Photo taken on March 4, 2023, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a sightseeing boat approaching whirlpools at Naruto Strait off Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture, western Japan. The sightseeing season for the famous whirlpools began the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A man scoops traditional Turkish dondurma ice cream onto a cone at its birthplace in Kahramanmaras, southern Turkey, on March 6, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People buy flowers in Kyiv, Ukraine, on the U.N.-designated International Women's Day on March 8, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Twin giant pandas -- male Xiao Xiao (L) and his sister Lei Lei -- are pictured at Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo on March 10, 2023, after being separated from their mother Shin Shin as they begin transition to independence. The twins were born on June 23, 2021. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A man scoops traditional Turkish dondurma ice cream onto a cone at its birthplace in Kahramanmaras, southern Turkey, on March 6, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
