The head of Crimea's Russia-backed leader Sergei Aksyonov gestures as people celebrate in Lenin Square, in downtown Simferopol, Ukraine. Polls have closed in Crimea's contentious referendum on seceding from Ukraine and seeking annexation by Russia. Photo: AP
Japanese Emperor Akihito (left) and Empress Michiko (right) greet journalists while attending the welcome ceremony for Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang at the Imperial palace in Tokyo. Photo: AP
A protester wearing a Guy Fawkes mask and holding a Venezuelan flag stands by a water cannon vehicle covered by a sign that reads in Spanish "The strength of communism is the lie" during an anti-government march in Caracas, Venezuela. Anti-government street protests by Venezuelans fed up with violent crime, shortages of basic items such as flour and cooking oil and high inflation have roiled Venezuela for more than a month. Photo: AP
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, arrives for a meeting with U.N.-Arab League mediator Lakhdar Brahimi at his office in Tehran. Brahimi is on a trip to speak with top officials in Iran, a major backer of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Photo: AP
Serbian Progressive Party leader Aleksandar Vucic smiles after claiming victory in parliamentary elections. Photo: AP
Peopl hold a giant banner that reads "Against Nazism" as thousands of people protested against fascism in Malmo, Sweden. Left-wing and anti-fascist groups organized the demonstration in Malmo against a backdrop of violence a week earlier in the city when four people were injured in a fight at a feminist demonstration on International Women's Day. Photo: AP