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PhotographerStringer .Location

MOSCOW, RussiaReuters / Friday, February 27, 2015

Investigators inspect the body of Boris Nemtsov in central Moscow February 28,

2015. Russian opposition politician Nemtsov, an outspoken critic of

President Vladimir Putin and Russia's involvement in the war in Ukraine, was

shot dead steps from the Kremlin in central Moscow. REUTERS/George

Malets

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PhotographerAmir Cohen

LocationLATRUN, Israel

Reuters / Friday, February 27, 2015Enthusiasts walk on a trail during an

event re-enacting the Crusaders' journey from the foothills of the Ayalon Valley to Jerusalem, near

Latrun, Israel, February 27, 2015. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

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PhotographerJim Urquhart

LocationGarrison, United States

Reuters / Friday, February 27, 2015Several wild horses escape as a

helicopter is used by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to gather wild

horses into a trap along Highway 21 near the Sulphur Herd Management Area

south of Garrison, Utah, February 26, 2015. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart

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The chef sells a long sausage 2,031 yards, on the day the annual sausage Festival on July 31 in the village of Turija, 100 kilometres from Belgrade toward the Northwest, Serbia, 28/2/15March 17, 2015 5

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American skiing Austrians Stefan Kraft dived on air, when making jumps in the competition final of the World Championships in Nordic skiing in Falun, Sweden, 28/2/15

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Military vehicles of the Iraqi security forces and Shia militants in the Udhaim dam, North of the capital Baghdad, on 1/3/2015.

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Military vehicles of the Iraqi security forces and Shia militants in the Udhaim dam, North of the capital Baghdad, on 1/3/2015.

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Model wearing dresses by Dolce Gabbana & designs for autumn-winter collection for 2015-2016 in the fashion week in Milan, Italy

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A participant events Chicago Polar Plunge jumped into the cold water in Lake Michigan, the city of Chicago, State of Illinois, Usa, on March 1, 2015.

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A lamp in the Harbor on Lake Michigan with ice in the city of Chicago in Illinois, Usa, on March 1, 2015.March 1 , 2015

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The cat was nicknamed the Cat Upset balances the worldwide premiere of the movie Cinderella (Cinderella) in Los Angeles, on March 1, 2015.

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The performers spewing molten iron into a concrete wall in celebration of the Chinese new year Goal coming in the upcoming Commercial District in Noan Tuyen , Hebei province, China, on March 1, 2015.

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Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, was greeted by the lion when he visited the shopping center in Onagawa, district of Hope Chime Miyagi, Japan.

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People watching the President of South Korea, Park Geun-hye, the

speech on the small screen mounted in the seat during the ceremony in the capital Seoul, commemorating the first independence movement

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A woman on the bridge ruins in the Donetsk region in Eastern Ukraine, the spectacle after the fierce battle, 1/3/15

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A woman holding a banner with the words "I am not afraid" during a demonstration in Moscow, Russia to commemorate opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was shot and killed near the Kremlin on March 2, 2015. (Photo by Vladimir Zablitsky taken in Moscow on March 1, 2015).

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Opposition supporters in Russia marched in Central Moscow commemorating Mr. Boris Nemtsov, a prominent Kremlin critic murdered. Mr. Nemtsov, a former Deputy Prime Minister for President Boris Yeltsin, was shot behind his deal before midnight Feb. 27 while he was walking across the bridge near the Kremlin.

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Protesters holding portraits of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was shot dead on Friday near the Kremlin, with the words "he was fighting for the freedom of a State, he was fighting for our future!" in Moscow, Russia, October 1/3/2015.

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Protesters commemorate opposition leader Boris Nemtsov bears banners down the road with the words "The bullet for all of us, the Heroes never die!" in Moscow, Russia, October 1/3/2015.

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The Russian flag in the parade commemorates MrBoris Nemtsov in Moscow, on 1/3/2015.

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Russian riot police stand guard in a parade of supporters of the opposition to Boris

Nemtsov, who was shot dead Friday evening, 27/2/2015 in Moscow.

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Many people still come to lay flowers at the place where he Nemtsov was assassinated.

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Protesters carried flag of Russia with posters ' I'm not scared ' near where opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was shot and killed near the Kremlin on 1/3/2015.

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Opposition leader and former Prime Minister of Russia Mikhail Kasyanov

(right) an opposition activist Ilya Yashin (left) speaking with the press

in the parade in memory of Mr. Nemtsov in

Moscow, on 1/3/2015.

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Mr. Dmitry Gudkov, a member of the Russian Parliament, to attend the parade in memory of Mr. Nemtsov in Moscow, on 1/3/2015.

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Personnes ont défilé derrière des banderoles à la mémoire de M. Boris Nemtsov, qui a été tué par balle vendredi soir près du Kremlin, Russie le 2 mars.

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Mourning NemtsovPhotographerMaxim ShemetovLocationMoscow, RussiaReuters / Sunday, March 01, 2015A couple embraces during a march to commemorate Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, who was shot dead on Friday night, in Moscow, March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

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PhotographerMAXIM ZMEYEV

LocationMoscow, Russia

Reuters / Sunday, March 01, 2015People march behind a banner to

commemorate Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, who was shot dead on

Friday night, in central Moscow, March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev

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PhotographerTatyana Makeyeva


Reuters / Sunday, March 01, 2015People hold flags and posters during a march to commemorate Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, who was shot dead on

Friday night, in central Moscow, Russia March 1, 2015. Holding placards

declaring "I am not afraid", thousands of Russians marched in Moscow on Sunday

in memory of Nemtsov, whose murder has widened a split in society that some

say could threaten Russia's future. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva

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PhotographerSergei KarpukhinLocationMoscow, RussiaReuters / Sunday, March 01, 2015A poster of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, who was shot dead on Friday night, is seen during a march to commemorate him near St. Basil's Cathedral in central Moscow, March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

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PhotographerStringer RussiaLocationSt.Petersburg, RussiaReuters / Sunday, March 01, 2015People attend a march to commemorate Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, who was shot dead on Friday night, in central St. Petersburg, March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Peter Kovalev

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PhotographerSergei KarpukhinLocationMoscow, RussiaReuters / Sunday, March 01, 2015People hold posters during a march to commemorate Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, who was shot dead on Friday night, in central Moscow, March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

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PhotographerMaxim ShemetovLocationMoscow, RussiaReuters / Sunday, March 01, 2015A woman holds a candle as she attends a march to commemorate Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, who was shot dead on Friday night, in central Moscow, March 1, 2015. The signs read, "No words". REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

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PhotographerSergei KarpukhinLocationMoscow, RussiaReuters / Sunday, March 01, 2015Petr Tsarkov, co-chairmen of the Solidarnost ("Solidarity") opposition movement, holds a poster of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov during a march to commemorate him in central Moscow March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

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PhotographerSergei Karpukhin


Reuters / Sunday, March 01, 2015A man holds a poster of Kremlin critic Boris

Nemtsov, who was shot dead on Friday night, during a march to commemorate him in

central Moscow, March 1, 2015. The sign reads, "He died for the future of Russia".

REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

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Lira, UgandaReuters / Sunday, March 01, 2015

Hellen Akello, 38, a victim of the Lira district attacks by members of the Lord's Resistance

Army (LRA) militia movement, displays her injuries during a visit by International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Fatou

Bensouda in northern Uganda March 1, 2015. Bensouda is visiting the region to meet

people who said they were victims of the LRA following the capture of former LRA

commander Dominic Ongwen, who is currently under the...more

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PhotographerAnindito Mukherjee

LocationVRINDAVAN, India

Reuters / Sunday, March 01, 2015Hindu devotees daubed in color

throw colored powder inside the Bankey Bihari temple during Holi celebrations in Vrindavan, Uttar

Pradesh state, India March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee

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PhotographerChina Stringer Network

LocationBOZHOU, China

Reuters / Sunday, March 01, 2015Children salute during a flag-raising ceremony on

the first day of their new semester at a primary school in Bozhou, Anhui province, China March

2, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

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PhotographerStringer .LocationSANTIAGO, ChileReuters / Sunday, March 01, 2015Chile's President Michelle Bachelet poses for a selfie with Valentina Maureira, a 14-year old girl who suffers from cystic fibrosis, at an hospital room in Santiago, Chile February 28, 2015. Maureira made an emotional plea to be allowed to die, filming herself asking Bachelet to authorize her euthanasia. In a video that the media said had been uploaded to her Facebook page on February 22, 2015, Valentina said from her hospital bed:...more

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PhotographerMark Blinch

LocationTORONTO, Canada

Reuters / Sunday, March 01, 2015(L-R) Mark Critch, Cathy Jones, Susan

Kent, Shaun Majumder and Shelby Fenner arrive at the 2015 Canadian

Screen Awards in Toronto, Canada March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

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PhotographerSTRINGER uruguayLocationMontevideo, UruguayReuters / Sunday, March 01, 2015Uruguay's former President Jose Mujica gets into his Volkswagen Beetle after handing over the presidential sash to TabareVazquez (not pictured) in Montevideo, Uruguay March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Pazos

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PhotographerBaz RatnerLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Sunday, March 01, 2015A volunteer of the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republican guard fires a Konkurswire-guided anti-tank missile during shooting training in Donetsk, Ukraine March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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PhotographerStringer .LocationHASAKA, SyriaReuters / Sunday, March 01, 2015An Islamic State flag hangs on the wall of an abandoned building in Tel Hamis in Hasaka countryside, Syria after the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) took control of the area March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Rodi Said

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PhotographerTyrone Siu

LocationHONG KONG, China

Reuters / Sunday, March 01, 2015Protesters restrain a man who allegedly

beat other fellow protesters during a demonstration against mainland traders, at

Yuen Long in Hong Kong March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

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PhotographerStringer .LocationHASAKA, SyriaReuters / Sunday, March 01, 2015Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fighters stand with their weapons in Tel Hamis in Hasaka countryside, Syria March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Rodi Said

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PhotographerBaz RatnerLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Sunday, March 01, 2015Fyodor Guban, 45, stands in the ruins of his house in a neighborhood near airport in Donetsk, Ukraine March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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PhotographerJim Young

LocationCHICAGO, United States

Reuters / Sunday, March 01, 2015A participant in the Chicago Polar Plunge

dressed as the Sesame Street character "Elmo" emerges from the partially frozen waters of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois, March 1,

2015. REUTERS/Jim Young

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Photographer

Action Images

Reuters / Sunday, March 01,

2015

Chelsea's John Terry and

teammates celebrate winning the

Capital One Cup against

Tottenham Hotspur in London,

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PhotographerMohammed SalemLocationGAZA CITY, Palestinian TerritoriesReuters / Sunday, March 01, 2015Palestinian militants from the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) take part in a rally marking the 46th anniversary of the group's founding, in Gaza City March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

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Hezbollah fighters just toss the coffin of Ali Mansour, was killed while fighting

against the Islamic State groups in Tikrit, on 2/3/2015.

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One of about 40 professional cyclists in the Valparaiso downhill races through the Chilean city.

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Expedition and commanded 42 Barry "Butch" Wilmore outside the international space station during a space walk Tuesday in eight days. Virts and Wilmore has completed the Assembly of cable and antenna attached joint communication system for visiting spacecraft.

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A woman used to try the Samsung device in my trade show mobile world in Barcelona, Spain, on 2 March, 2015. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

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Residents evacuate Noordhoek Manor, an old peoples' home, as a fire approaches, in Cape Town, South Africa.

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Lauren Wallace (right) wins the women's 1000m ahead of Stephanie Brown and Treniere Moser during the US indoor track and field championships in Boston.Uruguay's former President Jose Mujica (right) gets into his Volkswagen Beetle

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A student protester lies on a monastery floor after police surrounded the monastery

apparently to prevent them from proceeding with a protest march to Yangon from Letpadan, north of Yangon, Myanmar,

Monday, March 2, 2015. Truckloads of police prevented hundreds of students from

marching onward to Myanmar’s old capital Monday to protest a new law that they say

will curb academic freedom. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

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A soldier of French Emperor Napoleon, performed by Emilio, walks in Escragnol southeastern France, as they head for Grenoble, French Alps, in the footsteps of the Emperor Napoleon, during a reenactment, Monday, March 2, 2015. This commemoration celebrates the bicentenary of the Emperor’s return after his exile on the island of Elba in 1815. They use the historic road ìroute Napoleonî to go to Grenoble where they will establish their bivouac in municipalities where Napoleon stopped. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

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Members of Bangladeshís Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) force escort Farabi ShafiurRahman, center, a suspect in the murder of an American blogger Avijit Roy, during his presentation to the media in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, March 2, 2015. Bangladesh security officials say they have arrested a leading suspect in the hacking death of Roy who wrote against religious extremism. (AP Photo/Suvra Kanti Das)

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Red roses are at the place where Boris Nemtsov, a charismatic Russian opposition leader and sharp critic of President Vladimir Putin, was gunned down on Friday, Feb. 27, 2015 near the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 2, 2015. The investigation into the killing of Boris Nemtsov, a fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin who was gunned down not far from the Kremlin, faced conflicting reports Monday about possible surveillance footage of his slaying. Words on a portrait reading ‘Fight!’ (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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Swiss guards stand at the Bronze door prior to the start of a private audience Pope Francis granted to Nechirvan Barzani, prime minister of Iraq’s Kurdistan regional government, at the Vatican, Monday, March 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, Pool)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, flanked by one of his security guards, addresses the 2015 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference in Washington, Monday, March 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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US Secretary of State John Kerry called on the UN to examine rights violations in Ukraine. A UN human rights report states that the conflict has claimed at least 6,000 lives, with hundreds killed in the past few weeks alone, although it says that the real number of fatalities could be considerably higher.March 2 , 2015

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PhotographerDenis Balibouse

LocationGENEVA, Switzerland

Reuters / Monday, March 02, 2015U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses the 28th Session of the

Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland March

2, 2015. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

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Tributes are laid at the site of the killing of Russian opposition veteran leader Boris Nemtsov in central Moscow. An unidentified attacker in a car shot Mr Nemtsov four times in the back as he crossed a bridge in view of the Kremlin last week.

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PhotographerDarren WhitesideLocationCILACAP, IndonesiaReuters / Monday, March 02, 2015A farmer pulls an old fishing net over a rice field to protect it from birds in Cilacap, Central Java, Indonesia March 2, 2015. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

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PhotographerPOOL New

LocationBEIJING, China

Reuters / Monday, March 02, 2015Britain's Prince William faces the media

during a visit to the Forbidden City in Beijing, China March 2, 2015.

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The Duke of Cambridge is seen at the British ambassador's official residence in Beijing during a visit to China. He is the most senior British royal to visit China since the Queen's tour of the country in 1986.

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PhotographerPhilippe Wojazer

LocationPARIS, France

Reuters / Monday, March 02, 2015

Republican Guards walk in the rain during a ceremony to

welcome Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard in the

courtyard of the Invalides in Paris, France March 2, 2015.

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PhotographerBeawiharta BeawihartaLocationDENPASAR, IndonesiaReuters / Monday, March 02, 2015Prisoners move a metal fence inside of the Kerobokan prison in Denpasar, on the Indonesian island of Bali February 28, 2015. Australian death row prisoners Andrew Chan, 31, and MyuranSukumaran, 33, two members of the so-called Bali Nine group are currently jailed in Kerobokan prison. REUTERS/Beawiharta

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PhotographerMike HutchingsLocationCAPE TOWN, South AfricaReuters / Monday, March 02, 2015A firefighter carries a hose across a burnt out section of a mountainside along Cape Town's scenic Chapman's Peak Drive, South Africa,March 2, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

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Front line against Islamic State

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationSALAHUDDIN, IraqReuters / Monday, March 02, 2015A Shi'ite fighter fires his weapon during clashes with Islamic State militants in Salahuddin province March 2, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationSALAHUDDIN, IraqReuters / Monday, March 02, 2015Iraqi security forces and Shi'ite fighters clash with Islamic State militants in Salahuddinprovince March 2, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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Iraqi Government forces and allied militia forces fired weapons from a location in the northern provinces of Diyala, Salaheddin province, while they took part in an attack aimed at retaking the city of Tikrit from the first Islamic State.

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PhotographerThaier Al-Sudani

LocationSALAHUDDIN, Iraq

Reuters / Monday, March 02, 2015Iraqi security forces and Shi'ite fighters clash

with Islamic State militants in Salahuddinprovince, March 2, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-

Sudani

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PhotographerSTRINGER Iraq

LocationUDHAIM, Iraq

Reuters / Monday, March 02, 2015Iraqi security forces and Shi'ite fighters

gather at Udhaim dam, north of Baghdad, March 2, 2015.

REUTERS/Stringer

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Reuters / Monday, March 02, 2015Iraqi security forces and Shi'ite fighters

reload a weapon during clashes with Islamic State militants in Salahuddin

province March 2, 2015. REUTERS/ThaierAl-Sudani

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Reuters / Monday, March 02, 2015Iraqi security forces carry a wounded

soldier during clashes with Islamic State militants in Salahuddin province March 2,

2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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Reuters / Monday, March 02, 2015Iraqi security forces and Shi'ite Fighters are

seen during clashes with Islamic State militants in Salahuddin province March 2,

2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationSALAHUDDIN, IraqReuters / Monday, March 02, 2015Iraqi security forces and Shi'ite fighters clash with Islamic State militants in Salahuddin province March 2, 2015. REUTERS/ThaierAl-Sudani

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationSALAHUDDIN, IraqReuters / Monday, March 02, 2015Iraqi security forces and Shi'ite fighters fire artillery during clashes with Islamic State militants in Salahuddinprovince March 2, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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Reuters / Monday, March 02, 2015A Shi'ite fighter mans a weapon during

clashes with Islamic State militants in Salahuddin province March 2, 2015.

REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationSALAHUDDIN, IraqReuters / Monday, March 02, 2015Iraqi security forces and Shi'ite fighters sit on a tank in the Salahuddin province March 2, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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Reuters / Monday, March 02, 2015Iraqi security forces and Shi'ite fighters clash

with Islamic State militants in Salahuddinprovince March 2, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationSALAHUDDIN, IraqReuters / Monday, March 02, 2015Iraqi security forces and Shi'ite Fighters are seen during clashes with Islamic State militants in Salahuddin province March 2, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationSALAHUDDIN, IraqReuters / Monday, March 02, 2015A Shi'ite fighter gestures during clashes with Islamic State militants in Salahuddin province March 2, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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PhotographerSTRINGER IraqLocationUDHAIM, IraqReuters / Monday, March 02, 2015Iraqi security forces and Shi'ite fighters gather in Udhaim dam, north of Baghdad March 2, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

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PhotographerOmar SobhaniLocationPANJSHIR, AfghanistanReuters / Sunday, March 01, 2015Afghan survivors of an avalanche work among destroyed houses in the Abdullah Khil village in the Dara district of Panjshir province March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

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Afghanistan's deadly snowfallAfghanistan's

deadly snowfall

Those who survived the avalanche run, getting supplies is the army's helicopter flying to Afghanistan to serve in Panjshir province, Paryandistrict, North of capital Kabul.

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Afghanistan's deadly snowfall

PhotographerOmar Sobhani

LocationPANJSHIR, Afghanistan

Reuters / Sunday, March 01, 2015An Afghan survivor of an avalanche

works at a destroyed house in the Abdullah Khil village in the Dara

district of Panjshir province, March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

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PhotographerOmar SobhaniLocationPANJSHIR, AfghanistanReuters / Sunday, March 01, 2015Afghan survivors of an avalanche run to get relief goods distributed by an Afghan army helicopter in the Paryan district of Panjshir province, north of Kabul, March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

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Reuters / Sunday, March 01, 2015Afghan survivors of an avalanche work among destroyed houses in

the Abdullah Khil village in the Dara district of Panjshir province March

1, 2015. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

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PhotographerOmar SobhaniLocationPANJSHIR, AfghanistanReuters / Sunday, March 01, 2015Mud brick houses are seen after avalanches in Paryan district of Panjshir province March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

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Reuters / Sunday, March 01, 2015Afghan survivors of an avalanche work

among destroyed houses in the Abdullah Khil village in the Dara district

of Panjshir province, March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

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PhotographerOmar SobhaniLocationPANJSHIR, AfghanistanReuters / Sunday, March 01, 2015Afghan survivors of an avalanche cover themselves while an Afghan Army helicopter landed to distribute relief goods in Paryan district of Panjshir province, March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

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PhotographerOmar SobhaniLocationPANJSHIR, AfghanistanReuters / Monday, March 02, 2015Afghan survivors of an avalanche receive relief goods distributed by an Afghan army helicopter in the Paryan district of Panjshir province, March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

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Reuters / Monday, March 02, 2015Afghan survivors of an avalanche run to get relief goods distributed by an Afghan army helicopter in the Paryan district of Panjshir

province, north of Kabul, March 1, 2015. More than 180 people have been killed in north

Afghanistan in some of the worst avalanches there for 30 years, officials said.

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Reuters / Monday, March 02, 2015Afghan survivors of an avalanche run to get relief

goods distributed by an Afghan army helicopter in the Paryan district of Panjshir province, north

of Kabul March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

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Reuters / Monday, March 02, 2015

Afghan survivors of an avalanche work among destroyed houses in

the Abdullah Khil village in the Dara district of Panjshir province

March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

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PhotographerOmar SobhaniLocationPANJSHIR, AfghanistanReuters / Monday, March 02, 2015Survivors of an avalanche walk in Abdullah Khil village, Dara district of Panjshir province, Afghanistan March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

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Reuters / Monday, March 02, 2015Afghan survivors of an avalanche gather

as excavators clear snow from a road near Abdullah Khil village in the Dara district of Panjshir province March 1,

2015. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

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PhotographerLucy NicholsonLocationLOS ANGELES, United StatesReuters / Monday, March 02, 2015Gerald Pitts puts a rose on a memorial for a man killed by police on skid row in Los Angeles, California March 2, 2015. Los Angeles police officers trying to subdue a robbery suspect in the city's skid row section shot and killed the man as he tried to grab an officer's gun during a scuffle that was captured on video, police said. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

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PhotographerAsmaa Waguih

LocationMAZAR SHARAF ELDIN, Iraq

Reuters / Monday, March 02, 2015Kurdish Yazidis, relatives of a Peshmergafighter killed in a suicide attack in Sinjar

province, mourn with another relative, also member of the Peshmerga, before the burial

ceremony at Mazar Sharaf Eldin, a sacred and cemetery area for the Yazidi minority, north

of Sinjar, Iraq, March 2, 2015. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih

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PhotographerAsmaa WaguihLocationMazar Sharaf Eldin, IraqReuters / Monday, March 02, 2015A relative of a Peshmerga fighter killed in a suicide attack in Sinjarprovince, mourns after a burial ceremony at Mazar Sharaf Eldin, a sacred and a cemetery area for the Yazidi minority, north of Sinjar, Iraq March 2, 2015. REUTERS/AsmaaWaguih

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PhotographerJames AkenaLocationKampala, UgandaReuters / Monday, March 02, 2015Simon Peter Lutayastretches a thread as he creates embroidery using his feet at his family home in Uganda's capital Kampala March 2, 2015. Lutaya, 27, who has a physical disability due to a severe form of meningitis, spent eight years learning craft making in a special needs school near Kampala. REUTERS/James Akena

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PhotographerLucy NicholsonLocationLOS ANGELES, United StatesReuters / Monday, March 02, 2015People view a memorial for a man killed by police on skid row in Los Angeles, California, March 2, 2015. Los Angeles police officers trying to subdue a robbery suspect in the city's skid row section shot and killed the man as he tried to grab an officer's gun during a scuffle that was captured on video, police said on Monday. The dead man was reported by the Los Angeles Times to have been a homeless man known by his street name,...more

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PhotographerBassam Khabieh

LocationDAMASCUS, Syria

Reuters / Monday, March 02, 2015A framed portrait hangs off a wall

inside a damaged house in the rebel-controlled area of Jobar, a

suburb of Damascus, Syria March 2, 2015. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh

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PhotographerBeawiharta BeawihartaLocationDENPASAR, IndonesiaReuters / Monday, March 02, 2015A group of Australian tourists from Perth take pictures in front of Kerobokan prison in Denpasar, on the Indonesian island of Bali March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Beawiharta

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PhotographerHosam Katan

LocationALEPPO, Syria

Reuters / Monday, March 02, 2015Rebel fighters of 'Al-Sultan Murad'

brigade use their mobile phones inside a room near the front line in

Handarat area, north of Aleppo, Syria March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Hosam

Katan

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PhotographerLucy NicholsonLocationLOS ANGELES, United StatesReuters / Monday, March 02, 2015Rain clouds move in over downtown Los Angeles, California March 2, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

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PhotographerLucas JacksonLocationNEW YORK, United StatesReuters / Monday, March 02, 2015Actress Meryl Streep arrives for "An Evening of SeriousFunCelebrating the Legacy of Paul Newman" event in New York March 2, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

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LocationCHANGCHUN, China

Reuters / Monday, March 02, 2015Monks practice martial arts in the

snow at Wanshou Temple in Changchun, Jilin province, China

March 2, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

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PhotographerAkintunde AkinleyeLocationORUMA, NigeriaReuters / Monday, March 02, 2015Environmental activist Fedelis Oguru, who filed a suit with the support of Friends of Earth international in a court against Shell oil company in Netherlands, sits for portrait in his home in Oruma village, Ogbiadistrict, Bayelsa state, Nigeria March 1, 2015. REUTERS/AkintundeAkinleye

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PhotographerSergio PerezLocationMADRID, SpainReuters / Monday, March 02, 2015Spain's Queen Letiziaand King Felipe chat as they wait for the arrival of Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos (not pictured) before their gala dinner at Madrid's Royal Palace March 2, 2015. REUTERS/Sergio Perez

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Students protest campus party applauding a monastery in police siege, apparently to prevent them conducting a demonstration from the Letpadan to Yangon protested a law academic, North of Yangon, Myanmar.

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A man the prop of the women were reported during the Festival Holi in Mathura district in the State in the Gokul village of Uttar Pradesh in northern India.

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A woman looking into these dolls Hinaand thousands of hanging ornaments On his daughter at a hotel in Tokyo, Japan On March 3 Girls ... is the day to pray for the healthy growth of co the daughters in the family.

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Cats crowd the wharf on Aoshima Island, in southern Japan, where they outnumber humans six to one.

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PhotographerThomas Peter

LocationAOSHIMA, Japan

Reuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015Cats crowd the harbor on Aoshima Island in the Ehime prefecture in southern Japan February 25, 2015. An army of cats rules the remote

island in southern Japan, curling up in abandoned houses or strutting about in a fishing village that is overrun with felines outnumbering

humans six to one. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

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Riot police confront students protesting against a bill they say curbs academic freedom, in Letpadan, north of Yangon, also known as Rangoon, in Myanmar, also known as Burma. The authorities have promised changes to the bill.

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The Villarrica volcano in southern Chile erupted in the early hours of Tuesday morning, spewing ash and lava up to 1,000m (3,300ft) into the air. According to Chile's Ministry of Mining, its last

major eruption was in 1985.

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PhotographerSTRINGER ChileLocationVILLARRICA, ChileReuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015Ash and lava spew from the Villarrica volcano, as seen from Pucon town in the south of Santiago, Chile March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Lautaro Salinas

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People dressed as soldiers of Napoleon I are seen in south-eastern France on the road to Grenoble as part of a re-enactment to commemorate the emperor's return from exile on the island of Elba in 1815.

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People wait for the Duke of Cambridge at the Shanghai Film

Museum. Prince William is the most senior British royal to visit China since the Queen's tour of

the country in 1986.

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A helicopter dropping water in Tokai near Cape Town, South Africa. Forest fires continue raging across the peninsula to the South of the city.

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Taxi driver parking in long lines on the street in a demonstration protesting the online car service company in the heart of Uber Brussels, Belgium.

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Sweden's ABBA band made of wax is introduced in the ABBA Museum in Stockholm.

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A plainclothes soldier watches the entrance to a curtained-off area during the the

opening session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference at the

Great Hall of the People in Beijing Tuesday, March 3, 2015. The more than 2,000

members of China’s top legislative advisory body convened their annual meeting

Tuesday, kicking off a political high season that will continue with the opening of the

national congress later in the week. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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An acrobat wearing a Spiderman costume waves from the top of a school building as he performs for children of foreign migrant workers during a Purim party in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, March 3, 2015. The Jewish holiday of Purim commemorates the Jews’ salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther, which is read in synagogues. Other customs include: sending food parcels and giving charity; dressing up in masks and costumes; eating a festive meal; and public celebrations. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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The lights of the House Chamber are reflected in the railing that

surrounds the chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March

3, 2015, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks before

a joint meeting of Congress. In a speech that stirred political intrigue

in two countries, Netanyahu told Congress that negotiations

underway between Iran and the U.S. would “all but guarantee” that Tehran will get nuclear weapons, a

step that the world must avoid at all costs. House Speaker John

Boehner, of Ohio, left, and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, listen. (AP

Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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A small dog peers from a car at an Ukrainian army checkpoint

near Kurakhove, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 3, 2015 on a

road leading to Russia-backed separatists held territory.

Ukraine’s president signed a decree Monday opening the way to a formal request for

international peacekeepers to be stationed in eastern regions

where government forces are battling Russian-backed

separatists.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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A person sitting inside a model of a car at the booth of Opel in September to press at the Geneva car exhibition in Switzerland.

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PhotographerAlkis Konstantinidis

LocationATHENS, Greece

Reuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015People make their way in Syntagma

Square, in front of the parliament building in Athens, Greece March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

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PhotographerAhmad MasoodLocationVRINDAVAN, IndiaReuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015Widows daubed in colors take part in the Holi celebrations organized by non-governmental organization SulabhInternational at a widows' ashram at Vrindavan, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh March 3, 2015. Traditionally in Hindu culture, widows are expected to renounce earthly pleasure so they do not celebrate Holi. But women at the shelter for widows, who have been abandoned by their families, celebrated the festival...more

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PhotographerKim Hong-JiLocationGAPYEONG, South KoreaReuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015Newlyweds attend a mass wedding ceremony of the Unification Church at Cheongshim Peace World Centre in Gapyeong, South Korea March 3, 2015. The Unification Church founded by evangelist reverend Moon Sun-myungin Seoul in 1954, performed its first mass wedding in 1961 with 33 couples. Approximately 3,800 couples from around the world attended the mass wedding. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

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PhotographerJason LeeLocation

BEIJING, ChinaReuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015

A military band conductor practices during a rehearsal ahead of the

opening session of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

(CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China March 3,

2015. REUTERS/Jason Lee

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PhotographerErik de Castro

LocationMANILA, Philippines

Reuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015

Children gather near their burnt home after a

fire razed a squatters colony in Tondo, Manila,

Philippines March 3, 2015. About 10,000

families were rendered homeless after 5,000

houses were razed by an overnight fire in Tondo

district in the Philippine capital on Tuesday, local

media reports said. REUTERS/Erik De Castro

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PhotographerKCNA KCNA

LocationPYONGYANG, North Korea


North Korean leader Kim Jong Un smiles as he plants trees with

fighter pilots from Unit 447 of the Korean People's Army (KPA) Air

and Anti-Air Force honored with the title of O Jung Hup-led 7th

Regiment, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/KCNA

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PhotographerFayaz AzizLocationPESHAWAR, PakistanReuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015A girl receives polio vaccine drops at a government children's hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan March 3, 2015. Pakistan authorities have arrested hundreds of parents who refuse to vaccinate their children against polio, officials said Tuesday, as community opposition and Taliban threats block efforts to eradicate the crippling disease in one of its last strongholds. REUTERS/FayazAziz

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PhotographerBeawiharta Beawiharta

LocationDENPASAR, Indonesia


Employees have their lunch behind a jewellery counter in

Denpasar, on the resort island of Bali March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Beawiharta

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PhotographerKim Hong-JiLocationGAPYEONG, South KoreaReuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015A bride waits for her groom before a mass wedding ceremony of the Unification Church at Cheongshim Peace World Centre in Gapyeong, South Korea March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

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A bride photographs her groom before a mass wedding ceremony of the Unification Church of Sun MyungMoon, at Cheongshim Peace World Centre, in Gapyeong, South Korea.

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PhotographerHosam KatanLocationALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015A rebel fighter of al-Jabha al-Shamiya (the Shamiya Front) rests inside a room at al-Amriya frontline in Aleppo March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Hosam Katan

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Remains of Donetsk AirportPhotographerBaz RatnerLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015Ukrainian army armored vehicles, destroyed in fighting with the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic army, lie outside a terminal at Donetsk airport, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/BazRatner

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PhotographerBaz RatnerLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015A wall painted with the names of soldiers and symbols of Ukrainian army units is pictured in the destroyed Donetsk airport, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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PhotographerBaz RatnerLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015The hand of a dead Ukrainian soldier is pictured through the rubble of the destroyed Donetsk airport, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/BazRatner

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PhotographerBaz RatnerLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015A rifle magazine lies on the floor of the destroyed Donetsk airport, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/BazRatner

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PhotographerBaz RatnerLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015A lost and found sign is pictured at the destroyed Donetsk airport, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/BazRatner

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PhotographerBaz RatnerLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015The driver of a separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic army armored personnel carrier drives through the destroyed Donetsk airport, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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PhotographerBaz RatnerLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015Gas masks lie on the floor of Donetsk airport, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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PhotographerBaz Ratner

LocationDONETSK, Ukraine

Reuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015An armed man of the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk

People's Republic army stands in the destroyed terminal of Donetsk airport, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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A Ukrainian army armored vehicle, destroyed in fighting with

the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic army,

lies outside a terminal at Donetsk airport, March 3, 2015.

REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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An armed man with the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic army pushes another on a

trolley in the parking lot of the destroyed Donetsk airport, March 3, 2015.

REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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PhotographerBaz RatnerLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015A Ukrainian army tank destroyed in fighting with the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic army lies outside a terminal at Donetsk airport, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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PhotographerBaz RatnerLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015A Ukrainian armouredvehicle, destroyed in fighting with the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic army, lies outside a terminal at Donetsk airport, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/BazRatner

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PhotographerBaz RatnerLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015A portrait of Ukrainian-born Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev is seen in the rubble of the destroyed Donetsk airport, which was named after Prokofiev, March 3, 2015.

REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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PhotographerBaz RatnerLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015Wrecked cars are pictured near a destroyed bridge near Donetsk airport, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/BazRatner

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Reuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015An armed man with the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic

army walks outside the destroyed terminal of Donetsk airport, March 3,

2015. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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PhotographerBaz RatnerLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015An armed man of the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic army rides on an armouredpersonnel carrier near Donetsk airport, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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PhotographerBaz RatnerLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015Wrecked cars are pictured in front of buildings at the destroyed Donetsk airport, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/BazRatner

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Reuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015An armed man with the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's

Republic army stands in the destroyed terminal of Donetsk

airport, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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An armed man with the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic

army stands on top of an armoured personnel

carrier near the destroyed Donetsk airport, March 3,

2015. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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PhotographerTatyana MakeyevaLocationMOSCOW, RussiaReuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015Zhanna, daughter of Russian leading opposition figure Boris Nemtsov, reacts during his funeral in Moscow, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva

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PhotographerMaxim ShemetovLocationMOSCOW, RussiaReuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015Mourners surround a coffin as they attend a memorial service before the funeral of Russian leading opposition figure Boris Nemtsov in Moscow, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

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PhotographerMaxim Shemetov

LocationMOSCOW, Russia


Mourners, including Mikhail Kasyanov (L), an opposition leader and former Russian

prime minister, lay flowers at the grave of Russian leading

opposition figure Boris Nemtsov during his funeral in Moscow, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

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PhotographerMaxim ShemetovLocationMOSCOW, RussiaReuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015People place lit candles on the ground as they gather to attend a memorial service before the funeral of Russian leading opposition figure Boris Nemtsov in Moscow, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

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Reuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015Pallbearers carry the coffin with the body of Russian leading opposition

figure Boris Nemtsov during a memorial service before the funeral in Moscow,

March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev

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PhotographerMaxim ShemetovLocationMOSCOW, RussiaReuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015A man reacts as he waits to attend a memorial service before the funeral of Russian leading opposition figure Boris Nemtsov in Moscow, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

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Actress streets as the statue of liberty Standing amid snow falls in Times Square, New York City, on 3 March, 2015.

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PhotographerSTRINGER Chile

LocationVILLARRICA, Chile


Smoke and lava spew from the Villarrica volcano, as seen from

Pucon town in the south of Santiago, Chile March 3, 2015.

REUTERS/Claudia Bucarey

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PhotographerDarren Whiteside

LocationCILACAP, Indonesia

Reuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015An armored police vehicle, believed to be carrying two Australian prisoners, arrives at the port to take a ferry

to the prison island of Nusa Kambangan, where upcoming executions are expected to take place, in Cilacap, Central Java, Indonesia March 4, 2015. The planned executions of Myuran Sukumaran, 33, and

Andrew Chan, 31, have ratcheted up diplomatic tensions between Australia and Indonesia following

repeated pleas of mercy for...more

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PhotographerPaulo WhitakerLocationSAO PAULO, BrazilReuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015New Ford trucks are seen at a parking lot of the Ford factory in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil February 12, 2015. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker

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PhotographerMike HutchingsLocationCAPE TOWN, South AfricaReuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015A bushfire burns in Cape Town's Tokai forest, South Africa March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

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PhotographerGustau Nacarino

LocationBARCELONA, Spain

Reuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015Men take a rest while attending the

Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Gustau

Nacarino

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PhotographerYoussef Boudlal

LocationNEW YORK, United States

Reuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015A man runs on the beach along

Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York March 2, 2015. REUTERS/Youssef

Boudlal

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PhotographerJoshua RobertsLocationWASHINGTON, United StatesReuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves prior to his address to a joint meeting of Congress in the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

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Dressed for Purim


LocationASHKELON, Israel

Reuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015A child wearing a costume for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Purim

crosses a street with his mother in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, March

3, 2015. Purim is a celebration of the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient

Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

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PhotographerAmir CohenLocationTEL AVIV, IsraelReuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015A man, wearing a costume, rollerblades during a parade for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Purim in Tel Aviv, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

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LocationTEL AVIV, Israel


Performers wearing costumes take part in a parade ahead of the

Jewish holiday of Purim in Tel Aviv, March 3, 2015.

REUTERS/Amir Cohen

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A woman lights a candle before praying in front of Kerobokan prison before two Australian men convicted of leading the Bali Nine drug smuggling ring were transferred to the Indonesian island where they are due to be executed. Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran are among a group of foreigners expected to face a firing squad in the coming days.

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PhotographerZul Edoardo

LocationDENPASAR, Indonesia

Reuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015A woman prays in front of Kerobokan

prison, before the transfer of two Australian death row prisoners,

Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, to the airport in Denpasar, on the Indonesian island of Bali March 4,

2015. REUTERS/Zul Edoardo

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PhotographerReuters StaffLocationMELIANDOU, GuineaReuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015Etienne Ouamouno, father of Ebola patient zero, stands by the kapok tree where scientists say his two-year-old son might have contracted Ebola from bats in Meliandou, Guinea, February 4, 2015. REUTERS/Misha Hussain

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PhotographerThomas Mukoya

LocationNAIROBI, Kenya

Reuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015Kenya Wildlife Service rangers burn 15 tonnes of ivory confiscated from

smugglers and poachers to mark the World Wildlife Day at the Nairobi

National Park March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

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Smoke rises from an explosion when Iraqi forces and Shia militias, Sunni militants fought with a group Islamic State to win back the city of Tikrit, Iraq, July 3/3/2015.

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City map of Tikrit and Samarra in the Saladin, Iraq.

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PhotographerKim Kyung Hoon


Reuters / Wednesday, March 04, 2015Journalists report before the opening of the annual full session of the National People's

Congress, the country's parliament, at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, March

5, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

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PhotographerAnindito MukherjeeLocationVRINDAVAN, IndiaReuters / Wednesday, March 04, 2015A widow daubed in colours dances as she takes part in the Holi celebrations organised by non-governmental organisation SulabhInternational at a widows' ashram at Vrindavan in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh March 4, 2015. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee

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PhotographerJason LeeLocationBEIJING, ChinaReuters / Wednesday, March 04, 2015Attendants wait to serve delegates with water during the opening of the annual full session of the National People's Congress, the country's parliament, at Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China, March 5, 2015. REUTERS/Jason Lee

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PhotographerCharles PlatiauLocationPARIS, FranceReuters / Wednesday, March 04, 2015Rapper Snoop Lion, known as Snoop Dogg, performs next to models during the EtamLive Show Lingerie at Piscine Molitor during Paris Fashion Week March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

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Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton (left) receives the We Are EMILY Award from Stephanie Schriock, President of Emily's List, a political action committee, at the 30th Anniversary Gala in Washington.

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A man with his dog waits for some charity in the central business district of Sydney, Australia.

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An Afghan trader displays a carpet showing different weapons and machinery of war as he waits for customers at his shop on Chicken Street in Kabul. More than three decades of war have damaged Afghanistan's once-thriving carpet industry, but weavers are tapping into the bloody past to boost their fortunes with "war rugs" depicting guns, tanks and warplanes.

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A giant bear sculpture entitled Life is Great by artist Paola Pivi dominates the room of objects up for auction at Sotheby's Bear Witness collection in London. The collection was acquired over decades of travel by a single collector.

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Radical new car model 500 Turbo RXC is introduced to the press in January

released Monday by the International Automobile Exhibition in Geneva,

Switzerland.

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A temporary cable to cross the River in Charsadda, near Peshawar city, Pakistan.

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An environmental activist arrested in clashes with gendarmes in Gaillac, France. Activists opposed to the proposed dam in the neighbouring Sivens forest seeking food for the Zadists-the name given to the activists took place "the defense", or ZAD, although farmers supported the dams have blockaded the road leading to the area.

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A woman cries while waiting for news of their loved ones after an explosion at the Zasyadko coal mine in Donetsk, Ukraine. 17 miners were confirmed dead and 16 people are still missing.

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Attendants line up for a group photo on Tiananmen Square in Beijing Wednesday, March 4, 2015. Thousands of delegates from all over the country are in the Chinese capital this week to attend the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and the National People’s Congress. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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A visitor checks new devices at the Mobile World Congress, the world’s largest mobile phone trade show in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, March 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)March 4 , 2015

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Ukrainian jailed military officer Nadezhda Savchenko, center, reacts as she listens to the court’s decision in a cage at a court room in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, March 4, 2015. A Russian court has rejected an appeal to release a Ukrainian pilot who has been on hunger strike since mid-December. The case of Nadezhda Savchenko has attracted high attention in recent weeks as concerns rise about her health. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

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Reuters / Wednesday, March 04, 2015

Ukrainian military pilot Nadezhda Savchenko stands inside a defendants' cage as

she attends a court hearing in Moscow, Russia March 4, 2015. Savchenko, 33, was captured by pro-Russian forces and handed

over eight months ago to Russia, where she was

imprisoned on charges of aiding the killing of two Russian

journalists in east Ukraine. At home, she has become a

symbol of resistance to Russian aggression. REUTERS/Maxim

Zmeyev

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A protester takes part in an anti austerity demonstration outside a European Central Bank Governing Council meeting at the conference center in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Wednesday, March 4, 2015. Several thousand demonstrators in Cyprus called for an end to austerity policies they say has driven many in the bailed-out country to poverty. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

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A Jewish Orthodox child in a costume points a toy gun after

men read the Book of Esther, which tells the story of the

Jewish festival of Purim, in the town of Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv,

Israel, Wednesday, March 4, 2015. The Jewish holiday of

Purim commemorates the Jews’ salvation from genocide in

ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther. (AP

Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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A Ukrainian coal miner waits for a bus after exiting the underground of the Zasyadko mine, where he helped search for bodies of colleagues and clear up debris following an explosion, in Donetsk, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 4, 2015. The explosion ripped through a coal mine before dawn Wednesday in war-torn eastern Ukraine, killing at least one miner and trapping more than 30 others underground, rebel and government officials said. One injured miner reported seeing five bodies. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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Nigerians who fled Boko Haram to Chad sit inside a tent at the Baga Solo refugee

camp near the shore of Lake Chad, Wednesday March 4, 2015. The camp, jointly run by the Chadian government and UNHCR, opened mid-January 2015 and hosts over 6000 refugees. Officials

say that several thousand had arrived in Chad by the end of 2014 as Boko Haram

intensified its attacks in the area. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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PhotographerAthit Perawongmetha

LocationNakhon Pathom, Thailand

Reuters / Wednesday, March 04, 2015Buddhists holding candles encircle a

large Buddha statue during MakhaBucha Day at a temple in Nakhon

Pathom province on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, March 4, 2015.

REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

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PhotographerJason LeeLocationBEIJING, ChinaReuters / Wednesday, March 04, 2015Two paramilitary policemen stand guard under red flags on the roof of the National Museum as the sun rises, before the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China, March

5, 2015. REUTERS/Jason Lee

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PhotographerAsmaa WaguihLocationDuhok, IraqReuters / Wednesday, March 04, 2015Relatives of a Peshmerga fighter killed in a suicide attack on Monday in Sinjar province, mourn before the body is taken to a burial ceremony at a cemetery area for the Yazidiminority, in Sharya, on the outskirts of Duhok, Iraq, March 4, 2015. REUTERS/AsmaaWaguih

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PhotographerBassam Khabieh

LocationDAMASCUS, Syria


Boys play with a BB gun in the Douma neighborhood of

Damascus, Syria, March 4, 2015. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh

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PhotographerNavesh ChitrakarLocationKATHMANDU, NepalReuters / Wednesday, March 04, 2015A Turkish Airlines plane lies on a field after it overshot the runway at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal March 4, 2015. According to local media, all passengers and crew members were rescued. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

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PhotographerSTRINGER IraqLocationSALAHUDDIN, IraqReuters / Wednesday, March 04, 2015Shi'ite fighters fire a rocket during clashes with Islamic State militants in Salahuddin province, Iraq March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Ahmed Al-Hussaini

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PhotographerDamir SagoljLocationBangkok, ThailandReuters / Wednesday, March 04, 2015A Buddhist monk prays at the WatPhra Dhammakaya temple in Pathum Thani province, north of Bangkok, Thailand before a ceremony on Makha Bucha Day March 4, 2015. The Dhammakayatemple members include some of Thailand's most powerful politicians and is regarded as the country's richest Buddhist temple. Makha Bucha Day honors Buddha and his teachings, and falls on the full moon day of the third lunar month. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

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PhotographerTyrone SiuLocationHONG KONG, ChinaReuters / Wednesday, March 04, 2015An exhibitor arranges jewellery behind a window display at the Hong Kong International Jewellery Show March 4, 2015. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

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PhotographerDanish SiddiquiLocationMUMBAI, IndiaReuters / Wednesday, March 04, 2015A schoolboy walks through an alley in a slum, during early morning in Mumbai, India March 4, 2015. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

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PhotographerYves HermanLocationBRUSSELS, BelgiumReuters / Wednesday, March 04, 2015European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel ahead of a meeting in Brussels, Belgium March 4, 2015. REUTERS/Yves Herman

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PhotographerAxel SchmidtLocationBerlin, GermanyReuters / Wednesday, March 04, 2015Participants from the Mongolia stand check their phones, at the International Tourism Trade Fair (ITB) in Berlin, Germany March 4, 2015. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt

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PhotographerIlya NaymushinLocationKRASNOYARSK, RussiaReuters / Wednesday, March 04, 2015Rescuer Yulia Borisova (R) offers her hand to colleague and friend Alexander Savinich for a kiss during a rock climbing evacuation training session on the Tsarskie Vorota (Tsar Gate) rock on the bank of the frozen Biryusa Bay of the Yenisei River near Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia March 3, 2015. Borisova, aged 44, master of sports in alpinism and former Russian champion in mountaineering, is the only female member of the "Spasatel"...more

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PhotographerBaz RatnerLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Wednesday, March 04, 2015Family members wait outside the Zasyadko coal mine in Donetsk, Ukraine March 4, 2015. A blast at the coal mine in the eastern Ukrainian rebel stronghold of Donetsk killed more than 30 people, a local official said on Wednesday, with dozens more miners who were underground at the time unaccounted for. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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PhotographerPring Samrang

LocationPhnom Penh, Cambodia

Reuters / Wednesday, March 04, 2015A worshiper, with steel hooks pierced through his cheeks, takes part in Hei

Neak Ta, or Spirit Parade, which marks the end of Chinese New Year

celebrations, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia March 4, 2015. REUTERS/Samrang Pring

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Reuters / Wednesday, March 04, 2015Actor Zhao Benshan, a delegate of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference,

wipes his face as he talks to journalists during a session of the CPPCC, in Beijing, China

March 4, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

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PhotographerDamir Sagolj

LocationBangkok, Thailand

Reuters / Wednesday, March 04, 2015Buddhist monks prepare for an alms

offering ceremony at the Wat PhraDhammakaya temple in Pathum Thaniprovince, north of Bangkok, Thailand, as the sun rises on Makha Bucha Day,

March 4, 2015. The Dhammakayatemple members include some of

Thailand's most powerful politicians and is regarded as the country's richest

Buddhist temple. Makha Bucha Day honors Buddha and his teachings, and falls on the full moon day of the third

lunar...more

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PhotographerBen NelmsLocationVancouver, CanadaReuters / Wednesday, March 04, 2015Smoke from a fire rises at the Port Metro Vancouver, British Columbia March 4, 2015. REUTERS/Ben Nelms

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PhotographerBen NelmsLocationVancouver, CanadaReuters / Wednesday, March 04, 2015A man takes a picture of smoke from a fire rising at the Port Metro Vancouver March 4, 2015. REUTERS/Ben Nelms

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PhotographerBen Nelms

LocationVancouver, Canada


Smoke from a fire rises at the Port Metro Vancouver March 4, 2015.

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PhotographerBen Nelms

LocationVancouver, Canada


Smoke from a fire rises at the Port Metro Vancouver

March 4, 2015. REUTERS/Ben Nelms

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationSALAHUDDIN, IraqReuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015Members of the Iraqi security forces and Shiite fighters celebrate after taking control of the town of Hamrinfrom Islamist State militants, in the Salahuddin province, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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LocationDIYALA, Iraq

Reuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015A destroyed vehicle belonging to

Islamic State militants is seen on the road of Hamrin in Salahuddin province,

March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationSALAHUDDIN, IraqReuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015Iraqi security forces and Shi'ite fighters gather during deployments in the town of Hamrin, in the Salahuddin province, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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Reuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015A Shi'ite fighter cleans his weapon in

the town of Hamrin in Salahuddinprovince, March 3, 2015.

REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationSALAHUDDIN, IraqReuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015Iraqi security forces and Shi'ite fighters sit on a military vehicle in the town of Hamrin in Salahuddin province, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationSALAHUDDIN, IraqReuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015Iraqi security forces and Shi'ite fighters pray in the town of Hamrin in Salahuddin province, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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PhotographerSTRINGER Iraq


Reuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015Iraqi security forces and Shi'ite

fighters sit on a military vehicle on the outskirts of Salahuddin

province, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

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PhotographerSTRINGER IraqLocationSALAHUDDIN, IraqReuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015Iraqi security forces and Shi'ite fighters gather on the outskirts of Salahuddin province, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationSALAHUDDIN, IraqReuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015Shi'ite fighters ride a motorbike in the town of Hamrin, in the Salahuddinprovince, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationSALAHUDDIN, IraqReuters / Wednesday, March 04, 2015Shi'ite fighters detain men suspected of being linked to Islamic State in the town of Hamrin in Salahuddinprovince, March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationSALAHUDDIN, IraqReuters / Tuesday, March 03, 2015Members of the Iraqi security forces and Shiite fighters celebrate after taking control of the town Hamrinfrom Islamist State militants, in Hamrin in Salahuddin province, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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PhotographerSTRINGER IraqLocationSALAHUDDIN, IraqReuters / Wednesday, March 04, 2015An armed Shi'ite fighter takes his position during clashes with Islamic State militants in Salahuddin province, Iraq, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Ahmed Al-Hussaini

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SALAHUDDIN, IraqReuters / Wednesday, March 04, 2015

Shi'ite fighters fire their weapon during clashes with Islamic State militants in

Salahuddin province, Iraq, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Ahmed Al-Hussaini

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PhotographerSTRINGER IraqLocationSALAHUDDIN, IraqReuters / Wednesday, March 04, 2015Shi'ite fighters fire a rocket during clashes with Islamic State militants in Salahuddinprovince, March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Ahmed Al-Hussaini

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PhotographerSTRINGER IraqLocationSALAHUDDIN, IraqReuters / Wednesday, March 04, 2015Shi'ite fighters fire their weapons during clashes with Islamic State militants in Salahuddin province, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Ahmed Al-Hussaini

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationSALAHUDDIN, IraqReuters / Wednesday, March 04, 2015Shi'ite fighters clean their weapons in the town of Hamrin in Salahuddinprovince, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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PhotographerEdgard GarridoLocationMexico City, MexicoReuters / Wednesday, March 04, 2015Omar Trevino Morales, known as "Z-42" and leader of the Zetas drug cartel, is escorted by soldiers during a media conference about his arrest in Mexico City March 4, 2015. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

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PhotographerFeisal Omar

LocationMogadishu, Somalia


Displaced Somali families help push a pick-up truck

carrying personal belongings from a camp

that was closed down early morning by Somali

forces, leaving hundreds of families without shelter, in

Mogadishu, Somalia March 4, 2015. REUTERS/Feisal

Omar

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Two friends standing on a dune at dusk in the White Sand, the State of New Mexico, USA, on March3, 2015.

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PhotographerAntonio Parrinello

LocationAUGUSTA, Italy


A man is seen next to a coffin containing the body

of a migrant who died, on a navy ship at the Sicilian harbor of Augusta, Italy

March 4, 2015. At least 10 North African migrants died

when their rubber boat overturned in the southern Mediterranean while more

than a thousand more were rescued from eight other vessels over Tuesday and

Wednesday, Italian and Tunisian authorities said.

The survivors were taken to ports in Italy --...more

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Fran Collings, 82, sits amongst the remains of her destroyed home in Tokai, Cape Town, South Africa on March 4.

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Passengers walk away from a Turkish Airlines plane after it skidded off the runway while landing at Kathmandu airport on March 4

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U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert, center,

gets into a car to leave for a hospital in Seoul, South

Korea, on March 5 after being attacked by a man

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PhotographerKim Hong-JiLocationSEOUL, South KoreaReuters / Wednesday, March 04, 2015A cleaner removes bloodstains from an earlier incident where U.S. ambassador to Seoul Mark Lippertwas slashed in the face, at an art center in central Seoul, South Korea March 5, 2015. Lippert was slashed in the face by a member of a pro-Korean unification group at a public forum held in the South Korean capital. His injuries were not life-threatening and he is in stable condition in hospital, officials said. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

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The protesters South Korean conservative ruling candle blessing

US Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert quickly recovered,

before Severance hospital, in Seoul. Police Wednesday investigated 6

engine of a protester against the US attack with a knife he Lippert.

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The Crufts dog show began in Birmingham, England

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A statue of Saint Martin is installed in front of the

City Hall of Tours, in central France, where it

will be on exhibition during an appeal for

donations for its restoration.

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Russian Communist party supporters queued to place

flowers on the tomb of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin during a

memorial ceremony to mark the 62nd anniversary of his

death in mysterious circumstances.

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People celebrated the Hindu festival of Holi - or festival of colours - in Kathmandu, Nepal

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After 70 years hidden in a church basement in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, thousands of Yiddish manuscripts that survived the Holocaust and Stalin's anti-Jewish onslaught are finally seeing the light of day.

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More heavy fighting took place in the Syrian town of Aleppo, with rebel positions allegedly targeted by barrel bombs after dozens of security personnel were reported to have been killed in an attack on an intelligence facility.

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This sculpture by British artist Henry Moore went on display as part of an exhibition of his works in northern England

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Sabine Atlaoui (centre), the wife of French death row inmate Serge Atlaoui, spoke to journalists after Indonesia's attorney general said the execution date for drug smuggling may be decided in a few days.

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Statue Bronze horse skeleton 4.6 meters high called "Gift Horse" by German artist Hans Haacke on Trafalgar Square after being announced as the statue Wednesday, in London, England.

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A foreign tourists with sticky face full of coloring Holi Festival in Kolkata, India.

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The women photographed outside the great Hall of the people in the opening session of Congress the annual national people's Congress in Beijing, China.

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Bangladeshi workers found the calf up from a boat on the BurigangaRiver in Dhaka.

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The police into position behind the shield near Yangon City Hall after the Suppression of a peaceful demonstration in favour of student demonstrations demanding that the revised national education bill in Yangon, Myanmar.

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PhotographerLucy Nicholson

LocationLOS ANGELES, United States

Reuters / Thursday, March 05, 2015An airplane sits on the ground after

crash landing at Penmar Golf Course in Venice, Los Angeles California

March 5, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

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PhotographerSTRINGER IraqLocationSALAHUDDIN, IraqReuters / Thursday, March 05, 2015A Shi'ite fighter sits on a military vehicle in the town of Hamrin in Salahuddin province, Iraq, March 5, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

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PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AfghanistanReuters / Thursday, March 05, 2015Male Afghan women's rights activist pose for media as they wear burqas to show their solidarity with Afghan women ahead of International Women's Day in Kabul, Afghanistan March 5, 2015. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

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PhotographerGoran TomasevicLocationLAMU, KenyaReuters / Thursday, March 05, 2015A heroin addict injects heroin in Lamu, Kenya November 21, 2014. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

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PhotographerDavid Mdzinarishvili

LocationGORI, Georgia

Reuters / Thursday, March 05, 2015A man carries a portrait of Soviet

dictator Josef Stalin on the anniversary of Stalin's death in his hometown Gori, west of capital Tbilisi, Georgia March 5,

2015. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili

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PhotographerJoshua Roberts

LocationWashington, United States

Reuters / Thursday, March 05, 2015Women take pictures at the Lincoln

Memorial during a snow storm in Washington March 5, 2015.

REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

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PhotographerMukesh Gupta

LocationREASI, India

Reuters / Thursday, March 05, 2015

An engineer walks on an iron structure at the construction

site of a railway bridge in Kouriin the Reasi district in Jammu

and Kashmir state, India March 4, 2015. India's government unveiled plans last month to

invest $137 billion in its decrepit rail network over the

next five years, heralding Prime Minister Narendra Modi's

aggressive approach to building infrastructure needed to unlock

faster economic growth. REUTERS/Mukesh...more

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PhotographerDarren StaplesLocationBIRMINGHAM, United KingdomReuters / Thursday, March 05, 2015Arthur Ward stands with his Pyrenean Mountain Dog Cody during the first day of the Crufts Dog Show in Birmingham, central England, March 5, 2015. REUTERS/Darren Staples

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PhotographerAmmar AwadLocationHOLON, IsraelReuters / Thursday, March 05, 2015Children dressed in costumes watch the annual parade marking the Jewish holiday of Purim in Holon, near Tel Aviv, Israel March 5, 2015. Purim is a celebration of the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

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PhotographerStringer .LocationALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Thursday, March 05, 2015Civil defense members try to put out a fire at a site hit by what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Qadi Askar neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria March 5, 2015. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail

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PhotographerJon WooLocationTAIYUAN, ChinaReuters / Thursday, March 05, 2015An acrobat crosses a tightrope with his knees over the Wanda Plaza in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, China March 5, 2015. REUTERS/Jon Woo

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PhotographerMarko Djurica



A man walks past a destroyed house in a residential area in

Donetsk, Ukraine March 5, 2015. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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PhotographerCharles Platiau

LocationParis, France


A model presents a creation by Indian designer Manish Arora as part of his Autumn/Winter 2015/2016

women's ready-to-wear collection during Paris

Fashion Week March 5, 2015. REUTERS/Charles

Platiau

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PhotographerAly SongLocation

SHANGHAI, ChinaReuters / Thursday, March

05, 2015A woman walks at the Bund

in front of the financial district of Pudong in

Shanghai, China March 5, 2015. REUTERS/Aly Song

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PhotographerOlivia HarrisLocationKUALA LUMPUR, MalaysiaReuters / Thursday, March 05, 2015People perform a dragon dance to celebrate Chap Goh Meh in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 5, 2015. Chap Goh Meh is celebrated on the 15th day of the Chinese Lunar New Year and the final day of the new year celebrations, during the first full moon of the year. REUTERS/Olivia Harris

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PhotographerMike Segar

LocationNEW YORK, United States


Delta flight 1086 is seen after it slid off the runway upon

landing at New York's LaGuardia Airport March 5, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar

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A grave digger works as his wife watches, at a

cemetery where workers killed by a blast at the

Zasyadko coal mine will be buried, in Donetsk,

Ukraine, March 5, 2015. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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PhotographerStringer .LocationAL HASAKA, SyriaReuters / Thursday, March 05, 2015Bridal dresses are left outside closed shops after the shops' owners fled the town of Tel Tamr, Syria, March 5, 2015. REUTERS/Rodi Said

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PhotographerVincent KesslerLocationDUPPIGHEIM, FranceReuters / Thursday, March 05, 2015Silicone dream dolls are seen at the workshop of the Dreamdoll company in Duppigheim near Strasbourg, France, December 2, 2014. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

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PhotographerLucy NicholsonLocationLOS ANGELES, United StatesReuters / Thursday, March 05, 2015An airplane sits on the ground after crash landing at Penmar Golf Course in Venice, Los Angeles California March 5, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

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PhotographerLucy NicholsonLocationLOS ANGELES, United StatesReuters / Thursday, March 05, 2015An airplane sits on the ground after crash landing at Penmar Golf Course in Venice, Los Angeles California March 5, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

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PhotographerKhalil AshawiLocationHAMA, SyriaReuters / Thursday, March 05, 2015Rebel fighters sit outside caves which they dug to be used as shelters and to hide their tanks in al-Latamna town, in the northern countryside of Hama, Syria, March 4, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

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PhotographerKhalil AshawiLocationHAMA, SyriaReuters / Thursday, March 05, 2015A rebel fighter of al-Badiyabrigade in Jaysh al-Islam carries his weapon as he comes out from one of the caves used as shelter in al-Latamna town, in the northern countryside of Hama, March 4, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

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PhotographerStringer .LocationSALAHUDDIN, IraqReuters / Thursday, March 05, 2015An Iraqi soldier looks on as smoke rises from oil wells in the Ajil field east of the city of Tikrit in the Salahuddin province, March 4, 2015. REUTERS/ Mahmoud Raouf

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Iraqi Shia militiamen (pictured) and the army continued their efforts to encircle Islamic State fighters in Tikrit, but their approach has been hindered by roadside bombs, snipers and suicide bomb attacks.

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SALAHUDDIN, IraqReuters / Thursday, March 05, 2015

Shi'ite fighters launch a rocket towards Islamic State militants

during heavy fighting in Salahuddinprovince, March 4, 2015. REUTERS/

Mahmoud Raouf

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SALAHUDDIN, IraqReuters / Thursday, March

05, 2015Shiite fighters walk with

their combat gear in Salahuddin province, March

4, 2015. REUTERS/ Mahmoud Raouf

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PhotographerStringer TaiwanLocationTAINAN, TaiwanReuters / Thursday, March 05, 2015Firecrackers go off next to people during the Beehive Rockets Festival, ahead of the Chinese Lantern Festival in Tainan, southern Taiwan, March 4, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

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Laurie Anderson (left) and Martha Mooke on stage at the Tibet House Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall, New York City.

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Security cameras overlooking the financial district of Pudong in Shanghai, China.

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The jawbone that scientists say proves the first humans were alive much earlier than

was thought. The fossil which was found in Ethiopia is 2.8m years old.March 5 , 2015

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Elena Nikitina of Russia crashed during her first run in the women's skeleton race at the Bob and Skeleton World Championships in Winterberg, Germany.

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Mat Rebeaud of Switzerland flying high at the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour at the stadium Plaza

Monumental de Toros in Mexico City.

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Thick snow cover in Mountainous areas of Romania, 30 km east of Sarajevo. Snowy weather has caused traffic problems and loss of electricity in large parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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A Muslim boy standing on beaches Kastela in Twilight in Ternate, North Maluku, Indonesia.

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The Jewish youth Super Sharp dressed Orthodox

Easter during Purim in Jerusalem. The Festival

commemorate the Jews were saved from

genocide in ancient Persia recorded in the book of Esther in the

Bible.

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A dog belonging to varieties of Dogue de Bordeaux in the second day of the Festival Dogs Crufts in Birmingham, Central England.

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A man shooting a ship ran aground after a storm near the city of Split on the Adriatic coast of Croatia.

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The Myanmar monks joined a protest rally by students and monks in Letpadan, about 130 km north of Yangon. Students were protesting months opposed a controversial education bill that they say is not democratic.

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The athletes competed in the semifinals, women's 60 m hurdles in the European track and field Championships indoors IAAF in Prague, Czech Republic.

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Actor ballet Kitty Phetlaperformance for pupils see in an event to help learn about the dance of the City Ballet in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Elena de Chavez stands at the tomb of her son, Venezuela’s late President

Hugo Chavez, as she, family members and government officials gather on

second anniversary of Chavez’s death inside the 4F military museum in

Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, March 5, 2015. Chavez died of cancer at age 58

on March 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

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A man walks past a a house bearing burn marks in the Lake Chad shore village of N’Gouboua Thursday March 5, 2015. Boko Haram militants arrived in Nígouboua before dawn on Feb. 13, marking the first attack of its kind on Chad. By the time the scorched-earth attack ended, they had burned scores of mud-brick houses by torching them with gasoline and had killed at least eight civilians and two security officers. Some 3,400 Nigerian refugees had been living in te village at the time of the attack, and all have since been relocated further inland. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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A Sri Lankan Buddhist devotee prays offering Lotus flowers at a temple on full moon day in Kelaniya, out skirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, March 5, 2015. Buddhists constitute the majority of this South Asian Island nationíspopulation and take part in religious observances on full moon days as a custom. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

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A homeless Egyptian child sleeps under a bridge in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, March 5, 2015. One of Egypt’s most daunting problems is homelessness _an ongoing issue that has left thousands of Egyptians sleeping on sidewalks before and after the political and social turmoil. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi , left, speaks as Russian President Vladimir Putin, listens, during their news conference after their talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 5, 2015. Italy’s prime minister visited Moscow on Thursday in a bid to repair ties that have been hurt by Russia-West tensions over Ukraine. (AP Photo/Sergei Karpukhin, Pool)

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Students walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge to visit such historic sites in protests demanding the citizen from the city of Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, Usa. Selma was the 50th anniversary of the famous demonstration on Mar. 7.

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A woman looks at the picture of the women killed was erected to protests in Ankara, Turkey, ahead of international women's day 8 March, 2015.

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Snow-covered Memorial to the US Marine Corps in Arlington, Virginia, USA.

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PhotographerChina Stringer NetworkLocationMEIZHOU, ChinaReuters / Thursday, March 05, 2015People perform a fire dragon dance in the shower of molten iron spewing firework-like sparks to celebrate the Lantern Festival, in Meizhou, Guangdong province, China March 5, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

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PhotographerDavid Mercado

LocationTIQUINA, Bolivia


Members of an anti-narcotics police force participate in a joint

demonstration, with their counterparts from the military,

in Lake Titicaca at Tiquina, Bolivia March 5, 2015.

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PhotographerMohammad Ismail

LocationKABUL, Afghanistan

Reuters / Thursday, March 05, 2015A male Afghan women's rights activist poses for pictures in a burqa to show solidarity to Afghan women ahead of International Women's Day in

Kabul, Afghanistan March 5, 2015. A group of Afghan men marched through the capital,

Kabul, on Thursday to draw attention to women's rights by donning head-to-toe burqas that for many people worldwide have come to

symbolize the suppression of women. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

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PhotographerMario AnzuoniLocationLOS ANGELES, United StatesReuters / Thursday, March 05, 2015Actor Chris O'Donnell poses with co-star LL Cool J from the television series "NCIS: Los Angeles" after unveiling his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California March 5, 2015. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

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PhotographerMarko DjuricaLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Thursday, March 05, 2015A man smokes a cigarette as he sits inside a car near a destroyed open market in Donetsk, Ukraine March 5, 2015. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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PhotographerNavesh ChitrakarLocationKATHMANDU, NepalReuters / Thursday, March 05, 2015People gather to celebrate Holi, the Festival of Colors, in Kathmandu, Nepal March 5, 2015. REUTERS/NaveshChitrakar

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PhotographerJoshua Roberts

LocationWashington, United States


A lone tourist walks on the National Mall near the Lincoln

Memorial during a snow storm in Washington March 5, 2015.

REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

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PhotographerNASA NASA

LocationSTAR CITY, Russia

Reuters / Thursday, March 05, 2015NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly is seen

inside a Soyuz simulator at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC), in Star City, Russia, March 4, 2105. Kelly,

along with Expedition 43 Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and

Gennady Padalka were at GCTC for the second day of training in preparation for

their launch to the International Space Station onboard a Soyuz spacecraft

March 27. REUTERS/Bill Ingalls/NASA

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PhotographerSoe Zeya Tun

LocationLETPADAN, Myanmar


A student uses her mobile phone before she sleeps, during a

protest against an education bill in Letpadan, Bago division,

Myanmar late March 5, 2015. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

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PhotographerSTRINGER MexicoLocationCiudad Serdan, MexicoReuters / Friday, March 06, 2015The mummified body of a climber is seen at Citlaltepetl volcano (Pico de Orizaba) on the limits of Mexican states Puebla and Veracruz March 5, 2015. Members of Mexican Mountaineering Club and Civil Protection of the municipality of Chalchicomula de Sesma confirmed the discovery of mummified bodies, which apparently correspond to two men, at the glacier called Jamapa, on the north side of the Pico de Orizaba volcano, local media...more

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PhotographerDarren StaplesLocationBIRMINGHAM, United KingdomReuters / Friday, March 06, 2015A Great Dane jumps up as it arrives for the second day of the Crufts Dog Show in Birmingham, central England, March 6, 2015. REUTERS/Darren Staples

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PhotographerSoe Zeya TunLocationLetpadan, MyanmarReuters / Friday, March 06, 2015Police restrain student Ei Thinzar Maung during a protest against an education bill in Letpadan, Bago division, Myanmar March 6, 2015. They are protesting against the education bill that they say limits academic independence by stifling student unions and putting decision-making power in the hands of the Education Ministry rather than universities. REUTERS/SoeZeya Tun

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PhotographerMaxim ShemetovLocationMoscow, RussiaReuters / Friday, March 06, 2015Alexei Navalny, a Russian opposition leader, walks out of a detention center in Moscow, Russia March 6, 2015. Navalny walked out of a Moscow detention center a week after fellow opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was shot dead, in what his allies say was a political killing aimed at intimidating them. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

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PhotographerAmmar AwadLocationJERUSALEM, IsraelReuters / Friday, March 06, 2015An Israeli border police woman cries at the scene of an attack in Jerusalem March 6, 2015. A Palestinian motorist rammed the vehicle into a group of pedestrians standing near a Jerusalem tram stop on Friday, injuring at least five people, Israeli police said. The incident, which police said they were treating as a terrorist attack, took place on a main road in East Jerusalem, the predominantly Arab side of the city, close to an...more

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PhotographerShamil Zhumatov

LocationAlmaty, Kazakhstan

Reuters / Friday, March 06, 2015Zoo staff Sholpan Abdibekova and

Tomiris, a five-year-old chimpanzee, react as they watch a BBC

environmental programme in a primate winter enclosure in Almaty,

Kazakhstan March 6, 2015. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov

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Reuters / Friday, March 06, 2015Relatives of a worker Dmitri Aleksandrov,

killed by a blast at the Zasyadko coal mine, mourn next to his coffin during a funeral ceremony in Donetsk, March 6,

2015. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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PhotographerMarko DjuricaLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Friday, March 06, 2015Relatives of a worker Vladimir Prisyazhnyi, killed by a blast at the Zasyadko coal mine, mourn next to his coffin during a funeral ceremony in Donetsk, March 6, 2015. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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PhotographerMarko DjuricaLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Friday, March 06, 2015A man places a picture of a worker Dmitri Aleksandrov, killed by a blast at the Zasyadkocoal mine, on his grave during a funeral ceremony in Donetsk, March 6, 2015. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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Reuters / Friday, March 06, 2015Relatives of a worker Valeriy Kramarenko,

killed by a blast at the Zasyadko coal mine, mourn next to his coffin in front of his

house in Donetsk, March 6, 2015. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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PhotographerOswaldo Rivas

LocationManagua, Nicaragua

Reuters / Friday, March 06, 2015Nohelia Balmaceda, 17, attends a

boxing class at the National Institute of Sport in Managua, Nicaragua

March 4, 2015. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas

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Protesters torch before your La Moneda during protests ahead of international women's day in Santiago, Chile, on 6/3/2015.

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March 7 , 2015

Rebel beauty queens

PhotographerMarko DjuricaLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Saturday, March 07, 2015Female soldiers of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic pose on stage during a beauty pageant to mark International Women's Day in Donetsk, March 7, 2015. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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Reuters / Saturday, March 07, 2015Female soldiers of the self-proclaimed

Donetsk People's Republic prepare backstage during a beauty pageant to

mark International Women's Day in Donetsk, Ukraine March 7, 2015.

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Reuters / Saturday, March 07, 2015A female soldier of the self-proclaimed

Donetsk People's Republic peeks through a door during a beauty pageant to mark International Women's Day in Donetsk, March 7, 2015. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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Reuters / Saturday, March 07, 2015Female soldiers of the self-proclaimed

Donetsk People's Republic hold flowers backstage during a beauty pageant to

mark International Women's Day in Donetsk, March 7, 2015. REUTERS/Marko

Djurica

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PhotographerMarko DjuricaLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Saturday, March 07, 2015Female soldiers of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic take part in a beauty pageant to mark International Women's Day in Donetsk, March 7, 2015. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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PhotographerMarko DjuricaLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Saturday, March 07, 2015Female soldiers of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic wave backstage during a beauty pageant to mark International Women's Day in Donetsk, March 7, 2015. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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March 8 , 2015

Women took to the streets March International Women's day in Istanbul, Turkey, on 8/3/2015.

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Unions who represent the history of Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, United States of America, on March 8th, 2015, to commemorate 50 years of the event "Bloody Sunday," a civil rights claim the demonstrations in which protestors in police beatings, Stampede and spray.

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PhotographerTami ChappellLocationSELMA, United StatesReuters / Sunday, March 08, 2015Thousands of people march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge during the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery civil rights march in Selma, Alabama March 8, 2015. REUTERS/Tami Chappell

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The man holding the banner in a demonstration demanding equal rights for women in front of the Parliament building in Tbilisi, on 8/3/2015.

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The activists shouted slogans during the demonstration to the Malacañang Presidential Palace to mark international women's day in Manila, Philippines.

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Women wearing high heels pedal to celebrate International Women's day in Mexico City.

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationAL-ALAM, IraqReuters / Sunday, March 08, 2015Shi'ite fighters launch a rocket during clashes with Islamic State militants on the outskirts of al-Alam, Iraq March 8, 2015. Iraqi security forces and Shi'ite militia fighting the Islamic State took control of the center of a town on the southern outskirts of Saddam Hussein's home city Tikrit on Sunday, security officials said. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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PhotographerAlaa Khweled

LocationLATAKIA, Syria

Reuters / Sunday, March 08, 2015A Free Syrian Army fighter rests beside a fellow fighter while he prepares mortar

shells before firing towards forces loyal to Syria's president Bashar Al-Assad on the

outskirts of Doreen town, in Jabal al-Akrad, northwestern Latakia province,

Syria March 8, 2015. REUTERS/AlaaKhweled

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PhotographerKhalil AshawiLocationHAMA, SyriaReuters / Sunday, March 08, 2015A Free Syrian Army fighter rests by a diesel fireplace in a makeshift hideout in Morktown, Syria March 8, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

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PhotographerTatyana MakeyevaLocationMOSCOW, RussiaReuters / Sunday, March 08, 2015Zaur Dadayev, charged with involvement in the murder of Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov, speaks inside a defendants' cage in Moscow, Russia March 8, 2015. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva

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PhotographerAmmar AbdullahLocationIDLIB, SyriaReuters / Sunday, March 08, 2015Smoke rises after what activists said was an air strike on Atimah, Idlibprovince, Syria March 8, 2015. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah

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PhotographerNavesh ChitrakarLocationKATHMANDU, NepalReuters / Sunday, March 08, 2015Girls, in traditional attire, take part in a function organized to mark International Women's Day at Maiti Nepal in Kathmandu, Nepal March 8, 2015. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

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PhotographerDarren Staples

LocationBIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom

Reuters / Sunday, March 08, 2015Handler Rebecca Cross poses with

Knopa the Scottish Terrier after winning Best in Show on the last

day of Crufts Dog Show in Birmingham, central England,

March 8, 2015. REUTERS/Darren Staples

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PhotographerDavid GrayLocationPERTH, AustraliaReuters / Sunday, March 08, 2015Salt pans and small dams can be seen in drought-effected farming areas located on the outskirts of Perth, Australia March 8, 2015. According to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Australia recorded its second-hottest February since records began in 1910, with national maximum temperatures 2.35 degrees above the average. REUTERS/David Gray

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PhotographerGoran TomasevicLocationSIDRE, LibyaReuters / Sunday, March 08, 2015A fighter from Misrata's Marsa Kateebawalks in front of an unexploded aircraft missile, which the fighters say was fired by forces loyal to General Khalifa Haftar, near town of Sidre, Libya March 8, 2015. Kateeba is the Arabic word for unit. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

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PhotographerIssei KatoLocation

Tokyo, JapanReuters / Sunday, March 08, 2015

Japanese Katsumoto Saotome, 82, a survivor of Great Tokyo Air Raids in

1945, wears a headband with words reading 'Kamikaze' on it, which he

carried during an evacuation in the bombing during an interview with

Reuters at his home in Tokyo, Japan March 4, 2015. Now, as memories

fade of how civilians suffered during World War Two - suffering Saotomeblames on Japan's wartime leaders

who thought of their citizens as "weeds" - the...more

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PhotographerCharles Platiau


Reuters / Sunday, March 08, 2015A model presents a creation by Swiss

designer Albert Kriemler for fashion house Akris as part of his

Autumn/Winter 2015/2016 women's ready-to-wear collection show during

Paris Fashion Week March 8, 2015. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

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PhotographerJohn Schults


Reuters / Sunday, March 08, 2015

Dancers perform as people gather on the Leopold-Sedar-Senghor footbridge, formerly

called Soferino, which crosses the Seine River on a warm and

sunny day in Paris, France March 8, 2015. REUTERS/John

Schults

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PhotographerAlessandro Bianchi

LocationROME, Italy

Reuters / Sunday, March 08, 2015

Pope Francis is seen on a big screen as he leads a mass

during his pastoral visit to the parish of Santa Maria Madre del Redentore in Rome, Italy

March 8, 2015. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

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