Friday March 6, Our World In Pictures
UKRAINE — Army Soldiers Parachute Out of Helicopter: Ukrainian army soldiers perform a military exercise at a training ground outside Zhitomir on Friday. Ukrainian military officials say government forces are withdrawing heavy rocket launchers from the front line with Russian-backed separatists in accordance with last month’s cease-fire accord.
ANCHORAGE — Girl Ponders Spelling Bee Word: Alicia Lockwood ponders the word “pertinacity” at the 2015 Alaska State Spelling Bee on March 5 at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts. Lockwood is a fifth grader at Unalakleet School.