Best pictures from March11
Riot policemen shield themselves as fireworks thrown by protesters explode next to the statue of a bull, during an anti-government protest in the Kadikoy district of Istanbul March 11, 2014. Protesters clashed with police in cities across Turkey on Tuesday after the death of a 15-year-old boy who was hit in the head by a tear-gas canister during anti-government demonstrations last summer. Police unleashed water cannon and tear gas on thousands of demonstrators, another pre-election headache for Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan as he battles a corruption scandal that has become one of the biggest challenges of his decade in power.STRINGER/TURKEY/Reuters
Employees drive electric carts as they transport cages of flowers at FloraHolland, the largest flower trade center in the world, in Aalsmeer, Netherlands, on Tuesday, March 11, 2014. The Netherlands' flower and plant exports, the world's biggest, fell 2.3 percent last year as declining consumer purchasing power was compounded by cold spring weather in Europe and a summer heat wave that hurt sales.Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg
Canada's Billy Bridges (C) celebrates a goal against the Czech Republic's Michal Vapenka (R) and Tomas Kvoch fights during their ice sledge hockey game at the 2014 Sochi Paralympic Winter Games, March 11, 2014.ALEXANDER DEMIANCHUK/Reuters
A member of the military personnel looks out of a Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) C130 transport plane during the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 plane over the South China Sea March 11, 2014.Lianhe Zaobao/Singapore Press Ho/Reuters
Riot police use water cannons to disperse demonstrators during an anti-government protest in central Istanbul March 11, 2014. Protesters clashed with police in cities across Turkey on Tuesday after the death of a 15-year-old boy who was hit in the head by a tear-gas canister during anti-government demonstrations last summer. Police unleashed water cannon and tear gas on thousands of demonstrators, another pre-election headache for Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan as he battles a corruption scandal that has become one of the biggest challenges of his decade in power.MURAD SEZER/Reuters
Afghan men attend the burial of Afghanistan's influential Vice President Mohammad Qasim Fahim during his funeral procession in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Fahim, a leading commander in the alliance that fought the Taliban who was later accused with other warlords of targeting civilian areas during the country's civil war, died on Sunday, March 9, 2014. He was 57.Massoud Hossaini/The Associated Press
Employees work inside a limestone powder factory in an industrial area in Mumbai March 11, 2014. India's industrial output was seen falling 0.6 percent in January, according to the poll's consensus forecast, due to weak consumer demand and investment. The government will release the data on Wednesday.DANISH SIDDIQUI/Reuters
A passenger jet flies past the setting sun in Shanghai March 11, 2014. China has deployed 10 satellites to help in the massive air and sea search for a missing Malaysian airliner, the People's Liberation Army Daily said on Tuesday.ALY SONG/Reuters
Former Netherlands Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers falls after tripping on the red carpet while waving to photographers, as he arrived at the Cerro Castillo presidential palace for lunch with other visiting dignitaries in Vina del Mar, March 11, 2014. Lubbers was visiting as head of the Dutch delegation attending the swearing-in ceremony of Michelle Bachelet as Chile's president.Eliseo Fernandez/Reuters
A woman visits the interior of the Madrid train bombing memorial at Atocha station, in Madrid March 11, 2014. The Spanish capital on Tuesday marked the tenth anniversary of the Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people and injured more than 1,500.SUSANA VERA/Reuters
A woman prays in the snow fall for the deceased of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami at a place where she was employed at a photo studio at the time, in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture, in this photo taken by Kyodo March 11, 2014. Tuesday marks the third year anniversary of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami that killed thousands and set off a nuclear crisis.KYODO/Reuters
Kindergarten students sit in a playground during an earthquake simulation exercise at an elementary school in Tokyo March 11, 2014. Schools in Chiyoda ward, one of the central wards in Tokyo, held an annual evacuation drill to prepare for a major earthquake in Tokyo, at the day of the third anniversary of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami that killed thousands.YUYA SHINO/Reuters