A man walks a dog around snow-covered Mirror Lake today in Eden Park in Cincinnati. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A activist adjusts his mask of former NSA analyst Edward Snowden before a protest today demanding Brazil’s government grant Snowden asylum, outside the foreign ministry in Brasilia, Brazil. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Palestinians wave national flags during a protest today against the expansion of the Maaleh Adumim settlement, in the West Bank village of Azarya, near Jerusalem. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A giant mock baby used by antigovernment protesters to represent what they claimed was the “childish” apathy of the Kenyan people and the need for the country to “grow up,” lies abandoned today on the street as demonstrators flee tear gas canisters fired by police exploding around them, in downtown Nairobi, Kenya. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Workers prepare a large mannequin figure depicting the King of the Carnival during preparations today for the 130th Nice carnival parade in Nice, southeastern France. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A Bangladeshi girl has her head decorated with flowers while celebrating the arrival of spring today, the first day of Falgoon at the Dhaka University campus in Dhaka, Bangladesh. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Linn Park is covered with snow as a winter storm drops several inches of snow and ice early today in Birmingham, Ala. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Afghan school girls and boys sing today during a campaign rally in Kabul, Afghanistan. Eleven Afghan candidates are campaigning in the nation’s third election set for April 5. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Bahraini antigovernment protesters wait for riot police today in the debris-filled main street of Malkiya, Bahrain. Rubbish and oil smeared on the road are meant to deter police jeeps from entering the village. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS