Rescued cats and spring lambs: the weekend’s best photos – in pictures

March 19, 2023

Sydney, Australia

People take part in the Sydney St Patrick’s Day festival and parade in The Rocks

Photograph: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images
Siyut Beach, Bali, Indonesia

Balinese Hindus carry sacred effigies and ritual paraphernalia from their village temples to the beach to perform a purification ceremony called the Melasti ritual

Photograph: Agung Parameswara/Getty Images
Paris, France

A firefighter extinguishes a fire set by protesters during a demonstration against the French government’s pension age rise

Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Colina, Chile

Riders perform in a threshing exhibition at the Colina Equestrian Squad Meeting

Photograph: Esteban Félix/AP
Islamabad, Pakistan

Supporters of Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan run as police use tear gas to disperse them outside a court

Photograph: Farooq Naeem/AFP/Getty Images
Moreton Morrell, Warwickshire

Newborn spring lambs at Nethermorton farm, Moreton Morrell College

Photograph: Jacob King/PA
Swift City, Arizona, US

Taylor Swift performs onstage for the opening night of Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour at State Farm stadium. The city of Glendale, Arizona was ceremonially renamed as Swift City for March 17-18 in honour of the tour

Photograph: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management
Valencia, Spain

Falleras take part in the traditional flower-laying ceremony to the Virgin during the Fallas festival

Photograph: Ana Escobar/EPA
Hnidyn, Ukraine

A woman holds the portrait of Serhii Myronchykov, 32, a Ukrainian serviceman from Da Vinci Wolves battalion, killed near Bakhmut, during his funeral

Photograph: Roman Pilipey/Getty Images
Almaty, Kazakhstan

A woman votes at her home during parliamentary elections

Photograph: Ruslan Pryanikov/AFP/Getty Images
Aldeia Velha reserve, Brazil

Ytapoa Aguiar of the Pataxo indigenous tribe takes part in a traditional ritual

Photograph: Andre Coelho/EPA
Idlib, Syria

Injured cats from areas affected by the earthquakes are cared for at the Ernestoâs Sanctuary for Cats

Photograph: Muhammed Said/ Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Pocheon, South Korea

US army soldiers work on a M777 howitzer during a joint military drill between South Korea and the US at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex

Photograph: Ahn Young-joon/AP
Washington, Tyne and Wear, UK

Metal sculptor Craigie Ross puts the finishing touches to a recreation of the Angel of the North by Anthony Gormley, which this year celebrates its 25th anniversary

Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA