March began when the picture of all pictures broke Twitter at the Oscars. Ellen DeGeneres hosted this year’s Academy Awards, and will surely go down in history as the one who broke Twitter with her candid celebrity selfie. I mean, when a selfie is filled with such megastars as Brad Pitt, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Lawrence, and Bradley Cooper … I would just faint too.
The East Coast this month has had a tough winter, with storms blowing in weekly. We got some gorgeous photos of frozen Niagara Falls though, and that’s something we can all definitely smile about. Besides, Spring is officially here – no matter what the weather forecast says – and we’ve got pictures of dogs to prove it!
In the news this March, the Paralympics brought even more incredible athletic action to Sochi, Russia. Don’t miss those amazing pictures at Newscom! And speaking of the Paralympics – and well, Russia too – the Oscar Pistorius murder trial is well under way in South Africa, and Russia has decided to take the Crimean peninsula back under Moscow’s Kremlin.
March Madness has left many disappointed brackateers (yep, just made up that word …), while fans of the underdogs are pretty ecstatic with how things have been going in the world of college hoops. Of course rounding out this month, Pope Francis has been official the Pontiff for a year now – and meanwhile, the world is still waiting to hear a confirmation of where that missing Malaysia flight is …
So check out some of the best pictures we saw this March below, then come see many more back at Newscom!
Ellen DeGeneres Twitter Picture at the Oscars. ESPECIAL/NOTIMEX/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: notimexpix461552
A partially frozen Niagara Falls is seen on the American side lit by lights during sub freezing temperatures in Niagara Falls, Ontario March 3, 2014. MARK BLINCH/REUTERS/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: rtrlsix332183
Oscar Pistorius at court on the second day of his trial in Pretoria, South Africa. Credit: The Sun. Dan Charity/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: niphotos090305
Pope Francis waves at the end of his weekly general audience at St. Peter’s Square. The pontiff has defended the Catholic Church’s record on tackling the sexual abuse of children by priests, saying ‘no-one else has done more’ to root out pedophilia. Antonello Nusca/Polaris/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: polphotos290272
A woman holds a candle as she takes part in a candlelight vigil held by Malaysian ethnic Chinese for the passengers of Malaysia Airlines MH370 near Independence Square in Kuala Lumpur March 10, 2014. The disappearance of a Malaysian airliner about an hour into a flight to Beijing is an “unprecedented mystery”, the civil aviation chief said on Monday, as a massive air and sea search now in its third day failed to find any trace of the plane or 239 people on board. EDGAR SU/REUTERS/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: rtrlsix344092
Coconut brulee cheesecake at the Garage VV restaurant in Northwood on Friday, March 7, 2014. Madeline Gray/ZUMA Press/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: zumaamericasten382742
Kansas’ Andrew Wiggins on the court as the Jayhawks go through a brief shoot-around at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo., Wednesday, March 12, 2014. RICH SUGG/MCT/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: krtphotoslive670387
Flowers in a field, Amsterdam. Ingram Publishing/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: ipurestockxtwo113837
Plants on a rock, Kalapana, Hawaii Islands. Ingram Publishing/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: ipurestockxtwo111676
Spanish Moto2 rider Julian Simon of the Italtrans Racing Team team in action during a free practice session for the Motorcycling Grand Prix of Qatar at the Losail International Circuit in Doha, Qatar, 20 March 2014. STRINGER/EPA/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: epalive114818
Russia’s Margarita Mamun performs with the hoop during the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup event at Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany, 22 March 2014. BERND WIESSBROD/EPA/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: epalive116895
Don’t miss our next Best of the Month roundup! Until then, check out other interesting posts featuring some of the photos above and more, back at FocalPoint: