Eye on the world – March 15 2021

Six of the best pictures of the day

Staff of teamLab wearing swimming suits walk inside digital artwork combined with light, water and sound during a demonstration of TikTok teamLab Reconnect, digital artwork combined with sauna, ahead of its opening in Tokyo.
Staff of teamLab wearing swimming suits walk inside digital artwork combined with light, water and sound during a demonstration of TikTok teamLab Reconnect, digital artwork combined with sauna, ahead of its opening in Tokyo. (Kyung-Hoon)
Sergei Pakhomov performs inside an installation called ‘Vaccination Tower’ during celebrations of Maslenitsa, a pagan holiday, marking the end of the winter in Nikola Lenivets village, Russia.
Sergei Pakhomov performs inside an installation called ‘Vaccination Tower’ during celebrations of Maslenitsa, a pagan holiday, marking the end of the winter in Nikola Lenivets village, Russia. (Maxim Shemetov)
Lucha libre wrestler Ciclon Ramirez sprays water at a man as he and others encourage people to wear masks at the Central Abastos market in Mexico City.
Lucha libre wrestler Ciclon Ramirez sprays water at a man as he and others encourage people to wear masks at the Central Abastos market in Mexico City. (Carlos Jasso)
Police detain a woman as people gather at a memorial site in Clapham Common Bandstand after the kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard in London.
Police detain a woman as people gather at a memorial site in Clapham Common Bandstand after the kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard in London. (Hannah McKay)
Thiago Firmino voluntarily disinfects the alleys of Santa Marta slum in Rio de Janeiro.
Thiago Firmino voluntarily disinfects the alleys of Santa Marta slum in Rio de Janeiro. (Ricardo Moraes)
Young mahouts play with elephants in the Chao Phraya River after the celebrations of Thailand’s National Elephant Day in the ancient city of Ayutthaya.
Young mahouts play with elephants in the Chao Phraya River after the celebrations of Thailand’s National Elephant Day in the ancient city of Ayutthaya. (Chalinee Thirasupa)