From the death of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and elections in Kenya to violent protests in Bahrain and International Women’s Day around the world, TIME presents the best images of the week.
March 4, 2013. Vestments for the new Pope to be elected are displayed in the window of Italian ecclesiastical tailor Gammarelli in Rome. Alberto Pizzoli — AFP/Getty ImagesMarch 3, 2013. Members of the Satmar Orthodox Jewish community grieve over the coffins at the funeral for two expectant parents who were killed in a car accident, in Brooklyn, New York. John Minchillo — APMarch 5, 2013. The bust of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin is seen through a transparent portrait of a Stalin at the Red Square in Moscow, Russia. Kirill Kudryavtsev — AFP/Getty ImagesMarch 4, 2013. Kenyans line up to vote at a polling station in the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya. Jerome Delay — APMarch 6, 2013. Supporters accompany the funeral cortege of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on its way to the Military Academy.Leo Rameriz—AFP/Getty ImagesMarch 3, 2013. Two security officers watch over the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. Wang Zhao — AFP/Getty ImagesMarch 2, 2013. A woman hands are covered with paint powder next during the holi one color Festival held in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. Schalk van Zuydam — APMarch 5, 2013. A model presents a creation by Alexander McQueen during the Fall/Winter 2013-2014 ready-to-wear collection show in Paris, France.Francois Guillot — AFP/Getty ImagesMarch 2, 2013. A Brazilian soldier with the MINUSTAH force greets a boy at a shantytown in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.Vanderlei Almeida — AFP/Getty ImagesMarch 4, 2013. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II leaves King Edward VII Hospital in London.Will Oliver — AFP/Getty ImagesMarch 4, 2013. Members of Mara Salvatrucha (MS13) work out in the gym of the Criminal Center of Ciudad Barrios in San Miguel, El Salvador. Marvin Recinos — AFP/Getty ImagesMarch 1, 2013. A Kashmiri Muslim prays as a priest displays a relic during celebrations at the shrine of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Geelani, in Srinagar, India.Waseem Andrabi — Hindustan Times/Getty ImagesMarch 1, 2013. Napoli's supporters burn flares during the Italian Serie A soccer match against Juventus at the San Paolo Stadium in Naples, Italy. Max Rossi — ReutersMarch 1, 2013. Afghan men watch a cock-fighting tournament in Kabul, Afghanistan. Shah Marai — AFP/Getty ImagesRoosters duel during a break in an Afghan cock-fighting tournament in Kabul, Afghanistan. Shah Marai — AFP/Getty ImagesMarch 1, 2013. Women watch a male striptease show held in celebration of International Women's Day at a club in Bucharest, Romania. Bogdan Cristel — ReutersMarch 1, 2013. Father Garry McKeown lifts a boy to remove a portrait of Pope Benedict XVI from a wall of the St Mary's Catholic Church after a service in the New South Wales town of Mudgee, Australia.David Gray — ReutersMarch 2, 2013. A Bahraini medic treats a protester wounded by a pellet gun during clashes with police in the village of Zinj, a suburb of Manama, Bahrain. Mohammed al-Shaikh — AFP/Getty ImagesMarch 1, 2013. Malian soldiers gather on the banks of the Niger River before taking a canoe to the village of Kadji in Gao, Mali. Joe Penney — ReutersMarch 2, 2013. Members of the Free Syrian Army break into a house in the old city of Aleppo, Syria. Saad Abobrahim — ReutersMarch 2, 2013. Supporters of Kenya's Prime Minister and presidential candidate, Raila Odinga, wave at Coalition for Reform and Democracy (CORD) helicopters as they arrive at a rally in Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi, Kenya. Will Boase — AFP/Getty ImagesMarch 2, 2013. Eleriin Haas of Estonia competes in the High Jump Women Qualification event at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. Pawel Kopczynski — ReutersMarch 2, 2013. A woman blows blue paint powder on her friend during the holi one color Festival held in the city of Cape Town, South Africa.Schalk van Zuydam — APMarch 3, 2013. A man rides a motorbike on in Kakamega, Kenya on the eve of the Kenyan presidential, gubernatorial and senatorial elections. Tony Karumba — AFP/Getty ImagesMarch 4, 2013. Ethnic Tuareg Malian soldiers, under the command of Col. El Hadj Ag Gamou, occupy a former gas station in Gao, Mali. Joe Penney —
ReutersMarch 4, 2013. A Buddhist devotee applying a gold leaf on the Kyaikhtiyo (Golden Rock) pagoda in Myanmar's eastern Mon State. Ye Aung Thu — AFP/Getty ImagesMarch 4, 2013. Pakistani women cook for their family using a fire inside their makeshift home, in a slum in Islamabad, Pakistan. Muhammed Muheisen — APMarch 4, 2013. A fire fighter sprays water inside the burnt compartment of a train at Kamlapur Railway Station in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Andrew Biraj — ReutersMarch 4, 2013. Palestinians push their way on board a bus as a new line is made available by Israel to take Palestinian laborers, from the Israeli army crossing of Eyal, near the West Bank town of Qalqilya. Uriel Sinai — Getty ImagesMarch 4, 2013. An election official checks the I.D. card of a voter by using the light of a mobile phone, at a polling station without electricity in the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya. Kabir Dhanji — EPAMarch 4, 2013. A young man lies on a bed recovering from machete wounds after being attacked by a gang of youths next to a polling station in the Mshomoroni area in Mombasa, Kenya. Ivan Lieman — AFP/Getty ImagesMarch 4, 2013. St. Peter's Square at the Vatican where cardinals started talks to set the date for the start of the conclave this month, a process which will help identify candidates among the cardinals to be the next Pope. Filippo Monteforte — AFP/Getty ImagesMarch 4, 2013. A paramilitary police officer collects the Chinese national flag during a flag-lowering ceremony in front of a giant portrait of the late chairman, Mao Zedong on Beijing's Tiananmen Square, China.Kim Kyung-Hoon — ReutersMarch 4, 2013. Members of Mara Salvatrucha (MS13) work out in the gym of the Criminal Center of Ciudad Barrios, El Salvador. Marvin Recinos — AFP/Getty ImagesMarch 5, 2013.
Bahraini youths hold a placard during the funeral of Mahmud al-Jaziri in Al Nabih Saleh Island, south of Manama, Bahrain. Mohammed Al-Shaikh — AFP/Getty ImagesMarch 4, 2013. A boy casts a net to fish in the Niger River in Gao, Mali.Joe Penney — ReutersMarch 5, 2013. Mirna Guadelupe, 4, plays in front of her modest home with a doll found at the Tirabichi garbage dump in Nogales, Mexico. John Moore — Getty ImagesMarch 5, 2013. A supporter of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez prays in a chapel outside the military hospital in Caracas, Venezuela. Jorge Silva — ReutersMarch 5, 2013. A snake's head on the kitchen floor of a restaurant in Le Mat snake village in Hanoi, Vietnam. Luong Thai Linh — EPAMarch 5, 2013. An elderly man holds a portrait of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin inside a church in Stalin's native town of Gori, Georgia. Vano Shlamov — AFP/Getty ImagesMarch 5, 2013. A jailed gang member hangs up laundry at the maximum security jail of Izalco in Sonsonate, El Salvador. Ulises Rodriguez — ReutersMarch 4, 2013. Yemeni soldiers stand guard as suspected al-Qaida militants, behind bars, attend their first hearing in a state security court in Sana'a, Yemen.Hani Mohammed — APMarch 5, 2013. An Indian child, dressed as Hindu god Lord Shiva, plays with sand on the banks of the Sangam in Allahabad, India. Sanjay Kanojia — AFP/Getty ImagesMarch 5, 2013. Televisions all over Raila Odinga's traditional stronghold of Kibera attracted large audiences who were glued to the news a day after Kenyans voted in Nairobi, Kenya. Kabir Dhanji — EPAMarch 5, 2013. Suraj, 11, walks with his pet monkey towards a group of tourists to start a show on the Marine Drive promenade, which overlooks the Arabian Sea, in Mumbai, India. Indranil Mukherjee — AFP/Getty ImagesMarch 6, 2013.
A Pakistani worker dries fabric that was dyed at a factory in Lahore, Pakistan. Arif Ali — AFP/Getty ImagesMarch 6, 2013. Models present creations by Italian designer Giambattista Valli as part of his Fall-Winter 2013/2014 women's ready-to-wear fashion show for fashion house Moncler Gamme Rouge during Paris fashion week. Gonzalo Fuentes — ReutersMarch 6, 2013. St. Theresa School in Mathare, Nairobi, was the center of attention in an emotionally charged election for the Member of Parliament seat in Mathare, forcing a significant military presence at the polling and counting station amidst agitated observers and supporters, Nairobi, Kenya. Kabir Dhanji — EPAMarch 6, 2013. Ret. Marine Cpl. Ray Hennagir, 26, floats in the pool after competing in the Wounded Warrior Marine Corps Trials at Camp Pendleton in California.Mindy Schauer — Zuma PressMarch 6, 2013. Workers carry out radiation screening on a bus during a press visit to Tokyo Electric Power Company's (TEPCO's) Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan. Issei Kato — EPAMarch 6, 2013. A student of Anand Vihar College takes part in an inter-college bridal show competition in Bhopal, India. Sanjeev Gupta — EPAMarch 6, 2013. Thousands of supporters follow the coffin of late Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, through the streets in Caracas, Venezuela. David Fernandez — EFE/Zuma PressMarch 6, 2013. Residents participate in the funeral procession to honor Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on the streets of Caracas, the capital of Venezuela.Xinhua / LandovMarch 6, 2013. Caps and posters of late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez lie on the hood of the hearse that carried his coffin to the Military Academy where his wake will be held, in Caracas, Venezuela. Jorge Silva — ReutersMarch 6, 2013. A supporter of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez gestures as she views his coffin during a wake at the military academy in Caracas, Venezuela.Holger Bennewitz — ReutersMarch 7, 2013. A woman looks out of her door at a flag and portrait of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez in Caracas.Carlos Garcia Rawlins—ReutersMarch 7, 2013. A paramilitary ranger looks out from inside a vehicle as a group of rangers train in the troubled Yala province in southern Thailand. Damir Sagolj — ReutersMarch 7, 2013. An Afghan woman looks out from a helicopter window at the International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. Mohammad Ismail — Reuters March 7, 2013. Bailey Bear, a Golden Labradoodle, sits in front of a picture of a cat during the first day of the Crufts Dog Show in Birmingham, England.Darren Staples—ReutersMarch 7, 2013. Bolshoi soloist Pavel Dmitrichenko listens in a courtroom in Moscow. The star dancer accused of masterminding the acid attack on the Bolshoi ballet chief.Alexander Zemlianichenko — APMarch 7, 2013, Julio Acevedo is escorted to a hearing at the Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown, Pa. Acevedo was arrested after a friend arranged his surrender and was ordered held without bail. He is a suspect in a hit-and-run crash that killed a pregnant woman and her husband on their way to a hospital in New York. Their premature baby, delivered after the crash, later died. Matt Rourke — APMarch 7, 2013. A handout image provided by Yonhap of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un greets cheering North Korean soldiers during a visit to a military unit in a western island bordering South Korea.Yonhap/EPAMarch 7, 2013. This picture, taken by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (C) posing with soldiers and their family members as he inspects Jangjae Islet Defence Detachment near South Korea's Taeyonphyong Island in South Hwanghae province, North Korea's southwestern sector of the front.KNS/AFP/Getty ImagesMarch 8, 2013. An image depicting a female North Korean soldier leading an artillery attack is projected on a large screen behind singers and the Unhasu Orchestra during a concert to mark International Women's Day in Pyongyang, North Korea.Jon Chol Jin—APMarch 8, 2013. An unidentified victim of an acid attack attends a seminar in New Delhi, India on International Women's Day. Anindito Mukherjee—EPA
