Hausa: Week in Pictures March 18-25

French and Kingdom of Libya flags are painted on the face of a protester during a demonstration in support of air strikes in Libya, in Benghazi. (Reuters)

March 24: Mercenaries and forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi sit inside a prison in Benghazi. (Reuters)

March 20: Two British RAF Tornado GR4 warplanes prepare for take-off from RAF Marham, in England. The U.N. Security Council on Thursday approved a resolution authorizing the use of "all necessary measures" to protect civilians under attack by government

March 24: Mourners attend the funeral of people who were killed after air strikes Wednesday night, at the martyrs' cemetery in Tripoli. (Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah)

March 23: U.S. Navy deck crew stand near the island on the deck sprayed for radioactive decontamination aboard USS Ronald Reagan off the Japanese coast. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

March 23: Tokiko Takada and her granddaughter Mai search through the rubble of their home destroyed by the March 11 tsunami at Kesennuma, northern Japan. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

March 22: Children play near murky waters at Laguna de Bay in Taguig City, Manila. The U.N. World Water Day is held on March 22 every year to increase people's awareness of water's importance in environment, agriculture, health and trade. (Reuters)

March 24: Anti-government protestors demonstrate for the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa,Yemen. T(AP/Muhammed Muheisen)

March 23: Israel Rescue workers and paramedics clean a pool of blood at a bus stop in Jerusalem after a bomb exploded, wounding dozens. It appeared to be the first militant attack in the city in several years. (AP/Ariel Schalit)

March 19: The full moon is seen as it rises near the Lincoln Memorial, in Washington, D.C. The full moon was called a "Super Perigee Moon" -- The last full moon so big and close to Earth occurred in March of 1993. (NASA - Bill Ingalls)

This week in pictures: Libya, Japan, and elsewhere around the world.