Children play near water
in the impoverished floating settlement of Makoko. World Water Day is on 22 March, established
by the UN in 1993 to raise awareness about access to clean water and
sanitation. Photograph: Sunday Alamba/AP
Thursday, March 23, 2023
Lagos, Nigeria
Pocheon, South Korea
Pocheon, South Korea
South Korean and US
soldiers gather during a live-fire exercise at a military training field, as
part of the Freedom Shield joint exercise aimed at countering a growing threat
from North Korea. Photograph: Jung
Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images
Gjakova, Kosovo
Dervishes take part in a
ceremony marking the spring festival Nowruz in a prayer room. Chanting and swaying to the hypnotic rhythm
of prayer until they reach a trance-like state, the group then pierce their
cheeks with long needles, seemingly without pain. Photograph:
Armend Nimani/AFP/Getty Images
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Demonstrators outside New York Criminal Court
Demonstrators shout and hold up signs outside
New York Criminal Court in advance of a potential indictment of former
President Donald Trump in New York. Reports suggest Mr Trump could become the
first US President to be formally indicted, on charges related to payments to
porn star Stormy Daniels. Photograph: Peter Foley/EPA
Druids celebrate Spring Equinox
Members of the Druid Order
take part in a ceremony celebrating the Spring Equinox on Tower Hill in London,
20 March, 2023. Reuters
Capital police on patrol just in case
US Capital Police officers
patrol as security officials prepare for the possible indictment of former US
President Trump. Reuters
Adobe factory in Iraq
A worker loads a cart at
an adobe factory in Baghdad. An adobe brick is a
composite material made of earth mixed with water and an organic material such
as straw of dung. Saddam Hussein was
born in a mud hut owned by his maternal uncle. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
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