LATVIA WEATHER ICE
epa09051436 Latvian Army sappers prepare for ice blasting on the Gauja River in Carnikava, Latvia, 04 March 2021. Due to possible flooding, Latvian Army soldiers blew up the ice in the river. EPA/TOMS KALNINS
BOSNIA PANDEMIC CORONAVIRUS COVID19
epa09051429 Bosnian woman sit in the park with face masks following the outbreak of coronavirus in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 04 March 2021. EPA/FEHIM DEMIR
CHILE HUMAN RIGHTS
epa09051428 General view of a memorial with photographs of detainees who disappeared during the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990) in the Museum of Memory and Human Rights, in Santiago, Chile, 03 March 2021 (issued 04 March 2021). 30 years ago, the Chilean State apologized for the crimes of the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990), promoting democratic transition and citizen reconciliation. On 04 March 1991, then-President Patricio Aylwin (1990-1994), the first to take office during the democratic transition, addressed Chileans through a television message and on behalf of the State asked 'forgiveness from the families of the victims' of Pinochet, after reading the so-called 'Rettig Report', which officially recognized for the first time the systematic violations of Human Rights perpetrated for 17 years by State agents. EPA/Alberto Valdes
EGYPTCAIROCOVID19VACCINATION
(210304) -- CAIRO, March 4, 2021 (Xinhua) -- A medical worker shows a dose of COVID-19 vaccine in a hospital in Cairo, Egypt, March 4, 2021. Egypt started on Thursday vaccinating elderly people and patients with chronic diseases against COVID-19, the Egyptian cabinet said in a statement.\r\n Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and Health Minister Hala Zayed were present at one of Cairo medical centers to witness the two categories of citizens receiving their first shots of the anti-coronavirus vaccine. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)
SRI LANKA INDIA DEFENCE SHOW
epa09051423 Indian air force Kiran Mk.2' aircrafts perform during the Sri Lanka air force 70th-anniversary air show in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 04 March 2021. The Sri Lanka Air Force was established in 1951 as the Royal Ceylon Air Force with the support of the Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom. The 70th Anniversary Air Show of the Sri Lanka Air Force was held at the Colombo sky in collaboration with the Indian Air Force. EPA/CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE
IRAQ POPE FRANCIS VISIT
epa09051421 A general view of a billboard with the pictures of Pope Francis and Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Baghdad's Karada district, Iraq, 04 March 2021. The Iraqi authorities imposed tight security measures in Baghdad ahead of the Pope's visit to the country from 05 to 08 March 2021. EPA/MURTAJA LATEEF
ISRAEL DENMARK AUSTRIA CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC COVID19
epa09051413 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) holds a green vaccination pass visiting a fitness gym in Modi'in, along with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (2-L) and Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (2-R) in Modi'in, Israel, 04 March 2021. Frederiksen and Kurz are in Israel for a short visit to seek for 'possibilities for a closer cooperation on COVID-19 and vaccines'. EPA/AVIGAIL UZI / POOL
FRANCE CULTURE WOMEN MARIANNE
epa09051402 People attend the opening day of '109 Mariannes' exhibition at Pantheon square in Paris, France, 04 March 2021. French Junior Minister of Citizenship Schiappa inaugurated the exhibition of '109 Mariannes', that runs from 04 to 15 March at the square of the Pantheon, on the occasion of International Women's Day marked on 08 March. Marianne is a symbolic figure of the French Republic, embodies the values ââof France 'Liberty, equality, fraternity'. French Interior Ministry in 2021 wants to promote new blood for the Republic through 109 portraits of women representing France and its diversity. EPA/MOHAMMED BADRA
ARGENTINA JUSTICE
epa09051400 A handout photo made available by the Senate of Argentina shows the Argentinian vice-president Cristina Fernandez during a virtual court hearing, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 04 March 2021. Fernandez reiterated that she is the victim of a judicial persecution and held the Justice responsible for contributing to the crisis that the country is experiencing, while rejecting her prosecution for alleged irregularities in the sale of dollar futures at the time she was the president (2007-2015). EPA/SENATE OF ARGENTINA / HANDOUT MANDATORY CREDIT / ONLY AVAILABLE TO ILLUSTRATE THE ACCOMPANYING NEWS HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
USA GOLF ARNOLD PALMER INVITATIONAL
epa09051399 Hideki Matsuyama of Japan walks on the green on the third hole during the first round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard golf tournament at the Bay Hill Club & Lodge in Orlando, Florida, USA, 04 March 2021. EPA/ERIK S. LESSER
