March 29, 2013

A foreign activist tries to escape from a jeep after he was detained by Israeli border policemen on suspicion of attacking an officer during minor clashes at a rally marking Land Day in the West Bank village of al-Tuwani, south of Hebron.

Activists of Islami Andolan Bangladesh take part in a grand rally in Dhaka to demand the introduction of a blasphemy law and the restoration of a caretaker government system to conduct the upcoming general elections, among the other issues, local media reported.

The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-08M space ship blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. The Russian rocket carries Russian Cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin and Pavel Vinogradov and U.S. astronaut Christopher Cassidy to to the International Space Station.

Hot air balloons from the 5th Putrajaya International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta 2013 float over the skies of Putrajaya, outside Malaysia's capital of Kuala Lumpur.

Seagulls flock to the bleachers at the end of an exhibition of spring training baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and San Francisco Giants, Mar. 28, 2013, in San Francisco, USA.

Cheese bearers carry cheese during the official opening of the Cheese market season in Alkmaar, the Netherlands.

Charlie, a golden retriever with the world loudest bark, according to Guinness World Record, barks at the Royal Easter Show in Sydney, Australia. Charlie owns the Guinness World Record for the loudest bark, registering at 113.1 decibels.

Residents attempt to push a car stalled in flood water following heavy rain in Somalia's capital Mogadishu.

Rice fields in Tân Trụ district in Long An province in the Mekong Delta region of southern Vietnam (Photo by Lê Văn Tài/Vietnam/VOA reader)

Snow-covered beach chairs stand at the lido of Strandbad Wannsee in Berlin, Germany. Bathing season at the lido traditionally starts on Good Friday.

Two faithfuls representing Judas are dragged during a procession called "The Chained" on Good Thursday in the Holy week celebrations in Masatepe town, Nicaragua, Mar. 28, 2013.