World in focus — best photos for March 31, 2017

A Kashmiri woman watches from a window during a protest against Indian rule in Srinagar. Three civilians and one rebel were killed, and at least 14 injured earlier in the week in clashes between protesters and troops and police in the disputed Indian-administered territory. Tauseef Mustafa / Agence France-Presse / March 31, 2017

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny flashes a V-sign in court in Moscow. Russian president Vladimir Putin has rejected Western calls for the release of jailed protesters, including Mr Navalny, in his first public comments about a wave of nationwide rallies against government corruption. Evgeny Feldman / AP / March 30, 2017

Wang Shiyue and Liu Xinyu of China compete in the short dance event at the ISU World Championship in Helsinki, Finland. Grigory Dukor / Reuters / March 31, 2017

Swiss rider Steve Guerdat on horse Bianca clears a rail during the FEI World Cup Finals at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Ed Zurga / EPA / March 30, 2017

The ferry Sewol, which sunk in 2014, is seen on a semi-submersible transport vessel in waters off Mokpo, South Korea. The corroding 6,800-ton ferry raised from the bottom of the sea last week and taken to the South Korean port, where it will be searched for the remains of nine missing passengers. Kim Do-hun / Yonhap via AP) / March 31, 2017

People hold a placard depicting billionaire George Soros during a Skopje demonstration against a deal between Social Democrats and the Albanian Democratic Union for Integration, about a law making Albanian the second official language. Robert Atanasovski / AFP / March 30, 2017

West Indies’ Chadwick Walton (top) collides with Pakistan’s Ahmed Shehzad as he secures his wicket from a run-out attempt during the second of four-T20I-matches between West Indies and Pakistan at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Jewel Samad / AFP / March 30, 2017

Five-year-old George Lewys poses for a photograph with Owl butterflies during an event to launch an exhibition at the Natural History Museum in London, Britain. Stefan Wermuth / Reuters / March 30, 2017

Palestinians try to prevent Israeli troops from detaining a protester at a protest marking Land Day in the West Bank village of Madama, near Nablus. Mohamad Torokman / Reuters / March 30, 2017

A look at the best photos from around the world today.