Mar 31, 2014

An Indian girl shows off her ornate jewelry and colorful outfit for ‘Gudi Padwa’ celebrations, or the Maharashtrian new year, in Mumbai, Afghanis prepare for upcoming elections, fierce hail and rain leave 16 dead in Chin, and more in today’s Day in Photos.

: Butterflies sit on the face of Isla, aged 6, in the Natural History Museum’s ‘Sensational Butterflies’ outdoor butterfly house on March 31, 2014 in London, England. The temporary attraction on the East Lawn of the Natural History Museum houses hundreds of free-flying, rare butterflies and runs from April 3, 2014 until September 14, 2014. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

: A member of Israeli security forces stands at sunset during clashes with Palestinians following a protest against the expansion of the nearby Israeli settlement of Ofra on March 28, 2014 in the West Bank village of Silwad, north of Ramallah. (Abbas Momani/AFP Getty Images)

: Pedestrians walk past an wall painting depicting a map of Crimean peninsula bearing the colours of Russia’s national flag in Moscow, on March 31, 2014. The Crimean crisis has sparked the most explosive East-West confrontation since the Cold War and fanned fears in Kiev that Russian President Vladimir Putin now intends to push his troops into southeast Ukraine. (Vasily Maximo/AFP/Getty Images)

: Residents walk past a damaged rooftop after hailstorms hit the area in Dongmen township of Luocheng, in southern China’s Guangxi province on March 31, 2014. At least 16 people were killed in rain and hailstorms that triggered flooding and landslides in southern China, officials said on March 31.(AFP/Getty Images)

: An Indian resident wearing traditional jewelery takes part in a procession celebrating ‘Gudi Padwa’ or the Maharashtrian new year in Mumbai on March 31, 2014. Gudi Padwa is the Hindu new year in the Indian state of Maharashtra and falls on the first day of the month of Chaitra according to the lunar calendar. It is celebrated by dancing and singing with every member of the family wearing new clothes in traditional attire. The day traditionally starts with the cleaning ritual, in which the house is fully cleaned (in case of villages, it is then covered with fresh cow-dung). Women and children draw andpaint intricate rangoli designs using vibrant colors, in keeping with the spirit of the festival, on their doorsteps. (Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images)

: Indian drummers in traditional attire play on around a rangoli design during a procession celebrating ‘Gudi Padwa’ or the Maharashtrian new year in Mumbai on March 31, 2014. Gudi Padwa is the Hindu new year in the Indian state of Maharashtra and falls on the first day of the month of Chaitra according to the lunar calendar. It is celebrated by dancing and singing with every member of the family wearing new clothes in traditional attire. The day traditionally starts with the cleaning ritual, in which the house is fully cleaned (in case of villages, it is then covered with fresh cow-dung). Women and children draw andpaint intricate rangoli designs using vibrant colors, in keeping with the spirit of the festival, on their doorsteps. (Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images)

: A border collie guides gooses during a competition on the third day of an international dog show at the fair ground in Berlin March 30, 2014 in Berlin. (Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images)

: A Russian tank crew member runs in front of his T-72B tank after their arrival in Crimea in the settlement of Gvardeiskoye near the Crimean city of Simferopol March 31, 2014. Russia is withdrawing a motorized infantry battalion from a region near Ukraine’s eastern border, the Russian Defence Ministry was quoted as saying by state news agencies on Monday. (Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)

: This photo taken on March 28, 2014 shows residents watching a horse fighting competition at a remote village of South Upi town, Maguindanao province. Residents watch the horse fighting, one of the community’s forms of entertainment, in the absence of movies, television and the internet. The People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) called on local officials in Mindanao to scrap the practice of featuring horse fighting as one of the highlights during celebrations, saying it is a centuries-old barbaric tradition. (Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images)

: Afghan residents queue to receive their voter cards for the upcoming presidential election at a voter registration centre in Herat on March 31, 2014. Crowds queued up outside voter registration centres in Afghanistan and presidential candidates held large outdoor rallies for supporters five days ahead of elections that have been shaken by Taliban attacks. The vote, which will choose a successor to President Hamid Karzai, comes as US-led foreign troops withdraw after 13 years of fighting the fierce Islamist insurgency raging across the south and east of the country. (Berhouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images)

: An Afghan election employee takes a picture of a resident to issue his voter card for the upcoming presidential election at a voter registration centre in the northwestern city of Herat on March 31, 2014. Crowds queued up outside voter registration centres in Afghanistan and presidential candidates held large outdoor rallies for supporters five days ahead of elections that have been shaken by Taliban attacks. The vote, which will choose a successor to President Hamid Karzai, comes as US-led foreign troops withdraw after 13 years of fighting the fierce Islamist insurgency raging across the south and east of the country. (Berhouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images)

: This shadow of a Royal New Zealand Air Force P3 Orion aircraft is seen on low cloud cover while it searches for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, over the Indian Ocean on March 31, 2014. No time limit will be imposed on the search for MH370 because the world deserves to know what happened, Australian Prime MinisterTony Abbott said, as a ship equipped to locate the plane’s “black box” prepared to set sail. (Rob Griffith/AFP/Getty Images)

‘Gudi Padwa’ celebrations, deadly hail in China and Afghan elections | March 31

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