protest in central Donetsk. Several thousands of pro-Russian protesters marched from Lenin square to the regional administration building calling for the return of the pro-Moscow President Yanukovich. Yannis Behrakis / Reuters
A candy floss vendor stands next to a mural of Venezuela’s late President Hugo Chavez as she watches a gathering between President Nicolas Maduro and students in Caracas, Venezuela. Esteban Felix / AP
A would-be immigrant grabs a fence outside the Temporary Immigration Centre in Melilla. Pablo Blazquez Dominguez / Getty
Fourteen members of the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force stand in line to send off two Lockheed P-3C Orion aircrafts to Australia to help with the search operations for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 at Subang airbase. Edgar Su / Reuters
Climbers scale a rock face as a think layer of pollution hangs over the Seoul skyline on March 23, 2014. A Seoul-commissioned study in late 2011 said the wind from South Korea’s north-west is responsible for nearly half of the microscopic particular matters in Seoul’s air, blown in from heavily-industrialised northeastern China and fast decertifying Mongolia. The study said the other half originated locally or from neighbouring municipalities. Ed Jones / AFP
Best photography from around the world March 23
The National View’s photo editors pick the best images of the day from around the world.