An Indian woman dressed as the Hindu Goddess Kali participates in a “Shivratri” procession in Allahabad, India. The festival, is dedicated to the worship of Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of death and destruction. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A pair of boots sits on top of a barricade at Independence Square, in Kiev, Ukraine, as the nations puts its police on high alert after dozens of armed pro-Russia men stormed and seized local government buildings in the Crimea region. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Palestinians stand in the house of Moataz Washaha, who died during an operation by Israeli troops in the West Bank town of Bir Zeit. Israeli troops trying to arrest Washaha opened fire and killed him after he refused to emerge from a house. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A boy is helped by his mother to light a candle inside an improvised church at Independence Square, the epicenter of Ukraine’s current unrest, in Kiev. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A journalist covers her mouth with tape to show her solidarity with journalists detained by Egyptian authorities during a sit-in at Martyrs square in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A visitor views Damien Hirst’s “Beautiful Intergalactic Fantasmagoria in a Rainbow Big Bang Explosion, Let’s Have More Intercourse 2012,” valued at $99,950 to $133,270. The artwork is part of the Bonhams Contemporary Edge sale. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A model wears a creation for Manish Arora’s ready-to-wear fall/winter 2014-2015 fashion collection presented in Paris. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Revellers dressed in carnival costumes celebrate the start of the street-carnival with its tradition of entering the town halls and women cutting off men’s ties with scissors on “Old Women’s Day” in Duesseldorf, Germany. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A woman stands in front of a memorial for the people killed in clashes with police at Kiev’s Independence Square, the epicenter of the Ukraine’s unrest. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS