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Rick Lawrence from Newburgh, New York, steers the Hudson River Ice Yacht Club's "Jack Frost", a more than 100 year old ice boat, along side another antique ice boat on the frozen Hudson River near, Astor Point in Barrytown, New York, March 7, 2014. Ice sailors on the upper Hudson river are enjoying one of the best and longest seasons of sailing in recent memory as arctic temperatures for much of the winter in the Northeast United States have built deep ice packs allowing sailors to launch their heavy antique wooden boats.MIKE SEGAR/Reuters

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Victor Peralta poses for a picture during the 10th annual Buenos Aires Tattoo Show in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, March 7, 2014. The Tattoo Show, which will run from March 7 - 9, is one of the largest events in Latin America dedicated to art.Natacha Pisarenko/The Associated Press

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Ukraine's flag-bearer Mykhaylo Tkachenko arrives in the stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, March 7, 2014.CHRISTIAN HARTMANN/Reuters

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People inspect damage at a site hit by what activists said were barrel bombs dropped by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's district of al-Sukari March 7, 2014.STRINGER/Reuters

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Male lion Zawadi Mungu plays with his cubs for the first time in the Oregon Zoo's Predators of the Serengeti habitat in Portland February 27, 2014 in this handout provided by Oregon Zoo. Picture taken February 27, 2014 and released March 7, 2014.HANDOUT/Reuters

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Actors perform at the Fisht Olympic stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, Friday, March 7, 2014.Dmitry Lovetsky/The Associated Press

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Sharon Day-Monroe of the U.S. competes in the long jump event during the women's pentathlon at the world indoor athletics championships at the ERGO Arena in Sopot March 7, 2014. Picture rotated 180 degrees.KAI PFAFFENBACH/Reuters

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Ashton Eaton of the U.S. competes during the men's shot put heptathlon event at the world indoor athletics championships at the ERGO Arena in Sopot March 7, 2014.KAI PFAFFENBACH/Reuters

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Athletes start in the men's 60 metres heats at the world indoor athletics championships at the ERGO Arena in Sopot March 7, 2014. Picture are (from top): Tom Kling-Baptiste of Sweden, Jean Thierie Ferdinand of Mauritius, Sibusiso Matsenjwa of Swaziland, Marvin Bracy of the U.S., Fabio Cerutti of Italy, Kimmari Roach of Jamaica and Gerald Phiri of Zambia.DYLAN MARTINEZ/Reuters

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Athletes land in the crash mat as they finish in the men's 60 metres heats at the world indoor athletics championships at the ERGO Arena in Sopot March 7, 2014.KAI PFAFFENBACH/Reuters

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