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Our world in photos: March 24

March 24, 2021 By Michaela Keil

SWITZERLAND — Freeride: On Tuesday, Kristofer Turdell from Sweden competed to win the men's ski event and overall Freeride World Tour men's ski ranking during the Verbier Xtreme Freeride World Tour finals on the ‘Bec des Rosses’ mountain near Verbier. Photo: Valentin Flauraud/Keystone via AP

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EL SALVADOR — Paddle out: On Tuesday, surfers moved into the ocean for a paddle out in honor of Katherine Díaz Hernandez, a top surfer who was killed by a lightning bolt, in the waters off El Tunco beach in Tamanique. The 22-year-old was training on Friday at El Tunco beach when people on shore saw her get hit by lightning.
Photo: Salvador Melendez/AP

ICELAND — River of fire: People watched and took photos as lava flowed from Iceland’s latest volcano in Geldingadalur, on the Reykjanes Peninsula, on Tuesday. Crowds of people hoped to get close to the gentle lava flows. The eruption, near Iceland’s capital Reykjavik, was not seen as a threat to nearby towns and the slow flow meant people could get close to the action without too much harm.
Photo: Marco Di Marco/AP

GUATEMALA — Protection: Workers covered parts of a plane’s motor with plastic to keep volcanic ash from entering the engine at La Aurora international airport, which has been closed due to an eruption at the Pacaya volcano in Guatemala City, Tuesday.
Photo: Moises Castillo/AP

TEXAS — First off: Ian Poulter, of England, hit off the first tee during a first round match at the Dell Technologies Match Play Championship golf tournament on Wednesday, in Austin.
Photo: David J. Phillip/AP

FLORIDA — Fire trail: A long exposure revealed a streak across the sky above an abandoned boat from the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket and 60 Starlink satellites from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, early on Wednesday, at Port Canaveral. The 4:28 a.m. launch lit the skies of the Space Coast with the booster landing on the drone ship Of Course I Still Love You.
Photo: Malcolm Denemark/Florida Today via AP

HONG KONG — Vaccines suspended: People queued up outside a vaccination center for the BioNTech vaccine in Hong Kong on Wednesday. Hong Kong suspended vaccinations using Pfizer shots — known as BioNTech shots in the city — on Wednesday after they were informed by its distributor Fosun that one batch had defective bottle lids.
Photo: Vincent Yu/AP

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