2013-03-09 Photo gallery

Wat Aroon or Temple of Dawn, Bangkok, Thailand by Dr Amrish Tony

Downtown Bangkok by Dr Amrish Tony

In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's acting President Nicolas Maduro stands in front of a portrait of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez after a symbolic swearing in ceremony in the presence of the flag-draped coffin of ...

England's captain Alastair Cook kicks the ground after being caught out during day four of the first international cricket Test match between New Zealand and England played at the University Oval park in Dunedin on March 9, 2013. AFP PHOTO

Dutch artist Remko Van Schaik, 45, picks up debris on his 3D elephant art he painted on the ground at a Buddhist temple in Bangkok, Thailand Saturday, March 9, 2013. Elephants, rhinos, sharks and manta rays are among the animals that could be getting...

In this photo provided by Warner Bros., Steve Carell, Olivia Wilde, and Jim Carrey arrive at the world premiere of New Line Cinema's 'The Incredible Burt Wonderstone', a Warner Bros. Pictures release, on the opening night of the SXSW Film Festival on...

Jipocar Czech National team pilot Martin Prokop and co-driver Michal Ernest, both from the Czech Republic, compete in the FIA WRC Mexico Rally on the outskirts of Leon, Mexico, Friday, March 8, 2013. (AP Photo/

Devotees offer prayers at the Ajmer Sharif shrine in Ajmer on March 9, 2013. Pakistan's Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf is arriving in India for a day-long pilgrimage, to the Ajmer Sharif shrine, at a time of strained relations between the neighbou...

In this Friday March 11, 2011 file photo, Earthquake-triggered tsunami sweep shores along Iwanuma in northern Japan. Japan marks two years since the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster on Monday, March 11. (AP Photo

England's captain Alastair Cook (R) hugs team-mate Nick Compton after reaching a century during the fourth day of their first test cricket match against New Zealand at the University Oval in Dunedin March 9, 2013. REUTERS

Indian lawyers shout slogans during a protest against the visit of Pakistani Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf in Ajmer, India, Saturday, March 9, 2013. Ashraf is in India on a daylong private trip to visit the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti...

India's Saina Nehwal returns to Thailand's Intanon Ratchanok during their All England Open Badminton Championships women's singles semi-final match in Birmingham, central England, on March 9, 2013. AFP PHOTO

Devotees dressed as Hindu God Shiva participate in a procession on the eve of Shivratri festival in Jammu, India, Saturday, March 9, 2013. Shivratri, a festival dedicated to the worship of Hindu God Shiva, will be marked across the country Sunday....

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi talking to the media at the village of the slain DSP Zia Ul Haq in Deoria on Saturday. PTI Photo

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi returns after taking holy dip at the Sangam on the eve of Mahashivratri festival in Allahabad on Saturday. PTI Photo

Pakistani Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, center right, and his wife Nusrat Pervaiz Ashraf visit the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer, India, Saturday, March 9, 2013. Ashraf is in India on a daylong private visit to the Muslim shrin...

Bitti Mohanty, rape accused on the run for six years, taken into custody by Kerala police in Kannur on Saturday. Bitti Mohanty, the son of a former top cop in Odisha, was convicted in March 2006 for raping a 26-year-old German national in a hotel ...

Kalari artists perform at a national integration camp in Kozhikode on Saturday. PTI Photo

Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni offers prayers at the ancient Deori temple in Tamar, about 65 kms from Ranchi on Saturday. PTI Photo