ITALY POVERTY PANDEMIC
epa09051681 A homeless man begs for money sitting on a sidewalk in the center of Genoa, 04 March 2021. Absolute poverty returns to grow and hit the record since 2005, according to the first preliminary estimates of the National Statistics Institute (Istat) of 2020. This phenomenon increases both in family terms with over 2 million families involved, and in terms of individuals which amount to 5.6 million. In the year of the pandemic, the improvements of 2019 were zeroed. EPA/LUCA ZENNARO
BRAZIL ART PANDEMIC COVID19 CORONAVIRUS
epa09051675 A man looks at a sculpture of clasped hands on Flamengo beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 04 March 2021. Ten huge sculptures that represent two hands shaking and that were decorated by artists from Rio de Janeiro celebrate the possible resumption of physical contact after the advance of the vaccination against Covid-19 of the population of the city ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic crisis. EPA/Antonio Lacerda
TURKEY WINTER TOURSIM CORONAVIRUS COVID19
epa09051668 People ski in the slope of Palandoken mountain during the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) in Erzurum, Turkey, 04 March 2021. Winter tourism began in Palandoken, Turkey's largest ski center in the East, 01 December 2020. With the Turkish government eases COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, ski facilities started to fill up step by step. Since there was no Covid-19 test requirement at the entrance to the country, mostly Russian and Asian tourists are interested in these kind of tourist centers in Turkey. EPA/ERDEM SAHIN
epaselect THAILAND MYANMAR PROTEST POLITICS COUP
epaselect epa09051522 A Myanmar national holds a photo of Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi during a ceremony to honor protesters, who died during clashes with the military in Myanmar, outside the United Nations building in Bangkok, Thailand, 04 March 2021. Myanmar nationals gathered outside the UN building in Bangkok to demand action from the United Nations against Myanmar's military regime on the bloodiest day since the protests began following the military coup. EPA/DIEGO AZUBEL
epaselect SRI LANKA INDIA DEFENCE SHOW
epaselect epa09051424 Sri Lankan People try to take photographs as the Indian air force Kiran Mk.2' aircraft performs 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
epaselect GERMANY NORDIC SKIING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
epaselect epa09051145 Krista Parmakoski of Finland celebrates the third place with teammates after the Cross Country Women 4x5km relay event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021 in Oberstdorf, Germany, 04 March 2021. EPA/PHILIPP GUELLAND
epaselect GREECE EARTHQUAKE AFTERMATH
epaselect epa09051040 Damaged houses in the aftermath of an earthquake, in Damasi, Thessaly, central Greece, 04 March 2021. A 6,0-magnitude earthquake shook the wider region of Thessaly on 03 March. At least 30 houses were damaged in the vicinity of Mesochori in the municipality of Elassona, Thessaly. EPA/APOSTOLIS DOMALIS
epaselect KYRGYZSTAN DAY OF WHITE KALPAK
epaselect epa09050943 Kyrgyz girls in national costumes take part in the celebration of the White Kalpak Day in the center of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on 04 March 2021.Ak Kalpak Day is celebrated in Kyrgyzstan in honor of the national headdress of the Kyrgyz in order to support national traditions and culture. The holiday was officially established on 29 June 2016, but has been celebrated for 10 years. EPA/IGOR KOVALENKO
USA GOLF ARNOLD PALMER INVITATIONAL
epa09051665 Tyrrell Hatton of England putts on the eighteenth 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
COLOMBIA CORONAVIRUS PROTEST
epa09051648 A group of women gives roses to several policemen during a gathering of merchants in the Plaza de Bolivar, in Bogota, Colombia, 04 March 2021. Workers of the San Victorino sector in the center of Bogota hold a day of protest to demand that the government be able to restore normal working hours and especially the 'Madrugon' (opening of shops from dawn), hours in which they ensure that they generate the largest amount of sales. They also call for the progressive removal of the restrictions imposed by the pandemic. EPA/Mauricio Duenas Castaneda
