The annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York City on March 17, 2026. Larry Dye/The Epoch Times
A soldier guards the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier as the sun rises over Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on March 17, 2026. March 25 will mark the centennial of the continuous military sentinel guarding the tomb. Heather Diehl/Getty Images
French soldiers of ‘Troupes de montagne’ of Chasseurs Alpins (Alpine Hunters) carry the coffin of Chief Warrant Officer Arnaud Frion, who was killed in a drone attack on March 12, 2026, during a national tribute ceremony at the 7th Alpine Chasseurs Battalion in Varces, southeastern France, on March 17, 2026. Frion was killed and six other French soldiers were wounded in the drone attack in the Erbil region of Iraqi Kurdistan, French authorities announced, lamenting the first death within the French army in the context of the war with Iran. Alex Martin/AFP via Getty Images
Lilly, a two-and-a-half month old baby Sumatran tiger, plays in her enclosure following her official naming event at Tierpark zoo in Berlin on March 17, 2026. Zoo visitors submitted over 1,000 potential names to a ‘zoo jury’ to decide. Lilly was born on Jan. 2. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli air strike that targeted a Hezbollah stronghold in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut on March 17, 2026. Israel launched a wave of strikes on Tehran and Beirut, while attacks on pro-Iranian forces in Baghdad drew neighboring Iraq deeper into the war against the Iranian regime. Ibrahim Amro/AFP via Getty Images
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (left), NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (center) and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy react following a meeting at 10 Downing Street, in London, on March 17, 2026. Toby Shepheard/AFP via Getty Images
The Leuna industrial chemical park stands illuminated at twilight in Leuna, Germany, on March 17, 2026. The Leuna facility depends on petroleum and natural gas, the prices of which for both have risen dramatically since the outbreak of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. The chemical industry in Germany was already under severe stress, with current output well below capacity. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
U.S. Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance greet the Taoiseach of Ireland Micheál Martin and his wife Mary O'Shea before a breakfast at the Vice President's residence in the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington on March 17, 2026. The Irish Prime Minister arrived in the United States on March 13 for an annual St Patrick's Day trip, to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump later in the day. Roberto Schmidt-Pool/Getty Images
A boy sits on the back of a motorbike at a market along the Thai-Burma (also known as Myanmar) border in Mae Sai in the northern Thai province of Chiang Rai on March 17, 2026. Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP via Getty Images
Heavy smoke is seen as New York Fire Department firefighters work to extinguish a blaze at a high-rise building in Midtown Manhattan near the St. Patrick's Day Parade route in New York City on March 17, 2026. Timothy A. Clary/ AFP via Getty Images
The Indian-flagged tanker ‘Nanda Devi’ carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) arrives at Vadinar Port in the Jamnagar district of India's Gujarat state on March 17, 2026, after Iran allowed it to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. The arrival of the tankers ‘Shivalik’ and ‘Nanda Devi,’ carrying around 92,700 metric tonnes of LPG, mark a rare exception in commercial passage through the key energy corridor that remains disrupted by the regional conflict with Iran. AFP via Getty Images
A Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) warden displays syringe cartridges modified to carry live ants at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport law courts in Nairobi on March 17, 2026. Chinese national Zhan Kequn and his co-accused Kenyan, Charles Mwangi (both not in picture), have been arraigned to take a plea on charges of dealing in wildlife species contrary to laws regulating wildlife conservation, after they were found in possession of more than two thousand live ants intended to be trafficked internationally. Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images
Travelers wait in a TSA PreCheck security line at Miami International Airport in Florida on March 17, 2026. Travelers across the country are enduring long airport security lines as a partial federal government shutdown affects the Transportation Security Administration officers working the security lines. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
A visitor walks on the ‘Le vertige de la Tour’ (‘The vertigo of the tower’) suspension bridge on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower, which connects the east and west pillars at a height of nearly 60 meters, in Paris on March 17, 2026. Julien de Rosa/AFP via Getty Images
A fire burns on the grounds of the U.S. Embassy headquarters in Baghdad's fortified ‘Green Zone’ on March 17, 2026, following a drone and rocket attack suspected to be launched by Iran-backed militias, according to security officials. The strikes came hours after air defences thwarted a rocket attack at the embassy and a drone sparked a fire at a luxury hotel frequented by foreign diplomats in the Green Zone. Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images
Workers change the price label of fuel at a petrol station in Manila, Philippines, on March 17, 2026. Oil climbed again in Asia on March 17 after prices retreated a day earlier, with investors remaining focused on the Strait of Hormuz. Ted Aljibe/AFP via Getty Images
U.S. Senate staff members Priscilla Kim and Mana Azarmi take a close look at The Stanley Cup, the National Hockey League's championship trophy, in the Mansfield Room at the U.S. Capitol on March 17, 2026. The trophy is touring Capitol Hill at the invitation of Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla) after the Florida Panthers won the championship in 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
