• People watch a three-dimensional projection of the 56-metre Salsal Buddha on Tuesday, at the site where the Buddhas of Bamiyan statues stood before being destroyed by the Taliban in March 2001, in Bamiyan province, Afghanistan. AFP
    People watch a three-dimensional projection of the 56-metre Salsal Buddha on Tuesday, at the site where the Buddhas of Bamiyan statues stood before being destroyed by the Taliban in March 2001, in Bamiyan province, Afghanistan. AFP
  • Pigeon keeper Omar Gamal, 28, stands next to his pigeon coop on his rooftop in Giza, Egypt. An ancient tradition, the practice of domesticating pigeons transcends borders, with people not only training them to compete, but also serving them as a culinary treat. AFP
    Pigeon keeper Omar Gamal, 28, stands next to his pigeon coop on his rooftop in Giza, Egypt. An ancient tradition, the practice of domesticating pigeons transcends borders, with people not only training them to compete, but also serving them as a culinary treat. AFP
  • The landslide area near the village of Ask, Gjerdrum Municipality, Norway, more than two months after a landslide hit in the early hours of December 30, sweeping away nine buildings. Nine people were found dead and one is still missing. AFP
    The landslide area near the village of Ask, Gjerdrum Municipality, Norway, more than two months after a landslide hit in the early hours of December 30, sweeping away nine buildings. Nine people were found dead and one is still missing. AFP
  • Police officers conduct a search of Poynders Road, London, as they continue the search for Sarah Everard. Sarah, 33, from Brixton, London, has been missing since leaving a friend's home in Clapham on Wednesday, March 3. She was last seen at approximately 21.30 GMT, wearing a green rain jacket, navy blue trousers with a white diamond pattern, turquoise and orange trainers, a white beanie hat, and, possibly, green earphones. Getty Images
    Police officers conduct a search of Poynders Road, London, as they continue the search for Sarah Everard. Sarah, 33, from Brixton, London, has been missing since leaving a friend's home in Clapham on Wednesday, March 3. She was last seen at approximately 21.30 GMT, wearing a green rain jacket, navy blue trousers with a white diamond pattern, turquoise and orange trainers, a white beanie hat, and, possibly, green earphones. Getty Images
  • A Texas State Trooper asks asylum-seeking migrants Edith and son Ordonez, four, to come out of hiding after the Honduran nationals crossed the Rio Grande river into the US from Mexico. Approximately one dozen migrants hid in thick brush before being located and taken into custody for processing. Reuters
    A Texas State Trooper asks asylum-seeking migrants Edith and son Ordonez, four, to come out of hiding after the Honduran nationals crossed the Rio Grande river into the US from Mexico. Approximately one dozen migrants hid in thick brush before being located and taken into custody for processing. Reuters
  • Models pose at the Autumn Racing Carnival media launch in Sydney, Australia. Getty Images
    Models pose at the Autumn Racing Carnival media launch in Sydney, Australia. Getty Images
  • Vegetable dealers wait on their boats at a floating market on Dal Lake in Srinagar, Kashmir, India. Kashmiri boatmen earn a living by selling vegetables produced in the lake, ferrying tourists and cleaning the lake of weeds, while women are often seen selling fish. EPA
    Vegetable dealers wait on their boats at a floating market on Dal Lake in Srinagar, Kashmir, India. Kashmiri boatmen earn a living by selling vegetables produced in the lake, ferrying tourists and cleaning the lake of weeds, while women are often seen selling fish. EPA
  • People watch as a convoy of soldiers and policemen arrive with bulldozers to remove makeshift barricades made by anti-coup protesters in Mandalay, Myanmar. Demonstrators came out on Monday night for their first mass protests in defiance of an 8pm curfew, seeking to show support for an estimated 200 students trapped by security forces. AP Photo
    People watch as a convoy of soldiers and policemen arrive with bulldozers to remove makeshift barricades made by anti-coup protesters in Mandalay, Myanmar. Demonstrators came out on Monday night for their first mass protests in defiance of an 8pm curfew, seeking to show support for an estimated 200 students trapped by security forces. AP Photo
  • Ballet students dance at Bishkek Choreographic School in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The school, founded in 1926, is named after renowned artist and political figure Cholponbek Bazarbaev. The school is the only educational institution in the republic that trains personnel for the Kyrgyz State National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater. Getty Images
    Ballet students dance at Bishkek Choreographic School in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The school, founded in 1926, is named after renowned artist and political figure Cholponbek Bazarbaev. The school is the only educational institution in the republic that trains personnel for the Kyrgyz State National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater. Getty Images

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Virtual return of Salsal Buddha and Norwegian landslide two months on - today's best pictures

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