Pictures of the year - March
Twenty-five-year-old Lesleigh Coyer curls up in front of the grave of her brother, a U.S. soldier who died of complications from an injury he sustained in Afghanistan.
The poignant image is one of many striking pictures from March 2013, a month which saw the election of a new pope, the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and an outbreak of sectarian violence in Myanmar.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a smartphone with high security Secusite software used for governmental communication. The image became an iconic one several months later, after allegations that U.S. security officials had tapped the German chancellor's phone.
People sunbathe by the wall of the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg.
Newly elected Pope Francis, formerly Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica.
The coffin of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez is driven through the streets of Caracas after leaving the military hospital where he died of cancer.
A parked truck is visible through a frosted window during sunrise in North Dakota, where a booming oil business ran up against a serious shortage of housing for the thousands of workers it attracted.
A Balinese man kicks up fire during the "Perang Api" (Fire War) ritual ahead of Nyepi day, a time of self-reflection to celebrate the Balinese Hindu New Year.
A man stands in front of a mosque as it burns in the central Myanmar town of Meikhtila, where sectarian rioting erupted in March.
A sadhu (Hindu holy man) sits beside a fire after applying ashes to his face and body in his ashram at Kathmandu’s Pashupatinath Temple.
An Afghan woman looks out of a helicopter window during a tour to mark International Women's Day.
Two dead bodies hang from an overpass while three more corpses lie on the ground at a crime scene in Saltillo, Mexico.
