<?xml version="1.0"?> <img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/03/Protest_against_football_ruling.jpg"><h2>Protest-against-football-ruling.jpg</h2><strong>Saturday 9 March: Egyptian protest about football court ruling</strong><br><br>Protestors at the Suez Canal off the coast of Ismailia Port set fire to the pontoon in Port Said to prevent ships from coming into the strategic city.<br><br>The protest was against the death sentences of 21 people for taking part in a lethal football riot in 2012. Seven police officials were aquitted in the same trial.<br><br><strong>Photo:</strong> AP photo/Ahmed Ramadan<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/03/Japan_tsunami_anniversary.jpg"><h2>Japan-tsunami-anniversary.jpg</h2><strong>Monday March 11: second anniversary of Japanese tsunami</strong><br><br>The haunting hull of a fishing boat washed ashore by the 11 March 2011 tsunami in Japan sits alone in the deserted port of Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture, northeastern Japan. <br><br>Memorial services have been held to commemorate the moment a magnitude-9.0 earthquake created a tsunami that killed almost 19,000 people.<br><br><strong>Photo:</strong>Koji Ueda/Press Association Images<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/03/Fresh_snow_in_Cologne.jpg"><h2>Fresh-snow-in-Cologne.jpg</h2><strong>Tuesday 12 March: Cologne port covered in snow</strong><br><br>One hardy boater refuses to be put off by the snow as other frost-covered boats line the port of Cologne.<br><br><strong>Photo:</strong> Henning Kaiser/Press Association Images<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/03/Queen_Mary_Elizabeth_cruise_ship.jpg"><h2>Queen-Mary-Elizabeth-cruise-ship.jpg</h2><strong>Tuesday 12 March: Queen Mary meets Queen Elizabeth</strong><br><br>The youngest Cunard Line ship, <em>Queen Elizabeth</em> (left) meets the <em>Queen Mary</em> in Long Beach harbour. The <em>Queen Mary</em> was retired in 1967 and is now a permanently berthed hotel.<br><br><strong>Photo:</strong> Jeff Gritchen/Pres Association Images<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/03/Louisiana_Pipeline_blaze.jpg"><h2>Louisiana-Pipeline-blaze.jpg</h2><strong>Wednesday 13 March: Louisiana pipeline blaze</strong><br><br>Fire still rages after a tugboat pushing an oil barge reportedly hit a gas pipeline on Tuesday evening in Perot Bay, Louisiana.<br><br><strong>Photo:</strong> Gerald Herbert/AP Photo<br><br>To see last week's best boating photos <a href="http://www.motorboatsmonthly.co.uk/galleries/featured/34400/1/0/best-boating-photos">click here.</a>
