Volcanic eruptions, boots for pooches, Paris Fashion Week continues| March 4
The day in photos from around the world.
- Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) listens to testimony during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing entitled ‘Whistleblower Retaliation at the FBI: Improving Protections and Oversight’ on Capitol Hill on March 4, 2015 in Washington, DC. The hearing follows a Government Accountability Office report which disclosed that whistleblower protections at the FBI are weaker than other government agencies and that current procedures could discourage whistleblowing. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
- People are arrested in front of the Vegas Auto Spa, a car wash that has become a focal point for labor and union rights, during a rally on March 4, 2015 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Hundreds of people joined the morning rally where a small number of activists blocked a road outside of the car wash and were arrested by police. Eight workers from the popular car wash have filed a federal lawsuit against their employer and have been on strike for over two months over issues of pay, hours, safe working conditions and the right to join a union. The suit alleges that they were paid less than minimum wage and it demands $600,000 in overtime and other back wages. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- Workers and supporters march to the Vegas Auto Spa, a car wash that has become a focal point for labor and union rights, during a rally on March 4, 2015 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Hundreds of people joined the morning rally where a small number of activists blocked a road outside of the car wash and were arrested by police. Eight workers from the popular car wash have filed a federal lawsuit against their employer and have been on strike for over two months over issues of pay, hours, safe working conditions and the right to join a union. The suit alleges that they were paid less than minimum wage and it demands $600,000 in overtime and other back wages. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- People are arrested in front of the Vegas Auto Spa, a car wash that has become a focal point for labor and union rights, during a rally on March 4, 2015 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Hundreds of people joined the morning rally where a small number of activists blocked a road outside of the car wash and were arrested by police. Eight workers from the popular car wash have filed a federal lawsuit against their employer and have been on strike for over two months over issues of pay, hours, safe working conditions and the right to join a union. The suit alleges that they were paid less than minimum wage and it demands $600,000 in overtime and other back wages. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- Pallbearers from the NYPD ceremonial unit carry the casket of NYPD Det. Paul Duncan after funeral services at Abyssinian Baptist Church, Wednesday, March 4, 2015, in Harlem, N.Y. Det. Duncan, of Hartsdale, was killed off-duty Feb. 27 on the Sprain Brook Parkway in Greenburgh, N.Y., when a vehicle traveling the wrong way hit his SUV head-on. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
- Members of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force wait under a parachute used as shade after the Assumption of Command Ceremony at Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig, south of Manila, Philippines, Wednesday, March 4, 2015. The investigation continues on a recent operation against Southeast Asia’s top terrorist suspect Malaysian Zulkifli bin Hir, also known as Marwan, that resulted in the death of 44 police SAF members in southern Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
- In this Sunday, March 1, 2015 photo, Sanders, a 12-year-old Cavalier King Charles spaniel mix, walks with winter booties with owner Malia Ebel in Concord, N.H. A harsh winter across the country has pet owners buying boots to protect their pets paws. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
- Models wait backstage prior to Rochas ready-to-wear fall-winter 2015/2016 fashion collection as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France, Wednesday, March 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
- A Turkish Airlines jet that skidded off a slippery runway while landing in dense fog is seen at Tribhuwan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, March 4, 2015.The plane with 238 people on board was coming from Istanbul when the accident happened. Officials say passengers had bumps and bruises but no serious injuries. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shreshta)
- In this Jan. 27, 2015, photo, Ngoty, the adopted daughter of Virginia women’s basketball coach Joanne Boyle, holds the hand of her adopted mother as Pastor William Washington leads a prayer, at Bridge Outreach Church in Charlottesville, Va. In May 2008, when she was the head coach at California, the team traveled to Senegal for international games and visited an orphanage. She left inspired. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
- An environmental activist blocking the site of a proposed dam in the Sivens forest, comforts a colleague after being arrested following clashes between activists and Gendarmes on March 4, 2015 in the nearby town of Gaillac, southwestern France. The activists tried to force a blockade by pro-dam farmers in order to supply foods to the Zadists the name given to the activists occupying the site “zone to defend,” or ZAD. Farmers argue that the dam will provide much-needed irrigation for their fields. Anti-dam say the proposed dam poses a huge environmental threat to the biodiverse Sivens wetland. (Pascal Pavani/AFP/Getty Images)
- A skiier enjoys the slops of the Pirin Mountains on March 3, 2015. Bulgaria receives more than 13% of its GDP from low-cost tourism in its three major ski resorts and seaside resorts along the Black Sea. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images)
- The Villarrica volcano, near Villarrica in southern Chile, shows some activity on March 4, 2015 a day after it erupted. The Villarrica erupted early Tuesday, spewing fiery plumes of lava into the night sky and forcing the evacuation of almost 4,000 people in nearby towns. In its first major eruption in 15 years, the Villarrica volcano, prompted authorities to declare a red alert, the National Emergency Office said. (Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images)
- Colombian professional golf player Camilo Villegas plays during an exhibition at the Karibana Golf Resort in Cartagena, Colombia on March 3, 2015. The Karibana Beach Resort will host a Web.com Golf Championship from March 3 to 8. (Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP/Getty Images)
- A man uses his phone to take pictures as a clip from a movie is projected on wall during a press preview of “Under The Mexican Sky: Gabriel Figueroa, Art and Film exhibition” at The El Museo del Barrio in New York on March 3, 2015. The exhibition, which will run from March 4 to June 27 2015, is organized to celebrates the successes and legacy of Gabriel Figueroa (1907-1997), a Mexican cinematographer who worked both in Mexico and Hollywood. (Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images)
- Traditional healers attend celebrations at the Skukuza Stadium in the Kruger National Park on March 3, 2014. The Kruger National Park celebrates the second annual World Wild Life Day initiated by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to celebrate biodiversity. The theme for this year is “Wildlife crime is serious, let’s get serious about wildlife crime”. (Stefan Heunis/AFP/Getty Images)
- Passengers walk away from a Turkish Airlines plane after it skidded off the runway while landing at Kathmandu airport in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu on March 4, 2015. Aviation officials said no one on board was injured, although one witness described how terrified passengers leapt from their seats as the cabin filled with smoke after the plane skidded to a halt. (Dikesh Malhotra/AFP/Getty Images)