The weekend in pictures

A young boy participates in the Shwedagon Pagoda full moon festival which is celebrated by thousands of devout Buddhists, in Rangoon, Burma. Photograph: Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images

Irish dancers get ready for the St Patrick's Day parade in central London. Photograph: Olivia Harris/Reuters

Allison Jones of the USA competes in the Women's Giant Slalom at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, in Krasnaya Polyana. Photograph: Julian Stratenschulte/EPA

A girl poses for a photograph on one of the barricades surrounding Independence Square in Kiev. Photograph: Robert Ghement/EPA

A female cosplayer stares at the photographer at the Leipzig book fair in Germany. Photograph: Hendrik Schmidt/EPA

A Djiboutian soldier leads men suspected of belonging to Al Shabab to a holding area in Buula Burde, Somalia. Photograph: Ilyas A. Abukar/AFP/Getty Images

Iranians carry the coffins of unknown soldiers killed during the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988) in Shalamcheh near the border with Iraq. Photograph: Ahmad Halabisaz/Xinhua Press/Corbis

Children play in the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, the largest and the poorest African slum with a population of around one million. Photograph: Thomas Campean/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

A boy sits in a plastic container filled with coloured powder during Holi celebrations in Chennai, India. Photograph: Babu/Reuters

A woman stands in front of an electronic display showing live information about flight positions at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, as investigations continue into the missing Malaysian plane which disappeared over a week ago. Photograph: Wong Maye-E/AP

A boy stands in front of the Crimean parliament building, with members of Crimean self-defence units in the background. Residents of Ukraine’s Crimea region are voting in a contentious referendum. Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters

Caterham-Renault driver Kamui Kobayashi veers off the track during a crash at the start of the Formula One Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images

Children look at a girl dressed as a leopard during the Jewish holiday of Purim in Bnei Brak, Israel. Photograph: Oliver Weiken/EPA

A demonstrator clashes with members of the national guard during a protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas. Photograph: Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images