News in Pics, March 21: Best pics from around the world

A man walks past Ukrainian tanks in position on the front line, near Kyiv. Credit: AFP Photo

Members of the Israeli security forces and some Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men walk with the hearse transporting the casket of rabbi Chaim Kanievsky at Ponevezh community cemetery in the city of Bnei Barak near Tel Aviv. Credit: AFP Photo

A member of the Kurdish community in Lebanon takes part in a celebration celebration marking Nowruz (Noruz), in the Lebanese capital Beirut. Credit: AFP Photo

Men use a horse to transport torches during celebrations of the Persian new year Nowruz (Noruz) in the town of Akra, about 100 kilometres north of Arbil, in Iraq's northern autonomous Kurdish region. Credit: AFP Photo

Demonstrators hold banners and wave

Protesters hold placards during a demonstration against the Russian invasion of Ukraine next to the Swiss House of Parliament in Bern. Credit: AFP Photo