Mar 21, 2014

Young Malaysian Muslims offer Friday prayers for those aboard missing Flight 370, student protesters occupy Taiwanese Parliament, children celebrate World Water Day and more in today’s photo brief.

: A pedestrian passes beneath a road bridge in Seoul on March 21, 2014. Nineteen bridges over the Han River link Seoul to its southern suburbs.(Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)

: Supporters of FC Basel use smoke during the UEFA Europa League round of 16 second-leg football match between FC Basel and FC Salzburg in the stadium in Salzburg, Austria, on March 20, 2014. (Christof Stache/AFP/Getty Images)

: A South Korean worker sets lotus lanterns at Jogye Temple in Seoul on March 21, 2014 ahead of celebrations marking Buddha’s birthday on May 6. Buddhism is one of South Korea’s largest and most active religions with millions of followers. Although the exact date is unknown, Buddha’s official birthday is celebrated on April 8th of the lunar calendar in South Korea. (Jung Yeon-Je//AFP/Getty Images)

: Young Malaysian Muslim girls offer Friday prayers as they sit outside the Putra mosque in Putrajaya on March 21, 2014. Surveillance aircraft scoured a remote and stormy section of the Indian Ocean on March 20 for a pair of floating objects that Australia and Malaysia guardedly called a “credible” lead in the 12-day-old hunt for the missing passenger jet. (Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images)

: Pope Francis holds Giorgia May, the granddaughter of Malta’s President George Abela (L), by the hand during a private audience in the Pontiff’s studio at the Vatican on March 21, 2014. (Andrew Medichini/AFP/Getty Images)

: A woman uses a smartphone before the city skyline in Seoul at dusk on March 21, 2014. South Korea, already one of the most wired countries on earth, announced in January 2014 a 1.6 trillion won (1.5 billion USD) plan to roll out a next-generation 5G wireless service quick enough to download full-length films in a second. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)

: A Sri Lankan child plays in a water fountain at a children’s park in Colombo on March 21, 2014, on the eve of World Water Day. International World Water Day is held annually on March 22 to focus global attention on the importance of water and advocating for the sustainable management of our water resources. (Ishara Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images)

: Afghan boys take flight on swings at a fair set up in a field near the Sahki Shrine during Nowruz festivities which marks the Afghan New Year in Kabul on March 21, 2014. Nowruz, one of the biggest festivals of the war-scarred nation, marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the year in the Persian calendar. Parents with their children celebrate the New Year by participating in the fair set up near the shrine. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images)

: More than 200 protesters — mostly young students — occupy Parliament on March 21, 2014. Protesters barricaded themselves inside Taiwan’s parliament threatening “further action” if the government pushes ahead with its plans to ratify a contentious trade pact with China. (Sam Yesham/AFP/Getty Images)

: A young Pakistani girl carries a water pot over her head as she heads for home during sunset on the outskirts of Lahore on March 21, 2014, on the eve of World Water Day. International World Water Day is held annually on March 22 to focus global attention on the importance of water and advocating for the sustainable management of our water resources. (Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images)

: Afghan men look on from tree branches while other revelers gather near the Hazrat-e-Ali shrine for Nowruz festivities which marks the Afghan new year in Mazari-i-Sharif on March 21, 2014. Nowruz, one of the biggest festivals of the war-scarred nation, marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the year in the Persian calendar. Nowruz is calculated according to a solar calendar, this coming year marking 1393. Farshad Usyan/AFP/Getty Images)

: A man gestures during a gathering celebrating Newroz, which marks the arrival of spring and the new year, in Diyarbakir March 21, 2014. Jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) called on the Turkish government on Friday to create a legal framework for their peace talks, whose fate is looking increasingly uncertain a year after he called a ceasefire by his fighters. Tens of thousands gathered in Diyarbakir, the largest city in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast, for the Kurdish new year celebrations of Newroz, where they listened to a statement written by Ocalan in his island jail of Imrali near Istanbul. (Umit Bektas/Reuters)

: A youth gestures while being held up by others during a gathering celebrating Newroz, which marks the arrival of spring and the new year, in Diyarbakir March 21, 2014. Jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) called on the Turkish government on Friday to create a legal framework for their peace talks, whose fate is looking increasingly uncertain a year after he called a ceasefire by his fighters. Tens of thousands gathered in Diyarbakir, the largest city in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast, for the Kurdish new year celebrations of Newroz, where they listened to a statement written by Ocalan in his island jail of Imrali near Istanbul. (Umit Bektas/Reuters)

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