Mar 7, 2015

Women beat men and rip their clothes off in India while the men throw buckets of colored water in return during the Dadjee ka Huranga; Spring seems far off to Marylanders, but baseball is in the thick of Spring Training; a beauty pageant for rebel fighters in Ukraine — the ones the Russians are backing and more in the day in photos from around the world.

: An Indian man is stripped of his shirt as he is surrounded by women at the beginning of the Dadjee ka Huranga festivities in the north Indian town of Baldeo. ‘Huranga’ is a game played between men and women a day after Holi, the festival of colors, during which men drench women with liquid colors and women tear off the clothes of the men. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP-Getty Images)

: Colored powder and water is thrown as Hindu devotees participate in “Huranga,” during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, at the Baldev Temple in Dauji, 180 kilometers (113 miles) south of New Delhi, India. During Huranga women playfully hit men with cloth whips as men drench them with buckets of colored water. (Bernat Armangue/Associated Press)

: Indian women try to hold their wet veils over their face during the Dadjee ka Huranga festivities in the north Indian town of Baldeo. ‘Huranga’ is a game played between men and women a day after Holi, the festival of colors, during which men drench women with liquid colors and women tear off the clothes of the men. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP-Getty Images)

: An Indian woman gets drenched by a bucket of colored water during the Dadjee ka Huranga festivities in the north Indian town of Baldeo ‘Huranga’ is a game played between men and women a day after Holi, the festival of colors, during which men drench women with liquid colors and women tear off the clothes of the men. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP-Getty Images)

: Lindsey Vonn of the United States jumps in the women’s downhill competition of the FIS alpine ski world cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany. Lichtenstein’s Tina Weirather won the competition, Austrian Anna Fenninger placed second and Slovenian Tina Maze placed third. Lindsey Vonn placed seventh. (Christof Stache/AFP-Getty Images)

: Mississippi’s Melina Preciado (32) dives for a ball during an NCAA college softball game against Alabama at Rhoads Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Vasha Hunt/Associated Press)

: A Maine Coon breed cat sleeps during the “Catsburg” cat exibition in Moscow. (Dmitry Serebryakov/AFP-Getty Images)

: Reconstruction of the indecisive battle at Grochow district of Warsaw, February 25,1831, between the Polish Army of 40,000 and army of Russian Empire of 69,000 in Warsaw. November Insurrection was the Polish rebellion that unsuccessfully tried to overthrow Russian rule in the Congress Kingdom of Poland as well as in the Polish provinces of western Russia and parts of Lithuania, Belorussia and Ukraine. (Janek Skarzynski/AFP-Getty Images)

: Oklahoma guard Buddy Hield, bottom, celebrates with his teammates after Oklahoma defeated Kansas in an NCAA college basketball game in Norman, Okla. Oklahoma won 75-73. (Sue Ogrocki/Associated Press)

: Ireland cricketer Kevin O’Brien reacts after taking the wicket of Zimbabwe batsman Sean Williams (L) at the Bellerive Oval ground during the 2015 Cricket World Cup Pool B match between Ireland and Zimbabwe in Hobart. (Indranil Mukherjee/AFP-Getty Images)

: Pastor Cue speaks as protesters rally against a fatal police shooting of an unarmed homeless man in Los Angeles, California. Widely-seen smart phone video shows 43-year-old Charley Leundeu Keunang wrestling with several police officers at his sidewalk tent on Skid Row until being shot to death by officers on March 1. Police say that he tried to grab a gun belonging to one of the officers. (David McNew/Getty Images)

: A married couple look for a location to take a wedding photo as people walk their dog during a sunset in Retiro Park in Madrid, Spain. The Retiro Park, a beautifully tended 350-acre garden space where city-dwellers go to get away from the metropolitan hubbub lies in the heart of the city. Originally the formal gardens of a medieval palace, it became King Philip II’s 16th-century refuge from court preoccupations, as well as his religious retreat. (Andres Kudacki/Associated Press)

: A wagon carries the casket of Korean War POW Floyd J.R. Jackson to a graveside service in Centennial, Colo. Jackson’s remains were returned to Colorado 64 years after he died in an enemy prisoner of war camp. (David Zalubowski/Associated Press)

: Destynee Hudson, 4, holds a sign with a photo of President Obama at a breakfast honoring the foot soldiers of the Selma March of 1965, in Selma, Ala. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

: President Barack Obama looks at photos of the original march in Selma during a tour of the National Voting Rights Museum to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches in Selma, Ala. (Saul Loeb/AFP-Getty Images)

: The crowd reacts to the arrival of President Barack Obama to speak by the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., on the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday,” a landmark event of the civil rights movement. (Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press)

: President Barack Obama, fourth from left, walks holding hands with Amelia Boynton, who was beaten during “Bloody Sunday,” as they and the first family and others including Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga, left of Obama, walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala. for the 50th anniversary of the landmark event of the civil rights movement. At far left is Sasha Obama and at far right is former first lady Laura Bush. (Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press)

: Children and others walk and sit on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala. This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” a civil rights march in which protesters were beaten, trampled and tear-gassed by police at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) ORG XMIT: GAMS143 (Gerald Herbert/Associated Press)

: Los Angeles Dodgers’ Andre Ethier takes the field before a spring training exhibition baseball game against the Cleveland Indians, Saturday in Goodyear, Ariz. (John Locher/Associated Press)

: Baseball fans watch from the top of the outfield seating as the Minnesota Twins and Boston Red Sox play in the ninth inning of a spring training baseball game at jetBlue Park in Fort Myers Fla. The Red Sox won 4-2. (Tony Gutierrez/Associated Press)

: Cincinnati Reds’ Brennan Boesch is reflected in manager Bryan Price’s sunglasses as he warms up on deck during the second inning of a spring training baseball game against the Kansas City Royals in Surprise, Ariz. (Charlie Riedel/Associated Press)

: Cincinnati Reds’ Yorman Rodriguez grips his bat while on deck during the third inning of a spring training baseball game against the Kansas City Royals in Surprise, Ariz. (Charlie Riedel/Associated Press)

: Houston Astros fans Tony Sullivan, left, and Omar Enriquez, both of Houston, Texas, dance while wearing masks during the eighth inning of an exhibition spring training baseball game between the Astros and the New York Yankees in Kissimmee, Fla. (David Goldman/Associated Press)

: A fan holds a ball in hopes of getting an autograph before the start of an exhibition spring training baseball game between the Miami Marlins and the New York Mets in Jupiter, Fla. (Jeff Roberson/Associated Press)

: The Philadelphia Phillies Phanatic mascot rides on a cart past Toronto Blue Jays catcher Russell Martin during a spring training baseball exhibition game, Saturday, March 7, 2015, in Clearwater, Fla. (Lynne Sladky/Associated Press)

: A Russia-backed female rebel fighter poses for a photographer before taking part in a beauty contest involving women from the main separatist battalions in Donetsk, Ukraine. Self-proclaimed authorities in the rebel-held Donetsk held a beauty pageant for female rebel fighters on the eve of March 8, a women’s day widely celebrated throughout the former Soviet Union. (Vadim Ghirda/Associated Press)

: Russia-backed female rebel fighters playfully adjust their uniforms after a beauty contest involving women from the main separatist battalions in Donetsk, Ukraine. Self-proclaimed authorities in the rebel-held Donetsk held a beauty pageant for female rebel fighters on the eve of March 8, a women’s day widely celebrated throughout the former Soviet Union. (Vadim Ghirda/Associated Press)

: A Russia-backed female rebel fighter watches as colleagues perform during a beauty contest involving women from the main separatist battalions in Donetsk, Ukraine. Self-proclaimed authorities in the rebel-held Donetsk held a beauty pageant for female rebel fighters on the eve of March 8, a women’s day widely celebrated throughout the former Soviet Union. (Vadim Ghirda/Associated Press)

: Russia-backed female rebel fighters stand on stage after taking part in a beauty contest involving women from the main separatist battalions in Donetsk, Ukraine. Self-proclaimed authorities in the rebel-held Donetsk held a beauty pageant for female rebel fighters on the eve of March 8, a women’s day widely celebrated throughout the former Soviet Union. (Vadim Ghirda/Associated Press)

: A woman checks herself in a mirror as child ballerinas warm up before their performance during a beauty contest involving women from the main separatist battalions in Donetsk, Ukraine. Self-proclaimed authorities in the rebel-held Donetsk held a beauty pageant for female rebel fighters on the eve of March 8, a women’s day widely celebrated throughout the former Soviet Union. (Vadim Ghirda/Associated Press)

: Russia-backed female rebel fighters wear evening dresses standing next to their military uniforms before taking part in a beauty contest involving women from the main separatist battalions in Donetsk, Ukraine. Self-proclaimed authorities in the rebel-held Donetsk held a beauty pageant for female rebel fighters on the eve of March 8, a women’s day widely celebrated throughout the former Soviet Union. (Vadim Ghirda/Associated Press)

: A Russia-backed female rebel fighter sporting a Mickey Mouse shirt changes back to military uniform after taking part in a beauty contest involving women from the main separatist battalions in Donetsk, Ukraine. Self-proclaimed authorities in the rebel-held Donetsk held a beauty pageant for female rebel fighters on the eve of March 8, a women’s day widely celebrated throughout the former Soviet Union. (Vadim Ghirda/Associated Press)

: Women operating in combat battalions of the self-proclaimed People Republic of Donetsk (DNR) wave as they pose for photographers after taking part in a fashion show during a function in Donetsk. (John Macdougall/AFP-Getty Images)

: Russia-backed female rebel fighters pose with the flag of the Donetsk People’s Republic during a beauty contest involving women from the main separatist battalions in Donetsk, Ukraine. Self-proclaimed authorities in the rebel-held Donetsk held a beauty pageant for female rebel fighters on the eve of March 8, a women’s day widely celebrated throughout the former Soviet Union. (Vadim Ghirda/Associated Press)

: Russia-backed rebel fighters kiss after a beauty contest involving women from the main separatist battalions in Donetsk, Ukraine. Self-proclaimed authorities in the rebel-held Donetsk held a beauty pageant for female rebel fighters on the eve of March 8, a women’s day widely celebrated throughout the former Soviet Union. (Vadim Ghirda/Associated Press)

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