Colourful wall art, festive water sports and Big Ben activism

REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

"Inflammatory Essays" by Jenny Holzer is displayed at the Museum of Modern Art, which closed its doors for five years of renovation work, at the Centre Georges Pompidou modern art museum in Paris on March 10, 2025.

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William WEST / AFP

Participants pilot water jet packs on the Yarra River during the annual Moomba Festival in Melbourne on March 10, 2025.

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Jeff Moore/ AP

A man holds a Palestinian flag after he climbed up Elizabeth Tower, which houses Big Ben at the Palace of Westminster in London, Saturday, March 8, 2025.

AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP
AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP

Palestinians pray or read the Koran inside the Dome of the Rock Mosque in the al-Aqsa mosque complex in Jerusalem ahead of the iftar fast-breaking meal during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on March 8, 2025.

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Ismail Kaplan/Getty

A dance team display performance on the completely frozen Lake Cildir in Kars, Türkiye on March 9, 2025.

Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP
Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP

A Buddhist monk takes part in the "Hi-watari", or fire walking festival at the Takaosan Yakuoin temple in Hachioji city, in the western suburbs of Tokyo, on March 9, 2025.

Abdullah DOMA / AFP
Abdullah DOMA / AFP

A youth jumps while practicing parkour off a beach in the Sabri district of Libya's eastern city of Benghazi on March 9, 2025.

David GRAY / AFP
David GRAY / AFP

Young men play in sea foam created by record-breaking waves as the outer fringe of Tropical Cyclone Alfred started whipping eastern Australia, in Coolangatta on March 6, 2025.

Juni KRISWANTO / AFP
Juni KRISWANTO / AFP

A Muslim woman offers prayers before breaking her fast during the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Muhammad Cheng Hoo Mosque in Surabaya on March 6, 2025.

Armend NIMANI / AFP
Armend NIMANI / AFP

Kosovo police officers stand amid red smoke from flares in front of a police station at a rally for gender equality and against violence towards women to mark the International Women's Day in Pristina, on March 8, 2025.