Best pictures from March 24
A child and father enjoy the blooming cherry blossoms at the Chidorigafuchi Imperial Palace moat in Tokyo, Sunday, March 24, 2013.Shizuo Kambayashi/The Associated Press
The moon is seen through the OVO wooden installation by Belgian Odeaubois and ACT lighting design as it is illuminated during a show in Astana March 24, 2013.SHAMIL ZHUMATOV/Reuters
Competitors warm up in the hallway at the World Irish Dancing Championships in Boston, Massachusetts March 24, 2013.JESSICA RINALDI/Reuters
Anna Goodman runs the gates during her second run of the women's slalom race at the U.S. Alpine Championships skiing competition in Squaw Valley, Calif., Sunday, March 24, 2013. Goodman won the slalom.Charles Krupa/The Associated Press
Women wearing traditional mantilla dresses smoke outside a church before taking part in the Brotherhood procession of "Los Estudiantes" (The Students) at the start of Holy Week in Oviedo, northern Spain, March 24, 2013.ELOY ALONSO/Reuters
James Hinchcliffe, of Canada, reacts after winning the IndyCar Series Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg auto race, Sunday, March 24, 2013, in St. Petersburg, Fla.Chris O'Meara/The Associated Press
Philadelphia Phillies center fielder Ben Revere makes a diving catch of Will Middlebrooks's seventh-inning fly ball in a spring training baseball game against the Boston Red Sox in Clearwater, Fla., Sunday, March 24, 2013.Kathy Willens/The Associated Press
A penitent is reflected in a puddle of water after rain fell at the "Humildad" brotherhood Palm Sunday procession during Holy Week in Malaga, southern Spain, March 24, 2013. Hundreds of processions take place around the clock in Spain during Holy Week, drawing thousands of visitors.JON NAZCA/Reuters
Penitents take part in the "Humildad" brotherhood Palm Sunday procession during Holy Week in Malaga, southern Spain, March 24, 2013. Hundreds of processions take place around the clock in Spain during Holy Week, drawing thousands of visitors.JON NAZCA/Reuters
Students of the St. Petersburg University of the State Fire Service, from the Ministry of Emergency Measures, participate in the rock climbing training session near the base of the Ministry of Emergency Measures in the Western Sayan Mountains, some 620 km (385 miles) south of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, March 22, 2013.ILYA NAYMUSHIN/Reuters
Girls dressed in costumes from the French revolution look through a fence as they take part in a protest march over France's planned legalisation of same-sex marriage in Paris March 24, 2013.MAL Langsdon/Reuters
Catholic devotees hold their palm fronds as they wait for a blessing during Palm Sunday mass at San Pedro Apostol Cathedral in San Pedro Sula March 24, 2013.STRINGER/Reuters
Women throw flowers into the air during a holi celebration at the Meera Sahavagini ashram in Vrindavan, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh March 24, 2013. Traditionally in Hindu culture, widows are expected to renounce earthly pleasures and so do not celebrate holi, but for the first time, women at the shelter for widows who have been abandoned by their families celebrated the festival by throwing flowers and coloured powder. Holi, also known as the Festival of Colours, heralds the beginning of spring and is celebrated all over India.VIVEK PRAKASH/Reuters
Justin Trudeau (R) with his son Xavier greet people while taking part in the Greek Independence Day parade in Montreal, March 24, 2013.Christinne Muschi/The Globe and Mail
Griselda Mayorga, centre, along with family members Joyce Avila, left, and Karen Avila, right, hold candles as they mark Earth Hour at an event in Toronto's Roncesvalles Village on Saturday, March 23, 2013. The global event, founded by the World Wildlife Fund, encourages individuals to switch off their lights for one hour.Michelle Siu/The Globe and Mail
Paraders carry Greece's flag to celebrate the country's Independence Day at a parade on Danforth Avenue in Toronto on Sunday, March 24, 2013.Michelle Siu/The Globe and Mail