A look at the best news photos from around the world.
March 5, 2015
![Firecrackers are set off during the Beehive Rockets Festival, ahead of the Chinese Lantern Festival in Tainan, southern Taiwan, March 4, 2015. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/901EEFDE-0C41-4FC4-946B-037C7E215A9D_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Firecrackers are set off during the Beehive Rockets Festival, ahead of the Chinese Lantern Festival in Tainan, southern Taiwan, March 4, 2015.
![People sing and dance while celebrating Holi, the Festival of Colors, in Kathmandu, Nepal.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0191FCEC-5CF0-449F-B044-F95C82281719_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People sing and dance while celebrating Holi, the Festival of Colors, in Kathmandu, Nepal.
![Kristy Fogden, right, of New Zealand, hands her friend Dave Shaw a guitar as they stand on a sand dune at dusk in White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, March 4, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5B222162-E986-4141-A6E7-1ED6E144035C_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kristy Fogden, right, of New Zealand, hands her friend Dave Shaw a guitar as they stand on a sand dune at dusk in White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, March 4, 2015.
![A foreign tourist screams as another puts color on her face during celebrations marking Holi in Kolkata, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9F20F7A5-783A-428E-80DC-3631A16A4643_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A foreign tourist screams as another puts color on her face during celebrations marking Holi in Kolkata, India.