Members of the Progressive Forces of South Africa (on behalf of concerned civic movements and South African citizens) respond to an official of the Nigerian Embassy during their protest in Pretoria, South Africa, on March 31, 2026, following the apparent installation of a Nigerian chief Solomon Ogbonna Eziko as an ‘Igbo King’ in KuGompo in the Eastern Cape. Phill Magakoe/AFP via Getty Images
NASA’s 322-foot-tall Artemis II Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft stand on Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on March 31, 2026. The 10-day mission will take NASA astronauts Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen around the moon and back. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
A police officer armed with a drone-disabling weapon stands guard outside the stadium ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers final playoff football match between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Jamaica at the Akron Stadium in Zapopan, Jalisco state, Mexico, on March 31, 2026. Ulises Ruiz/AFP via Getty Images
Geisha and maiko (apprentice geisha) take part in a rehearsal for the annual ‘Miyako Odori,’ which means ‘capital city dance’ in Japanese, at the Gion Kobu Kaburenjo in Kyoto, Japan, on March 31, 2026. Philip Fong/AFP via Getty Images
First Minister John Swinney speaks with Dave Tipping, KidsOR Director of global operations (L) and David Rennie, CEO Global Hospital (2nd L) as he is shown a medical ceramic generator during a visit to KidsOR at Sidlaw House in Dundee, Scotland, on March 31, 2026. The Scottish National Party leader is joined by the candidate for Dundee West, Heather Anderson, at Kids OR which is supported by SNP Scottish Government funding. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Farmworkers harvest strawberries in a field on Farmworkers Day, the holiday formerly known as Cesar Chavez Day, near Oxnard, Calif., on March 31, 2026. California legislative leaders renamed the March 31 holiday to reflect the broader farmworker labor movement amid recent sexual abuse allegations against deceased labor leader and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez. Mario Tama/Getty Images
Smoke and debris flies around at the site of an Israeli strike that targeted a building adjacent to the highway that leads to Beirut’s international airport on March 31, 2026. A strike hit a building adjacent to Beirut’s main airport road on March 31, AFPTV’s live broadcast showed, after the Israeli military warned it would hit a “Hezbollah facility.” Lebanon was pulled into the Middle East conflict when Tehran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel on March 2 in revenge for the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, the opening salvo in the U.S.-Israeli war against the Islamic Republic. Fadel Itani/AFP via Getty Images
Leader of Reform UK Nigel Farage and Reform UK MP and Treasury Spokesperson Robert Jenrick pose airside after a press conference as Reform UK make a policy announcement at Heathrow Airport in London, England, on March 31, 2026. Farage announced that Reform would scrap air passenger duty on short-haul flights for family holidays, saying that the move would help families amid the cost-of-living crisis. Peter Nicholls/Getty Images
Gasoline and fuel tanks under heavy clouds in Vernier near Geneva, Switzerland, on March 31, 2026. The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has expanded across the Gulf and beyond, upending global energy markets and trade, and virtually halting traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s crude oil travels. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images
A visitor picks tulips in a field of ‘Tulipani Italiani’ tulips at the Agriturismo Cascina DUC farm, in Grugliasco, near Turin, Italy, on March 31, 2026. The Tulipani Italiani you-pick garden was launched by Netherlands’ Nitsuhe Wolanios and her companion Edwin Koeman. With an entrance fee, visitors visit the garden, pick tulips, and relax. Marco Bertorello/AFP via Getty Images
Mockups of domestically-made Iranian missiles are displayed at an exhibition outside the Defence Museum in Tehran, Iran, on March 31, 2026. The United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran on Feb. 28, sparking retaliation by the Islamic Republic, in the form of missile attacks across the region. AFP via Getty Images
A man jogs along the banks of the Main River past blossoming trees in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on March 31, 2026, as the air temperature reached 8 degrees Celsius (46 degrees Fahrenheit). Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images
Roasted Coffee beans in a coffee cooling tray at Starbucks Reserve Roastery New York in New York City on March 31, 2026. The average retail price for a pound of ground roast coffee continues to rise due to several factors, including tariffs, uncertainty tied to the war in Iran, and extreme weather affecting coffee farms in Brazil and Vietnam, the world’s two largest producers, causing market speculation. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
A JetBlue plane lands at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Calif., on March 31, 2026. Amid the war in Iran and surging jet fuel costs, JetBlue announced plans to raise checked baggage fees by as much as $9 to about $39 on off-peak days and up to $49 during peak travel periods as the airline looks to offset rising operating expenses. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
A plume of smoke rising above a fire that broke out at a military arsenal in Bujumbura, Burundi, on March 31, 2026. Multiple explosions ripped through the city of Bujumbura after a fire broke out late on March 31, at a military arsenal in Burundi’s economic capital, an army spokesman said. AFP via Getty Images
