The weekend in pictures

Bathers cast shadows as they enjoy the spring sunshine on the beach in Marseille, France. Photograph: Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters

An artist called Hazard paints during a graffiti art event in support of Breast Cancer Care as part of International Women's Day celebrations in London. Photograph: Kevin Coombs/Reuters

A father and daughter rest while someone holds their place in a long queue to buy basic foodstuffs at a supermarket in San Cristobal, Venezuela. Shortage of such products as flour, milk and sugar have made life increasingly difficult for residents in the area, which has been a focal point for anti-government protests for almost a month. Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images

A Palestinian woman walks away from teargas during clashes with Israeli security forces, after a rally marking International Women's Day at Qalandiya checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah. Photograph: Mohamad Torokman/Reuters

A man in a factory in India sifts coloured powder known as 'gulal' to be used during the forthcoming festival of Holi. Photograph: Diptendu Dutta/AFP/Getty Images

A relative of a passenger on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is surrounded by the media at Lidu hotel in Beijing, China. Photograph: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images

Flowers are placed on a Russian navy monument during a pro-Russia rally in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol. Photograph: BAZ RATNER/REUTERS

Oxrock ridden by Katie Walsh goes for a morning exercise session on the Cheltenham Gallops. Photograph: Julian Herbert/Action Images

A girl holds a sign reading 'I'll be the woman I want to be' during a parade for International Women's Day, in San Jose, Costa Rica. Photograph: Jeffrey Arguedas/EPA

A plane nosedives into the ground after getting tangled with a parachutist at an airport in Mulberry, Florida. Photograph: Tim Telford/Polk County Sheriff's Office/AP

Carter, a Bichon Frise, is groomed before being shown on the third day of the Crufts dog show in Birmingham. Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

Hindu devotees bathe in a holy spring during a cleansing ritual at Tirta Empul temple in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia. Photograph: Made Nagi/EPA

A mother holding her child cries in the remains of her burnt home after a fire at a slum in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photograph: Narendra Shrestha/EPA

A boy sells goods including medicine and cigarettes in a camp for internally displaced people at the Catholic church in Bossangoa, Central African Republic. Photograph: Sia Kambou/AFP/Getty Images

A bumblebee lands on a pussy willow on a warm spring day in Germany. Photograph: Ingo Wagner/EPA