Balinese Hindus strike each other with burning dried coconut leaves during a fire-fight purification ritual ahead of the Balinese Day of Silence in Paksebali Village, Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia, on March 21, 2023. #

Police officers stand in front of fireworks fired by protesters during a demonstration, after the French government pushed a pension reform through Parliament without a vote, in Lyon, France, on March 16, 2023. French President Emmanuel Macron deployed a rarely used constitutional power to force the reform. The move was an admission that his government lacked a majority in the National Assembly to pass the legislation, which raises the retirement age from 62 to 64. #

On March 23, 2023, protesters in Marseille, France, take part in a demonstration on a national action day, a week after the government pushed a pension reform through Parliament without a vote. #

Police officers check train cars at a border checkpoint during a sandstorm in the border city of Erenhot, in China's northern Inner Mongolia region, on March 21, 2023. #

A volunteer prepares iftar food for Muslim devotees breaking their fast at the Data Darbar shrine on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan, in Lahore, Pakistan, on March 23, 2023. #

A worker dries vermicelli, which is used to make traditional sweet dishes popularly consumed during the holy month of Ramadan, at a factory in Prayagraj, India, on March 22, 2023. #

A member of the foundation Manzanoarte performs during the fourth Social Festival of Scenic Arts in the La Vega neighborhood in Caracas, Venezuela, on March 18, 2023. #

Staff members work on the course during the quarterfinal round of the Team Parallel event on day five of the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Finals in Soldeu, near Canillo, Andorra, on March 17, 2023. #

A tractor blows snow from a street that is walled in by snow as it continues to deepen in the first days of spring in Mammoth Lakes, California, on March 21, 2023. Following the driest three-year stretch on record, a series of destructive, and sometimes deadly atmospheric river storms have been sweeping over the state since early winter, bringing torrential rains, widespread flooding and one of the snowiest winters on record in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. #

A man collects wood from debris in front of a destroyed apartment building after a strike in the city of Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast, in eastern Ukraine, on March 18, 2023. #

Shou Zi Chew, the CEO of TikTok, prepares to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 23, 2023, in Washington, D.C. The hearing was a rare opportunity for lawmakers to question the leader of the short-form social-media video app about the company's relationship with its Chinese owner, ByteDance, and how they handle users' sensitive personal data. #

This photograph shows ninots (cardboard figurines) in a falla (a huge ornate cardboard sculpture made to be burned) in flames on the last night of the Fallas Festival in Valencia, Spain, on March 19, 2023. The fallas—gigantic cardboard structures that portray current events and celebrities—are burned in the streets of Valencia on March 19 as a tribute to San Jose (Saint Joseph), patron saint of the carpenters' guild. #

A view of the Sau reservoir, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) north of Barcelona. Spain, during a severe drought, photographed on March 20, 2023. The Sau reservoir's water levels now stand at 9 percent of total capacity, according to Catalan Water Agency data, so officials have made the decision to remove its fish to prevent them from asphyxiating. #

A woman wearing a face mask and goggles walks along a street in the central business district in Beijing, China, on March 22, 2023. A dust-and-sand storm sent air-quality indices soaring in China's capital on Wednesday morning. #