Best pictures from March 18
A snowboarder jumps preforms a trick off a 'rainbow rail' in the Grouse Mountain terrain park with Vancouver in the background during the first monday of March break in Vancouver, British Columbia on March 18, 2013.Ben Nelms/The Globe and Mail
A policeman runs through burning vehicles at the scene of an explosion near the presidential palace in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, March 18, 2013. A car bomb exploded near the presidential palace in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Monday, killing at least 10 people in a blast that appeared to target senior government officials, police said.FEISAL OMAR/Reuters
Los Angeles Dodgers' Dee Gordon dives home to score after knocking the ball away from Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Miguel Montero in the fifth inning of an exhibition spring training baseball game, Monday, March 18, 2013, in Glendale, Ariz. Gordon scored from first on a double by Carl Crawford.Mark Duncan/The Associated Press
A man sits on Havana's seafront boulevard El Malecon during a sunset in Havana March 18, 2013.ENRIQUE DE LA OSA/Reuters
Commuters walk during a two-hour warning strike by employees of Germany's rail operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) to call for higher wages for employees represented by the EVG train workers union at Berlin's Hauptbahnhof main railway station March 18, 2013.FABRIZIO BENSCH/Reuters
Reut Harel, a street performer, stands in a pose as she promotes the 2013 Jerusalem Science Festival March 18, 2013. The Jerusalem municipality and local museums are hosting a five-day festival focusing on developments in the science world.BAZ RATNER/Reuters
Flamingos stand in their snow covered compound in the Hagenbeck zoo in Hamburg, northern Germany, Monday, March 18, 2013. Meteorologists predict the unusual cold and snowy weather to continue in northeastern Germany.Sven Hoppe/The Associated Press
Diego Cano kite boards while large cargo ships moor in English Bay during the first monday of March break in Vancouver, British Columbia on March 18, 2013.Ben Nelms/The Globe and Mail
A model walks down the runway during the Miz By Izzy Camilleri show at the launch of World MasterCard Fashion Week in Toronto on Monday, March 18, 2013.Michelle Siu/The Globe and Mail
The air pollution levels in the sky over Tiananmen Square during the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing is seen in this combination picture taken on the dates March 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 15 (L-R) in 2013. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang pledged on March 17, 2013 that his government would "show even greater resolve" in tackling China's festering pollution crisis, a source of increasing public fury. Air quality in Beijing has mostly stayed above "very unhealthy" and "hazardous" levels since the beginning of this year.STRINGER/CHINA/Reuters
A Brazilian Indian girl from the Guajajaras tribe sits in a hammock at the Brazilian Indian Museum in Rio de Janeiro, March 18, 2013. A native Indian community of around 30 individuals who have been living in the abandoned Indian Museum since 2006, were summoned to leave the museum in 72 hours by court officials since last Friday, local media reported. The group is fighting against the destruction of the museum, which is next to the Maracana Stadium, to make way for a planned 10,000-car parking lot in preparation for the 2014 Brazil World Cup.PILAR OLIVARES/Reuters
A Buddhist monk walks on the grounds of the Shwedagon pagoda in Yangon March 18, 2013.Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters
Attendees photograph U.S. President Barack Obama with their mobile phones at a Women's History Month reception at the White House in Washington, March 18, 2013.JONATHAN ERNST/Reuters
A protestor holds out her hand during a protest outside the parliament in Nicosia, Cyprus, Monday, March 18, 2013. A vote on a bailout package for Cyprus that includes an immediate tax on all savings accounts has been postponed until Tuesday evening. Yiannakis Omirou, the speaker of Parliament, said the delay was needed to give the government time to amend the deal reached over the weekend that prompted an outcry from those who thought their money was safe.Petros Karadjias/The Associated Press
Revellers celebrate "Ash Monday" by participating in a colourful "flour war", a traditional festivity marking the end of the carnival season and the start of the 40-day Lent period until the Orthodox Easter,in the port town of Galaxidi, some 215 km (134 miles) north west of Athens, March 18, 2013. The revellers "fight" by throwing coloured flour, charcoal dust and powder painting until they essentially run out of supplies.YANNIS BEHRAKIS/Reuters
Revellers celebrate "Ash Monday" by participating in a colourful "flour war", a traditional festivity marking the end of the carnival season and the start of the 40-day Lent period until the Orthodox Easter,in the port town of Galaxidi, some 215 km (134 miles) north west of Athens, March 18, 2013. The revellers "fight" by throwing coloured flour, charcoal dust and powder painting until they essentially run out of supplies.YANNIS BEHRAKIS/Reuters