Top photos of the day: Tuesday, March 25, 2014

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A selection of some of the best photographs from around the world:

Demonstrators rally outside of the U.S. Supreme Court during oral arguments in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby in Washington, DC. The court heard from lawyers on both sides of Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby, a case that may determine whether the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 allows a for-profit corporation to deny its employees the health coverage of contraceptives to which the employees are otherwise entitled by federal law, based on the religious objections of the corporation’s owners. | Getty Images

Tamim Iqbal of Bangladesh takes a diving catch to dismiss Dwayne Bravo of the West Indies during the ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014 match between Bangladesh and the West Indies at Sher-e-Bangla Mirpur Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh. | Getty Images

New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan greets Vice President Joe Biden as he arrives at the Manchester Airport in Manchester, N.H. | AP Photo

Chinese relatives of flight MH370 sit on a bus waiting to go to the Malaysia embassy in protest in Beijing, China. Hundreds of protesters, including many relatives of missing flight MH370 passengers, marched on the Malaysian Embassy in Beijing demanding answers from Malaysian authorities about the fate of the flight. The Prime Minister of Malaysia announced yesterday that new data showed the flight had crashed into the Southern Indian Ocean. | AP Photo

A Bangladesh fan arrives at the ground before the ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014 match between Bangladesh and the West Indies at Sher-e-Bangla Mirpur Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh. | Getty Images

First Lady Michelle Obama waits backstage before giving a speech at Chengdu No. 7 High School in Chengdu, China. Michelle Obama’s one-week-long visit in China will be focused on educational and cultural exchanges. | Getty Images

Searchers stand in view of several destroyed homes as they wait to begin looking through the debris of a mudslide Tuesday in Oso, Wash. | AP Photo

Soldiers march at Cibeles Square as the coffin of former Spanish prime minister Adolfo Suarez makes its way to Avila, Spain for the burial in Madrid, Spain. Suarez, who died on March 23 in Madrid, was the first democratically elected Spanish prime minister after the death of dictator General Francisco Franco. | Getty Images

A military police officer patrols in front of residents during an occupation operation in the Mare slum complex, ahead of its “pacification,” in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Elite federal police and army troops will be sent to the city to help quell a wave of violence in so-called “pacified” slums. Recent attacks on police bases in the favelas is raising concerns about an ambitious security program that began in 2008, in part to secure the city ahead of this year’s World Cup and the 2016 Olympics. | AP Photo

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