BACKSTROKE: A man swam in a river in Qionghai, on the southern Chinese island of Hainan, on Monday.  BACKSTROKE: A man swam in a river in Qionghai, on the southern Chinese island of Hainan, on Monday.  HOT HANDS: An antigovernment protester threw a Molotov cocktail at riot police during clashes in the village of Salmabad, south of Manama, Bahrain, on Monday.  HOT HANDS: An antigovernment protester threw a Molotov cocktail at riot police during clashes in the village of Salmabad, south of Manama, Bahrain, on Monday.  BRUSHING IT OFF: A driver cleaned snow off his car in Qinhuangdao City, in Hebei province, China. A snowfall hit the city on Monday, the first day of the Qingming Festival, or Tomb Sweeping Day, holiday.  BRUSHING IT OFF: A driver cleaned snow off his car in Qinhuangdao City, in Hebei province, China. A snowfall hit the city on Monday, the first day of the Qingming Festival, or Tomb Sweeping Day, holiday.  PLANE DOWN: A Russian passenger plane crashed into a snowy field in Siberia shortly after takeoff Monday, killing 31 of the 43 people on board, officials said. Here, a fragment of the ATR-72 airliner at the site of the crash, outside Tyumen, in western Siberia.  PLANE DOWN: A Russian passenger plane crashed into a snowy field in Siberia shortly after takeoff Monday, killing 31 of the 43 people on board, officials said. Here, a fragment of the ATR-72 airliner at the site of the crash, outside Tyumen, in western Siberia.  SPEAR CROP: Polish harvesters cut the first asparagus of the year at a farm near Beelitz, Germany, on Monday.  SPEAR CROP: Polish harvesters cut the first asparagus of the year at a farm near Beelitz, Germany, on Monday.  WHITEOUT: A woman walked in heavy snow in central Minsk, Belarus, on Monday.  WHITEOUT: A woman walked in heavy snow in central Minsk, Belarus, on Monday.  IN THE SPRAY: Firefighters worked to extinguish a fire at a petrochemical factory on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, on Monday.  IN THE SPRAY: Firefighters worked to extinguish a fire at a petrochemical factory on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, on Monday.  HELP WANTED: Applicants waited in line to speak with recruiters during a job fair at the Georgia International Convention Center in College Park, Ga., on Monday. The fair is for concession positions at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.  HELP WANTED: Applicants waited in line to speak with recruiters during a job fair at the Georgia International Convention Center in College Park, Ga., on Monday. The fair is for concession positions at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.  RAIN ON THEIR PARADE: Members of the 'San Gonzalo' brotherhood took a break during their Holy Week procession in Seville, Spain, on Monday because of bad weather.  RAIN ON THEIR PARADE: Members of the 'San Gonzalo' brotherhood took a break during their Holy Week procession in Seville, Spain, on Monday because of bad weather.  RAIN GEAR: Employees made umbrellas at a rain gear plant on Sunday in Jinjiang, China.  RAIN GEAR: Employees made umbrellas at a rain gear plant on Sunday in Jinjiang, China.  SOLDIER'S SON: Nicholas Weichel, the son of Rhode Island National Guard Sgt. Dennis Weichel Jr., stood next to his father's casket at the state Veterans Cemetery in Exeter, R.I., on Monday. Sgt. Weichel was struck and killed by an armored vehicle March 22 in Afghanistan.  SOLDIER'S SON: Nicholas Weichel, the son of Rhode Island National Guard Sgt. Dennis Weichel Jr., stood next to his father's casket at the state Veterans Cemetery in Exeter, R.I., on Monday. Sgt. Weichel was struck and killed by an armored vehicle March 22 in Afghanistan.  POT BUST: U.S. Marshals stood at the entrance of Oaksterdam University in Oakland, Calif., on Monday. Federal agents raided the medical marijuana training school at the heart of California's pot legalization movement.  POT BUST: U.S. Marshals stood at the entrance of Oaksterdam University in Oakland, Calif., on Monday. Federal agents raided the medical marijuana training school at the heart of California's pot legalization movement.  CHARRED TREES: A villager rode his horse through a burned area of a forest in A Capela, in the Galicia region of Spain, on Monday. Firefighters had a blaze in the Fragas do Eume national park mostly under control on Monday.  CHARRED TREES: A villager rode his horse through a burned area of a forest in A Capela, in the Galicia region of Spain, on Monday. Firefighters had a blaze in the Fragas do Eume national park mostly under control on Monday.
In today's pictures, a protester throws a firebomb at police in Bahrain, snow falls in China, a plane crashes in Siberia and more.