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Our world in photos: March 12

March 12, 2024 Brooklyn Eagle Staff
JAKARTA — The power of prayer as religious engagement gets stronger worldwide: Indonesian Muslims attend an evening prayer called 'tarawih' marking the first eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, March 11, 2024.Photo: Dita Alangkara/AP
JAKARTA — The power of prayer as religious engagement gets stronger worldwide: Indonesian Muslims attend an evening prayer called 'tarawih' marking the first eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, March 11, 2024.
Photo: Dita Alangkara/AP
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MISSISSIPPI — ‘I am sooooo glad I’m too young to vote — don’t want half of the country to hate me…’: Elizabeth Fraley "casts" her vote on an electronic pad while her mother, Alex Fraley, votes in the privacy kiosk to her left, at a north Jackson, Miss., election precinct at St. Philip's Episcopal Church, during Mississippi's party primaries, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. Mississippians statewide are voting for all four of the state's U.S. House seats and one U.S. Senate seat.Photo: Rogelio V. Solis/AP
MISSISSIPPI — ‘I am sooooo glad I’m too young to vote — don’t want half of the country to hate me…’: Elizabeth Fraley “casts” her vote on an electronic pad while her mother, Alex Fraley, votes in the privacy kiosk to her left, at a north Jackson, Miss., election precinct at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, during Mississippi’s party primaries, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. Mississippians statewide are voting for all four of the state’s U.S. House seats and one U.S. Senate seat.
Photo: Rogelio V. Solis/AP
CALIFORNIA — ‘Thank you, God, for letting my orange visor win today’: Elise Mertens, of Belgium, celebrates after defeating Naomi Osaka, of Japan, at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament, Monday, March 11, 2024, in Indian Wells, CA.Photo: Mark J. Terrill/AP
CALIFORNIA — ‘Thank you, God, for letting my orange visor win today’: Elise Mertens, of Belgium, celebrates after defeating Naomi Osaka, of Japan, at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament, Monday, March 11, 2024, in Indian Wells, CA.
Photo: Mark J. Terrill/AP
CONNECTICUT — ‘Let’s do a chest bump… okay, just hips!’: UConn guards KK Arnold, left, and Paige Bueckers, right, celebrate during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Georgetown in the finals of the Big East Conference tournament at Mohegan Sun Arena, Monday, March 11, 2024, in Uncasville, CT.Photo: Jessica Hill/AP
CONNECTICUT — ‘Let’s do a chest bump… okay, just hips!’: UConn guards KK Arnold, left, and Paige Bueckers, right, celebrate during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Georgetown in the finals of the Big East Conference tournament at Mohegan Sun Arena, Monday, March 11, 2024, in Uncasville, CT.
Photo: Jessica Hill/AP
KASHMIR — The power of prayer — and colors — in Indian-controlled Muslim region: Muslims offer prayers inside a mosque on the first day of Ramadan, in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. The Muslim holy month of Ramadan, when the faithful fast from dawn to dusk, began at sunrise Tuesday in much of Asia.Photo: Mukhtar Khan/AP
KASHMIR — The power of prayer — and colors — in Indian-controlled Muslim region: Muslims offer prayers inside a mosque on the first day of Ramadan, in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. The Muslim holy month of Ramadan, when the faithful fast from dawn to dusk, began at sunrise Tuesday in much of Asia.
Photo: Mukhtar Khan/AP
LONDON — Who says photos of royals aren’t real? The Prince of Wales smells a bunch of flowers he is given as he leaves the annual Commonwealth Day service ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London on Monday, March 11, 2024.Photo: Yui Mok/PA via AP
LONDON — Who says photos of royals aren’t real? The Prince of Wales smells a bunch of flowers he is given as he leaves the annual Commonwealth Day service ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London on Monday, March 11, 2024.
Photo: Yui Mok/PA via AP
BALI — Religious fervor anywhere is tough duty: Devout Balinese Hindus enter into a trance and pierce themselves with metal swords while chanting prayers on Melasti at Padanggala Beach in Bali, Indonesia, on Friday, March 8, 2024. Melasti is part of the six-day-long Balinese Hindu New Year, where the devout perform rituals as symbolic cleansing.Photo: Firdia Lisnawati/AP
BALI — Religious fervor anywhere is tough duty: Devout Balinese Hindus enter into a trance and pierce themselves with metal swords while chanting prayers on Melasti at Padanggala Beach in Bali, Indonesia, on Friday, March 8, 2024. Melasti is part of the six-day-long Balinese Hindu New Year, where the devout perform rituals as symbolic cleansing.
Photo: Firdia Lisnawati/AP
WASHINGTON, DC — Justice still maintains a solemn mien: Department of Justice Special Counsel Robert Hur listens during a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Tuesday, March 12, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington.Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP
WASHINGTON, DC — Justice still maintains a solemn mien: Department of Justice Special Counsel Robert Hur listens during a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Tuesday, March 12, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP
ROMANIA — Headed home for trial in Britain, where it’s illegal to kick women, even on TikTok: A police officer escorts Andrew Tate, center, handcuffed, from the Court of Appeal in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. Online influencer Andrew Tate was detained in Romania and handed an arrest warrant issued by British authorities, his spokesperson said Tuesday.Photo: Alexandru Dobre/AP
ROMANIA — Headed home for trial in Britain, where it’s illegal to kick women, even on TikTok: A police officer escorts Andrew Tate, center, handcuffed, from the Court of Appeal in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. Online influencer Andrew Tate was detained in Romania and handed an arrest warrant issued by British authorities, his spokesperson said Tuesday.
Photo: Alexandru Dobre/AP

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