Daily life in March | Pictures in the news
Sometimes, the best photos don’t come from photo stories, but are just slices of every day life found by photographers or taken on daily assignments.
- People are reflected by the Cloud Gate at Millennium Park in Chicago, Sunday, March 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
- An African Lion at the Lincoln Park Zoo looks out over the visitors at the zoo, Thursday, March 19, 2015, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
- A man walks in front of a colorful mural along Market Street on Wednesday, March 4, 2015, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
- Birds sit on top of a tree highlighted in the last rays of the Sun during sunset in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary, 226 kms east of Budapest, Tuesday, March 3, 2015. (AP Photo/MTI,Attila Balazs)
- In this photo taken Monday, March 23, 2015, Dale Nitz carefully climbs down his ladder after hanging a large American flag in front of his Veterans Living History Museum on Bay Street in downtown Port Orchard,Wash. (AP Photo/Kitsap Sun, Meegan M. Reid)
- A boy plays in the surf adjacent to Aphrodite’s Rock, the spot where according to ancient Greek mythology the ancient goddess Aphrodite was born, near Cyprus’ coastal resort town of Paphos, on Sunday, March 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
- United Airlines flight #UA1600 from Newark, N.J., crosses the Waxing Gibbous moon as it approaches Los Angeles International Airport in Whittier, Monday, March 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
- In this Thursday, March 5, 2015 photo, a young man dances with flares during a local wedding in Salam City, a suburb on the outskirts of Cairo. Since the 2011 uprising, the music of “Mahraganat,” Arabic for “festivals,” has emerged from and spread through impoverished communities, where local musicians play, especially during weddings, their auto-tuned beats and songs that tackle social, political and cultural issues. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)
- Kameron Moore, 9, blows a professional-sized bubble Saturday, March 28, 2015, while hitting the field for the first day of the Paducah Dodgers 10-year-old recreation league baseball team at Noble Park in Paducah. (AP Photo/The Paducah Sun, John Paul Henry)
- Deshawn Gagon, 10, and his godbrother Mac Lovings II, 9, enjoy the afternoon together playing in the foam during spring break at Discovery Green, Tuesday, March 17, 2015, in Houston. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Marie D. De Jesus)
- Hailey Giarraffa, 3, of Buffalo Grove, reaches for plastic eggs hidden under a bench at Nutphree’s Bakery’s first food free Easter egg hunt for children with food allergies at Trinity United Methodist Church on Saturday, March 28, 2015, in Mount Prospect, Ill. Giarraffa is allergic to dairy, eggs, peanuts and other food items. (AP photo / Daily Herald, George LeClaire)
- People walk past shops in al-Moez street in Cairos Khan el-Khalili district, in Egypt on March 7, 2015. Al-Moez street is one of the oldest streets in Cairo, approximately one kilometer long, and according to a United Nations study it’s found to have the greatest concentration of medieval architectural treasures in the Islamic world. (AFP Photo/Mohamed El-shahed)
- Drummers practice in Bujumbura on March 19, 2015. (AFP Photo/Carl Souzacarl de souza)
- Children play in water in Bujumbura, on March 19, 2015. (AFP Photo/Carl Souzacarl de souza)
- A man carrying a sailfish walks through Hamarweyne district in South Mogadishu on March 25, 2015. (AFP Photo/P /carl )
- A Palestinian child runs past a water tank that was destroyed in Israeli bombing during the 50-day war between Israel and Hamas militants in the summer of 2014, in the village of Khuzaa, east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on March 26, 2015. (AFP Photo/Said Khatib)
- A woman eats seeds on the ferry as it leaves Bukavu for Goma on March 26, 2015. (AFP Photo/P /federico )
- A man watches the sun set in as he overlooks the skyline in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, March. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
- A pod of dolphins swim as the amphibious assault ship USS America sits on the horizon Thursday, March 5, 2015, in waters off San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
- People cross the”La Promenade des Anglais” on a sunny day, in Nice, southeastern France, Friday, March 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
- A maintenance worker waters a rooftop garden on a building in the central business district of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, March 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
- Egyptian boys play table tennis in an alleyway in Islamic Cairo, Egypt, Monday, March 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)
- Kristy Fogden, right, of New Zealand, hands her friend Dave Shaw a guitar as they stand on a sand dune at dusk, Wednesday, March 4, 2015, in White Sands National Monument, N.M. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
- A fisherman smokes a cigarette as he waits near his rod under the April 25th bridge by the Tagus riverbank during a foggy morning, in Lisbon, Tuesday, March 10, 2015. The name of the bridge was given after the Carnations revolution that restored the democracy in Portugal in April 1974. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
- Makenna Thurman, of Sweetwater, Texas, cleans and skins a rattlesnake at the Sweetwater Jaycees World’s Largest Rattlesnake Roundup, Friday, March 13, 2015, in Sweetwater. (AP Photo/Odessa American, Courtney Sacco)
- A small plane passes by the moon as it flies over Phoenix, Thursday, March 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
- A boy looks at the camera as he eats his lunch on the shore of the polluted Jacare River in the Mandela slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, March 4, 2015. The environmentalist and human rights organization Rio de Paz organized a press tour to the area to speak with residents who are asking the government to clean up the river and invest in recreational areas. The Jacare River flows into Guanabara Bay, where next yearís Olympic sailing events are to be held. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
- In this Saturday, March 14, 2015 photo, Japanese tourists Hiromi Kanetake, right, and her son Takayuki, photograph themselves with a phone camera as they stand in the spray on the Brazilian side of Iguazu falls, behind, in Foz do Iguazu, Brazil. Iguazu Falls is located on Brazil’s border with Argentina. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
- William Marlene, 21, moves across the dance floor Tuesday, March 17, 2015, during the We Not Me Ball at Enterprise High School in Redding, Calif. Student leaders put on the prom for the special needs students at the school. (AP Photo/The Record Searchlight, Andreas Fuhrmann)
- A man walks his dogs past a puddle as the sun sets at Ocean Beach in San Francisco, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
- Brodie Harsh, center, walks on the beach as his aunt Dusty Sherriffs, right, passes behind Wednesday, March 4, 2015, in Coronado, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
- Children enjoy riding tea cups Saturday, March 28, 2015, at Spring Kids Fest at Veterans Park in Porterville, Calif. (AP Photo/The Porterville Recorder, Chieko Hara)
- In this Thursday, March 19, 2015 photo, workers in outfits made from scrap material parade through a farm on the rooftop of a door manufacturer in Chongqing municipality in southwest China. Employees of the company designed and modeled their garments as part of an environmental sustainability-themed fashion show, which was held by the firm as a morale-booster for employees. (AP Photo)
- A fox squirrel munches on a discarded glazed donut Wednesday, May 25, 2015, at Mill Race Park in Columbus, Ind. (AP Photo/The Republic, Andrew Laker )
- Micah Garber lights a controlled fire in a pasture near Lawrence, Kan., Monday, March 23, 2015. Fires are commonly set in the spring to remove old growth and improve pasture quality. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
- Josh Hurt extends out his arms while performing a skateboard trick over a gap at the G. Hysmith Skate Park in College Station, Texas on Thursday, March 19, 2015. (AP Photo/The Bryan-College Station Eagle, Sam Craft)
- Jackson Parish, 5, high-fives his new friend Josie during DogFest at Frank Brown Park on Saturday, March 7, 2015, in Panama City Beach, Fla. (AP Photos/The News Herald, Heather Leiphart)
- Tim Walters of Tampa is framed by the sculpture “The Wave” as he jogs north on Bayshore Boulevard. Joggers, walkers and bikers flocked to Bayshore Boulevard on Tuesday, March 3, 2015 as the Bay Area is experiencing a warming trend. According to Bay News 9 there is little chance of rain and temperatures will stay near 80 through Thursday. (AP Photo/Tampa Bay Times, Skip O’Rourke)
- Christina Garza rides down the fairway in the 1963 Pontiac Bonneville designed by Nudie Cohn the “Rodeo Tailor to the Stars” during the fashion show Sunday, March 15, 2015 in Amelia Island, Fla. The 20th Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, was held at the on the golf club of the Ritz-Carlton. Sir Sterling Moss, 85, legendary British race car driver, was this year’s honoree. (AP Photo/Florida Times-Union, Bruce Lipsky)
- Mike Sierra, 21, and Larissa Macko, 21, spring breakers from the University of Central Florida, play ball on South Beach on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/The Miami Herald, Al Diaz)
- Spring breakers play bubble soccer in Panama City Beach, Fla., on Tuesday, March 3, 2015. (AP Photo/The News Herald, Andrew Wardlow)
- Avery Tomlinson, 13, who is from Washington Township, New Jersey, hangs on tight to Bucky the Shark outside of the Tradewinds Island Grand resort on St. Pete Beach, Fla., Monday, March 30, 2015.(AP Photo/Tampa Bay Times, John Pendygraft)
- Keith Johnson, right, sits with his son Tommy, 2, both of Lilburn, Ga., while watching ducks swim by in Piedmont Park, Monday, March 16, 2015, in Atlanta. Temperatures are expected to reach near 80 degrees Monday in the metro Atlanta area. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
- Restorer Andre Baer paints the stucco work on the ceiling of the palace chapel with bronze paint in Altlandsberg, Germany, Friday, March 6, 2015. The historic building, which has been under the ownership of the city since 2008, is currently being refurbished and is one of the few remaining examples of the Baroque style in Brandenburg. The chapel was built at the end of the 17th century and in 1786 it was rebuilt following a palace fire. The extensive renovations began in May 2013, and the building is intended to become a multifunctional convention and event center. (AP Photo/dpa, Patrick Pleul)
- Tourist walk among flowers and the ancient Temple of Zeus in Athens, on Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Tourism industry officials expected arrivals to reach 25 million this year, up by one million from 2014. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
- An Indian villager holds a traditional handmade umbrella as he grazes his buffaloes at a field on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, India, Monday, March 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout)
- Ahmed, a young Kashmiri shepherd boy carries a lamb on his back in Astanpora, some 25 Kilometers from Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, March 25, 2015. Sheep rearing is popular in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. With its sufficient pasture lands, the state also has a Sheep husbandry department with the main objective of promoting sheep and goat development in the state. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
- A Muslim boy stands on Kastela Beach during sunset in Ternate, North Maluku, Indonesia, Friday, March 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
- A teacher and students take a selfie at Wijaya Pura port in Cilacap, Central Java, Indonesia, Thursday, March 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
- A balloon vendor waits for customers during a car free day event in Balikpapan, East Borneo, Indonesia, Sunday, March 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
- Katie Jordan, instructor at Capri College, assists cancer survivor Jordyn Gourley, 7, as they shave the head of Brian Miller, during the St. Baldrick’s Foundation fundraiser at the University of Dubuque, in Dubuque, Iowa, on Thursday, March 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Telegraph Herald, Mike Burley)
- A junk dealer talks on the phone outside his shop in Catania, Italy, Wednesday, March 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
- Members of the Trinity Valley Community College cheer team, from Athens, Texas, practice Friday afternoon March 20, 2015, in a park in Salina, Kan. They will be cheering their team on through Saturday at the NJCAA Women’s Championship tournament in Salina. (AP Photo/Salina Journal, Tom Dorsey)
- Kasey Conder, left, and Samantha Lynn swing Monday, March 30, 2015, on the campus of Centre College in Danville, Ky. (AP Photo/The Advocate-Messenger, Clay Jackson)
- Stacey Steurer launches a kite as her dog Lacey looks on during a windy day at the Asylum Lake Preserve in Kalamazoo, Mich., Monday, March 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Kalamazoo Gazette, Christian Randolph)
- Jeremiah Smith, 3, of Flint sticks his tongue out amidst while laying on his back to look up at the clouds after tuckering out from jumping on a trampoline, Monday, March 30, 2015 in a neighbor’s backyard on Flint’s south side. (AP Photo/The Flint Journal, Jake May)
- Two women navigate their way among mounds of frozen ice on Lake Michigan in South Haven, Mich., Sunday, March 8, 2015. (AP Photo/The Herald-Palladium, Don Campbell)
- The wind turbines of Consumers Energy’s Lake Winds Energy Park operate as the Northern Lights appear over Ludington, Mich., late Tuesday, March 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Ludington Daily News, Steve Begnoche)
- In this Thursday, March 5, 2015 photo, a woman dances with flares during a local wedding in Salam City, a suburb on the outskirts of Cairo. Since the 2011 uprising, the music of “Mahraganat,” Arabic for “festivals,” has emerged from and spread through impoverished communities, where local musicians play, especially during weddings, their auto-tuned beats and songs that tackle social, political and cultural issues. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)
- Hazem, 5, poses for a portrait in Geziret Al-Warraq, an impoverished island that can only be reached by ferry, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, March 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)
- Participants throw color powder in the air after a Color My Campus 5k Color Run in Oxford, Miss., Saturday, March 21, 2015. (AP Photo/The Daily Mississippian, Thomas Graning)
- From left to right, Landon Coons, Felipe Fernandez, Vincente Guerrero and Martin Molina (partially hidden), all of MTB Window, clean the exterior glass of the Sprint Center on Tuesday, March 10, 2015, prior to the Big 12 Basketball Tournament this week. Cleaning the interior and exterior glass takes two weeks to complete. (AP Photo/The Kansas City Star, David Eulitt)
- In this photo taken with a wide angle lens, a traveler passes an artwork of a boat structure called “Fortuna” by Dutch contemporary artist Leonard van Munster in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday, March 24, 2015. The site-specific artwork named after the Roman goddess of chance, stands for the turbulent times in which our society finds itself, the ship on its side cannot sail, but might sail again one day. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
- A boy runs to the fair as the sun sets in El Crucero, Nicaragua, Sunday, March 30, 2015. The town holds a fair once a year to celebrate its founding. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
- Pakistani laborer Abdul Jabbar takes a bath at a polluted stream outside Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 25, 2015. There is a scarcity of fresh drinking water in Pakistan among its population of around 180 million. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
- A Pakistani displaced girl, who fled from a Pakistani tribal area where security forces are fighting against militants, crosses a stream in suburbs of Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, March 20, 2015. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
- Children wave the Philadelphia city flag ceremony celebrating Philadelphia Civic Flag Day, Friday, March 27, 2015, in Philadelphia. The even marked the 120th anniversary of adoption of the city’s flag. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
- Sesame Strret character Grover reaches out to hug children after a vist to the Osterhout Library, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Thursday, March 5, 2015. The Sesame Street characters were in the area for performances at the Mohegan Sun Arena and payed a visit to the library for a children’s show. (AP Photo/The Citizens’ Voice, Mark Moran)
- A young man climbs on a sculpture by Robert Indiana, Friday, March 27, 2015, at JFK Plaza, commonly known as Love Park, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
- An umbrella is seen resting in a fishing boat at the Chorrillos cove in Lima, Peru, Thursday, March 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
- A Filipino fisherman joins others as they work on the repairs of their boat at a coastal village in Navotas, north of Manila, Philippines Monday, March 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
- Girls wearing Ukrainian traditional costumes perform a popular dance during a cultural meeting Saturday, March 28, 2015, in Lisbon, Portugal. The event is a part of a program to promote and unite the culture of eleven different nationalities who live in a same local district. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
- Guilford and Lee Ann Forney enjoy dancing during Senior Prom at Overcoming Believers Church Friday, March 27, 2015, in Knoxville, Tenn. The celebration for the older set included a red carpet, paparazzi, and live entertainment. (AP Photo/Knoxville News Sentinel, Jessica Tezak)
- Kids take off across the field hunting Easter Eggs during the City of Abilene’s Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 28, 2015, at Actions Sports Zone, in Abilene, Texas. (AP Photo/The Abilene Reporter-News, Tommy Metthe)
- Seth Russell, of Russel Racing, splashes mud as he rides his all-terrain vehicle in the High Lifter ATV Mud Nationals obstacle course competition Thursday, March 26, 2015, at Mud Creek Off-Road Park in Jacksonville, Texas. The annual gathering draws thousands of people of all ages from across the country to camp, ride all-terrain vehicles and participate in and watch various ATV competitions. (AP Photo/Tyler Morning Telegraph, Sarah A. Miller)
- Sarah Sweeney, a sophomore at Alvin, Texas high school, right, examine a chicken with Meagan Almand, of Waxahachie, Texas, left, during the annual MCC Ag Invitational Wednesday, March 25, 2015, in Waco, Texas. About 4,800 FFA students from around the state competed in the one-day event competing in various categories including poultry judging, meat judging, nursery/landscape judging, floriculture judging, and livestock judging. (AP Photo/Waco Tribune Herald, Rod Aydelotte)
- Golfers take aim down range as they swing away at the Texas A&M University Golf Course driving range in College Station, Texas, Tuesday, March 24, 2015. (AP Photo/College Station Eagle, Sam Craft)
- Cavender’s employee of 16 years Robert Weesner assists Casey Wilkerson of Canton, Texas, and her children Jake Wilkerson, 8, and Ellie Wilkerson, 4, in finding the right sized boots Tuesday March 24, 2015 at their Tyler, Texas location. This year marks their 50th anniversary of Cavender’s. (AP Photo/The Tyler Morning Telegraph, Sarah A. Miller)
- A puppy peers out from a bicycle basket Sunday, March 22, 2015, during CycloBia in Brownsville, Texas. (AP Photo/The Brownsville Herald, Miguel Roberts)
- Jon Marquez, 9, right, and McCoy Gonzales eat snacks as sea gulls fly near by during spring break Tuesday, March 17, 2015, at JP Luby Surf Park in Corpus Christi, Texas. (AP Photo/Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Gabe Hernandez)
- Borderfest 2015 goers walk under a colorful tent filled with Asian lanterns made by local school children in Hidalgo, Texas, Sunday, March, 8, 2015. (AP Photo/The Monitor, Delcia Lopez)
- Two carnival goers take evening ride on the YoYo swing during the Wright’s Amusements Carnival at the Ector County Coliseum, Monday, March 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Odessa American, Courtney Sacco)
- Asher Cleverley, 8, runs down Caroline Street in downtown Fredericksburg, Va with his brothers and mother while enjoying a lollipop and a day off of school due to icy conditions, Monday, March 2, 2015. Temperatures reached in the high 40s on Monday afternoon after a weekend of ice and cold temperatures. (AP Photo/The Free Lance-Star, Suzanne Carr Rossi)
- A man is silhouetted as he walks past the Robson Square ice rink in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, March 19, 2015. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck)
- Seagulls take flight as a curious Charlye Malone, 1, walks up to them while visiting Evergeen Rotary Park in Bremerton Wash. with her grandmother on Tuesday, March 3, 2015. (AP Photo / Kitsap Sun, Meegan M. Reid)
- In this photo taken on Monday, March 23, 2015, a rainbow stretches over the field as the Eagles take on the Vikings during a baseball game in Silverdale, Wash. (AP Photo/Kitsap Sun, Meegan M. Reid)
- A bird takes flight as the Thomas Jefferson Memorial is seen in the background across the Tidal Basin in Washington, Friday, March 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)