2015 -Images of MARCH - Mar.16 - Mar. 23

2015 Images of MARCH

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Super Satellite hurricanes P at 2: 20 hours on 5/13 international/2015. Not long after this satellite image, the storm was brewing on the island nation of Vanuatu.

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Hurricane Pam caused the high waves and severe flooding in Port Villa, Vanuatu.March 29, 2015 3

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The large waves caused by Hurricane Pam brings in the coast in Port Vila, Vanuatu.

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Boats were damaged after the storm in the capital Port Vila, Vanuatu.

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The relief organization said the destruction in Vanuatu is ' unprecedented '.

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Hurricane Pam, with winds of up to 300 kilometres per hour, destroyed villages, completely blow the roof, broke into a pole and trees.

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Photograph by Yasuyoshi Chiba—AFP/Getty Images Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators gathered at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro and in other cities in Brazil on March 15 to protest President Dilma Rousseff, who is embroiled in a corruption scandal. Her approval ratings have plummeted. (TIME issue March 30, 2015)

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Police used water cannon to disperse protesters led by the opposition Congress party in New Delhi. The protest in the Indian capital was against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's land reforms.March 29, 2015

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London Mayor Boris Johnson plants flowers at the Royal Botanical Gardens where he joined Kew staff and students to plant young Victoria Amazonica waterlilies in the Princess of Wales Conservatory.March 29, 2015

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Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared in public for the first time since 5 March, quelling intense speculation about his health. He met Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev in St Petersburg.March 29, 2015

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A Christian holding candles in a candle-lit vigils to express solidarity with a nun was raped in an armed attack on a seminary in New Delhi, India.

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Mr. Franz Fitzek, Professor of the Technical University of Dresden, standing in front of the tablet at the CeBIT trade fair in Hanover, Germany.

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A woman walks her dog past flowering trees in Piedmont Park, Monday, March 16, 2015, in Atlanta. Temperatures are expected to reach near 80 degrees Monday in the metro Atlanta area. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Pakistani Christians gather to pray for the victims of Sunday's suicide bombings that struck two churches, in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, March 16, 2015. Pakistan's minority Christians blocked roads Monday in protest over the bombings killing more than a dozen people in the latest attack against religious minorities in this increasingly fractured country. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

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Family members of Pakistani Christian community mourn the death of a victim of Sunday's suicide bombings that struck two churches, in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, March 16, 2015. Pakistan's minority Christians blocked roads Monday in protest over the bombings killing more than a dozen people in the latest attack against religious minorities in this increasingly fractured country. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

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A tourist, right, rides a horse-drawn carriage locally known as "Kalesa" around the historic walled city of Intramuros in Manila, Philippines on Monday, March 16, 2015. The tour costs P350 (about US$8) per passenger. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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A Canadian fans watching a match in the World Championship Women's Curling events in Sapporo, Japan.

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PhotographerMohsin RazaLocationLAHORE, PakistanReuters / Monday, March 16, 2015Protesters from the Christian community attack a car during clashes with riot police, a day after suicide attacks on two churches in Lahore, Pakistan, March 16, 2015. Pakistani police broke up Christian protesters in the eastern city of Lahore with tear gas and baton charges, a day after suicide bombers killed at least 16 people outside two churches, police said. The protesters, angry at the lack of security for Christians in the...more

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PhotographerKhalil AshawiLocationHAMA, SyriaReuters / Monday, March 16, 2015Rebel fighters from the Ahrar al-Sham Islamic Movement carry their weapons as they move towards their positions near Morek frontline in the northern countryside of Hama, Syria, March 16, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

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PhotographerThomas Peter

LocationNAGORO, Japan

Reuters / Monday, March 16, 2015

Tsukimi Ayano stands in a classroom with scarecrows at a

closed down school in the village of Nagoro on Shikoku

Island in southern Japan February 24, 2015. Ayano

made her first scarecrow 13 years ago to frighten off birds

pecking at seeds in her garden. The life-sized straw doll

resembled her father, so she made more. Today, the tiny

village of Nagoro in southern Japan is teeming with Ayano's

hand-sewn creations, frozen in time for...more

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PhotographerMaxim ShemetovLocationSIMFEROPOL, UkraineReuters / Monday, March 16, 2015Members of pro-Russian self-defense units hold Russian and Crimean flags during a meeting to celebrate the first anniversary of Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, in central Simferopol March 16, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

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PhotographerChina Daily China Daily Information Corp - CDICLocationYILI, ChinaReuters / Monday, March 16, 2015Kazakhs herd their sheep amid a heavy snowfall in Yili, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China March 12, 2015. Around 400,000 livestock in Yili started the 10-day trip to their spring pasture at the end of winter, according to local media. REUTERS/China Daily

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PhotographerAlexandre MeneghiniLocationHAVANA, CubaReuters / Monday, March 16, 2015Students Ernesto Robles, 18, (R) and Juan Poveda, 16, practice with their guitars before performing at a public demonstration in support of Venezuela's government, Havana, Cuba March 15, 2015. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

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PhotographerKim Hong-JiLocationSEOUL, South KoreaReuters / Monday, March 16, 2015Children pose for photographs next to workers wearing traditional dress while attending the daily re-enactment of the changing of the Royal Guards at the main entrance of Gyeongbok Palace in central Seoul, South Korea March 16, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

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PhotographerPOOL NewLocationPORT VILLA, VanuatuReuters / Monday, March 16, 2015Local resident Adrian Banga looks at his home destroyed by Cyclone Pam in Port Vila, the capital city of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu March 16, 2015. Reports from the outer islands of Vanuatu painted a picture of utter destruction after the monster cyclone tore through the South Pacific island nation, flattening buildings and killing at least eight people. Disaster management officials and relief workers were struggling to...more

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PhotographerPOOL NewLocationPORT VILLA, VanuatuReuters / Monday, March 16, 2015A boy named Samuel kicks a ball as his father Phillip searches through the ruins of their home which was destroyed by Cyclone Pam in Port Vila, Vanuatu March 16, 2015. REUTERS/Dave Hunt/Pool

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PhotographerStringer .Location

PORT VILLA, VanuatuReuters / Monday, March 16,

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damaged homes surrounded by debris on a street after Cyclone

Pam hit Port Vila, Vanuatu March 15, 2015. REUTERS/Kris

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PhotographerPOOL NewLocationPORT VILLA, VanuatuReuters / Monday, March 16, 2015An aerial view shows homes destroyed by Cyclone Pam in Port Vila, the capital city of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, March 16, 2015. Reports from the outer islands of Vanuatu painted a picture of utter destruction after the monster cyclone tore through the South Pacific island nation. REUTERS/Dave Hunt/Pool

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PhotographerKhalil AshawiLocationHAMA, SyriaReuters / Monday, March 16, 2015A rebel fighter from the Ahrar al-Sham Islamic Movement takes a position as he aims his weapon at Morek front line in the northern countryside of Hama, Syria, March 16, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

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PhotographerGoran TomasevicLocationSIRTE, LibyaReuters / Monday, March 16, 2015A fighter from Misrata sits on top of a vehicle near Sirte March 16, 2015. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

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PhotographerChina Daily China Daily Information Corp - CDICLocationJIAOZUO, ChinaReuters / Monday, March 16, 2015People do morning exercises on a polluted day in Jiaozuo, Henan province, China, March 16, 2015. REUTERS/China Daily

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PhotographerParwiz ParwizLocationJALALABAD, AfghanistanReuters / Monday, March 16, 2015A child waits to receive a polio vaccination during an anti-polio campaign on the outskirts of Jalalabad, Afghanistan, March 16, 2015. REUTERS/ Parwiz

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PhotographerDenis BalibouseLocationLAUSANNE, SwitzerlandReuters / Monday, March 16, 2015Secretary of State John Kerry (L) cycles past the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, March 16, 2015. Kerry and Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif held four hours of nuclear talks on Monday in the Swiss city of Lausanne before the Iranian delegation headed to Brussels for meetings with European ministers. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

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PhotographerValentyn Ogirenko

LocationKiev, Ukraine

Reuters / Monday, March 16, 2015Women react next to a new

volunteer of the Ukrainian interior ministry's special battalion "Sich"

during an oath-taking ceremony in Kiev March 16, 2015.

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PhotographerJianan YuLocation

BEIJING, ChinaReuters / Monday, March 16, 2015

A farmer rests at a shelter near a construction site of a new residential

complex in Hefei, Anhui province, China, March 16, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer (

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An expert bomb-defuse to inspect a package suspected of a bomb at the entrance to the Central Bank of Venezuela in Caracas.

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Smoke trails in the colors of the Italian national flag are released by The ‘Frecce Tricolori’ Italian Air Force acrobatic squad as they flew over Rome, Tuesday, March 17, 2015 to mark the 154th anniversary of the Italian Unification in 1861. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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An Indian farmer looks at wheat crop that was damaged in unseasonal rainfall and hailstorm at village Hathoj, outskirts of Jaipur, Rajasthan state, India, Tuesday, March 17, 2015. The recent rainfall over large parts of northwest and central India has massively damaged standing crops. (AP Photo/Deepak Sharma)

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Syrian refugee children play on a broken water point at an informal tented settlement near the Syrian border, on the outskirts of Mafraq, Jordan, Tuesday, March 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

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Hospital staff carry the body of Pakistani lawyer Samiullah Khan

Afridi into an ambulance, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday,

March 17, 2015. Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a

former lawyer for the Pakistani doctor who helped the U.S. find

Osama bin Laden. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

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A Kashmiri boy walks in a snow-covered field outside his home

in Mahen village, some 41 Kilometer (25 miles) northwest

of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, March 17,

2015. The Jammu-Srinagar highway, connecting the Kashmir valley to the rest of the country,

remained closed for the third consecutive day Tuesday following heavy rain and

snowfall at some places. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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John Wilkes Booth’s derringer pistol used to kill President Abraham Lincoln is displayed at a new exhibit entitled “Silent Witnesses: Artifacts of the Lincoln Assassination” at the Ford’s Center for Education and Leadership across the street from the historic Ford’s Theatre on Tuesday, March 17, 2015 in Washington. The exhibit is open to the public March 23rd to May 25th and coincides with the 150th anniversary of the Lincoln assassination on April 14th. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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A maintenance worker waters a rooftop garden on a building in the central business district of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, March 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

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Israelis prepares to vote in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, March 17, 2015. Israelis are

voting in early parliament elections following a campaign focused on

economic issues such as the high cost of living, rather than fears of a nuclear Iran

or the Israeli-Arab conflict. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

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PhotographerAmir Cohen

LocationTEL AVIV, Israel

Reuters / Tuesday, March 17, 2015Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin

Netanyahu waves to supporters at the party headquarters in Tel Aviv

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PhotographerAmir CohenLocationMIGDALIM, Palestinian TerritoriesReuters / Tuesday, March 17, 2015An Israeli soldier casts his ballot for the parliamentary election behind a mobile voting booth in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Migdalim, near Ariel, March 17, 2015. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

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PhotographerAmir CohenLocationGERIZIM, Palestinian TerritoriesReuters / Tuesday, March 17, 2015An Israeli soldier casts his ballot for the parliamentary election behind a mobile voting booth at an army base on Mount Gerizim, near the West Bank City of Nablus March 17, 2015. REUTERS/Amir Cohen (

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PhotographerCathal McNaughtonLocationLONDONDERRY, United KingdomReuters / Tuesday, March 17, 2015A man dressed as a Leprechaun reads a newspaper during St Patrick's Day festivities in the city of Londonderry March 17, 2015. REUTERS/CathalMcNaughton

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PhotographerEdgar SuLocationPort Vila, VanuatuReuters / Tuesday, March 17, 2015An aerial view of the destruction after Cyclone Pam in Port Vila, capital city of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu March 17, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su

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PhotographerEdgar SuLocation

Tanna, VanuatuReuters / Tuesday, March 17, 2015

People wash their clothes on the beach at Lenakel town in Tanna,

Vanuatu, days after Cyclone Pam hit the South Pacific island nation

March 17, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su

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PhotographerPOOL NewLocationPORT VILLA, VanuatuReuters / Monday, March 16, 2015Local resident Uwen Garaestands in his home damaged by Cyclone Pam in Port Vila, the capital city of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu March 16, 2015. REUTERS/Dave Hunt/Pool

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Tanna, VanuatuReuters / Tuesday, March 17,

2015People dry their clothes near the beach at Lenakel town in

Tanna, days after Cyclone Pam hit the South Pacific island

nation March 17, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su

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Tanna, VanuatuReuters / Tuesday, March 17, 2015

People walk through a street in Lenakeltown after Cyclone Pam in Tanna, about

125 miles (200 km) from Port Vila, capital city of the Pacific island nation of

Vanuatu March 17, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su

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PhotographerUmit Bektas

LocationSANLIURFA, Turkey

Reuters / Tuesday, March 17, 2015A Kurdish boy jumps over a bonfire

during a gathering celebrating Newroz, which marks the arrival of spring and

the new year, in the border town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, Turkey,

March 17, 2015. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

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PhotographerMohsin Raza

LocationLAHORE, Pakistan

Reuters / Tuesday, March 17, 2015Christians carry the coffin of one of

the victims killed by a suicide attack on a church, during his funeral in

Lahore, Pakistan, March 17, 2015. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza

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PhotographerSoe Zeya Tun

LocationYANGON, Myanmar

Reuters / Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Phil Blackwood, a bar manager from New Zealand, falls into a

police vehicle as he is taken away after being sentenced to two and

half years in prison, at Bahantownship court in Yangon,

Myanmar, March 17, 2015. Blackwood was found guilty

along with two Myanmar citizens, bar owner Tun Thurein

and manager Htut Ko Ko Lwin, of insulting religion after publishing

a psychedelic image of Buddha wearing headphones to promote

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PhotographerChina Daily China Daily Information Corp

- CDICLocation

YILI, ChinaReuters / Monday, March 16, 2015

Kazakhs herd their sheep in Yili, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China,

March 12, 2015. Around 400,000 livestock in Yili started the 10-day trip to their spring pasture at the end of winter,

according to local media. REUTERS/China Daily

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PhotographerAbhishek Chinnappa

LocationSOMWARPET, India

Reuters / Tuesday, March 17, 2015An artist dressed as Hindu god Kandakarnan

performs a ceremonial dance with fire during the Theyyam ritual in Somwarpet town in the southern Indian state of Karnataka March 17,

2015. Theyyam is a form of worship and is celebrated mostly in southern parts of the country. REUTERS/Abhishek N. Chinnappa

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PhotographerChina Daily China Daily Information Corp -CDICLocationCHONGQING, ChinaReuters / Tuesday, March 17, 2015An 8-month-old cat walks with the help of a prosthetic two-wheel device, at a veterinary hospital in Chongqing municipality, March 16, 2015. The cat's rear legs lost the abilty to walk after falling from the ninth to fifth floor of a building last November, its since undergone four major surgeries which included removing parts of its organs, local media reported. REUTERS/China Daily

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PhotographerStringer ChinaLocationKOKANG, MyanmarReuters / Tuesday, March 17, 2015A 15-year-old rebel soldier of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) inserts bullets into the clip of his rifle near a military base in Kokangregion, Myanmar, March 11, 2015. Fighting broke out last month between Myanmar's army and MNDAA, which groups remnants of the Communist Party of Burma, a powerful Chinese-backed guerrilla force that battled Myanmar's government before splintering in 1989. REUTERS/Stringer

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PhotographerGoran Tomasevic

LocationSIRTE, Libya

Reuters / Tuesday, March 17, 2015Libya Dawn fighters patrol during a

search for Islamic State militant positions near Sirte March 17, 2015. The Libya Dawn armed group backs the self-declared government in the

capital Tripoli. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

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PhotographerGoran TomasevicLocationSIRTE, LibyaReuters / Tuesday, March 17, 2015Libya Dawn fighters search for Islamic State militant positions during a patrol near Sirte March 17, 2015. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

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PhotographerMohsin Raza

LocationLAHORE, Pakistan

Reuters / Tuesday, March 17, 2015Women from the Christian community

mourn for a relative, who was one of the victims killed by a suicide attack on a church, during his funeral in Lahore,

Pakistan, March 17, 2015. Suicide bombings outside two churches in Lahore

killed 14 people and wounded nearly 80 others during services on Sunday in

attacks claimed by a faction of the Pakistani Taliban. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza

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PhotographerNir EliasLocationTEL AVIV, IsraelReuters / Tuesday, March 17, 2015A Likud party supporter reacts after hearing exit poll results in Tel Aviv March 17, 2015. REUTERS/Nir Elias

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PhotographerGleb GaranichLocationKIEV, UkraineReuters / Tuesday, March 17, 2015A member of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) waits to depart to the frontline in eastern Ukraine, in central Kiev, March 17, 2015. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationAL-ALAM, IraqReuters / Tuesday, March 17, 2015A member of the Iraqi security forces stands between Islamic State ammunition being displayed in al-Alam Salahuddin province, Iraq, March 17, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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PhotographerToby MelvilleLocationALDERSHOT, United KingdomReuters / Tuesday, March 17, 2015Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, presents a sprig of shamrock to the mascot of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards, an Irish Wolfhound called Domhnall, during a visit with her husband, Prince William (2nd L), to a St Patrick's Day Parade at Mons Barracks in Aldershot, southern England March 17, 2015. REUTERS/Toby Melville

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PhotographerOsman Orsal

LocationCANAKKALE, Turkey

Reuters / Tuesday, March 17, 2015A man walks in a cemetery for

Turkish soldiers a day before ceremonies marking the 100th

anniversary of the Battle of Canakkale, as part of the Gallipoli

campaign in Gallipoli March 17, 2015. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

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PhotographerAdnan AbidiLocationNEW DELHI, IndiaReuters / Tuesday, March 17, 2015Chief of India's Congress party Sonia Gandhi (C) marches along with the members of other opposition parties, to India's RashtrapatiBhavan presidential palace, in New Delhi March 17, 2015. India's usually fractious opposition parties joined forces on Tuesday for a march against a bill to ease land acquisition rules, a rare show of unity that bodes badly for a key part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's economic overhaul plans....more

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PhotographerJim YoungLocationCHICAGO, United StatesReuters / Tuesday, March 17, 2015Two men walk along a path as waves crash into the sea wall along Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois, March 17, 2015. REUTERS/Jim Young

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PhotographerAlkis KonstantinidisLocationATHENS, GreeceReuters / Tuesday, March 17, 2015Masked youths hurl stones and use a green laser beam during clashes with riot police in Athens, Greece, March 17, 2015. REUTERS/AlkisKonstantinidis

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PhotographerMohamad Torokman

LocationABU DIS, Palestinian Territories

Reuters / Tuesday, March 17, 2015A Palestinian protester returns a tear gas

canister fired by Israeli troops during a protest against what Palestinians say is land

confiscation by Israel for Jewish settlements, near the West Bank town of Abu Dis near

Jerusalem March 17, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

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PhotographerCarlos Garcia Rawlins

LocationCARACAS, Venezuela

Reuters / Tuesday, March 17, 2015Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (R) and Cuban counterpart Raul Castro shake hands during an ALBA alliance summit in

Caracas March 17, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

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PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AfghanistanReuters / Tuesday, March 17, 2015An Afghan girl sits on a fence in Kabul March 17, 2015. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

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South Korean businessmen are visiting the Kaesong joint industrial zone in North Korea amid a row over a unilateral wage hike. Seoul officials say the North should not be unilaterally changing labour laws. Kaesong is the last point of co-operation between the two Koreas and a key source of revenue for Pyongyang.

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Dozens of people have been hurt and some 350 arrested as anti-austerity demonstrators clashed with police in the German city of Frankfurt. Police cars were set alight and stones thrown in a protest against the opening of a base for the European Central Bank (ECB).

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People across the northern hemisphere have been enjoying the celestial display of the aurora borealis, or northern lights, such as here in Derwentwater, near Keswick, Cumbria.

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A man repairs a house in Port Vila in Vanuatu after the Pacific island nation was hit by a cyclone, which destroyed many houses in the capital. A state of emergency has been declared in the tiny state of 267,000 people, spread over 65 islands.

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People take pictures of Pope Francis as he arrives for his weekly

general audience in St Peter's Square, at the Vatican.

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A large jellyfish (Anomalorhiza shawi) swims in the Manila Ocean Park aquarium a day after it was found floating off the coast of the Philippines.

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A huge jellyfish (Anomalorhiza shawi) swims in the Manila Ocean Park aquarium, Wednesday, March 18, 2015, a day after it was found floating off Manila Bay near Manila, Philippines. The find, between 2 to 3 feet in length and 18 inches in diameter, is the biggest jellyfish to be displayed at oceanarium. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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Phenomena (Aurora borealis) in the sky above the city of Pilisszentkereszt, 26 km north of Budapest, Hungary.

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Russian paratroopers performing military skills in the southern city of Stavropol.

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A person who prayed near the Memorial stele at the genocide Memorial Centre in Potocari near Srebrenica town. Serbia has arrested eight men on suspicion of involvement in the Srebrenica massacre in 1995 in Bosnia. This is the first major arrests of this kind in the former Yugoslav Republic about the most serious crime in Europe since World War II.

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A Bangladeshi cricket fans face painted with colored flag to show his support for the national team at the University of Dhaka in Dhaka. The Bangladesh team will play in the World Cup quarter-final against India on 19/3.

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A model shows a creation of designer Takafumi Tsuruta from designer 2015/2016/winter Collection for his brand of fashion week in Tokyo, Japan.

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Air Force One, carrying President Barack Obama to Cleveland flies over a frozen Lake Erie, Wednesday, March 18, 2015. Obama is traveling to Cleveland to talk about the economy and the middle class. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Indian farmers eat food as they attend a huge gathering of farmers near the parliament for a

protest against the land acquisition bill, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, March 18, 2015. The

bill currently in parliament proposes to ease rules for acquiring land to facilitate

infrastructure projects. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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A nun waves Israeli and Palestinian flags prior to the start

of Pope Francis’ weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square, at

the Vatican, Wednesday, March 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Gregorio

Borgia)

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Chadian soldiers transfer weapons seized from Boko Haram fighters to a helicopter in the Nigerian city of Damasak, Nigeria, Wednesday, March 18, 2015. Damasak was flushed of Boko Haram militants last week, and is now controlled by a joint Chadian and Nigerien force. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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People celebrate the first anniversary of the annexation, March 18, 2015 in Sevastopol.

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Soldiers march in Sevastopol, March 18, 2015.

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Anniversary celebrations in Sevastopol, March 18, 2015.

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People celebrate the first anniversary of the annexation, March 18, 2015 in Sevastopol.

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Soldiers of the honor guard prepare to march as people celebrate the first anniversary of the signing of the decree on the annexation of the Crimea by the Russian Federation, on March 18, 2015 in Sevastopol, Crimea.

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PhotographerMaxim ShemetovLocationSEVASTOPOL, UkraineReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015People take part in celebrations for the first anniversary of the Crimean treaty signing in Sevastopol, March 18, 2015. Russia's flag is flying across Crimea on the anniversary of what President Vladimir Putin calls the region's historic "return home" after Russian troops seized control of it from Ukraine and the people backed annexation in a referendum. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

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PhotographerMarko DjuricaLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015A pro-Russian rebel takes cover as a woman from inside a kiosk looks on, during what the rebels said was an anti-terrorist drill in Donetsk, Ukraine, March 18, 2015. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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An aerial view shows smoke and ash rising from Villarrica Volcano, south of Santiago,

Chile, March 18, 2015. Villarrica Volcano which erupted earlier this month before

settling down, has entered a more active phase again, expelling gas and ash into the

atmosphere, Chilean authorities said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Stringer

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PhotographerAhmad Masood

LocationDELHI, India

Reuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015

A resident makes his pet pigeons fly away from the roof of his house in

the old quarters of Delhi, India, March 18, 2015. Some local residents

carry out this activity during sunrise and sunset. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

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PhotographerDado Ruvic

LocationKRAVICE, Bosnia and HerzegovinaReuters / Wednesday, March 18,

2015Bullet holes pepper a wall where

Muslims were executed in 1995 at an agricultural cooperative in

Kravice near Bratunac, March 18, 2015. Serbia arrested eight men

on Wednesday suspected of taking part in the 1995 Srebrenica

massacre in Bosnia, the first such arrests in the ex-Yugoslav republic

of accused gunmen in Europe's worst atrocity since World War

Two. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

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PhotographerSTRINGER MexicoLocationCANCUN, MexicoReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015A spring breaker takes a shot of tequila during a pool party at a hotel in Cancun March 8, 2015. Florida has long struggled with the crowds of rowdy students embracing its sun, sea and party life in March and April. Fort Lauderdale announced on television in 1985 that spring breakers were no longer welcome after 350,000 students took nudity and drinking to new heights. Picture taken March 8, 2015. REUTERS/Victor Ruiz Garcia

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PhotographerIna FassbenderLocationDORTMUND, GermanyReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015Supporters of Juventus cheer their team during the Champions League round of 16 second leg soccer match against Borussia Dortmund in Dortmund, Germany, March 18, 2015. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender

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PhotographerDeanna DentLocationMESA, United StatesReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015An unidentified woman, who claimed in a TV interview that her sister's boyfriend was a victim, sits near a police car at one of the scenes of a multiple location shooting that has injured at least four people in Mesa, Arizona March 18, 2015. One person was shot and killed and five others were injured in a shooting on Wednesday that unfolded across multiple locations in Mesa, Arizona, the Arizona Republic newspaper reported on its...more

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PhotographerSuhaib Salem

LocationGAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories

Reuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015Wheelchair-bound Palestinian student

teacher Ahmed al-Sawaferi, 25, who said that he lost his both legs and his

left arm in an Israeli air strike in 2008, gives a class at an elementary school in Gaza City March 18, 2015. Al-Sawaferi, a father for two children, is due to hold

a B.A in Islamic studies after finishing his last university semester in June this

year. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

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Port Vila, VanuatuReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Paul Alexander Hatyay (C), the headmaster, and teachers of Central

School lay out books to dry in the sun after the roof of the school's library was

blown away by Cyclone Pam in Port Vila, the capital city of the Pacific island

nation of Vanuatu March 18, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su

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PhotographerKai Pfaffenbach

LocationFRANKFURT, Germany

Reuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015Four German police cars set on fire by anti-capitalist protesters

burn near the European Central Bank (ECB) building hours before the official opening of its new headquarters in Frankfurt

March 18, 2015. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

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PhotographerMichael Dalder

LocationFRANKFURT, Germany


A policeman stops a 'Blockupy' anti-capitalist protester near the

European Central Bank (ECB) building before the official

opening of its new headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, March

18, 2015. REUTERS/Michael Dalder

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PhotographerRalph OrlowskiLocationFRANKFURT, GermanyReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015People take pictures of German riot police officers in Frankfurt, March 18, 2015. Anti-capitalist protesters clashed with riot police near the new headquarters of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt on Wednesday and set fire to barricades and cars, casting a pall over the ceremonial opening of the billion-euro skyscraper. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski

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PhotographerKim Kyung Hoon

LocationBEIJING, China


A woman wearing a scarf covering her face, to protect herself from

pollution, walks in a park in Beijing, China, March 18, 2015.

REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

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PhotographerChina Stringer Network

LocationKAILI, China


People look at a large cave-in on a provincial highway in Kaili, Guizhou

province, China, March 17, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

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Museum massacre in Tunisia

PhotographerZoubeir SouissiLocationTUNIS, TunisiaReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015The attack on such a high-profile target is a blow for the small North African country that relies heavily on European tourism and has mostly avoided major militant violence since its 2011 uprising to oust autocrat Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

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PhotographerZoubeir Souissi

LocationTUNIS, Tunisia

Reuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015Security forces stormed the former palace

around two hours later, killed two militants and freed other tourists held hostage inside, a

government spokesman said. One policeman was killed in the police operation.

REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

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PhotographerZoubeir SouissiLocationTUNIS, TunisiaReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015Police officers and a journalist run outside the parliament in Tunis March 18, 2015. Visitors from Italy, Germany, Poland and Spain were among the dead in the noon assault on Bardomuseum inside the heavily guarded parliament compound in central Tunis, Prime Minister Habib Essidsaid. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

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Visitors and children running away from the scene under the protection of armed security forces Tunisia. Mar 18

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PhotographerZoubeir SouissiLocationTUNIS, TunisiaReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015Police officers are seen on the pavement outside parliament in Tunis March 18, 2015. Gunmen attacked Tunisia's national museum near its parliament on Wednesday, killing at least east 19 people and taking others hostage inside the building, the government said. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

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PhotographerZoubeir SouissiLocationTUNISIA, TunisiaReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015Police officers are seen outside parliament in Tunis March 18, 2015. Gunmen attacked Tunisia's national museum near its parliament on Wednesday, killing at least seven tourists and taking others hostage inside the building, the government said. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

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PhotographerZoubeir SouissiLocationTUNIS, TunisiaReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015Police officers stand outside the parliament in Tunis March 18, 2015. REUTERS/ZoubeirSouissi

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Pro-Russian troops drill in Donetsk

Pro-Russian troops drill in Donetsk

PhotographerMarko DjuricaLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015A pro-Russian rebel aims his weapon as people pass by, during what the rebels said was an anti-terrorist drill in Donetsk, March 18, 2015. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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PhotographerMarko DjuricaLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015Pro-Russian rebels sit inside a truck, during what the rebels said was an anti-terrorist drill in Donetsk, March 18, 2015. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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PhotographerMarko DjuricaLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015A pro-Russian rebel aims his weapon as a woman passes by, during what the rebels said was an anti-terrorist drill in Donetsk, March 18, 2015. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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PhotographerMarko DjuricaLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015Pro-Russian rebels take their positions on a street, during what the rebels said was an anti-terrorist drill in Donetsk, March 18, 2015. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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PhotographerMarko DjuricaLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015Pro-Russian rebels take their positions on a street, during what the rebels said was an anti-terrorist drill in Donetsk, March 18, 2015. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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PhotographerMarko Djurica

LocationDONETSK, Ukraine


Pro-Russian rebels take cover, during what the

rebels said was an anti-terrorist drill in Donetsk,

March 18, 2015. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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PhotographerDado RuvicLocationSREBRENICA, Bosnia and HerzegovinaReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015Fadila Efendic touches the gravestones of her son and husband at the Potocarigenocide memorial centre near Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, March 18, 2015. Fadila lost her son and husband in the massacre. Serbia arrested eight men on Wednesday suspected of taking part in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia, the first such arrests in the ex-Yugoslav republic of accused gunmen in Europe's worst atrocity since World War...more

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PhotographerMike Segar

LocationNEW YORK, United States


Icelandic singer Bjork performs during a concert at the Kings Theater in the

Brooklyn borough of New York City March 18, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar

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PhotographerSuzanne PlunkettLocationLONDON, United KingdomReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, holds up his budget case for the cameras as he stands with his Treasury team outside number 11 Downing Street, before delivering his budget to the House of Commons, in central London March 18, 2015. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett

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PhotographerRodi SaidLocationRAS AL AIN, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fighters stand near a tank and an armoured carrier before heading towards the frontline against Islamic State fighters in the southern countryside of Rasal-Ain March, Syria, 17, 2015. REUTERS/Rodi Said

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PhotographerChina Stringer NetworkLocationKAILI, ChinaReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015A man looks at catfish which have fallen from a truck on a street in Kaili, Guizhou province, China, March 18, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

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PhotographerGleb GaranichLocationKIEV, UkraineReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015A model presents a creation by Ukrainian designer Alonova during Ukrainian Fashion Week in Kiev March 18, 2015. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

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PhotographerChina Stringer NetworkLocationYUNCHENG, ChinaReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015A boy, whose parents collect garbage for a living, plays on a makeshift swing at his dwelling, in Yuncheng, Shanxi province, China, March 10, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

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PhotographerKai PfaffenbachLocationFRANKFURT, GermanyReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015Paving stones are seen on a road during a protest of members of 'Blockupy' anti-capitalist movement near the European Central Bank (ECB) building before the official opening of its new headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, March 18, 2015. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

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PhotographerStringer .LocationIDLIB, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015Rebel fighters from Suqour al-Sham Brigade prepare a locally made shell before launching it towards forces loyal to Syria's president Bashar Al-Assad in Idlib countryside, Syria, March 18, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamad Bayoush

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PhotographerSiphiwe SibekoLocationJohannesburg, South AfricaReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015A bloodied demonstrator reacts after he was shot by police during a protest over evictions in Johannesburg March 18, 2015. Police fired rubber bullets to prevent protesters from marching to the mayor's office, according to local media. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

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PhotographerMichael Spooneybarger

LocationPANAMA CITY BEACH, United

StatesReuters / Wednesday, March 18,

2015A squirt gun is used to spray

alcohol into a party-goers mouth during spring break festivities in

Panama City Beach, Florida March 12, 2015. Unwilling to

evict spring break, a crucial season in a community where

tourism brings in more than $1 billion annually, the city has

passed new rules to counter the worst excesses. Bars must stop

serving alcohol at 2 a.m. in March, two hours earlier than

before. Partygoers must have a valid ID...more

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DIY weapons of Syria

PhotographerStringer .LocationIDLIB, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015A man works on a mortar shell inside a cave used as a weapon factory operated by rebel fighters from Suqour al-Sham Brigade in Idlib countryside, March 18, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamad Bayoush

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PhotographerStringer .LocationIDLIB, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015A man works on a mortar shell at a weapon factory operated by rebel fighters from Suqour al-Sham Brigade in Idlibcountryside, March 18, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamad Bayoush

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IDLIB, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, March 18,

2015A man works on gas canisters filled with explosives inside a

cave used as a weapon factory and operated by rebel fighters

from Suqour al-Sham Brigade in Idlib countryside, March 18,

2015. REUTERS/Mohamad Bayoush

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PhotographerStringer .LocationIDLIB, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015Men work inside a cave used as a weapon factory operated by rebel fighters from Suqour al-Sham Brigade in Idlib countryside, March 18, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamad Bayoush

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Iraq's ancient wonders

PhotographerSTRINGER IraqLocationUR, IraqReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015The tomb of the Biblical Prophet Abraham is seen in the ancient city of Ur, southern Nassiriyaprovince, southeast of Baghdad, March 18, 2015. REUTERS/AlaaAl-Marjani

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PhotographerSTRINGER IraqLocationUR, IraqReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015A man carries an umbrella as he walks in the ancient city of Ur, southern Nassiriyaprovince, southeast of Baghdad, March 18, 2015. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

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PhotographerSTRINGER IraqLocationUR, IraqReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015A man walks down the stairs of the Ziggurat of Ur ruins near Nassiriya, southeast of Baghdad, March 18, 2015. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

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Hunting Boko Haram

PhotographerStringer .LocationDAMASAK, NigeriaReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015A convoy of Chadian soldiers passes by a signboard painted by Boko Haram in the recently retaken town of Damasak, Nigeria, March 18, 2015. Armies from Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger have launched an offensive to end Boko Haram's six-year campaign, which has killed thousands in northern Nigeria and spilled over into Cameroon and Niger. REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun

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PhotographerStringer .LocationDAMASAK, NigeriaReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015Chadian soldiers hold weapons in the recently retaken town of Damasak, Nigeria, March 18, 2015. REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun

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PhotographerStringer .LocationDAMASAK, NigeriaReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015Chadian soldiers drive in the recently retaken town of Damasak, Nigeria, March 18, 2015. REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun

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DAMASAK, NigeriaReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015

A flag belonging to Boko Haram flies from a atop a mosque in the recently

retaken town of Damasak, Nigeria, March 18, 2015. REUTERS/Emmanuel

Braun

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PhotographerStringer .LocationDAMASAK, NigeriaReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015Chadian soldiers carry weapons captured from Boko Haram in a pickup truck in the recently retaken town of Damasak, Nigeria, March 18, 2015. REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun

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PhotographerSTRINGER MexicoLocationCiudad Juarez, MexicoReuters / Wednesday, March 18, 2015A soldier walks past graffiti depicting angel wings by artist Colette Miller in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, March 18, 2015. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

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The Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing team tackle steep and angry seas as they pass East Cape, the eastern-most point of New Zealand, during the fifth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race from Auckland to Itajai in Brazil.

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A Hawker Hurricane Mk 1, which was shot down in September 1940 during World War Two, is undergoing a full restoration to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain this year.

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US First Lady Michelle Obama recovers from a stumble before shaking hands with Emperor Akihito, as Empress Michiko looks on, on her arrival at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Mrs Obama is on a five-day trip to Japan and Cambodia to highlight co-operation on helping girls finish their education.

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Rows of tulips before the cherry blossoms blooming near the State Capitol building in Olympia, Washington, USA.

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Tunisians holding candles pray at the entrance to the National Bardo Museum in Tunis, where an attack by gunmen on Wednesday left 23 people dead including 20 foreign tourists and a police officer.

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Two Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg (left) and Bertrand Piccard (right) 2

Solar Impulse aircraft, aircraft flown by single solar world, glad to the Mandalay international airport, Myanmar.Mar. 19 , 2015

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The dancers performing in the Golden Mask Dynasty in Beijing, China.

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The People's Liberation Army's Air Force Air Demonstration Team, China's best-known aerobatic team, performs at Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition in Langkawi, Malaysia, on Thursday, March 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

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A pedestrian passes into the light from beneath City Hall, Thursday, March 19, 2015, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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A Thai Student actress applies makeup to prepare for a performance of Thai traditional ìKhonî theater in Bangkok, Thursday, March 19, 2015. Students at the Bunditpatanasilpa Institute are trained in traditional forms of drama, music and other arts in order to promote Thai culture.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

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Local young children and their carers surround a statue outside the tourist office in Torshavn, the capital city of the Faeroe Islands, Thursday, March 19, 2015. For months, even years, accommodation on the remote Faeroe Islands has been booked out by fans who don't want to miss an almost three-minute-long astronomical sensation. Now they just have to hope the clouds will blow away so they can fully experience Friday's brief total solar eclipse. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

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Flowers are placed on a bloodstain during a demonstration in front of the National Bardo Museum a day after gunmen attacked the museum and killed scores of people in Tunis, Tunisia, Thursday, March 19, 2015. The Islamic State group issued a statement Thursday claiming responsibility for the deadly attack on Tunisia's national museum that killed scores of people, mostly tourists. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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A Filipino uses a cloth to filter sediments from ink which he collects

from open cans of newspaper printing machines in Manila, Philippines

Thursday, March 19, 2015. He scrapes the ink out from the cans and sell later

for 1,500 Philippine Peso (about US$33) for a 25-kilogram (882 oz) can

after filtering. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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A camp of tourists in Svalbard. A Czech visitors who were a polar bear attack injured in Svalbard in Arctic Norway, police say this shows the dangers that may occur to those who come here to see this week's total solar eclipse

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Vladimir dog wearing the name and residential address outside the entrance to the Museum the metal works of the ancient town of Havana in Havana, Cuba. Cuban law prohibits bringing animals into the workplace except protective dog.

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The skiing athlete's Carlo Janka of Switzerland knocked out while Carlo are competed in the World Cup finals in Meribel, France.

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PhotographerBrian SnyderLocationLAUSANNE, SWITZERLANDReuters / Thursday, March 19, 2015Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (C on left) and head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi (C on right) talk outside with aides after a morning negotiation session with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry over Iran's nuclear program in Lausanne, Switzerland, March 19, 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

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PhotographerDavid GrayLocationSYDNEY, AustraliaReuters / Thursday, March 19, 2015A river can be seen flowing through drought-affected farming areas in the western region of New South Wales, Australia, March 19, 2015. According to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Australia recorded its second-hottest February since records began in 1910, with national maximum temperatures at 2.35 degrees above the average. REUTERS/David Gray

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PhotographerReuters PhotographerLocationDAMASAK, NigeriaReuters / Thursday, March 19, 2015Nigerien soldiers hold up a Boko Haram flag that they had seized in the recently retaken town of Damasak, Nigeria, March 18, 2015. Chadian and Nigerien soldiers took the town from Boko Haram militants earlier this week. REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun

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PhotographerWilliam HongLocationHENGMU, CHINAReuters / Thursday, March 19, 2015Chen Zhentai kowtows to his grandmother during a home visit from a drug rehabilitation centre, Hengmu village, Zhejiang province, China, March 18, 2015. Chen became an orphan after he lost his parents as a child and was raised by his grandmother. He was taken into rehab for using drugs for seven years and granted to visit his grandmother, Tu Xiufeng, 90, during a break with the company of police, according to local media....more

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PhotographerChina Daily China Daily Information Corp - CDICLocationKASHGAR, CHINAReuters / Thursday, March 19, 2015Tadjik women throw water on men from roof top as they take part in a festival celebration to welcome the coming Spring in Tadjik autonomous county, Kashgar, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China March 18, 2015. REUTERS/CHINA DAILY

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PhotographerToru HanaiLocationTOKYO, JapanReuters / Thursday, March 19, 2015A model presents a creation by Japanese kimono designer JotaroSaito at his Fall/Winter 2015 collection fashion show during Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo March 19, 2015. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

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PhotographerAnis MiliLocationTUNIS, TunisiaReuters / Thursday, March 19, 2015Policemen are pictured near damaged tiles inside the Bardo museum. Islamic State, which has declared a caliphate in large parts of Iraq and Syria and is active in Tunisia's chaotic neighbor Libya, praised the two attackers in an audio recording as "knights of the Islamic State" armed with machine guns and bombs. The two dead militants were identified as Tunisians, Hatem al-Khashnawi and Yassin al-Abidi. Two local newspapers...more

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PhotographerZoubeir Souissi

LocationTUNIS, Tunisia

Reuters / Thursday, March 19, 2015People are pictured near the morgue.

The two gunmen were trained at a jihadist camp in Libya, the Tunisian government said. Interior ministry

official Rafik Chelli said the two men had been recruited at mosques in

Tunisia and travelled to Libya in September. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

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PhotographerAnis MiliLocationTUNIS, TunisiaReuters / Thursday, March 19, 2015A policeman stands past blood stains, inside the compound of the national Bardo museum in Tunis March 19, 2015. Tunisia said it would deploy the army to major cities and arrested nine people on Thursday after 20 foreign tourists were shot dead in an attack on a museum which Islamic State militants called "the first drop of the rain". REUTERS/Anis Mili

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Turmoil escalates in Yemen


Aden, YemenReuters / Thursday, March

19, 2015Militia men loyal to

Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi loot

the barracks of the Special Forces in the southern

port city of Aden, Yemen March 19, 2015. An

unidentified warplane attacked the presidential

palace in Aden on Thursday after rival forces

fought the worst clashes in years in Yemen's second

city, an official and residents said, in a sharp

escalation of the country's months-long turmoil.

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Aden, YemenReuters / Thursday, March 19, 2015

Militia men secure a street leading to the airport during clashes in Yemen's

southern port city of Aden March 19, 2015. Clashes broke out between militia

loyal to Yemeni President Abd-RabbuMansour Hadi and rival security forces on Thursday near the airport in the southern

city of Aden, bringing air traffic to a halt, local officials said. REUTERS/Stringer

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Aden, YemenReuters / Thursday, March 19,

2015An army tank is seen at the

barracks of the Special Forces in Aden March 19, 2015. Both the

fighting on the ground and subsequent air attack appeared to

be part of a deepening power struggle between Hadi and the

Shi'ite Muslim Houthi group, which controls the capital Sanaa

and is allied with former president Ali Abdullah Saleh. REUTERS/Yaser

Hasan

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PhotographerStringer .LocationAden, YemenReuters / Thursday, March 19, 2015People walk by a police armored personnel carrier attacked by militants in Lahej near Aden March 19, 2015. General Abdel-Hafez al-Saqqaf had been holed up for days in the base after refusing Hadi's order to hand his Special Forces unit to another officer's command, a security source said. REUTERS/Stringer

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PhotographerStringer .LocationAden, YemenReuters / Thursday, March 19, 2015Militia men loyal to Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi are seen at the barracks of the Special Forces in Aden March 19, 2015. Residents said anti-aircraft guns opened fire at the plane, and smoke was seen rising from the area, but it was not immediately clear if Hadiwas in the compound. A second approach by a warplane was repelled by anti-aircraft fire, they said. REUTERS/Yaser Hasan

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Military vehicles are deployed during clashes in Aden March 19, 2015. An aide to Hadi said the president was

"safe at a secure location ... There was a raid, but there were no casualties."

REUTERS/Stringer

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Militia men ride a vehicle outside the airport during clashes in Aden March 19, 2015.

REUTERS/Stringer

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PhotographerStringer .LocationAden, YemenReuters / Thursday, March 19, 2015Militia men secure a street leading to the airport during clashes in Yemen's southern port city of Aden March 19, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

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Cyclone Pam caused widespread devastation when it struck the Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu with gusts of wind of up to 300km/h (185mph).

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The multi-stage Absa Cape Epic race saw 1,200 cyclists riding in pairs over 700km (435 miles) and climbing more than 16,000m, twice the height of Mount Everest during eight days of racing in South Africa.

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Gunmen killed 23 people, the majority of them foreign tourists, during an attack on the Bardomuseum in the Tunisian capital, Tunis. Those killed included citizens from Japan, Italy, Colombia, Australia, Britain, France, Poland and Spain, Prime Minister Habib Essid said. The Islamic State militant group has said it was behind the attack.

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The Tunisian people hold banners and echo their flags in a rally in Midoun, Djerba island in the North-East, two days after the gunmen attacked the national Bardo Museum.

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Two women pose with a statue of a monster at Yeouido Park in Seoul, South Korea.

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People glimpse Eclipse part around the pyramids of Giza, a suburb of the Egyptian capital of Cairo. Total Eclipse is only visible in the Faroe Islands and Norway's Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.

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The girls wild mustard flower pickers Palestinians grows on fields in the Gaza Strip during the spring season officially began.

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In a Roman villa named Villa deiMisteri (Villa of the mysteries) recently restored and re-opened to the public in the archaeological site of Pompeii, Italy.

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An Afghan refugee woman collects green fodder for her cattle in suburbs of Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, March 20, 2015. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

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Passengers of a moving train react as they move past the site of a train accident near Bachhrawan village, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Friday, March 20, 2015. Police and rescue workers used gas cutters to rip apart the wreckage to find people who were feared to be trapped after three coaches of a passenger train derailed in northern India. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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In this photo taken through a solar filter material, the moon blocks part of the sun during a solar eclipse as seen over Moscow Kremlin’s Troitskaya(Trinity) tower, in Russia, on Friday, March 20, 2015. An eclipse is darkening parts of Europe on Friday in a rare solar event that won’t be repeated for more than a decade.(AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

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Masked penitents take part in the procession of the “La Dolorosa” brotherhood, in Pamplona northern Spain, Friday, March 20, 2015, a large week prior to celebrate Holy Week. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

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Chinese honor guards place caskets containing the remains of Chinese soldiers during the handing over ceremony at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, Friday, March 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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Indian Christians and those from other minority group to hear Archbishop

Stanislaus Fernandes S.J. of Gandhinagar (left) and Bishop Thomas Macwan of

Ahmedabad in a peaceful rally in Ahmedabad, after an elderly nun was

raped.

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Solar panels in a solar power plant in Les Mees in Les Mees, France.

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PhotographerXXSTRINGERXX xxxxx

LocationALEPPO, Syria

Reuters / Friday, March 20, 2015Residents and Civil defence

members inspect damage after what activists said was shelling

from forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in

Aleppo's Al-Mashad neighborhood, March 20, 2015. REUTERS/Sultan

Kitaz

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PhotographerXXSTRINGERXX xxxxxLocationALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Friday, March 20, 2015Residents help an injured man after what activists said was shelling from forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's Al-Mashadneighborhood, March 20, 2015. REUTERS/Sultan Kitaz

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PhotographerXXSTRINGERXX xxxxxLocationALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Friday, March 20, 2015Residents and Civil defencemembers try to put out a fire after what activists said was shelling from forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's Al-Mashadneighborhood, March 20, 2015. REUTERS/Sultan Kitaz

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Reuters / Friday, March 20, 2015Residents and Civil defence members try to put out a fire after what activists said was shelling from forces loyal to Syria's

President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's Al-Mashad neighborhood, March 20, 2015.

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Reuters / Friday, March 20, 2015Residents inspect damage after what activists said was shelling

from forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in

Aleppo's Al-Mashadneighborhood, March 20, 2015.

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PhotographerXXSTRINGERXX xxxxxLocationALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Friday, March 20, 2015A Civil defence member tries to put out a fire after what activists said was shelling from forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's Al-Mashad neighborhood, March 20, 2015. REUTERS/Sultan Kitaz

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Reuters / Friday, March 20, 2015A man carries an injured man after

what activists said was shelling from forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's Al-

Mashad neighborhood, March 20, 2015. REUTERS/Sultan Kitaz

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Polish militia volunteers surge

PhotographerKacper PempelLocationSIEDLCE, PolandReuters / Friday, March 20, 2015Participiants secure a position during a territorial defence training organised by paramilitary group SJS Strzelec (Shooters Association) in the forest near Minsk Mazowiecki, eastern Poland, March 14, 2014. Inspired by the war in Ukraine, growing numbers of Poles are joining volunteer paramilitary groups, where they receive basic army training and prepare to defend their homeland. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

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PhotographerKacper PempelLocationSIEDLCE, PolandReuters / Friday, March 20, 2015Damian Trynkiewicz carries his weapon during territorial defence training organised by SJS Strzelec (Shooters Association), paramilitary group in the forest near Minsk Mazowiecki, eastern Poland, March 14, 2014. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

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PhotographerKacper Pempel

LocationSIEDLCE, Poland

Reuters / Friday, March 20, 2015Participiants secure a position during a

territorial defence training organised by paramilitary group SJS Strzelec (Shooters

Association) in the forest near Minsk Mazowiecki, March 14, 2014.

REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

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PhotographerKacper PempelLocationSIEDLCE, PolandReuters / Friday, March 20, 2015Damian Trynkiewicz carries his weapon during territorial defence training organised by SJS Strzelec (Shooters Association), paramilitary group in the forest near Minsk Mazowiecki, March 14, 2014. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

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Suicide bombers attack mosques

PhotographerKhaled Abdullah Ali Al MahdiLocationSanaa, YemenReuters / Friday, March 20, 2015People carry the injured out of a mosque which was attacked by a suicide bomber in Sanaa March 20, 2015. Suicide bombers blew themselves up in two mosques in the Yemeni capital Sanaa during noon prayers, medical sources told Reuters. The mosques are known to be used mainly by supporters of the Shi'ite Muslim Houthi group which has seized control of the government. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

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PhotographerMohamed Al-SayaghiLocationSanaa, YemenReuters / Friday, March 20, 2015A Houthi militant looks on after a suicide bomb attack at a mosque in Sanaa March 20, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi

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PhotographerMohamed Al-Sayaghi

LocationSanaa, Yemen

Reuters / Friday, March 20, 2015Crime scene investigators look at the

ground after a suicide bomb attack at a mosque in Sanaa March 20,

2015. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi

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PhotographerKhaled Abdullah Ali Al MahdiLocationSanaa, YemenReuters / Friday, March 20, 2015Houthi militants stand at the scene of a suicide bombing outside a mosque in Sanaa March 20, 2015. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

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PhotographerKhaled Abdullah Ali Al Mahdi


Reuters / Friday, March 20, 2015Injured people are carried onto a truck to be

rushed to a hospital after a suicide bomb attack at a mosque in Sanaa March 20,

2015. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

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Syria's women commandosPhotographerOmar SanadikiLocationDAMASCUS, SYRIAReuters / Friday, March 20, 2015A member of a Female Commando Battalion which is part of the Syrian Army, wears her headgear in the government-controlled area of Jobar, a suburb of Damascus March 19, 2015. This Battalion consists of several hundred female fighters who have had military training and carry out combat duties. Picture taken during a Syrian Army organized trip. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki

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PhotographerOmar SanadikiLocationDAMASCUS, SYRIAReuters / Friday, March 20, 2015Members of a Female Commando Battalion sit atop of a tank in the government-controlled area of Jobar, a suburb of Damascus March 19, 2015. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki

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PhotographerOmar Sanadiki

LocationDAMASCUS, SYRIA

Reuters / Friday, March 20, 2015Members of a Female Commando Battalion carry

their weapons and supplies as they get into an armored carrier in the government-controlled

area of Jobar, a suburb of Damascus March 19, 2015. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki

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PhotographerOmar SanadikiLocationDAMASCUS, SYRIAReuters / Friday, March 20, 2015A member of a Female Commando Battalion aims her weapon as her fellow fighter looks out behind sandbags at the front line in the government-controlled area of Jobar, a suburb of Damascus March 19, 2015. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki

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Reuters / Friday, March 20, 2015A member of a Female Commando Battalion prepares a weapon at the

frontline in the government-controlled area of Jobar, a suburb of Damascus

March 19, 2015. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki

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PhotographerOmar SanadikiLocationDAMASCUS, SYRIAReuters / Friday, March 20, 2015A member of a Female Commando Battalion aims her weapon at the frontline in the government-controlled area of Jobar, a suburb of Damascus March 19, 2015. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki

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Reuters / Friday, March 20, 2015

Members of a Female Commando Battalion eat

inside a room in the government-controlled area

of Jobar, a suburb of Damascus March 19, 2015.

REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki

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Rare solar eclipse

PhotographerReuters PhotographerLocationLongyearbyen, NorwayReuters / Friday, March 20, 2015A total solar eclipse is seen in Longyearbyen on Svalbard, Norway, March 20, 2015. REUTERS/Jon Olav Nesvold/NTB scanpix

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PhotographerStefan WermuthLocationLondon, United KingdomReuters / Friday, March 20, 2015School children wearing protective glasses pose for photographers outside The Royal Observatory during a partial solar eclipse in Greenwich, south east London March 20, 2015. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

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PhotographerToby MelvilleLocationBridgwater, United KingdomReuters / Friday, March 20, 2015A bird sits on a branch in front of a partial solar eclipse near Bridgwater, in south western England, March 20, 2015. REUTERS/Toby Melville

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PhotographerMaxim Shemetov

LocationMOSCOW, Russia

Reuters / Friday, March 20, 2015

A cross on the dome of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour

is seen during a partial solar eclipse in Moscow, Russia,

March 20, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

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Mrs. Michelle Obama and tour guide at the Angkor Wat temple.-Mar 21

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U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama and the wife of Prime Minister Hun Sen, Bun Ranny at Prasat Bakong outside Siem Reap, on 21-3-2015.

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Tide of the centuryPhotographerPascal RossignolLocationLE MONT SAINT-MICHEL, FranceReuters / Saturday, March 21, 2015A woman walks on the sand at low tide around the Mont Saint-Michel 11th century abbey off France's Normandy coast, March 21, 2015. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

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PhotographerStephane MaheLocationSAINT MALO, FranceReuters / Saturday, March 21, 2015People stand along the waterfront as a wave crashes onto a seawall durng the rising tide in Saint Malo, March 21, 2015. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

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PhotographerPascal Rossignol

LocationLE MONT SAINT-MICHEL, France

Reuters / Saturday, March 21, 2015Sebastien Daligault, a guide at the Bay

Saint-Michel, stands knee-deep in quicksand as tourists watch nearby

during a walking tour at low tide around the Mont Saint-Michel off

France's Normandy coast, March 21, 2015. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

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PhotographerPascal Rossignol

LocationMONT SAINT-MICHEL, France

Reuters / Friday, March 20, 2015An aerial view shows the Mont

Saint-Michel off France's Normandy coast March 20, 2015. The Mont

Saint-Michel 11th century abbey is expected to be entirely surrounded

by the English Channel following exceptionally high spring tides. Parts of the French coast were on alert for

the so-called "tide of the century", with tidal coefficients of 118 and 119

respectively on March 20 and 21. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

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The Great Wall of Kumbhalgarh Fort . Located 84 km north of Udaipur, in the state of Rajasthan, in western India

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PhotographerXXSTRINGERXX xxxxxLocationDARAA, SyriaReuters / Saturday, March 21, 2015Free Syrian Army fighters fire shells towards forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad in Bosra Al-Sham, Daraaprovince, March 21, 2015 . REUTERS/Wsam Almokdad

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PhotographerAmit Dave

LocationAHMEDABAD, India

Reuters / Saturday, March 21, 2015A Muslim bride waits for the start of a

mass marriage ceremony in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad

March 21, 2015. A total of 112 Muslim couples from various parts of

Ahmedabad on Saturday took wedding vows during the mass

marriage ceremony organised by a Muslim voluntary organisation, organisers said. REUTERS/Amit

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Persian New Year

PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Saturday, March 21, 2015A man carries toys for sale during celebrations for Afghan New Year (Newroz) in Kabul March 21, 2015. Afghanistan uses the Persian calendar which runs from the vernal equinox. The calendar takes as its start date the time when the Prophet Mohammad moved from Mecca to Medina in 621 AD. The current Persian year is 1394. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

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Persian New Year

PhotographerSTRINGER IraqLocationAKRA, IraqReuters / Friday, March 20, 2015Iraqi Kurdish people carry fire torches up a mountain where a giant flag of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region is laid, as they celebrate Newroz Day in the town of Akra, Iraq March 20, 2015. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari

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Persian New Year


LocationSANLIURFA, Turkey


A woman shows off her nails after being painted with the

colors of the flag of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) during a gathering in Suruc, Sanliurfaprovince, Turkey March 17,

2015. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

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Persian New Year

PhotographerSTRINGER IraqLocationAKRA, IraqReuters / Friday, March 20, 2015Iraqi Kurdish people carry fire torches up a mountain where a giant flag of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region is laid in Akra, Iraq March 20, 2015. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari

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Persian New Year

PhotographerSTRINGER Iraq

LocationAKRA, Iraq

Reuters / Friday, March 20, 2015Iraqi Kurdish men walk with their lit torches up a mountain in Akra,

Iraq March 20, 2015. REUTERS/Azad Lashka

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Persian New Year


LocationDIYARBAKIR, Turkey

Reuters / Saturday, March 21, 2015

A man takes a "selfie" on an aerial lift as tens of thousands of

people take part in a gathering celebrating Newroz in

Diyarbakir, Turkey March 21, 2015. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

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PhotographerSTRINGER Iraq

LocationBAGHDAD, Iraq


Residents release candle balloons during Newroz

Day in Baghdad, Iraq March 21, 2015.

REUTERS/Ahmad Mousa

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Persian New Year


LocationDAMASCUS, Syria

Reuters / Saturday, March 21, 2015Kurdish dancers perform in Al Jalaa

Sports City in Damascus, Syria March 21, 2015. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki

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Persian New Year

PhotographerMohammad Ismail

LocationKABUL, AFGHANISTAN


People gather near Sakhi shrine in Kabul March 21, 2015.

REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

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Persian New Year

PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Saturday, March 21, 2015People gather near a shrine in Kabul March 21, 2015. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

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March 22 , 2015

PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Sunday, March 22, 2015Afghan women's rights activists carry the coffin of Farkhunda, an Afghan woman who was beaten to death and set alight on fire on Thursday, during her burial ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 22, 2015. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

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PhotographerYuya ShinoLocationTOKYO, JAPANReuters / Sunday, March 22, 2015Protesters holding placards shout slogans at a rally against Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration in the central Tokyo March 22, 2015. More than 10,000 people join the protest, according to the organizer. Placards read in Japanese "No to the Abe administration". REUTERS/YuyaShino

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PhotographerMurad Sezer

LocationISTANBUL, Turkey

Reuters / Sunday, March 22, 2015

A Turkish Kurdish man jumps over a bonfire during a rally

celebrating Newroz, which marks the arrival of spring and the new

year, in Istanbul, Turkey, March 22, 2015. Jailed Kurdish rebel

leader Abdullah Ocalan said on Saturday his militant group's

three-decade insurgency against the Turkish state had become "unsustainable" but stopped

short of declaring an immediate end to its armed struggle.

REUTERS/Murad Sezer

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PhotographerPaulo WhitakerLocationSAO PAULO, BRAZILReuters / Sunday, March 22, 2015An aerial view shows illegally built slums on the border of the polluted water of Billings reservoir in Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 12, 2015. Brazil is facing its worst drought in 80 years and its economy is already expected to post zero growth this year. Worse yet, since Brazil depends on hydroelectric dams for about three quarters of its electricity, power shortages are also possible due to the drought, federal officials have...more

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PhotographerLuc GnagoLocationABIDJAN, Cote d'IvoireReuters / Sunday, March 22, 2015A tribal chief holds a poster, which has a portrait of incumbent president AlassaneOuattara on it, during the congress of the Rally of the Republicans (RDR) at the Treichville sports complex in downtown Abidjan, Ivory Coast , March 22, 2015. RDR, Ivory Coast's ruling party, on Sunday chose Ouattara as expected to be its candidate for this year's presidential election. Poster reads "let us mobilize aroud ADO for an Ivory Coast...more

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PhotographerChina Stringer NetworkLocationHEFEI, CHINAReuters / Sunday, March 22, 2015Rescuers pull the wreckage of a small helicopter out of a lake in Hefei, Anhui province, China, March 22, 2015. The pilot remained missing and the sole passenger was injured after the two-seated Ukraine-made helicopter fell into the lake on Friday night during an unregistered flight, local media reported. REUTERS/Stringer

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PhotographerXXSTRINGERXX xxxxxLocationIDLIB, SyriaReuters / Sunday, March 22, 2015Islamic Ahrar al-Sham fighters fire a locally made weapon towards forces loyal to Syria's president Bashar Al-Assad on the frontline of Idlib city in northern Syria, where they announced a battle to liberate the city March 21, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

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A boy playing near the rock of Aphrodite where, according to ancient Greek mythology, the goddess Aphrodite was born, near coastal tourist city of Paphos of Cyprus, on 22 March, 2015.

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PhotographerShamil ZhumatovLocationALMATY, KAZAKHSTANReuters / Sunday, March 22, 2015A snowboarder performs during the Red Bull Jump and Freeze competition at ski resort Shimbulak outside Almaty, Kazakhstan, March 22, 2015. Participants wearing festive costumes perform tricks before getting into a pond with icy water. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov

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PhotographerOsman OrsalLocationISTANBUL, TurkeyReuters / Sunday, March 22, 2015People gesture while others wave Kurdish flags during a gathering celebrating Newroz, which marks the arrival of spring and the new year, in Istanbul, Turkey, March 22, 2015. Jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan said on Saturday his militant group's three-decade insurgency against the Turkish state had become "unsustainable" but stopped short of declaring an immediate end to its armed struggle. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

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PhotographerSTRINGER El SALVADORLocationSan Salvador, El SalvadorReuters / Sunday, March 22, 2015People carry a picture of the late Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero during a march ahead of the 35th anniversary of his assassination in San Salvador, El Salvador March 21, 2015. Salvadoran Archbishop Romero, who was murdered by a right-wing death squad in 1980 and is an icon of the Roman Catholic Church in Latin America, had died as a martyr and will be beatified on May 23, the Vatican said. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas

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PhotographerReuters PhotographerLocationSiem Reap, CambodiaReuters / Sunday, March 22, 2015First lady Michelle Obama boards an aircraft at Siem Reap International Airport in Siem Reap, Cambodia March 22, 2015. REUTERS/AthitPerawongmetha

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PhotographerEduard Korniyenko

LocationSengileyevskoye, Russia

Reuters / Sunday, March 22, 2015Members of the local Cossack community

undergo military training at a boot camp set up by the Russkiye Vityazi (Russian

Knights) military patriotic club in the village of Sengileyevskoye, south of Stavropol,

Russia March 22, 2015. A group of cossacksfrom the village of Kazanskaya, who are

planning a professional career at the military intelligence service, has arrived at a

camp for training under the leadership of professional...more

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PhotographerEduard Korniyenko

LocationSengileyevskoye, Russia

Reuters / Sunday, March 22, 2015Members of the local Cossack

community undergo military training at a boot camp set up by the Russkiye

Vityazi (Russian Knights) military patriotic club in the village of

Sengileyevskoye, south of Stavropol, Russia, March 22, 2015. A group of

cossacks from the village of Kazanskaya, who are planning a

professional career at the military intelligence service, has arrived at a

camp for training under the leadership of professional...more

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PhotographerDarrin Zammit LupiLocationValletta, MaltaReuters / Sunday, March 22, 2015Members of the Legio X Fretensis (Malta) re-enactment group take part in a display of ancient Roman army life at Fort Rinella in Kalkara, outside Valletta, Malta, March 22, 2015. The event 'Romanus', organised by the Malta Heritage Trust, consisted of talks, hands-on displays, static exhibitions of weapons and equipment, food and wine tasting and large-scale re-enactments depicting different forms of Roman warfare in the field....more

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PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Sunday, March 22, 2015Afghan women's rights activists carry the coffin of Farkhunda in Kabul March 22, 2015. The United States and other countries have spent millions of dollars in Afghanistan on promoting the rule of law, justice and women's rights since the Taliban were ousted in 2001. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

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PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Sunday, March 22, 2015Afghans pray near the coffin of Farkhunda in Kabul March 22, 2015. The last decade has seen much progress: Millions of girls now attend school and women can enter employment, particularly in major cities. But in some rural areas, little has changed and hard-won rights are at risk of being reversed as aid and foreign troops are withdrawn. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

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PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Sunday, March 22, 2015Afghan women's rights activists mourn during the burial of Farkhunda in Kabul March 22, 2015. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

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Mourning Singapore's founding father

PhotographerEdgar SuLocationSINGAPORE, SINGAPOREReuters / Sunday, March 22, 2015A woman takes photos of cards for former Singaporean prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, placed at a well-wishing corner at the Singapore General Hospital in Singapore March 23, 2015. Lee, Singapore's first prime minister and architect of the tiny Southeast Asian city-state's rapid rise from British tropical outpost to global trade and financial centre, died at age 91, the Prime Minister's Office said. REUTERS/Edgar Su

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PhotographerEdgar SuLocationSINGAPORE, SINGAPOREReuters / Sunday, March 22, 2015People lay flowers and well-wishes for former Singaporean prime minister Lee Kuan Yew in a heavy downpour at the Singapore General Hospital in Singapore March 22, 2015. Lee, the founding father of modern Singapore, has been in hospital with severe pneumonia since Feb. 5. He turned 91 last September. REUTERS/Edgar Su

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PhotographerEdgar SuLocationSINGAPORE, SINGAPOREReuters / Sunday, March 22, 2015A card for Singapore's former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew lies at a well-wishing corner at the Singapore General Hospital in Singapore March 23, 2015. Lee, Singapore's first prime minister and architect of the tiny Southeast Asian city-state's rapid rise from British tropical outpost to global trade and financial centre, died early on Monday, aged 91, the Prime Minister's Office said. REUTERS/Edgar Su

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PhotographerEdgar SuLocationSINGAPORE, SINGAPOREReuters / Sunday, March 22, 2015A get well message, penned by Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong for his father Lee Kuan Yew, is pictured at TanjongPagar community club in Singapore, March 22, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su

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SINGAPORE, SINGAPOREReuters / Sunday, March 22, 2015

A woman and her daughters cry as they mourn the passing of former

Singaporean prime minister Lee KuanYew, at a well-wishing corner at the Singapore General Hospital, March

23, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su

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PhotographerReuters StaffLocationSINGAPORE, SingaporeReuters / Sunday, March 22, 2015The state flag is pictured at half-mast at the Parliament building in Singapore March 23, 2015. In his lifetime, Lee drew praise for his market-friendly policies, but also criticism at home and abroad for his strict controls over the press, public protest and political opponents. REUTERS/Timothy Sim

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PhotographerStringer .Locational-Habilin, YemenReuters / Sunday, March 22, 2015A tank is seen at an army post seized by the Southern People's Resistance militants loyal to Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi in al-Habilin of Yemen's southern province of Lahej, March 22, 2015. REUTERS/Nabeel Quaiti

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Yemen edges toward civil war

PhotographerStringer .LocationAden, YemenReuters / Sunday, March 22, 2015Southern People's Resistance militants loyal to Yemen's President Abd-RabbuMansour Hadi gather at the al-Anad air base in the country's southern province of Lahej, after seizing it, March 22, 2015. REUTERS/Nabeel Quaiti

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PhotographerMohamed Al-SayaghiLocationSanaa, YemenReuters / Sunday, March 22, 2015People look inside a damaged mosque after Friday's suicide bomb attack in Sanaa, March 22, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi

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PhotographerMohamed Al-Sayaghi


Reuters / Friday, March 20, 2015Crime scene investigators work after a suicide bomb attack at a

mosque in Sanaa, March 20, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamed al-

Sayaghi

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PhotographerAmmar AbdullahLocationALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Sunday, March 22, 2015Civilians walk near upright buses barricading a street, which serve as protection from snipers loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo's rebel-controlled Bustan al-Qasrneighborhood March 21, 2015. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah

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A Syrian girl out signs ' victory ' alongside the helicopter belonging to forces loyal to President al-Assad in distress in Jabal al-Zawiya, 22-3-15

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PhotographerSergei KarpukhinLocationKrasnoyarsk, RussiaReuters / Sunday, March 22, 2015People walk during a heavy snowfall in central Moscow, March 22, 2015. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

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March 23 , 2015

A boy who Kashmir acrobatics near almond trees blooming in the gardens of almond is open to visitors at Badamwari in Srinagar, in Indian-controlled Kashmi.

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A woman walking in a snow storm in the city of Niles, Illinois, USA.

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An Indian in the Bibi Nagar, Naolgonda district, about 40 kilometers from the city of Hyderabad, climb the tree to bring the URN by lightning to thot not interested in real estate in wine making,

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, points as she and the Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsipras leave after a press conference as part of a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Monday, March 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

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A man walks on the shore of Icarai Beach in Niteroi, across the bay from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, March 23, 2015. Rio de Janeiro’s mayor acknowledged in a television interview Monday that the run-up to the 2016 Olympic Games has proven a “wasted opportunity” to clean up the city’s blighted waterways. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

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A great Valentines in the Hospital where Mr Lee was treated before his death with his picture and the words blessing he soon recovered.

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Population of Singapore bought the remaining special about the life and career of Mr LEE Kuan Yew, on 23/3/2015.

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Mrs. Sarah Kee, aged 61, wiping tears before the Hospital where

Mr. Lee died.

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Singaporeans lit candles to pray for Mr LEE Kuan Yew in a local community clubs, on 23/3/2015.

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Singapore has begun seven days of national mourning following the death of its founding father, Lee Kuan Yew. MrLee, who was 91, led Singapore's transformation from a small port city to one of the wealthiest nations in the world.Mar 23

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Local newspapers published special editions about the life and career of Mr LEE Kuan Yew, on 23/3/2015.

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PhotographerRomeo Ranoco

LocationMANILA, PHILIPPINES


Troops fire 105mm howitzers during the

celebration of the 118th Founding Anniversary of

the Philippine Army at the military

headquarters in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City,

Metro Manila, Philippines March 23,

2015. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco

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Taiz, YemenReuters / Monday, March 23,

2015Anti-Houthi protesters run as

pro-Houthi police troopers open fire in the air to disperse them in

Yemen's southwestern city of TaizMarch 23, 2015. Soldiers loyal to

Yemeni president Abd-RabbuMansour Hadi fought off dozens

of Shi'ite Houthi militiamen heading for the Sunni leader's seat of power in the southern

city of Aden, militia sources and a local official told Reuters. Iran-

backed Houthis, who took over the southern city of...more

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PhotographerKhalil AshawiLocationIDLIB, SYRIAReuters / Monday, March 23, 2015A rebel fighter mans a weapon mounted on a pickup truck on the frontline of Idlib city in northern Syria March 22, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

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Yemen edges toward civil war

PhotographerStringer .LocationTaiz, YemenReuters / Monday, March 23, 2015Anti-Houthi protesters demonstrate in Yemen's southwestern city of Taiz, March 23, 2015. Yemen's top factions are squaring off for battle after months of skirmishes, turning respectively to neighboring Saudi Arabia and its regional rival Iran for help in what may become all-out war. REUTERS/Anees Mahyoub

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Taiz, YemenReuters / Monday, March 23, 2015

Anti-Houthi protesters demonstrate in Yemen's southwestern city of Taiz,

March 23, 2015. REUTERS/AneesMahyoub

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PhotographerOmar SobhaniLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Monday, March 23, 2015Afghans from the Hmbastagi party (Solidarity Party of Afghanistan) wear masks during a protest to condemn the killing Farkhunda in Kabul March 23, 2015. The top criminal investigator promised to punish all those involved and said 13 people, including eight police officers, had already been arrested. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

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SINGAPORE, SINGAPOREReuters / Monday, March 23, 2015

A woman in a wheelchair pays respects to the late former prime minister Lee

Kuan Yew at a memorial site in Singapore March 23, 2015. Lee had

receded from public and political life over the past few years, but was still

seen as an influential figure in the government of Prime Minister Lee

Hsien Loong, his eldest son. REUTERS/Edgar Su

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PhotographerEdgar SuLocationSINGAPORE, SINGAPOREReuters / Monday, March 23, 2015A man bows as he pays his respects to late former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew at TanjongPagar community club, in the constituency which Lee represented as Member of Parliament since 1955, in Singapore March 23, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su

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PhotographerReuters StaffLocationSINGAPORE, SingaporeReuters / Monday, March 23, 2015People take pictures of tributes and well-wishes to Singapore's former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, at the Singapore General Hospital, March 23, 2015. REUTERS/Timothy Sim

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PhotographerReuters Staff

LocationSINGAPORE, Singapore


A woman reads a newspaper bearing the image of

Singapore's former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, at

Raffles Place in Singapore, March 23, 2015.

REUTERS/Timothy Sim

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PhotographerReuters Staff

LocationSINGAPORE, Singapore

Reuters / Monday, March 23, 2015A man reads tributes to Singapore's

former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, at the Singapore General Hospital, March

23, 2015. REUTERS/Timothy Sim

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PhotographerBaz RatnerLocationJERUSALEM, IsraelReuters / Monday, March 23, 2015A mourner watches the burial ceremony for seven children from the Sassoon family in Jerusalem March 23, 2015. REUTERS/BazRatner

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PhotographerBaz Ratner

LocationJERUSALEM, Israel

Reuters / Monday, March 23, 2015An ultra-Orthodox Jew stands near the burial plots for seven children from the

Sassoon family before their burial in Jerusalem March 23, 2015. Police have

identified the children who died as Yaakob Sassoon, 5, Sara, 6, Moshe, 8, Yeshua, 10, Rivkah, 11, David, 12, and

Eliane, 16. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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PhotographerBaz RatnerLocationJERUSALEM, IsraelReuters / Monday, March 23, 2015Mourners gather around the bodies of seven children from the Sassoon family during a funeral service before their burial in Jerusalem March 23, 2015. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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PhotographerAmmar AwadLocationJERUSALEM, IsraelReuters / Monday, March 23, 2015Mourners gather around the bodies of seven children from the Sassoon family during a funeral service before their burial in Jerusalem March 23, 2015. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

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PhotographerAlexandre MeneghiniLocationHAVANA, CUBAReuters / Monday, March 23, 2015Cowboy Raul Albeja, 60, stands as he listens to the national anthem during the International Livestock Fair Show in Havana March 16, 2015. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

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PhotographerReuters Photographer

LocationNICOSIA, Cyprus

Reuters / Monday, March 23, 2015Cypriot bondholders clash with riot

policemen outside the headquarters of the Bank of Cyprus in Nicosia,

March 23, 2015. Aggrieved bondholders who lost funds in

Cyprus's 2013 bailout caused damage to the headquarters of Bank of

Cyprus on Monday when they tried to storm the building.

REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou

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PhotographerCHRIS KEANE

LocationLYNCHBURG, United States

Reuters / Monday, March 23, 2015U.S. Senator Ted Cruz stands on stage

with his wife Heidi and their daughters Catherine and Caroline, as he announces

his candidacy for president during an event at Liberty College in Lynchburg,

Virginia, March 23, 2015. Cruz, a conservative firebrand who frequently clashes with leaders of his Republican

Party, became the first major figure from either party to jump into the 2016

presidential election race on Monday. REUTERS/Chris...more

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Novak Djokovic of Serbia lifts the trophy after defeating Roger Federer of Switzerland in the final of the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California.Mar 23

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Gabrielle Daleman of Canada is pictured during a training session ahead of the 2015 ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Shanghai, China.Mar 23

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Residents cross an overflowing river in Tangala, South Kivu, DR Congo.Mar 23

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An Afghan family on the outskirts of Mazari-i-Sharif on their way to celebrate Nowruz which marks the Afghan New Year . Mar 23.

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A sculpture of a dinosaur is put in place in Wustermark, eastern Germany, where 40 dinosaurs will be on display

from 31 March.Mar 23

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China's knockoff world wonders


PhotographerChina Stringer Network

LocationCHUZHOU, China


A man takes pictures of a full-scale replica of the sphinx,

which is part of an unfinished movie and animation tourism

theme park, in Chuzhou, Anhui province, China, March 3, 2015.

REUTERS/Stringer

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PhotographerLang Lang

LocationHANGZHOU, China

Reuters / Friday, March 21, 2014A farmer tills the field near a

replica of the Eiffel Tower at the Tianducheng housing

development in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, March 21,

2014. REUTERS/Lang Lang

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PhotographerPaul YeungLocationMacau, ChinaReuters / Saturday, April 01, 2006A replica of the Roman Colosseum in Macau, October 19, 2005. REUTERS/Paul Yeung

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PhotographerChina Photos

LocationShanghai, China

Reuters / Sunday, February 05, 2006

A 1:4 scale replica of The Leaning Tower of Pisa in

Shanghai, September 7, 2004. REUTERS/China Photos

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Feb. 4 , 2006

PhotographerDavid Gray


Reuters / Wednesday, July 16, 2008A replica of the Sydney Harbour

Bridge next a replica of the Sydney Opera House in Beijing, July 16, 2008.

REUTERS/David Gray

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July 16 , 2008

PhotographerKim Kyung Hoon


Reuters / Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Replicas of the Moai statues on Easter Island, at a business district in Beijing, May 22,

2013. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

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May 22 , 2013

PhotographerDarley Shen

LocationWUHAN, China


A visitor takes a photograph of a replica of the Karnak Temple in

Egypt, at the abandoned Wanguopark in Wuhan, Hubei province,

March 12, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer

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PhotographerDavid GrayLocationBEIJING, ChinaReuters / Wednesday, June 13, 2012A canal flows through the center of the Florentia Village in the district of Wuqing, located on the outskirts of the city of Tianjin June 13, 2012. The shopping center, which covers an area of some 200,000 square meters, was constructed on a former corn field at an estimated cost of $220 million and copies old Italian-style architecture with Florentine arcades, a grand canal, bridges, and a building that resembles a Roman Coliseum....moreMarch 29, 2015 328


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