News in Pics, March 9: Best shots from around the world

International Women's Day, a public holiday in Russia, has a long tradition in eastern European countries and across the former Soviet Union, where men often mark the day by buying flowers or gifts for women. But some women were not in the mood to celebrate almost two weeks into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and focused instead on calling for an end to the fighting. Credit: Reuters Photo

Employees and volunteers pack humanitarian aid donations to be shipped to Ukraine, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at Meest-America, Inc. warehouse in Port Reading, New Jersey. Credit: Reuters Photo

In Zaranj, a border town in southwestern Afghanistan, people smugglers say the flow of would-be exiles now reaches 5,000 to 6,000 a day -- four times more than before the Taliban's return to power in August. Credit: AFP Photo

Visitors tour Iraq's National Museum in the capital Baghdad on March 8, 2022, as it reopens after a three-year closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic and political unrest. Credit: AFP Photo

This handout satellite image released by Maxar Technologies shows a wildfire burning mountain forests in Samcheok, as a large wildfire torn through the country's eastern coastal region. Credit: AFP Photo