• A man poses for a photo next to sculptures made by the Taiwanese sculptor Ju Ming in Hong Kong. The artwork is part of the "Ju Ming - Sculpting the Living World", the first large-scale solo exhibition of the artist's work in Hong Kong. Philippe Lopez / AFP
    A man poses for a photo next to sculptures made by the Taiwanese sculptor Ju Ming in Hong Kong. The artwork is part of the "Ju Ming - Sculpting the Living World", the first large-scale solo exhibition of the artist's work in Hong Kong. Philippe Lopez / AFP
  • New South Korean military officers attend a commissioning ceremony at Gyeryongdae, the country's main military compound. There were 6,008 graduates from the country's six major military academies commissioned at the ceremony. Chung Sung-Jun / Getty Images
    New South Korean military officers attend a commissioning ceremony at Gyeryongdae, the country's main military compound. There were 6,008 graduates from the country's six major military academies commissioned at the ceremony. Chung Sung-Jun / Getty Images
  • Michiko Saito, an anti-nuclear protester, strikes a lonely figure at a sit-in in front of the Diet building in Tokyo. Shizuo Kambayashi / AP Photo
    Michiko Saito, an anti-nuclear protester, strikes a lonely figure at a sit-in in front of the Diet building in Tokyo. Shizuo Kambayashi / AP Photo
  • Rescue workers trying to save a horse that fell into a pit in Jalandhar, in the northern Indian state of Punjab. The horse was rescued from the pit, which had been dug to erect electric poles, after a two-hour operation. AP Photo
    Rescue workers trying to save a horse that fell into a pit in Jalandhar, in the northern Indian state of Punjab. The horse was rescued from the pit, which had been dug to erect electric poles, after a two-hour operation. AP Photo
  • A snooker player at the Shell Club, a sports and social venue near the Shell Oil refinery in Geelong, south of Melbourne. The area is a microcosm of the economic crossroads at which Australia stands. The steps authorities and industry leaders take here - securing next-generation defence contracts or incubating carbon-fibre production - will be closely watched to see if the city becomes Australia's Silicon Valley or its Detroit. Jason Reed / Reuters
    A snooker player at the Shell Club, a sports and social venue near the Shell Oil refinery in Geelong, south of Melbourne. The area is a microcosm of the economic crossroads at which Australia stands. The steps authorities and industry leaders take here - securing next-generation defence contracts or incubating carbon-fibre production - will be closely watched to see if the city becomes Australia's Silicon Valley or its Detroit. Jason Reed / Reuters
  • A Ukrainian serviceman standing guard at an air base in the village of Lyubimovka near Sevastopol, in Crimea, has taped his weapon's magazine in the colours of the Ukrainian flag. Baz Ratner / Reuters
    A Ukrainian serviceman standing guard at an air base in the village of Lyubimovka near Sevastopol, in Crimea, has taped his weapon's magazine in the colours of the Ukrainian flag. Baz Ratner / Reuters
  • A firefighter employed by Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings hoses down burnt-off vegetation from forest fires during a media tour of firefighting operations in Riau province in Pekanbaru, Indonesia. The company pledged 600 firefighters, three helicopters and 30 water pumps to help the Indonesian government to combat the blazes. Dimas Ardian / Bloomberg
    A firefighter employed by Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings hoses down burnt-off vegetation from forest fires during a media tour of firefighting operations in Riau province in Pekanbaru, Indonesia. The company pledged 600 firefighters, three helicopters and 30 water pumps to help the Indonesian government to combat the blazes. Dimas Ardian / Bloomberg
  • A child rests on her mother's back while she is working on fuel-efficient stoves at a food-distribution centre at the Rwanda camp for internally displaced people in Tawila, North Darfur. Albert Gonzalez Farran / AFP
    A child rests on her mother's back while she is working on fuel-efficient stoves at a food-distribution centre at the Rwanda camp for internally displaced people in Tawila, North Darfur. Albert Gonzalez Farran / AFP
  • This image, made available by ESA and the Korea Aeropspace Research Institute, shows an area of the Namib Desert in Namibia, taken by South Korea's Kompsat-2 satellite. The blue and white area is the dry river bed of the Tsauchab. Black dots of vegetation are concentrated close to the river's main route, while salt deposits appear bright white. Running through the river valley, a road connects Sossusvlei to the Sesriem settlement. At the road's 45th km, seen at the lower-central part of the image, a white path shoots off and ends at a circular parking area at the base of a dune. This is Dune 45, a popular tourist stop on the way to and from Sossusvlei. EPA/KARI/ESA
    This image, made available by ESA and the Korea Aeropspace Research Institute, shows an area of the Namib Desert in Namibia, taken by South Korea's Kompsat-2 satellite. The blue and white area is the dry river bed of the Tsauchab. Black dots of vegetation are concentrated close to the river's main route, while salt deposits appear bright white. Running through the river valley, a road connects Sossusvlei to the Sesriem settlement. At the road's 45th km, seen at the lower-central part of the image, a white path shoots off and ends at a circular parking area at the base of a dune. This is Dune 45, a popular tourist stop on the way to and from Sossusvlei. EPA/KARI/ESA
  • A Free Syrian Army fighter fires a weapon in eastern Al-Ghouta, near Damascus. Ammar Al Bushy /Reuters
    A Free Syrian Army fighter fires a weapon in eastern Al-Ghouta, near Damascus. Ammar Al Bushy /Reuters

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Best images from around the world in the past 24 hours, March 6, 2014

Mark Asquith

March 06, 2014

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