In pictures: Eyewitness March 2010

March 2010, Cuba: Guards stand inside the TV room of camp six at Guantánamo Bay. Detainees at the maximum security facility wear shackles when they watch television Photograph: Tim Dirven/Panos Pictures Photograph: Tim Dirven/guardian.co.uk 29 March 2010, Manila, Philippines: Inmates singing at a Holy Week service inside Makati city jail. Worshippers in the mainly Catholic Philippines take Easter very seriously. Many make a gruelling march on Good Friday, emulating the passion of Christ Photograph: Romeo Ranoco/Reuters Photograph: Romeo Ranoco/guardian.co.uk 27 March 2010: Cairo, Egypt: The Giza pyramids and the Sphinx before and during Earth Hour. Nearly a billion people are thought to have taken part in Earth Hour on Saturday. The event saw many of the world's landmarks go dark Photograph: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters Photograph: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/guardian.co.uk 26 March 2010, Holloko, Hungary: A girl tries to avoid being drenched as boys throw water during a pre-Christian fertility ritual known as ‘watering of the girls’ Photograph: Laszlo Balogh/Reuters Photograph: Laszlo Balogh/guardian.co.uk This remarkable image using a custom-made cargo scanner shows a bulldozer Photograph: Nick Veasey/Caters News Agency Ltd Photograph: Nick Veasey/guardian.co.uk 23 March 2010, Dhaka, Bangladesh: Bangladeshi and English cricket fans watching the fourth day of the second test between the two countries at the Shere-e-Bangla National Stadium Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images 26 August 2006, Yucatan, Mexico: In Mayan mythology natural wells, such as the Xkekén cenote, were gateways to the underworld. The photograph, which marks World Water Day, is in the April issue of National Geographic magazine. www.nationalgeographic.com/freshwater Photograph: John Stanmeyer-VII/National Geographic 1 February 2004, Rub’ al-Khali, Arabian Peninsula: Camels cross the desert known as the Empty Quarter. George Steinmetz’s Empty Quarter: A Photographic Journey to the Heart of the Arabian Desert is published by Abrams Photograph: George Steinmetz Photograph: guardian.co.uk 1 March 2010, Vancouver, Canada: Readers' pictures from the Guardian Flickr pool 'Signs of Spring 2010'. Magnolia in early spring taken near Langara Golf Course Photograph: The Blackbird/Flickr Photograph: The Blackbird/guardian.co.uk A sketch by Jules George, an artist who has returned after being embedded with the 2 Yorks (Green Howards) in Helmand province Illustration: Jules George Photograph: Jules George 16 March 2010, Cheltenham, UK: The Cheltenham festival crowd watch its opening race, the novices' hurdle, won by 12-1 shot Menorah. About 200,000 people are expected to attend the four-day meeting Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images Photograph: Matt Cardy/guardian.co.uk 8 March 2010, Senegal: An aerial view of workers around pools of mineral-coloured waterholes dug on salt flats on the Senegalese coastline Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/guardian.co.uk 10 March 2010, Dublin, Ireland: Five-year-old Jade Costello from Dublin enjoys a visit to the National Leprechaun Museum, which features a giant’s house and a crock of gold Photograph: Julien Behal/PA 9 March 2010, Manhattan, New York: The first of 31 life-sized models of himself made by the artist Antony Gormley for his Event Horizon exhibition has been installed Photograph: James Ewing / Barcroft USA/James Ewing/ Barcroft USA Photograph: James Ewing / Barcroft USA/guardian.co.uk 9 March 2010, Paris, France: Models present the Autumn/Winter 2010 collection from Alexander McQueen, completed by his design team and shown in Paris a month after the British designer's death Photograph: Catwalking Photograph: guardian.co.uk Beijing, China: China’s first batch of women fighter pilots prepare to board aircraft at a ceremony where they received new flight gear for women, after using uniforms and helmets made for men Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Photograph: guardian.co.uk 2 March 2010, Newnham, Gloucestershire: Surfers ride the Severn Bore.The Bore is a natural tidal phenomenon that pushes a metre high wave up the Severn estuary. Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images 1 March 2010, Sydney, Australia: Some of the 5,200 poeple taking part in the nude installation by artist Spencer Tunick entitled Mardi Gras:The Base, pose on the front steps of the Sydney Opera House Photograph: Greg Wood/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Greg Wood/guardian.co.uk 1 March 2010, Talcahuano Port, Chile: Local residents attempt to salvage their belongings in front of a fishing boat, washed ashore in a wave generated by the Chile earthquake Photograph: Jose Luis Saavedra/Reuters