March 20: Day in pics

Updated On Mar 21, 2012 11:18 am IST
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People run to safety on the streets of Mexico City after a strong quake hit Mexico. AFP Photo/Ronaldo Schemidt expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Mar 21, 2012 11:18 am IST

People run to safety on the streets of Mexico City after a strong quake hit Mexico. AFP Photo/Ronaldo Schemidt

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Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia addresses a press conference in New Delhi. AFP Photo/Prakash Singh expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Mar 21, 2012 11:18 am IST

Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia addresses a press conference in New Delhi. AFP Photo/Prakash Singh

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A file photo of IndiGo Airlines A320 aircraft parked on the tarmac at Bengaluru International Airport in Bangalore. (Reuters Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Mar 21, 2012 11:18 am IST

A file photo of IndiGo Airlines A320 aircraft parked on the tarmac at Bengaluru International Airport in Bangalore. (Reuters Photo)

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A Kingfisher Airlines Airbus A321 aircraft makes its final approach for landing at the Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai. Shares in the beleaguered Airlines tumbled close to a record low on fears that the debt-laden carrier could lose its flying licence. AFP/Punit Paranjpe expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Mar 21, 2012 11:18 am IST

A Kingfisher Airlines Airbus A321 aircraft makes its final approach for landing at the Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai. Shares in the beleaguered Airlines tumbled close to a record low on fears that the debt-laden carrier could lose its flying licence. AFP/Punit Paranjpe

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An unidentified staff adjusts a signature UN peacekeeper blue beret worn by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, center, as Indonesian defense minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro shows the way during their visit at the International Peace and Security Center in Sentul, West Java, Indonesia. AP/Dita Alangkara expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Mar 21, 2012 11:18 am IST

An unidentified staff adjusts a signature UN peacekeeper blue beret worn by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, center, as Indonesian defense minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro shows the way during their visit at the International Peace and Security Center in Sentul, West Java, Indonesia. AP/Dita Alangkara

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Bangladeshi bowler Nazmul Hossain (C) celebrates the dismissal of Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene with teammates during the one day international Asia Cup cricket match at The Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka. AFP/Munir uz Zaman expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Mar 21, 2012 11:18 am IST

Bangladeshi bowler Nazmul Hossain (C) celebrates the dismissal of Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene with teammates during the one day international Asia Cup cricket match at The Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka. AFP/Munir uz Zaman

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A sparrow feeding its offsprings at Sher Kothi (Old House) building on World Sparrow Day, at Vindhyachal in Mirzapur. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Mar 21, 2012 11:18 am IST

A sparrow feeding its offsprings at Sher Kothi (Old House) building on World Sparrow Day, at Vindhyachal in Mirzapur.

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with the new railway minister Mukul Roy at his swearing-in ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi. PTI/Atul Yadav expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Mar 21, 2012 11:18 am IST

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with the new railway minister Mukul Roy at his swearing-in ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi. PTI/Atul Yadav

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International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde (R) listens to minister of commerce and industry Anand Sharma during an IMF-backed conference on 'Sustaining a High-Quality Growth' in the economies of India and China, in New Delhi. AFP/Manan Vatsyayana expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Mar 21, 2012 11:18 am IST

International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde (R) listens to minister of commerce and industry Anand Sharma during an IMF-backed conference on 'Sustaining a High-Quality Growth' in the economies of India and China, in New Delhi. AFP/Manan Vatsyayana

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Police and bystanders are seen gathered near the mangled wreckage of a vehicle following a collision with a train and a jeep, in which fifteen people were killed, at Mahamaya Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh. AFP photo expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Mar 21, 2012 11:18 am IST

Police and bystanders are seen gathered near the mangled wreckage of a vehicle following a collision with a train and a jeep, in which fifteen people were killed, at Mahamaya Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh. AFP photo

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Abducted Italian tourist Paolo Bosusco eats a meal at an undisclosed location. AP photo expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Mar 21, 2012 11:18 am IST

Abducted Italian tourist Paolo Bosusco eats a meal at an undisclosed location. AP photo

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President Pratibha Patil (L) administers oath to Mukul Roy as new railway minister, replacing his party colleague Dinesh Trivedi, at the presidential place in New Delhi. Reuters/B Mathur expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Mar 21, 2012 11:18 am IST

President Pratibha Patil (L) administers oath to Mukul Roy as new railway minister, replacing his party colleague Dinesh Trivedi, at the presidential place in New Delhi. Reuters/B Mathur

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A traditional caricature, called ninot in Valencian, on the last day of the Fallas Festival in Valencia. AFP/Jose Jordan expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Mar 21, 2012 11:18 am IST

A traditional caricature, called ninot in Valencian, on the last day of the Fallas Festival in Valencia. AFP/Jose Jordan

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A girl shows her dog, a certificate and a bag of dog treats after its vaccination at a basketball court in Tegucigalpa. Reuters/Jorge Cabrera expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Mar 21, 2012 11:18 am IST

A girl shows her dog, a certificate and a bag of dog treats after its vaccination at a basketball court in Tegucigalpa. Reuters/Jorge Cabrera

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Cambodian students line up to attend a trial at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) in Phnom Penh. AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Mar 21, 2012 11:18 am IST

Cambodian students line up to attend a trial at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) in Phnom Penh. AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy

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Liam Hemsworth, who portrays Gale Hawthorne, poses with fans as he arrives on the red carpet for the premier of the film The Hunger Games in Toronto. AP/Chris Young expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Mar 21, 2012 11:18 am IST

Liam Hemsworth, who portrays Gale Hawthorne, poses with fans as he arrives on the red carpet for the premier of the film The Hunger Games in Toronto. AP/Chris Young

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A man chants a prayer during a march, in Paris, after an assailant opened fire with two handguns in front of a Jewish school in the French city of Toulouse, killing a rabbi, his two young sons and a schoolgirl. AP/Thibault Camus expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Mar 21, 2012 11:18 am IST

A man chants a prayer during a march, in Paris, after an assailant opened fire with two handguns in front of a Jewish school in the French city of Toulouse, killing a rabbi, his two young sons and a schoolgirl. AP/Thibault Camus

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Chelsea's Fernando Torres, left, and Leicester City's Wes Morgan battle for the ball during the FA Cup quarterfinal match at Stamford Bridge, London. AP/Nick Potts expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Mar 21, 2012 11:18 am IST

Chelsea's Fernando Torres, left, and Leicester City's Wes Morgan battle for the ball during the FA Cup quarterfinal match at Stamford Bridge, London. AP/Nick Potts

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A visitor wearing football earrings during a show at the Ukrainian Fashion Week in Kiev. 16 designers-representatives of the countries-participants of EURO 2012 will have the pride to be fashion ambassadors of their countries and to honour the 14th Football Championship. AFP/Sergei Supinsky expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Mar 21, 2012 11:18 am IST

A visitor wearing football earrings during a show at the Ukrainian Fashion Week in Kiev. 16 designers-representatives of the countries-participants of EURO 2012 will have the pride to be fashion ambassadors of their countries and to honour the 14th Football Championship. AFP/Sergei Supinsky

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A bee flies around pear tree blossoms. The driveway to the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton is now lined with white blooming pear trees. AP/Pat Jarrett expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Mar 21, 2012 11:18 am IST

A bee flies around pear tree blossoms. The driveway to the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton is now lined with white blooming pear trees. AP/Pat Jarrett

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A plain cloth police officer looks at the body of a man, shot dead by several gunmen, seated behind the wheel of a car in Leon. Reuters photo expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Mar 21, 2012 11:18 am IST

A plain cloth police officer looks at the body of a man, shot dead by several gunmen, seated behind the wheel of a car in Leon. Reuters photo

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Carrying signs with images of late Indigenous leader Dolores Cacuango, left, and Argentinean born Cuban revolution leader Ernesto "Che" Guevara, right, indigenous demonstrators march during a protest in Latacunga, Ecuador. AP/Dolores Ochoa expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Mar 21, 2012 11:18 am IST

Carrying signs with images of late Indigenous leader Dolores Cacuango, left, and Argentinean born Cuban revolution leader Ernesto "Che" Guevara, right, indigenous demonstrators march during a protest in Latacunga, Ecuador. AP/Dolores Ochoa

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In this file photo, actor Ashton Kutcher speaks during the panel discussion for the sitcom Two And A Half Men in California. British billionaire Richard Branson announced that Kutcher will be the 500th customer to go into space. AP/Jason Redmond expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Mar 21, 2012 11:18 am IST

In this file photo, actor Ashton Kutcher speaks during the panel discussion for the sitcom Two And A Half Men in California. British billionaire Richard Branson announced that Kutcher will be the 500th customer to go into space. AP/Jason Redmond

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