March 8, 2013
![Self-styled "Knight of the Rose" Rolf Schrader offers roses to women in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on Women's Day.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d16267b5-7224-4572-a018-81ef5d66e19a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Self-styled "Knight of the Rose" Rolf Schrader offers roses to women in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on Women's Day.
![Netherlands' Wladimir Balentien (R), Roger Bernadina (C) and Kalian Sams celebrate after defeating Cuba at the World Baseball Classic second round game in Tokyo, Japan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/36bc3c98-c26f-4035-8b0d-7528c5431ead_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Netherlands' Wladimir Balentien (R), Roger Bernadina (C) and Kalian Sams celebrate after defeating Cuba at the World Baseball Classic second round game in Tokyo, Japan.
![Masaaï women walk in Kenya three miles to get drinking water (Photo by Patrick Jérôme/VOA reader)](https://gdb.voanews.com/298cce7b-92fa-4f02-957f-3b965374fee4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Masaaï women walk in Kenya three miles to get drinking water (Photo by Patrick Jérôme/VOA reader)
![Part of Gold Coast city in Australia, which is surrounded by sea (left) and a lake (right). (Photo by Khashayar Khastoui submitted to VOA Photo Contest)](https://gdb.voanews.com/07040c91-d708-4f6a-bb2a-e3d7efdec65c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Part of Gold Coast city in Australia, which is surrounded by sea (left) and a lake (right). (Photo by Khashayar Khastoui submitted to VOA Photo Contest)