The Week in Pictures: March 10 – March 15 2013 (112 Photos)

Author: alice Date: 14 November, Category: Fact, Visits 2991

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Over 1,000 canoeists, kayakers, paddlers and sports enthusiasts from across Ireland and the UK are to descend on Kilkenny on April 6 and 7 for Paddlefest 2013, an international celebration of adrenalin-pumping sport and fun. The weekend-long event will see novice and expert canoeists, kayakers and paddlers from Ireland and abroad descend on Kilkenny for a series of workshops, displays and more. Making a splash was Doireann Corr, 3, on March 9, 2013. (Photo by Dylan Vaughan)

An anti-government protester is engulfed in flames after a shot fired by police hit the petrol bomb he was preparing to throw during clashes in Sanabis, Bahrain, on March 14, 2013. Protests and clashes erupted nationwide as government opponents called a [Dignity Strike], blocking roads, closing shops, protesting and staying home from work and school. (Photo by Hasan Jamali/Associated Press)

Civilian passengers of the Airbus A330 Zero-G, who are not astronauts nor scientists, enjoy the weightlessness, on March 15, 2013, during the first zero gravity flight for paying passengers in Europe. All boarding cards, costing 6,000 euros, were sold for the years 2013 and 2014. Zero gravity flights for paying passengers have already taken place in the United States and Russia. The zero-gravity of space is simulated by flying a series of parabolic flight maneuvers that counter the forces of gravity and allow astronauts and cosmonauts to learn how to accomplish tasks with no gravity. (Photo by Mehdi Fedouach/AFP Photo)

Riders take part in the Sheikh Sultan Bin Zayed al-Nahyan International Equestrian festival in the Boudthib Endurance Village near the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi on March 14, 2013. (Photo by Karim Sahib/AFP Photo)

Comet PanSTARRS (L) is seen with a one-day old crescent moon as both set over the Very Large Array radio telescope antenna dishes March 12, 2013 near Magdalena, New Mexico, USA. (Photo by Stan Honda/AFP Photo)

A woman pushes a jammed car as heavy snow falls in Lviv, Ukraine on March 15, 2013. (Photo by Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP Photo)

Japan's high-tech maker Hitachi unveils the new mobility robot [Ropits] (Robot for Personal Intelligent Transport System) in Tsukuba in Ibaraki prefecture on March 12, 2013. The one man mobility robot can pick-up and drop off a passenger autonomously, while the vehicle can be controled by a joystick controler in the cockpit. (Photo by Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP Photo)

Brazilian paramilitary police CHOQUE batallion personnel in riot gear drill at the general police headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on March 15, 2013, part of the security measures ahead of the Confederation Cup which will be held next June for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Olympics Games. (Photo by Christophe Simon/AFP Photo)

A Palestinian boy uses a slingshot to throw stones towards Israeli border policemen during clashes in central Hebron in the occupied West Bank on March 15, 2013 following a protest against Israeli occupation and the expansion of Jewish settlements. (Photo by Hazem Bader/AFP Photo)

This picture taken on March 14 shows a Chinese policeman walking across a pile of fake medicines seized in Beijing in recent months, which were later destroyed. The rapid growth of Internet commerce has led to an explosion of counterfeit drugs sold around the world, with China the biggest source of fake medicines, pharmaceutical experts said as the illicit trade is now believed to be worth around 75 billion USD globally, with criminal gangs increasingly using the web to move their products across borders. (Photo by AFP Photo)

Cunard's ocean liner Queen Elizabeth meets her docked sister ship Queen Mary in Long Beach, California, on March 12, 2013. This is the Queen Mary's first encounter with a Queen Elizabeth since 1967 when the Queen Mary, during her final transatlantic crossing, passed by the original Queen Elizabeth. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision for Cunard)

Relatives of miners wait at the site of an accident in Shuicheng County, China, on March 13, 2013. Authorities said 21 coal miners have been killed and four more are missing following an accident inside the mine. (Photo by Ou Dongqu/Xinhua)

Faheema Titi, the sister of Mahmoud Titi, is covered with the blood of her dead brother after embracing him during his funeral in the Al-Fawwar refugee camp, near the West Bank town of Hebron, on March 13, 2013. Israeli troops shot Titi on Tuesday after he and others hurled rocks and firebombs at them in the West Bank, the military said. The death was the latest in a new uptick in Palestinian casualties in the area, where protests in support of prisoners held in Israeli jails have led to violent clashes between the protesters and Israeli forces. (Photo by Bernat Armangue/Associated Press)

A visitor touches the wax figure of President Barack Obama which was unveiled at the Madame Tussauds exhibition in Tokyo, on March 13, 2013. (Photo by Itsuo Inouye/Associated Press)

People walk by graffiti showing the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, as they head to pay their final respects during Chavez's funeral ceremony at the military academy in Caracas, on March 11, 2013. (Photo by Mauricio Lima/The New York Times)

Soldiers who served with Hugo Chavez carry his coffin inside the military museum, Chavez's final resting place, where a mural of Chavez covers a wall, on March 15, 2013. (Photo by Miraflores Press Office)

A funeral procession escorts the remains of Hugo Chavez, who died March 5, in Caracas, Venezuela, on March 15, 2013. Chavez's body was taken to its final resting place at the 4F military museum on the outskirts of the 23 de Enero neighborhood. (Photo by Meridith Kohut/The New York Times)

Supporters of the late President Hugo Chavez react after watching the funeral procession in Caracas, on March 15, 2013. (Photo by Meridith Kohut/The New York Times)

Pallbearers carry the coffin of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez to a hearse prior to a funeral parade in Caracas March 15, 2013. Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans were on the streets again on Friday at a funeral parade for Hugo Chavez amid opposition protests that the government was exploiting his death for election purposes. Chavez's remains were being transported for about 12 miles (20 km) through Caracas from an army academy to a military museum on a hillside where the former soldier launched his political career with a failed coup in 1992. (Photo by Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)

A wildfire burns out of control at Horsetooth Reservoir west of Fort Collins, Colorado, on March 15, 2013. The 40-acre wildfire burning in gusty winds and warm weather was threatening homes west of Fort Collins and prompted about 50 people to leave the area. (Photo by Ed Andrieski/Associated Press)

A man takes pictures of the painting [Buste de femme au chapeau, Dora] (1939) by Pablo Picasso in the Kunstmuseum in Basel, Switzerland, on March 15, 2013. The exhibition [The Picassos Are Here!], a retrospective from Basel collections, lasts from March 17 to July 21. (Photo by Georgios Kefalas/Keystone)

A man carries a sofa on his motorcycle on a highway near Kenya’s capital Nairobi on March 11, 2013. (Photo by Marko Djurica/Reuters)

A Balinese man kicks up fire during the [Perang Api] ritual ahead of Nyepi day, which falls on Tuesday in Gianyar on the Indonesian island of Bali, on March 12, 2013. Nyepi is a day of silence for self-reflection to celebrate the Balinese Hindu new year, where Hindus in Bali observe meditation and fasting, but are not allowed to work, cook, light lamps or conduct any other activities. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

A Free Syrian Army fighter mourns at the grave of his father who was killed by what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, in a public park that has been converted into a makeshift graveyard in Deir el-Zor, on March 12, 2013. (Photo by Khalil Ashawi/Reuters)

Indian paramilitary soldiers carry their injured colleague to a hospital during the gunfight in Srinagar, on March 13, 2013. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)

An image of a Fennec fox painted on a tree hole by Wang Yue is seen in Shijiazhuang, on March 13, 2013. Wang Yue, a senior at Dalian Industry University, uses her paintbrush to turn ugly tree holes into lovely views in Shijiazhuang, capital city of Hebei Province, China. Wang and her companions call the tree-hole paintings [meitu], which means [beautiful journey]. The paintings on the trees have brightened the city during the dull, grey winter. (Photo by Pillar Lee/Reuters)

Soldiers of North Korean army participate in military exercises which served as the answer to the joint military maneuvers of South Korea and the USA, on March 13, 2013. (Photo by Reuters/KCNA)

A serviceman of the Belarussian Interior Ministry's special forces unit breaks a stack of burning tiles with his head during a show at their base in Minsk, on March 13, 2013. (Photo by Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) and military officers watch a live shell firing drill to examine war fighting capabilities of artillery sub-units, whose mission is to strike DaeYeonpyeong island and Baengnyeong island of South Korea, in the western sector of the front line in this picture released by the North’s official KCNA news agency in Pyongyang, on March 14, 2013. (Photo by KCNA via Reuters)

A passer-by walks as a high wave hits the waterfront in Marseille March 14, 2013. French public weather agency Meteo France issued an orange alert warning of winds threatening southern French departments. (Photo by Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters)

Israelis enjoy good weather on a beach in Tel Aviv, on March 15, 2013. In Israel everything becomes warmer, and this Friday temperature rose to 33 degrees Celsius. (Photo by Nir Elias/Reuters)

A sadhu (Hindu holy man) asks for money from passing devotees on the premises of Pashupatinath Temple during the Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu March 10, 2013. Celebrated by Hindu devotees all over the world, Shivaratri is dedicated to Lord Shiva, and holy men mark the occasion by praying, smoking marijuana or smearing their bodies with ashes. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

A hotel security guard poses for pictures in front of China's national flag at Tiananmen Square during the third plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing March 10, 2013. (Photo by Stringer/Reuters)

Activists with the colours of the Tibetan flag painted on their faces take part in a rally to support Tibet in Taipei March 10, 2013. Hundreds of Tibetans and their supporters in Taiwan marched the streets to commemorate the uprising in Lhasa 54 years ago against Chinese rule. (Photo by Pichi Chuang/Reuters)

A protester, wearing a sweater in the colours of the Bulgarian national flag, sits on the tracks as demonstrators block the main railway station in Sofia March 10, 2013. Hundreds of Bulgarians took to the streets for a fourth Sunday in a row against monopolies and widespread corruption, demanding a stop to the planned sale of the cargo unit of ailing state railway operator BDZ and an audit of all privatisation deals. (Photo by Stoyan Nenov/Reuters)

Policemen use water cannons to break up the crowd of protesters during a rally in Baku, March 10, 2013. Police in Azerbaijan fired rubber bullets and water cannon at hundreds of opposition protesters demonstrating on Sunday against violence in the military in the oil-rich country. (Photo by Elmar Mustafazadeh/Reuters)

An aerial view shows cross-country skiers awaiting the start of the Engadin Ski Marathon on the frozen Lake Sils near the village of Maloja March 10, 2013. More than 12,000 skiers participated in the 42.2 km (26.2 miles) race between Maloja and S-chanf near the Swiss mountain resort of St. Moritz. (Photo by Michael Buholzer/Reuters)

A Hindu devotee prays during the annual Maha Shivaratri festival at Shivam Kovil in Colombo March 10, 2013. Sri Lanka's Hindu devotees celebrate the annual Maha Shivaratri festival by fasting for an entire day and holding a night long vigil at Hindu temples island wide. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)

Catholic clergy take part in a morning prayer at the Al-Bishara Church in the West Bank town of Beit Jala, near Bethlehem March 10, 2013. Christian worshippers in the West Bank voiced hope on Sunday that the conclave of Roman Catholic cardinals will swiftly elect a successor to Pope Benedict XVI. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)

A Pakistani Christian woman weeps after visiting her home which was damaged by an angry Muslim mob in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, March 10, 2013. Hundreds of Christians clashed with police in eastern and southern Pakistan on Sunday, a day after a Muslim mob burned dozens of homes owned by members of the minority religious group in retaliation for alleged insults against Islam's Prophet Muhammad. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo)

Azra, 68, looks at her dead pet bird in a cage at her home, which was burnt by a mob two days earlier, in Badami Bagh, Lahore March 11, 2013. Hundreds of Pakistani Christians took to the streets across the country on Sunday, demanding better protection after a Christian neighbourhood was torched in the city of Lahore a day earlier in connection with the country's controversial anti-blasphemy law. (Photo by Mohsin Raza/Reuters)

Police beat and detain a Pakistani Christian protester during a demonstration against Saturday's burning of Christian houses and belongings in Badami Bagh, Lahore March 10, 2013. Hundreds of Pakistani Christians took to the streets across the country on Sunday, demanding better protection after a Christian neighbourhood was torched in the city of Lahore a day earlier in connection with the country's controversial anti-blasphemy law. (Photo by Mohsin Raza/Reuters)

Local resident Fada Yarga prepares to climb down a ladder at his residence, a traditional mud brick house, in Gao March 11 2013. (Photo by Joe Penney/Reuters)

Ram Bai, mother of Ram Singh, the driver of the bus in which a young woman was gang-raped and fatally injured three months ago, wails inside her house at Ravi Das camp in New Delhi March 11, 2013. Ram Singh hanged himself in his jail cell on Monday, prison authorities said, but his family and lawyer said they suspected [foul play]. Singh, the main accused in India's most high-profile criminal case, killed himself in a cell he shared with three other inmates in New Delhi's Tihar jail just before dawn, prison spokesman Sunil Gupta said. Ravi Das camp is the slum where four of the six accused in the rape case including Singh reside at. (Photo by Mansi Thapliyal/Reuters)

New York designer Michael Schmidt and architect Francis Bitonti have created a 3D-printed dress for burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese. The floor-length nylon gown was made using selective laser sintering (SLS), where material is built up in layers from plastic powder fused together with a laser. The rigid plastic components are fully articulated to create a netted structure that allows for movement. Spirals based on the Golden Ratio were applied to a computer rendering of Von Teese's body so the garment fits her exactly. (Photo by Jeff Meltz)

Cleaning workers retrieve the carcasses of pigs from a branch of Huangpu River in Shanghai, March 10, 2013. Over 2,200 pigs have been found dead in one of Shanghai's main water sources, official media reported on March 11, 2013, triggering a public outcry in China where concerns over food safety and environmental pollution run high. Picture taken March 10, 2013. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

Alexander Yushkov, 49, a boiler room operator in a local mining company, drives his self-made three-wheeled cross-country vehicle called [Bolivar] near the frozen Mana river in a remote taiga area, some 60 km (37 miles) southeast of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk March 11, 2013. Yushkov created the vehicle for off-road travel across the taiga through all possible weather conditions by modifying and reconstructing a 1971 Soviet made [Izh Planeta] motorcycle. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

An activist of Jamaat-e-Islami gestures to the police during a clash in Dhaka March 11, 2013. Around 50 people have been arrested as police raided the office of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) following a violent clash with activists of the BNP and its ally Jamaat-e-Islami after a scheduled rally, local media reported. (Photo by Andrew Biraj/Reuters)

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