Mar 3, 2014

A look at what’s coming up on the East Coast and around the world. This week, that includes new international trade numbers and a hearing on whether or not British anti-fracking protests can continue.

: Pistorius trial begins: This picture taken on June 4, 2013 shows South African Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius appearing at Magistrate Court in Pretoria for the first time since being freed on bail in February over the Valentine’s Day killing of his model girlfriend. A South African judge ruled on February 25, 2014 that media may film and broadcast parts of Pistorius’ murder trial, which starts March 3. (ALEXANDER JOE – AFP/GETTY IMAGES)

: Girls’ Day: More than 2,400 Japanese ornamental dolls (hina dolls) are displayed for the Konosu Bikkuri Hinamatsuri or doll festival at Konosu City Hall, Saitama prefecture on February 19, 2014. Hinamatsuri, also known as Girls’ Day, is celebrated in Japan usually on March 3. The festival will be held here until March 8. (KAZUHIRO NOGIKAZUHIRO NOGI/ – AFP/GETTY IMAGES)

: ‘Mormon’ wraps up: Mark Evans as missionary Elder Price; and Derrick Williams as a Ugandan warlord in “The Book of Mormon.” The national touring production plays the Hippodrome until March 9, 2014. (Photo by Joan Marcus)

$Court hearing on British frack protests: An anti-fracking campaigner walks along straw bales past tents near the Igas Barton Moss exploration facility on February 24, 2014 in Barton, England. Plans to evict activists, who have been camped outside the Barton Moss gas fracking exploration facility, have been put on hold while their lawyers make a legal challenge in the courts. Up to 60 campaigners have been on the site in Barton Moss Road since November last year and are waiting anxiously for the next court hearing on March 6, 2014. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)$: Court hearing on British frack protests: An anti-fracking campaigner walks along straw bales past tents near the Igas Barton Moss exploration facility on February 24, 2014 in Barton, England. Plans to evict activists, who have been camped outside the Barton Moss gas fracking exploration facility, have been put on hold while their lawyers make a legal challenge in the courts. Up to 60 campaigners have been on the site in Barton Moss Road since November last year and are waiting anxiously for the next court hearing on March 6, 2014. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

: Nice Carnival: Dancers parade on February 25, 2014 during the Nice Carnival, southeastern France. The theme of this year’s carnival, running from February 14 until March 4, 2014, is the “King of Gastronomy”. (VALERY HACHE/ – AFP/GETTY IMAGES)

: French-Dutch friendly: This file picture taken on November 15, 2013 shows France’s Eric Abidal leaving the pitch at the end of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying playoff first leg match against Ukraine at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev. Abidal wasn’t called by French coach Didier Deschamps to play France’s next friendly match against the Netherlands on March 5. (FRANCK FIFE/ – AFP/GETTY IMAGES)

: Another round in El Salvador: Salvadorean Vice President and presidential candidate for the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), Salvador Sanchez Ceren, participates in a political rally at the National University in San Salvador, on February 27, 2014. Sanchez Ceren visited the National University as part of the electoral campaigning prior to the second round of the presidential elections to be held on March 9. (JOSE CABEZAS – AFP/Getty Images)

: BNP Paribas Open: The newly built Stadium 2 at Indian Wells will be the site for the 2014 BNP Paribas Open, which will be held March 3-16, 2014. The stadium has 8,000 seats. (Bill Dwyre/Los Angeles Times/MCT)

: Policy changes in Beijing: A paramilitary solder yawns as he stands guard on Tiananmen Square, near the site of this year’s National People’s Congress. The event is to be held in Beijing on February 28, 2014. The ambitious reform agenda and China’s intended shift from investment- and export-fueled growth towards a slower, more balanced and sustained expansion will be the focus of discussions at the annual session of parliament – the National People’s Congress – due to open on March 5. (Kim Kyung-Hoon – REUTERS)

: Biplanes on the Zocalo: Children walk past a PT-17 Stearman airplane during the “Armed Forces, Passion to Serve Mexico” army exhibition at Zocalo Square in downtown Mexico City on February 9, 2014. According to local media, the exhibition opened on February 8 and will remain until March 9. The National Palace is pictured in the background. (REUTERS/Henry Romero)

: New trade figures: A ship unloads at the Port of Baltimore. The federal government is scheduled to release updated numbers on U.S. international trade in goods and services at 8:30 am Friday. (Sun file photo by Amy Davis)

: A gendarme guards Victoria Palace, Romania’s government headquarters, in downtown Bucharest on February 26, 2014. A rupture in the national coalition government that had ruled Romania has left the rump of Prime Minister Victor Ponta’s Social Democrat-led alliance with a slender majority in parliament, which will likely prompt him to ask an ethnic Hungarian party to join the government to shore up his support. The government is expected to win the confidence vote, which will likely happen on March 4. Analysts also say there is scant chance the split will trigger early an parliamentary election, which is not due until 2016. (Bogdan Cristel – REUTERS)

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The week ahead for March 3-9: Pistorius trial, a Chinese leadership meeting and singing Mormons

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