Photo highlights of the day

Got zest! A boy sprays orange water inside a temple during Lathmar Holi in Nandgaon in Uttar Pradesh. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters

Opposition activists catapult stones with a slingshot during a protest against the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, in Caracas. Photograph: Leo Ramirez/AFP/Getty Images

Children sit near debris along a street in the Duma neighbourhood in Damascus, Syria. Photograph: Bassam Khabieh/Reuters

People hang on to a crowded passenger train as they travel to Colombo in Sri Lanka. Photograph: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters

Men put their hands on their heads as they are searched by pro-Russian servicemen at Chongar checkpoint blocking the entrance to Crimea. Photograph: Alisa Borovikova/AFP/Getty Images

On the third anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, a woman prays for those who died in the earthquake and tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Japan. Photograph: Kyodo/Reuters

The US capitol dome is seen behind the smokestacks of the Capitol Power Plant, the only coal-burning power plant in Washington DC. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA

Twins Emily and Evelyn Huffman watch the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in White Mountain, Alaska. Photograph: Bob Hallinen/AP

A man protects himself with a plastic sheet during rain in Jammu, India. Photograph: Channi Anand/AP

Children fall during a dust storm on the outskirts of Lahore as stormy weather hits parts of northern Pakistan. Photograph: Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images

Revellers take part in Morgestraich. marking the opening of the Basel Fasnacht carnival in Basel, Switzerland. Starting at 4am when the city lights shut down, groups of fifers and drummers move through the town centre playing carnival tunes. Photograph: Harold Cunningham/Getty Images

Common frog reflected in a pool as daffodils bloom in the background. Photograph: Richard Bowler/REX

A crowded press conference about the missing Malaysia Airlines jet MH370 in Sepang, Malaysia. Follow the live blog here. Photograph: Wong Maye-E/AP

Ammunition found aboard the Klos C ship displayed at an Israeli navy base in the Red Sea resort city of Eilat. Photograph: Amir Cohen/Reuters