19 Mar 2021, 14:00

This week in photos: Dutch anti-lockdown fray, Beijing sandstorm, Chicago river dyed green

Take a look at the world in pictures from a TASS photo gallery

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Police detain a protester in The Hague. The demonstrators are dissatisfied with the government’s measures to combat coronavirus. Since mid-December 2020, a lockdown has been in place in the country, closing shops that do not sell food and essential goods, in addition gyms and cultural and entertainment facilities have been shut. A curfew came into force on January 23rd

Artillery fire from the D-30 howitzer during the exercises of the 83rd separate guards airborne assault brigade at the Baranovsky training ground, Primorsky Territory, March 18

Russian President Vladimir Putin at a concert at the Luzhniki Stadium dedicated to the seventh anniversary of Crimea's reunification with Russia. Moscow, March 18

The burning of a 24-meter vine art object during the Maslenitsa celebration in the Nikola-Lenivets park. The tradition of burning art objects on Maslenitsa appeared in Nikola-Lenivets back in 2001.

Gormost employees wash the statue of St. George the Victorious at the foot of the Victory Monument on Poklonnaya Gora, Moscow, March 17

A jockey holds onto the bulls during the Paku Javi bull race in Indonesia. This is a traditional festival in West Sumatra. The competition starts after the harvest, there is a lot of mud in the fields. The best animals get more prizes than riders: unlimited livestock and no work in the field

Prince Philip, 99, leaves King Edward VII's Hospital after a month’s stay there. Why he was initially admitted to the hospital was not disclosed, but the Palace said at the time that it was not related to COVID-19.

Cyclists and motorists drive through the streets of Beijing at rush hour. The capital of China was covered with a sandstorm, the level of pollution in some areas exceeds the WHO standard 160 times

A Su-24 front-line bomber docking with the fuel hose of an Il-78 tanker aircraft as part of a tactical flight exercise of the 4th Red Banner Army of the Air Force and air defense near the military airfield Morozovsk

A river in downtown Chicago dyed shamrock green, one of the traditions of St. Patrick's Day. Last year, the celebration was officially canceled due to the pandemic, this year it was also reported to have been called off, but at the last moment, the authorities approved a covert dyeing operation early in the morning in order to surprise the locals.

Syrians have hung an opposition flag on a building in Idlib. The civil war in the country has been going on for 11 years. Idlib, March 17

The Baltic Fleet’s Buran Icebreaker in the the Gulf of Kronstadt before entering the Gulf of Finland for ice-breaking in order to prevent possible flooding of St. Petersburg.

Police stand in front of the participants of the "Reclaim These Streets" action in London's Clapham Common. The reason was the murder of 33-year-old Sarah Everard, of which a Scotland Yard employee is suspected

A ceremony at the Brooklyn Bridge, timed to coincide with the anniversary of the outbreak of the pandemic. During the event, photographs of those who died from the disease caused by the coronavirus were broadcast on the pillars of the bridge. The number of victims of the pandemic in New York amounted to more than 30.000 people

Dutch police clash with anti-lockdown demonstrators, Britain's Prince Philip returns home after treatment, cyclists and motorists travelling through Beijing’s sandstorm-hit streets and Chicago celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with a local river dyed green, these and other stories are among some of the developments captured in this week's photos.