The day in pictures, March 21, 2011

So it's time "golden mean". Just this week, for the duration of the day will be a great night. This day marks the biggest celebration in Asia. See our review.

Safely snowdrops bloom in Berlin park «Volkspark Friedrichhain».







Little Mongoose - the only survivor of the three births, was cut out of his mother at the zoo "Swarms creek" in Krasnoyarsk.



Year-old Bengali (White) Tiger Khan, in the same zoo, feeling pretty confident.



Japanese children play on the remains of a children's playground in the city of Ishinomaki.



Pretty abstract images are obtained in the former streets of this town.







This image was made available only today and was made on March 11 during the first wave of a tsunami near Minamisoma. At present, the number of dead and missing reached 22 000 people.



Elephant is a box for donations to help the victims of Japan, one of the districts of the capital of Thailand - Bangkok.



Jewish children to smoke during the celebration of Purim celebration called.

Afghan children eating ice cream - a great delicacy. But today a great holiday.

Fifteen Chinese rescuers returned home from Japan. Beijing airport to meet a man like real heroes.



Rescue workers and local residents near the entrance to the mine, where officially 45 miners have died after a methane explosion. Baluchistan Province, Pakistan.



Mandaean priest performs ablution young believer in the Tigris River in Baghdad. Believers began a five-day celebration of Benji.



The demonstration in the Syrian town of Inhel in connection with the murder of the security services of five civilians.



In the capital of Yemen, Sanaa, people have already set up at the beginning of the revolution and the overthrow of the current government.



Ukrainian policeman watches as the extreme left destroys the American flag near the US embassy in Kiev, as part of a protest against the intervention of the Americans in the Libyan conflict.

US President Barack Obama and his family left the hospitable Brazil and flew to Chile.



Prince William continues to journey through the former colonies of Great Britain. This time he was in the Australian state of Victoria, affected by the floods.



Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is trying to meet the 'budget' when buying shoes in a shop in Ottawa. And tomorrow he will declare the country's budget.



US Defense Secretary Robert Gates gave "palnut" from the gun and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg in the afternoon.



The player of the French national football team Franck Ribery smiles at a press conference in the training camp of the team. Smile, in principle, it is possible, because the closest rival team will be in Luxembourg.



Oxford team brings his boat after a workout before the 2011 annual competition between students Xchanging Oxford and Cambridge, which will be held March 26.



Iraqi Kurds are raised with torches to the city of Acre, in the north of the country. Kurds and Persians celebrate Nowruz.



With no less scope celebrate Nowruz in Kabul Afghanistan. Equinox - a kind of New Year.





Nowruz is also celebrated in Kyrgyzstan. Bishkek dancer in national costume was captured during a jump.



Israeli Hasidim celebrate Purim.



In India, continue to celebrate Holi - festival of colors. Allahabad.





Bosnian chef prepares a giant omelette to the "Festival of eggs", which is celebrated in the town of Zenica.



Paintings of Irma Stern and Maggie Lobser will be sold at an auction in London on 23 March. Expected price purchases - about one million euros.



In the Bulgarian Sofia opened an exhibition of private collections "Thrace and the ancient world." Sofia National Museum presented the bronze, silver and gold.





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