Mar 23, 2015

Singapore’s founding father dies, Ted Cruz becomes first major presidential candidate, fatal construction accident in North Carolina | March 23

The day in photos from around the world.

: A man bows to pay his respects to the late Lee Kuan Yew at a community club where members of the public can gather to express their condolences, Monday, March 23, 2015, in Singapore. Singaporeans wept and world leaders paid tribute Monday as the Southeast Asian city-state mourned the death of its founding father Lee Kuan Yew. The government announced that Lee, 91, “passed away peacefully” several hours before dawn at Singapore General Hospital. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

: A woman is comforted by a hospital staff member, right, as she cries at Singapore General Hospital where former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew passed away in Singapore, Monday, March 23, 2015. Singapore mourned longtime leader Lee Kuan Yew with raw emotion and a blanket of relentlessly positive coverage on its tightly scripted state television on Monday, mythologizing a man who was as respected as he was feared. (AP Photo/Joseph Nair)

: Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas and his wife Heidi watch as their daughter Caroline, 6, center, high-fives members of the crowd after Cruz announced his campaign for president, Monday, March 23, 2015, at Liberty University, founded by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, in Lynchburg, Va. Cruz, who announced his candidacy on twitter in the early morning hours, is the first major candidate in the 2016 race for president. Also pictured is Catherine Cruz, 4, left. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

: Real Madrid’s defender Sergio Ramos (L) touches his head as Barcelona’s midfielder Sergio Busquets claps during the “clasico” Spanish league football match FC Barcelona vs Real Madrid CF at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on March 22, 2015. (AFP Photo/Josep Lago)

: Construction workers gather outside the scene where a section of scaffolding collapsed at a high-rise construction project, killing three people and sending another to a hospital, Monday, March 23, 2015, in downtown Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/The News & Observer, Harry Lynch)

: Jewish men look at the funeral of seven Jewish siblings killed in a New York house fire, in Jerusalem, Monday, March 23, 2015. The bodies of the children, ages 5 to 16, were flown to Israel overnight from New York and were immediately taken to Jerusalem in a convoy escorted by police. According to Jewish tradition, funerals take place as soon as possible after death. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

: A Jewish boy looks at the graves of seven Jewish siblings killed in a New York house fire, ahead of their burial, in Jerusalem, Monday, March 23, 2015. The bodies of the children, ages 5 to 16, were flown to Israel overnight from New York and were immediately taken to Jerusalem in a convoy escorted by police. According to Jewish tradition, funerals take place as soon as possible after death. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

: This picture taken on March 21, 2015 shows a parrot standing on the head of a child in the Kunming Zoo in Kunming, southwest China’s Yunnan province. (AFP PHOTOSTR/AFP/Getty Images)

: Protestors stand in silence against the Kappa Delta Rho fraternity, in front of Penn State University’s Old Main building, in University Park, Pa., Monday, March 23, 2015. The fraternity is accused of posting photos of nude or partly nude women, some asleep or passed out, on an invitation-only Facebook page. (AP Photo/Centre Daily Times, Nabil K. Mark)

: Sahil Doshi, 14, of Pittsburgh shows his carbon-dioxide powered battery idea to President Barack Obama during the president’s tour of the White House Science Fair, Monday, March 23, 2015, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

: In this photo provided by NASA, astronaut Scott Kelly sits inside a Soyuz simulator at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC), Wednesday, March 4, 2015 in Star City, Russia. On Saturday, March 28, 2015, Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko will travel to the International Space Station to begin a year-long mission living in orbit. (AP Photo/NASA, Bill Ingalls)

: Secretary of State John Kerry, center, speaks before the start of meetings at the Camp David Presidential retreat, Monday, March 23, 2015, in Camp David, Md. The pace of U.S. troop withdrawals from Afghanistan will headline Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s visit to Washington, yet America’s exit from the war remains tightly hinged to the abilities of the Afghan forces that face a tough fight against insurgents this spring. From left are, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani, Kerry, Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, and Defense Secretary Ash Carter. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

: The shoes of Browns Mill Elementary School fourth-grader Sydney Robinson peek out from under a sign she holds during a rally against Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal’s proposal to take over schools dubbed “chronically failing” at the Capitol, Monday, March 23, 2015, in Atlanta. A key House committee is expected to vote on Gov. Deal’s proposal Monday afternoon. The Senate already has passed the constitutional amendment and accompanying legislation but the Republican governor could face a tougher fight in the House. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

: A Police officer gestures during a demonstration of asylum-seeking immigrants in Rome on March 23, 2015. (AFP Photo/Alberto Pizzoli)

: People run in front of St Peter’s basilica during the 21th Marathon of Rome on March 22, 2015. (AFP Photo/Tiziana Fabi)

: An Indian “toddy tapper”, who collects the sap from palm trees to make arrack, climbs a tree with clay pots to fill up the liquid, at Bibi Nagar in Nalgonda District, some 40 kilometers from Hyderabad on March 23, 2015. Natural arrack is extracted from palm trees and prized for its sweet taste, popular during the summer season. (AFP Photo/Noah Seelam )

: Kurdish men sit near bonfire near a destroyed building, in the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab, on March 22, 2015. (AFP Photo/Yasin Akgul)

: Noriaki Kasai of Japan competes in the FIS Ski Flying World Cup Individual Event in Planica, Slovenia, on March 22, 2015. (AFP Photo/Jure Makovec)