St Patrick’s Day in Ireland and Holi in India: photos of the day – Monday

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  • Calera, Alabama

    Motorhomes damaged by by a powerful storm, including tornados, that swept through southern US states

    Four motorhomes shoved together, two of them toppled, by high winds
  • Budong-Budong, Indonesia

    A handler feeds rescued crocodiles at an enclosure in West Sulawesi

    Two crocodiles can be seen through a metal gate ajar to allow the handler to throw meat in
  • Manila, Philippines

    Riot police in a standoff with protesters calling on the government to rejoin the international criminal court after the detention of Rodrigo Duterte, the country’s former president, on charges of crimes against humanity

    Two rows of riot police stand face-to-face with a group of protesters holding placards
  • Manila, Philippines

    Two people rest on their motorbike and sidecar as protesters try to march towards the Malacañang presidential palace

    Two people rest on their motorbike and sidecar as riot police shepherd protesters in the background
  • Bangkok, Thailand

    A worker harvests sea salt

    A worker stands between dozens of small pyramids of salt in an evaporation pond
  • Faridpur, Bangladesh

    Farmers harvest onion seeds

    A group of men at work in a field of white flowers, collecting seeds by hand
  • Barpeta, India

    Revellers celebrate Holi, the Hindu spring festival of colours

    A crowd of people dusted in pink powder dance around a drummer
  • Jerusalem, Israel

    Ultra-Orthodox Jews take part in a parade to celebrate Purim, a festival that commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people from a plot to exterminate them in the ancient Persian empire 2,500 years ago, as recorded in the biblical book of Esther

    Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men in traditional costume hug each other
  • Beit Lahiya, Gaza

    Palestinian children jostle to receive food at a distribution centre

    Palestinian children holding pans and other containers jostle as one cries
  • Kočani, North Macedonia

    Workers prepare graves after a fire at the Pulse nightclub in which dozens of people were killed

    A drone view shows workers using excavators to dig graves
  • Rome, Italy

    Soldiers take part in a ceremony to mark the country’s day of national unity

    Soldiers in ceremonial uniform march down a flight of steps
  • Paris, France

    The French president, Emmanuel Macron, welcomes the Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, to the Élysée Palace

    Emmanuel Macron and Mark Carney smile as they shake hands warmly
  • Dublin, Ireland

    People take part in a St Patrick’s Day parade

    A majorette in a bright green sequinned dress strikes a ballet pose as others dressed the same way look on
  • Dublin, Ireland

    Marching band members gather ahead of a St Patrick’s Day parade

    A marching band member in a traditional outfit limbo dances as others look on
  • Dublin, Ireland

    People take part in a St Patrick’s Day parade

    A group of musicians in orange wigs joined together by a single knitted pullover
  • Dublin, Ireland

    A woman is made up in preparation for a St Patrick’s Day parade

    A woman applies brightly coloured eye shadow to another, both wearing large curly orange wigs
  • River Humber, UK

    The Vectis Progress, a cargo ship fitted with an experimental sail, leaves port in Kingston upon Hull

    A cargo ship fitted with an experimental sail makes its way down a river estuary
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