• Russian Soyuz-FG rocket with the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft and a crew of US astronaut Steven Swanson, Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev aboard, blasts off from a launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Vasily Maximov / AFP
    Russian Soyuz-FG rocket with the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft and a crew of US astronaut Steven Swanson, Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev aboard, blasts off from a launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Vasily Maximov / AFP
  • A woman walks past a building front decorated by Indonesian-born street artist WD, in the Exarchia area of central Athens. Dimitri Messinis / AP
    A woman walks past a building front decorated by Indonesian-born street artist WD, in the Exarchia area of central Athens. Dimitri Messinis / AP
  • Photographers take pictures of the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft, which is carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew of US astronaut Steven Swanson and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev, as it blasts off from its launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome. Maxim Shemetov / Reuters
    Photographers take pictures of the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft, which is carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew of US astronaut Steven Swanson and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev, as it blasts off from its launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome. Maxim Shemetov / Reuters
  • Honour guards prepare to leave after the arrival of China’s President Xi Jinping at the Lyon Saint-Exupery Airport. Jeff Pachoud / AFP
    Honour guards prepare to leave after the arrival of China’s President Xi Jinping at the Lyon Saint-Exupery Airport. Jeff Pachoud / AFP
  • An Afghan pedestrian walks along a path on a chilly morning in Mazar-i-Sharif. Farshad Usyan / AFP
    An Afghan pedestrian walks along a path on a chilly morning in Mazar-i-Sharif. Farshad Usyan / AFP
  • A man wearing a mask does morning exercise on a hazy day in Fuyang, Anhui province. China Daily / Reuters
    A man wearing a mask does morning exercise on a hazy day in Fuyang, Anhui province. China Daily / Reuters
  • Hands reach out to receive a bucketful of water as vendors, police and firemen work together to put out a fire at La Terminal, the largest and most important market in Guatemala City. Moises Castillo / AP
    Hands reach out to receive a bucketful of water as vendors, police and firemen work together to put out a fire at La Terminal, the largest and most important market in Guatemala City. Moises Castillo / AP
  • Aghan schoolchildren carry plastic chairs on their heads as they walk to school in the morning in Mazar-i-Sharif. Farshad Usyan / AFP
    Aghan schoolchildren carry plastic chairs on their heads as they walk to school in the morning in Mazar-i-Sharif. Farshad Usyan / AFP
  • A woman using an umbrella walks past an A380 Airbus during the International Air and Space Fair at the international airport of Santiago. Ivan Alvarado / Reuters
    A woman using an umbrella walks past an A380 Airbus during the International Air and Space Fair at the international airport of Santiago. Ivan Alvarado / Reuters
  • US President Barack Obama gets off the Marine One helicopter at Wevelgem airport before visiting the Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial, a World War I cemetery in Waregem. Nicholas Maeterlinck / AFP
    US President Barack Obama gets off the Marine One helicopter at Wevelgem airport before visiting the Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial, a World War I cemetery in Waregem. Nicholas Maeterlinck / AFP
  • Afghan supporters of presidential candidate and former Mujahideen leader and hardline Islamist Abdul Rasul Sayaf hold placards during an election rally in Herat, Afghanistan. Aref Karimi / AFP
    Afghan supporters of presidential candidate and former Mujahideen leader and hardline Islamist Abdul Rasul Sayaf hold placards during an election rally in Herat, Afghanistan. Aref Karimi / AFP

Best photography from around the world, March 26

March 26, 2014

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