News in Pics, Mar 12: Best photos from around the world

Firefighters, medical workers, first responders and members of the public gather in front of Northern Westchester Hospital to show support for the hospital and to mark the one year anniversary of the first Covid-19 patient admission to the hospital in Mount Kisco, New York. Credit: AFP Photo

People wait for the arrival of the AstraZeneca (SKBio Corea) vaccines under the COVAX scheme against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Mons. Oscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport, in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador. Credit: Reuters Photo

Aerial view after a forest fire in Las Golondrinas town, in Chubut province, Argentina. Credit: AFP Photo

Young monks walk past a barricade set up by protesters holding a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon. Credit: AFP Photo

Health workers care for patients infected with Covid-19 at the full emergency room of the Nossa Senhora da Conceiao hospital in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, in southern Brazil. Credit: AFP Photo

US President Joe Biden looks on after signing the American Rescue Plan, a package of economic relief measures to respond to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, inside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, US. Credit: Reuters Photo

Devotees offer prayers near the giant sculpture of Lord Shiva Gangadhareshwara at Azhimala Shiva temple on the occasion of Mahashivarathri festival, in Thiruvananthapuram. Credit: PTI Photo