Best pictures from March 23
A young man takes photos of his girlfriend next to Ukrainian riot policemen guarding the regional administration building following a pro-Russian rally in central Donetsk March 23, 2014. Several thousands of pro-Russian protesters marched from Lenin square to the regional administration building calling for the return of the pro-Moscow President Yanukovich.YANNIS BEHRAKIS/Reuters
A Yemeni woman looks at a school building destroyed by Hawthi shiite rebels in Hamdan, northwest of Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, March 23, 2014. Security officials in Yemen said clashes in the northwest left five Shiite rebels and two soldiers dead on Saturday.Hani Mohammed/The Associated Press
Supporters of Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan cheer during an election rally in Istanbul March 23, 2014. Erdogan rallied hundreds of thousands of supporters on Sunday, dismissing accusations of intolerance by Western and domestic critics. "I don't care who it is. I'm not listening," he said to cheers.MURAD SEZER/Reuters
Barcelona's Sergio Busquets steps on the face of Pepe after Lionel Messi's scored a goal against Real Madrid during La Liga's second 'Clasico' soccer match of the season at Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid March 23, 2014.PAUL HANNA/Reuters
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) sits on a bench with his wife and singer Carla Bruni-Sarkozy after voting at a polling station in the first round in the French mayoral elections in Paris, March 23, 2014. The French go to the polls to cast votes in the two-round 2014 Municipal elections today and on March 30 to elect city mayors and councillors for a six-year term.BENOIT TESSIER/Reuters
An Indian girl joins others in performing yoga during a yoga festival attended by Indiaís opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)ís prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, in New Delhi, India, Sunday, March 23, 2014. India will hold national elections from April 7 to May 12, kicking off a vote that many observers see as the most important election in more than 30 years in the world's largest democracy.Tsering Topgyal/The Associated Press
France's President Francois Hollande is seen speaking in a bar after voting in the first round in the French mayoral elections in Tulle, center France, March 23, 2014. The French goes to the polls to cast votes in the two-round 2014 Municipal elections today and on March 30 to elect city mayors and councillors for a six-year term.REGIS DUVIGNAU/Reuters
Runners and walkers pass under oaks trees as they made their way through the Evergreen Cemetery during the St. Paddy's Run, Sunday March 23, 2014, in Jacksonville, Fla. The run, which is part of the Jacksonville Grand Prix, benefited the Jacksonville Historical Society and Springfield Improvement Association.Bruce Lipsky/The Associated Press
The Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft is set on its launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome March 23, 2014. The Soyuz spacecraft will carry Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev and U.S. astronaut Steven Swanson to the International Space Station (ISS) on March 26. Picture taken using the camera's multi-exposure mode.MAXIM SHEMETOV/Reuters
A young Papantla Flyer performs at the Takilhsukut park as part of the Cumbre Tajin 2014 music festival celebrations in Papantla, Mexico, Saturday March 22, 2014. The Papantla Flyers is an ancient religious ceremony from central Mexico that is now mostly performed for tourists.Felix Marquez/The Associated Press
A hotel security personnel sits next to an entrance of a meeting hall, the venue of a routine briefing given by Malaysia's government and military representatives at Lido Hotel in Beijing March 23, 2014. Australia's prime minister said on Sunday there was "increasing hope" of a breakthrough in the hunt for a missing Malaysian airliner carrying 239 people, after Chinese satellite images showed what could be debris within a search area deep in the southern Indian Ocean.JASON LEE/Reuters
Palestinians watch a Hamas rally marking the anniversary of the death of its leaders killed by Israel, in Gaza City March 23, 2014.SUHAIB SALEM/Reuters
Smoke rises from a tank belonging to the Syrian government forces during clashes in the town of Morek in Hama province March 21, 2014. Picture taken March 21, 2014.STRINGER/Reuters
Anti-government protesters kiss during a protest against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas March 22, 2014. Two Venezuelans died from gunshot wounds during protests against Maduro, witnesses and local media said on Saturday, pushing the death toll from almost two months of anti-government protests to 33.CHRISTIAN VERON/Reuters
In this photo provided by the European Space Agency (ESA) and taken Saturday, March 22, 2014, the European Ariane 5 ECA rocket is launched in Kourou, French Guiana.The Associated Press