Bianca, a chihuahua, wins the second annual Doggie Gras Parade and Fat Cat Tuesday Celebration on March 4, 2014, in Rancho Santa Fe, California. Bianca was named queen of the doggy Gras parade. Mike Blake / Reuters
Bianca, a chihuahua, wins the second annual Doggie Gras Parade and Fat Cat Tuesday Celebration on March 4, 2014, in Rancho Santa Fe, California. Bianca was named queen of the doggy Gras parade. Mike Blake / Reuters
Chinese hostesses who serve the delegates of the National People’s Congress cast a shadow on March 5, 2014, in front of the Great Hall of the People. The annual congress held its opening session Wednesday in Beijing, China. Andy Wong / AP Photo
Chinese hostesses who serve the delegates of the National People’s Congress cast a shadow on March 5, 2014, in front of the Great Hall of the People. The annual congress held its opening session Wednesday in Beijing, China. Andy Wong / AP Photo
A wavelike cloud looms over Sydney’s Manly Beach on March 5, 2014, as an afternoon storm moves in. Will Burgess / Reuters
A wavelike cloud looms over Sydney’s Manly Beach on March 5, 2014, as an afternoon storm moves in. Will Burgess / Reuters
A Nepalese Buddhist boy attends Bratabandha, a coming-of-age ceremony, in Kathmandu on March 5, 2014. In Newari culture of the Shakya caste, the heads of young boys are shaved and they don a monk's robe for the ceremony practised in the hill communities of Nepal. Prakash Mathema / AFP photo
A Nepalese Buddhist boy attends Bratabandha, a coming-of-age ceremony, in Kathmandu on March 5, 2014. In Newari culture of the Shakya caste, the heads of young boys are shaved and they don a monk's robe for the ceremony practised in the hill communities of Nepal. Prakash Mathema / AFP photo
A boy puts his palms together on March 4, 2014, as he rests with his family outside Jokhang Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet autonomous region. Jacky Chen / Reuters
A boy puts his palms together on March 4, 2014, as he rests with his family outside Jokhang Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet autonomous region. Jacky Chen / Reuters
A delegate naps next to plain-clothes security guards on March 5, 2014, at the opening session of the National Peoples Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. The NPC has over 3,000 delegates and is the world’s largest parliament or legislative assembly, although its function is largely as a formal seal of approval for policies approved by the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party. Diego Azubel / EPA
A delegate naps next to plain-clothes security guards on March 5, 2014, at the opening session of the National Peoples Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. The NPC has over 3,000 delegates and is the world’s largest parliament or legislative assembly, although its function is largely as a formal seal of approval for policies approved by the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party. Diego Azubel / EPA
Florida Panthers left wing Tomas Fleischmann dives for the puck on March 4, 2014, in the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Boston Bruins in Boston. Elise Amendola / AP photo
Florida Panthers left wing Tomas Fleischmann dives for the puck on March 4, 2014, in the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Boston Bruins in Boston. Elise Amendola / AP photo
A boy dressed as Spider-Man poses for a photo on March 4, 2014, next to a mural of Venezuela’s late president Hugo Chavez painted on a wall of the Museo de Bellas Artes in Caracas, Venezuela. Chaves has been dead a year, but his face and voice are everywhere. He bangs out the national anthem on state radio every morning and the national guard has even blasted his voice reciting poetry to drive rock-throwing protesters off the streets. Rodrigo Abd / AP photo
A boy dressed as Spider-Man poses for a photo on March 4, 2014, next to a mural of Venezuela’s late president Hugo Chavez painted on a wall of the Museo de Bellas Artes in Caracas, Venezuela. Chaves has been dead a year, but his face and voice are everywhere. He bangs out the national anthem on state radio every morning and the national guard has even blasted his voice reciting poetry to drive rock-throwing protesters off the streets. Rodrigo Abd / AP photo
Children stand on a subway air vent on March 4, 2014, during Carnival celebrations in Caracas, Venezuela. Rodrigo Abd / AP photo
Children stand on a subway air vent on March 4, 2014, during Carnival celebrations in Caracas, Venezuela. Rodrigo Abd / AP photo

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Best images from around the world in the past 24 hours — March 5

Rob Gurdebeke

March 05, 2014

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British Grand Prix free practice times in the third and final session at Silverstone on Saturday (top five):

1. Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes) 1:28.063 (18 laps)

2. Sebastian Vettel (GER/Ferrari) 1:28.095 (14)

3. Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Mercedes) 1:28.137 (20)

4. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/Ferrari) 1:28.732 (15)

5. Nico Hulkenberg (GER/Renault)  1:29.480 (14)

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