TIME World Pictures of the Week

Pictures of the Week: March 14 – March 21

From the ongoing search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 and the succession of Crimea to Russia, to the celebration of colors for Holi in India and twin polar bear cubs in Germany, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

India Holi Festival Oscar Pistorius murder trial AFGHANISTAN-VOTE Locals offer prayer fro the return of Malasyian Airlines flight MH370 Putin, Crimea, Ukraine The Dalai Lama NASCAR 2014 - Sprint Cup Series Food City 500 Sochi Paralympics Pope Francis Crimea referendum Purim in Bnei Brak A Palestinian family sits inside their makeshift house during power cuts in Khan Younis in Gaza Strip Shwedagon Pagoda Festival 2014 The Chicago River on St. Patrick's Day Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup Hindu temple attacked A boy sits in a plastic container filled with coloured water during Holi celebrations in Chennai APTOPIX SEC Kentucky Florida Basketball Crimea succession Purim holiday in Jerusalem Purim holiday Purim holiday in Jerusalem Syeda Aima Tanveer Winter Weather Maryland Barack Obama President Barack Obama speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington. HMC Protector Referendum Staff Collect Votes From The Elderly And Infirm APTOPIX Afghanistan Afghan presidential candidate Zalmai Rassoul INDIA-RELIGION-FESTIVAL-HOLI INDIA-RELIGION-FESTIVAL-HOLI Hindu priest Babulal jumps out of a fire to signify the burning of the demon Holika during a ritual to mark the first day of the Holi at village Phalen Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 Kamui Kobayashi Petronas Twin Towers Protests in Venezuela Sergei Aksyonov, Alexei Chalyi, Vladimir Konstantinov Crimea, Ukraine, Succession Crimea, Ukraine, Putin Israeli soldier wounded on Syrian border evacuated to Haifa hospital by helicopter Trainees watch their instructor use a scarf to cover a student's head at a special course on flight safety on the outskirts of Beijing AFGHANISTAN-UNREST Afghan National Army's (ANA) National Engineer Brigade INDIA-RELIGION-HINDUISM-HOLI Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 BEMalaysian Airlines Flight MH370IX Special Prayers Held For Passengers And Crew Of Missing Malaysian Airliner 19th Sydney Beinnale. BATHING IN POLLUTED WATERS OF YAMUNA Ultra Orthodox Jews protest in Jerusalem Mideast Iran Fire Festival Photo Gallery Manilla earthquake drill Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 Crimea Russia An artist walks across the roof of his house while carrying paintings to be dried at Jelekong village near Bandung Easter German pensioner Kraft decorates an apple tree with Easter eggs in the garden of his summerhouse in the eastern German town of Saalfeld The Afghan presidential elections Afghanistan's presidential election Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai Afghanistan Colombian police commanders carry the casket of Major German Mendez of the Colombian police force during his funeral at a religious center in Bogota Iraqi Kurdish people carry fire torches up a mountain where a giant flag of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region is laid, as they celebrate Newroz Day, a festival marking their spring and new year, near Dahuk APTOPIX Paraguay Daily Life FINA/NVA Diving World Series 2014 - Day One APTOPIX Mideast Iran New Year Early asparagus harvest in Brandenburg TOPSHOTS-PALESTINIAN-ISRAEL-CONFLIT-GAZA TOPSHOTS-AFGHANISTAN-FESTIVAL-NOWRUZ CHINA-US-DIPLOMACY A man sits next to a wall with graffiti in a cell of the central prison in the district of Wango APTOPIX Spain Financial Crisis Evictions Twin polar bear cubs APTOPIX Mideast Israel Purim

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