2015 - Images of MARCH - Mar.09 - Mar.15

2015Images of MARCH

Mar. 9 – Mar. 15

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Chadien men ride their camels near Lake Chad, in Chad, Tuesday March 3, 2015. Chadian troops have seized a strategically located northeast Nigerian town from Boko Haram, but not before the defeated Islamic extremists killed hundreds of civilians, Chad's military said.TheChadian forces regained control Monday of Dikwa, a town occupied by the militants for weeks, said Chad's military spokesman Col. AzemBermandoua.(AP Photo / Jerome Delay)

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A woman walks in a sand storm near Lake Chad, in Chad, Tuesday March 3, 2015. Chadian troops have seized a strategically located northeast Nigerian town from Boko Haram, but not before the defeated Islamic extremists killed hundreds of civilians, Chad's military said. The Chadian forces regained control Monday of Dikwa, a town occupied by the militants for weeks, said Chad's military spokesman Col. Azem Bermandoua.(AP Photo / Jerome Delay)

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Nigerians who fled Boko Haram to Chad sit in 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 BokoHaram intensified its attacks in the area. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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CHANGES SPELLING OF LOCATION TO MATCH AP STORY - Nigerians who fled Boko Haram to

Chad sit outside their tent at the Baga Sola refugee camp in 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 2015 as Boko Haram intensified

its attacks in the area. After the Baga massacre, another 15,000 came bringing the total now to

about 18,000, Chadian authorities believe there are more than 2,000 others still trapped

on islands, awaiting transport to the safety of a refugee camp though there are more arriving

each day in one of the poorest countries on Earth. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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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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Nigerians who fled Boko Haram to Chad sit outside their 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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A Nigerian girl who fled Boko Haram to Chad removes a thorn from her foot at the BagaSolo 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 Dela

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CHANGES SPELLING OF LOCATION TO MATCH AP STORY - Nigerian girls who fled Boko Haram to Chad gather in a school set up by UNICEF at the Baga Sola refugee camp in 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 2015 as Boko Haram intensified its attacks in the area. After the Baga massacre, another 15,000 came bringing the total now to about 18,000, Chadian authorities believe there are more than 2,000 others still trapped on islands, awaiting transport to the safety of a refugee camp though there are more arriving each day in one of the poorest countries on Earth. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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Nigerian boys who fled Boko Haram to Chad play soccer 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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A Nigerian boy who fled Boko Haram to Chad receives help at the clinic 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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CHANGES SPELLING OF LOCATION TO MATCH AP STORY - Nigerians who fled BokoHaram to Chad pass time at the Baga Sola refugee in 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 2015 as Boko Haram intensified its attacks in the area. After the Baga massacre, another 15,000 came bringing the total now to about 18,000, Chadian authorities believe there are more than 2,000 others still trapped on islands, awaiting transport to the safety of a refugee camp though there are more arriving each day in one of the poorest countries on Earth. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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A Chadian man walks past burnt homes in the Lake Chad shore village of N'Gouboua Thursday March 5, 2015. Boko Haram militants arrived in N’gouboua 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 man walks past a charred motorcycle in the Lake Chad shore village of N'Gouboua,

Thursday, March 5, 2015. Boko Haram militants arrived in N’gouboua 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 the village at the time of the attack, and all

have since been relocated further inland. (AP Photo / Jerome Delay)

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Herdsmen and others cross a tributary of Lake Chad to the village of N'Gouboua, Chad, Thursday, March 5, 2015, using the same route the Nigerian refugees used to flee Boko Haram. Boko Haram militants arrived in N’gouboua 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 the village at the time of the attack, and all have since been relocated further inland. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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Chadian troops previously stationed by the Sudanese border make a stop on their way to lake Chad near Baga Sola Friday March 6, 2015. Large contingents of Chadian troops were seen heading to the region bordering Nigeria, where residents and an intelligence officer said Boko Haram fighters are massing at their headquarters in the northeast Nigerian town of Gwoza in preparation for a showdown with multinational forces. (AP Photo / Jerome Delay)

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PhotographerAsmaa Waguih

LocationDuhok, Iraq

Reuters / Wednesday, March 04, 2015Yazidi refugees play volleyball at Sharya refugee camp on the outskirts of Duhok March 4, 2015.

REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih

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PhotographerHosam KatanLocationALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Friday, March 06, 2015A general view shows a damaged street with sandbags used as barriers in Aleppo's Saifal-Dawla district March 6, 2015. REUTERS/HosamKatan

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A Burmese workers lifting a fish basket from the boiling water in a food processing plant near Bang Saphan in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, southern Thailand, on 6 March, 2015. (Photo by Matthew Richard, Thailand)

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationKSAIBA, IraqReuters / Saturday, March 07, 2015An Iraqi officer walks past a wall painted with the black flag commonly used by Islamic State militants, in the town of Tal Ksaiba, near the town of al-Alam, March 7, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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March 9 , 2015

Women take part in India's first ever "Stiletto Run" as part of International Women's Day in Bangalore.

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Japanese college students hunt for employment at a jobs fair in Tokyo.

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A Yorkshire Terrier is prepared to perform on the final day of the Crufts dog show at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, UK.

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Thousands of skiers await the start of the annual Engadin marathon from Maloja to S-chanf in south-eastern

Switzerland.

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A Palestinian student preparing to fly kites in celebration of four years of Japan's tsunami caused by relief agencies of the United Nations Organisation, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel (right) view the robot "Asimo" by Honda Motor Company invention, when visiting the Science Museum is the future of Japan in Tokyo, Japan.

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The sun shines through a daisy in Frankfurt am Main, West Germany.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un survey unit 1016 of air forces and air defence of the Korean people's army in the photograph, undated, by the North Korean news agency announced in Pyongyang.

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The devastating scene in Vuhlehirsk, in Eastern Ukraine, after the battle

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PhotographerRobert Galbraith

LocationSAN FRANCISCO, United States

Reuters / Monday, March 09, 2015Apple CEO Tim Cook introduces the Apple

Watch during an Apple event in San Francisco, March 9, 2015. REUTERS/Robert

Galbraith

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PhotographerJames AkenaLocationMUSATO, UgandaReuters / Monday, March 09, 2015A child walks past drums used to distill crude gin, known locally as "Waragi", at Musoto village on the outskirts of Mbale town, east of Uganda's capital Kampala, March 9, 2015. Waragi is brewed by mixing molasses, sorghum and water, and then distilled using drums over open wood fires. According to a local official, it is the only economic activity dominated by women living in Musoto village. REUTERS/James Akena )

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PhotographerPhilippe WojazerLocationPARIS, FranceReuters / Monday, March 09, 2015Dan Burton, in the role of Don Lockwood from the 1952 American musical comedy film originally played by Gene Kelly, performs on stage in the musical "Singin' in the Rain" during a dress rehearsal at the Chatelet Theatre in Paris, March 9, 2015. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

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PhotographerJASON REDMONDLocationSEATTLE, United StatesReuters / Monday, March 09, 2015Workers make preparations to lift the cutting head from Bertha, the world's largest tunnel-boring machine, and lift it out for repairs in Seattle, March 9, 2015. Bertha stopped working in December 2013 after digging just 10 percent of a planned tunnel to replace an aging waterfront highway, leaving crews scrambling to determine how to rescue and repair the 2,000-ton drill. REUTERS/Jason Redmond

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PhotographerLucy NicholsonLocationREDONDO BEACH, United StatesReuters / Monday, March 09, 2015Madeleine Klonoski, 2, sits on her father's leg at a kite festival in Redondo Beach, California March 8, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

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PhotographerBaz RatnerLocationTEL AVIV, IsraelReuters / Monday, March 09, 2015Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Isaac Herzog, Co-leader of the centre-left Zionist Union, are pictured together as campaign billboards rotate in Tel Aviv, March 9, 2015. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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PhotographerHandout .LocationGOGAMA, CanadaReuters / Monday, March 09, 2015Smoke rises from fires caused by the derailment of a CN Railway train carrying crude oil near the northern Ontario community of Gogama, Ontario, March 7, 2015. The derailment is the latest in a series of North American derailments involving trains hauling crude oil. REUTERS/TSBCanada

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PhotographerMarko DjuricaLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Monday, March 09, 2015Two women stand in front of a damaged church in Donetsk's Oktyabrskidistrict, Ukraine March 9, 2015. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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PhotographerToru Hanai

LocationTOMIOKA TOWN, Japan

Reuters / Monday, March 09, 2015Decontamination workers wearing

protective suits and masks, remove radiated soil and leaves from a forest in

Tomioka town, Fukushima prefecture, near Tokyo Electric Power Co's (TEPCO)

tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant February 24, 2015.

Many residents of Okuma, a village near the stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant, are angry about government plans to dump

some 30 million tons of radioactive debris raked up after...more

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PhotographerToru HanaiLocationOKUMA TOWN, JapanReuters / Monday, March 09, 2015A school jersey that belonged to Yuna Kimura, the youngest daughter of the Kimura family, who was swept away by the tsunami of March 11, 2011, is displayed at a temple inside the exclusion zone in Okuma town, near Tokyo Electric Power Co's(TEPCO) crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant February 23, 2015. The label on the jersey says, " KumamachiElementary School, First Grade Second Class, Yuna Kimura." REUTERS/Toru Hanai

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PhotographerSuhaib SalemLocationRAFAH, Palestinian TerritoriesReuters / Monday, March 09, 2015A Palestinian boy looks out a bus window as he waits with his family to cross into Egypt, at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip March 9, 2015. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

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PhotographerMarko DjuricaLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Monday, March 09, 2015A gate filled with shrapnel holes is pictured in Donetsk's Oktyabrski district, Ukraine March 9, 2015. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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PhotographerBeawiharta Beawiharta

LocationJAKARTA, Indonesia

Reuters / Monday, March 09, 2015A woman smiles as carries

belongings near her burned house at Tanah Abang district in Jakarta,

Indonesia March 9, 2015. A massive fire broke out on March 5 in the Tanah Abang district of Central

Jakarta, which destroyed over 200 homes and forced over 3,000

people to flee, local paper reported. REUTERS/Beawiharta

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PhotographerDanish Siddiqui

LocationMUMBAI, India

Reuters / Monday, March 09, 2015A migrant balloon seller sleeps in a mosquito net along an highway in

Mumbai, India early morning of March 9, 2015. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

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PhotographerHandout .LocationAbu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesReuters / Monday, March 09, 2015A view of the Solar Impulse 2 on flight after taking off from Al Bateen Airport in United Arab Emirates, March 9, 2015. Two Swiss pilots, Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg, attempting the first flight around the world in a solar-powered plane began the maiden leg of their voyage on Monday, the mission's official website said. Solar Impulse 2 took off from Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates en route to the Omani capital...more

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PhotographerThaier Al-Sudani

LocationKSAIBA, Iraq

Reuters / Saturday, March 07, 2015A Shi'ite fighter walks with his weapon

in the town of Tal Ksaiba, near the town of al-Alam, March 7, 2015.

REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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LocationKSAIBA, Iraq

Reuters / Saturday, March 07, 2015Smoke rises as Iraqi security forces

and Shi'ite fighters clash with Islamic State militants at the town of Tal Ksaiba, near the town of al-

Alam, March 7, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationKSAIBA, IraqReuters / Saturday, March 07, 2015Shi'ite fighters and Iraqi security forces advance into the town of Tal Ksaiba, near the town of al-Alam, March 7, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationAL-ALAM, IraqReuters / Sunday, March 08, 2015Iraqi officers inspects a map on the outskirts of al-Alam, March 8, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationAL-ALAM, IraqReuters / Sunday, March 08, 2015Shi'ite fighters rest on the outskirts of al-Alam, March 8, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationAL-ALAM, IraqReuters / Monday, March 09, 2015Iraqi security forces inspect a destroyed vehicle belonging to Islamic State militants on the outskirts of al-Alam, March 9, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationKSAIBA, IraqReuters / Saturday, March 07, 2015Shiite fighters stands near a wall painted with the black flag commonly used by Islamic State militants in the town of Tal Ksaiba, near the town of al-Alam, March 7, 2015. REUTERS/ThaierAl-Sudani

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PhotographerStringer .LocationKIRKUK, IraqReuters / Monday, March 09, 2015Kurdish peshmerga forces inspect a destroyed building belonging to the Islamic State militants on the outskirts of Tel Ward, west of the city of Kirkuk, March 9, 2015. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationAL-ALAM, IraqReuters / Monday, March 09, 2015Shi'ite fighters ride an armoured vehicle in the town of al-Alam, March 9, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationAL-ALAM, IraqReuters / Monday, March 09, 2015A Shi'ite fighter gestures in front of a billboard on a street in the town of al-Alam, March 9, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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PhotographerStringer .Location

KIRKUK, IraqReuters / Monday, March 09, 2015

Kurdish peshmerga forces gather as they look at bodies whom they say are Islamic

State militants, on the outskirts of Tel Ward, west of the city of Kirkuk, March 9,

2015. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed

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PhotographerSTRINGER IraqLocationNAJAF, IraqReuters / Monday, March 09, 2015Mourners react during the funeral of a member of the Shi'ite fighters, who was killed in clashes with Islamic State militants in Salahuddinprovince, during his funeral in Najaf, March 9, 2015. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationAL-ALAM, IraqReuters / Monday, March 09, 2015A Shi'ite fighter stands with his weapon in the town of al-Alam, March 9, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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LocationAL-ALAM, Iraq

Reuters / Monday, March 09, 2015A vehicle belonging to Islamic State

militants burns in the town of al-Alam, March 9, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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Reuters / Monday, March 09, 2015Shi'ite fighters cover their ears as a

rocket is launched during a clash with Islamic State militants in the town of al-

Alam, March 9, 2015. REUTERS/ThaierAl-Sudani

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationAL-ALAM, IraqReuters / Monday, March 09, 2015A member of Iraqi security forces runs as he holds an Islamist State flag, which they pulled down in the town of al-Alam, March 9, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationAL-ALAM, IraqReuters / Monday, March 09, 2015Shi'ite fighters ride a vehicle in the town of al-Alam, March 9, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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Reuters / Monday, March 09, 2015

Shi'ite fighters ride on the back of a truck in the town of al-


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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationAL-ALAM, IraqReuters / Monday, March 09, 2015A billboard is seen as smoke rises from a clash with Islamic State militants in the town of al-Alam, March 9, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationAL-ALAM, IraqReuters / Monday, March 09, 2015Iraqi security forces and Shi'ite fighters ride on the back of a truck as smoke rises from a clash with Islamic State militants in the town of al-Alam, March 9, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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PhotographerGonzalo FuentesLocationParis, FranceReuters / Sunday, March 08, 2015A model presents a creation by designers Humberto Leon and Carol Lim as part of their Autumn/Winter 2015/2016 women's ready-to-wear collection for Japanese fashion house Kenzoduring Paris Fashion Week. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

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PhotographerGonzalo Fuentes

LocationParis, France

Reuters / Sunday, March 08, 2015Models present creations by British-born designer Clare Waight Keller as part of her Autumn/Winter 2015/2016

women's ready-to-wear collection for French fashion house Chloe during Paris Fashion Week.

REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

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PhotographerGonzalo FuentesLocationParis, FranceReuters / Monday, March 09, 2015Models present creations by British designer Stella McCartney as part of her Autumn/Winter 2015/2016 women's ready-to-wear collection during Paris Fashion Week. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

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Homemade weapons of war

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PhotographerKhalil AshawiLocationIDLIB, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, September 10, 2014Rebel fighters make improvised mortar shells inside a weapons factory in the southern countryside of Idlib September 9, 2014. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

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ALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, December

10, 2014A locally made shell is launched by rebel fighters towards forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar

al-Assad at the frontline in al-Breijdistrict of Aleppo December 10,

2014. REUTERS/Sultan Kitaz

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PhotographerNour Fourat

LocationHAMA, Syria

Reuters / Sunday, May 11, 2014A rebel fighter teaches fellow

fighters how to make explosive mines in Hama countryside May 11,

2014. REUTERS/Nour Fourat

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PhotographerHamid KhatibLocationALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, September 04, 2013A Free Syrian Army fighter spray paints an improvised mortar shell, as his fellow fighter watches him, in Aleppo September 4, 2013. REUTERS/Hamid Khatib

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PhotographerMolhem BarakatLocationALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Tuesday, September 10, 2013A Free Syrian Army fighter prepares homemade bombs inside a house in the old city of Aleppo September 10, 2013. REUTERS/Molhem Barakat

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PhotographerHamid KhatibLocationALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, September 04, 2013Free Syrian Army fighters smoke cigarettes as they prepare a mortar launcher near Nairab military airport, which is controlled by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo, September 4, 2013. REUTERS/Hamid KhatibMarch 22, 2015 75



RAQQA, SyriaReuters / Monday, October 14, 2013Free Syrian Army fighters prepare to

fire rockets towards forces loyal to Syria's president Bashar al-Assad in

Raqqa, eastern Syria October 14, 2013. REUTERS/Nour Fourat

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PhotographerLoubna MrieLocationALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Monday, September 09, 2013A Free Syrian Army fighter works as he prepares a rocket in a makeshift weapon factory in Aleppo September 9, 2013. REUTERS/LoubnaMrie

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LATAKIA, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, February 26, 2014

A Free Syrian Army fighter runs to take cover after launching a mortar towards

forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Jabal al-Akrad area in Syria's northwestern Latakia province February

25, 2014. REUTERS/Alaa Khweled

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PhotographerHamid KhatibLocationALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, September 04, 2013A Free Syrian Army fighter makes improvised mortar shells at a weapons factory in Aleppo, September 4, 2013. REUTERS/Hamid Khatib

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PhotographerMuzaffar Salman

LocationALEPPO, Syria

Reuters / Wednesday, September 25, 2013

A Free Syrian Army fighter rides a tractor as he moves a homemade

cannon in Ashrafieh, Aleppo September 25, 2013.

REUTERS/Muzaffar Salman

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PhotographerKhalil Ashawi

LocationDEIR AL-ZOR, Syria

Reuters / Monday, June 17, 2013A member of the Free Syrian Army

writes a name of a fellow fighter on a homemade rocket in Deir al-

Zor, June 16, 2013. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

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PhotographerMuzaffar Salman


Reuters / Saturday, July 06, 2013A Free Syrian Army fighter displays

homemade bombs made from ornamental balls in the old city of

Aleppo July 6, 2013. REUTERS/MuzaffarSalman

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Reuters / Monday, June 17, 2013

Members of the Free Syrian Army react as they fire a

homemade rocket towards forces loyal to the Syrian

regime in Deir al-Zor, June 16, 2013. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

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Reuters / Saturday, March 09, 2013Members of the Free Syrian Army

work on an improvised mortar shell in Deir al-Zor March 8, 2013.

REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

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PhotographerGoran Tomasevic

LocationDAMASCUS, Syria

Reuters / Saturday, February 09, 2013

Fighters from the Free Syrian Army's Tahrir al Sham brigade

use a shotgun to fire an improvised grenade at Syrian Army soldiers in the Arabeen

neighborhood of Damascus February 9, 2013.

REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

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PhotographerAsmaa Waguih

LocationAleppo, Syria

Reuters / Monday, October 15, 2012

Members of the free Syrian Army use a

catapult to launch a homemade bomb during

clashes with pro-government soldiers in

the city of Aleppo, October, 15, 2012.

REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih

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PhotographerStringer .LocationDAMASCUS, SyriaReuters / Sunday, May 05, 2013An improvised armored vehicle is seen parked as Free Syrian Army fighters gather on a street in the refugee camp of Yarmouk near Damascus May 5, 2013. The Arabic on the vehicle reads: "God is great." REUTERS/Ward Al-Keswani

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IDLIB, SyriaReuters / Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Syrian brothers who used to be musicians make homemade explosives for the Free

Syrian Army in the Ma'ar Shamarine village near Idlib January 15, 2013.

REUTERS/Ghaith Taha

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PhotographerHandout .

LocationIDLIB, Syria

Reuters / Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Free Syrian Army fighters stand next to a

homemade rocket launcher in Sermeen

near Idlib, October 17, 2012. REUTERS/Shaam

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PhotographerNour Kelze


Reuters / Sunday, November 11, 2012

A homemade military vehicle called Sham 1 is

seen in Khan al-Assalarea November 10,

2012. REUTERS/Zain Karam

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PhotographerStringer .LocationALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Saturday, March 07, 2015Al-Shamiyah Front fighters inspect a new locally-made cannon named "Borkan" (Volcano) as it was being launched towards forces loyal to Syria's president Bashar Al-Assad located in Aleppo artillery school, March 7, 2015. The "Borkan" is made out of four tubes attached to a loader, which can fire four shells at a time, and have a range of three kilometers (1.86 miles). REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail

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PhotographerStringer .LocationALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Saturday, March 07, 2015A man works in a weapon factory in Aleppo countryside March 5, 2015. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail

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PhotographerStringer .LocationALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Saturday, March 07, 2015Men fill gas canisters with explosive for usage with a cannon named "Borkan" (Volcano) inside a weapon factory in Aleppo countryside March 5, 2015. The REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail

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Dorothy Webster holds the ring of her dead brother 23-year old British pilot Sgt. John Thompson, in Tirana Monday, March 9, 2015. Thompson crashed in Albania Oct. 29, 1944 while transporting materials to the local anti-Nazi partisan fighters. Sgt. John Thompson, a British World War II special operation pilot, was considered missing in action for more than 70 years. Not anymore. On Monday, his 92-year-old sister Dorothy Webster received his ring from a family in Albania together with a box of debris from his Halifax bomber that crashed in the eastern European country on Oct. 29, 1944. (AP Photo/Hektor Pustina)

Mar. 9 , 2015

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Chadian troops watch others participate in the closing ceremony of operation Flintlock in an army base in N’djamena, Chad, Monday, March 9, 2015. The U.S. military and its Western partners conduct this training annually and set up plans long beforeBoko Haram began attacking its neighbors Niger, Chad and Cameroon. Chadian Brig. Gen. Zakaria Ngobongue said Monday that his soldiers alongside troops from Niger had entered Nigeria but he declined to give further details about the ongoing operation. Ngobongue described Boko Haram fighters as “bandits and criminals who have nothing to do with religion.” (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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Filipino women have their heads shaved during a rally at the gates of the House of Representatives in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines on Monday, March 9, 2015. Fifteen women farmers had their heads shaved to protest the alleged failure of the House of Representatives to immediately pass bills that could extend and overhaul the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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A model sits next to a security guard backstage before the Giambattista Valli’s fall-winter 2015-2016 ready to wear fashion collection, presented in Paris, France, Monday, March 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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A Bangladeshi cricket fan waves the Bangladeshi flag standing atop a sculpture as hundreds gather to celebrate their team’s victory in the World Cup match against England at the Dhaka University Campus in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, March 9, 2015. Bangladesh defeated England by 15-runs Monday to enter the quarterfinals. (AP Photo/SuvraKanti Das)

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Demonstrators protest the shooting of Tony Robinson at the state Capitol

Monday, March 9, 2015, in Madison, Wis. Robinson, 19, was fatally shot Friday night by a police officer who forced his way into an apartment after hearing a disturbance

while responding to a call. Police say Robinson had attacked the officer. (AP

Photo/Andy Manis)

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People relax as waves break against the Tagus riverbank at sunset, in Lisbon, Monday, March 9, 2015. The city promenade is a popular riverside walk path where people stroll, take photographs or pause to enjoy the view. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

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PhotographerParwiz ParwizLocationJALALABAD, AfghanistanReuters / Monday, March 09, 2015Afghan policemen display their skills at a police training centrein Nangarhar Province March 9, 2015. REUTERS/Parwiz

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PhotographerDavid Gray

LocationADELAIDE, Australia

Reuters / Monday, March 09, 2015Bangladesh's Nassir Hossain (top) leaps

onto team mates in celebration after Bangladesh knocked England out of the

tournament in their Cricket World Cup match in Adelaide, Australia, March 9,

2015. REUTERS/David Gray

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PhotographerLucas Jackson

LocationNEW YORK, United States

Reuters / Monday, March 09, 2015Former President Bill Clinton listens

to speakers during "Not There Yet: A Data Driven Analysis of Gender

Equality" in New York March 9, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

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PhotographerStefan Wermuth

LocationLONDON, United Kingdom

Reuters / Monday, March 09, 2015Britain's Prince William and his wife

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, arrive for the Commonwealth Observance

service at Westminster Abbey in London March 9, 2015. REUTERS/Stefan

Wermuth

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PhotographerYves HermanLocationBRUSSELS, BelgiumReuters / Monday, March 09, 2015Spanish Economy Minister Luis de Guindos (L) greets Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis at a euro zone Finance Ministers meeting (Eurogroup) in Brussels March 9, 2015. REUTERS/Yves Herman

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PhotographerRafael MarchanteLocationLisbon, PortugalReuters / Monday, March 09, 2015Two women hug as they sleep at a balustrade in downtown Lisbon, Portugal, March 9, 2015. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante

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PhotographerMark BlinchLocationMississauga, CanadaReuters / Monday, March 09, 2015A sound operator prays on top of his soundboard during a prayer service for Reverend Hyeon Soo Lim, inside a chapel at the Light Korean Presbyterian Church in Mississauga, Ontario, March 9, 2015. The Rev. Hyeon Soo Lim, 60, the leader of the 3,000-member Light Korean Presbyterian Church in suburban Toronto, was last heard from on Jan. 31 and is believed to be the Canadian who diplomats have confirmed is being detained by North...more

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LocationHAMA, Syria

Reuters / Monday, March 09, 2015

Rebel fighters dig caves in the mountains, to be used

as shelters from the bombing of forces loyal to

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in al-Latamna town,

in the northern countryside of Hama March 9, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

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PhotographerKhalil AshawiLocationHAMA, SyriaReuters / Monday, March 09, 2015A medic stands at the operation room of a field hospital which was set inside a cave in al-Latamna town, in the northern countryside of Hama, March 9, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

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PhotographerKhalil AshawiLocationHAMA, SyriaReuters / Monday, March 09, 2015A rebel fighter rests inside a cave, used as shelter from the bombing of forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in al-Latamna town, in the northern countryside of Hama, March 9, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

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PhotographerKhalil AshawiLocationHAMA, SyriaReuters / Monday, March 09, 2015A rebel fighter uses a drill while digging a cave in the mountains, to be used as shelters from the bombing of forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in al-Latamna town, in the northern countryside of Hama, March 9, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

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PhotographerKhalil AshawiLocationHAMA, SyriaReuters / Monday, March 09, 2015Rebel fighters rest inside a cave, used as shelter from the bombing of forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in al-Latamna town, in the northern countryside of Hama, March 9, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

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A woman sits on a bed in the main hospital in Debaltseve, Ukraine, Monday, March 9, 2015. More than 6,000 people have died in eastern Ukraine since the start of the conflict almost a year ago that has led to a “merciless devastation of civilian lives and infrastructure,” according to the U.N. human rights office. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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PhotographerJorge LopezLocationGUATEMALA, GuatemalaReuters / Monday, March 09, 2015A man carries a dummy elephant in the streets downtown of Guatemala City March 8, 2015. REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez

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PhotographerRicardo MoraesLocationRIO DE JANEIRO, BrazilReuters / Monday, March 09, 2015A sofa floats in the polluted waters of JacarepaguaLagoon, during a press tour in Rio de Janeiro, March 9, 2015. A press tour was organised by biologist Mario Moscatelli, to call attention to pollution on the waters of the lagoons which surround the Rio 2016 Olympic Park. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

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PhotographerToru HanaiLocationTOMIOKA TOWN, JapanReuters / Monday, March 09, 2015Big black plastic bags containing radiated soil, leaves and debris from the decontamination operation are dumped at a seaside, devastated by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Tomiokatown, Fukushima prefecture, near Tokyo Electric Power Co's (TEPCO) tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant February 22, 2015. Many residents of Okuma, a village near the stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant, are angry about...more

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Archaeologists have begun excavating up to 3,000 skeletons from a burial ground under London's Liverpool Street station. The Bedlam site was used from 1569 to at least 1738 and includes bodies belonging to victims of the Black Death.

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A VW Golf VII car and a VW Passat are loaded in a delivery tower at the plant of German carmaker Volkswagen in Wolfsburg.

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Smoke rises from fires caused by the derailment of a CN Railway train carrying crude oil near the northern Ontario community of Gogama.

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The soldiers of the Bundeswehr German armed forces with armoured infantry battalion 371 in position with a MILAN anti-tank missile launcher encampment in Marienberg, Germany

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The Tibetans-in-exile of the Tibetan flag face paint jump through a flower garden toward the Chinese Embassy during a demonstration in New Delhi, India.

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Elderly Tibetan women throw barley flour in the air during an event to mark the 56th anniversary of the failed uprising in the Tibetan capital Lhasa in 1959, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, March 10, 2015. The uprising of the Tibetan people against the Chinese rule was quelled by Chinese army forcing the spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and hundreds of Tibetans to come into exile. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

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Workers watch and take pictures as tunnel boring machine Victoria breaks into the eastern end of the Liverpool Street Crossrailstation in London, Tuesday, March 10, 2015. Liverpool Street is one of 10 new Crossrail stations being built in central and southeast London, part of the capital’s new railway line due to be fully operational in 2019. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

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Andres Guillermo Navarrete watches on his phone a video of two helicopters that crashed in midair, near Villa Castelli, La Rioja province, Argentina, Tuesday, March 10, 2015. Investigators have recovered the bodies from the remote site in northwest Argentina where the two helicopters collided, killing 10 people, including two former French Olympians in a tragedy that shook France and brought renewed scrutiny of the dangers while filming reality shows. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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A fisherman throws his line under the April 25th bridge by the Tagus riverbank during a foggy morning, in Lisbon, Tuesday, March 10, 2015. The name of the bridge was given after the Carnations revolution that restored the democracy in Portugal in April 1974. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

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Actors Ben Stiller, left, and Owen Wilson wear creations for Valentino’s fall-winter 2015-2016 ready to wear fashion collection, presented at Paris fashion week, Paris, France, Tuesday, March 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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Supporters of Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh, the son of

former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, gather at the Monument of the Unknown

Soldier during a demonstration demanding

presidential elections be held and the younger Saleh run for the office, in Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, March 10,

2015. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

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A rescued sea lion rests in a SeaWorld rehabilitation center Tuesday, March 10, 2015, in San Diego. SeaWorld is temporarily shutting down its sea lion and otter show to let staff help rescue stranded sea lion pups. It will give trainers time to help the park’s animal rescue team in dealing with sick and emaciated pups. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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An Afghan girl hangs clothes to dry at her home on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, March 10, 2015. The war-torn country faces the challenges of poverty, unemployment, and a lack of infrastructure. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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A gallery worker installs sculptures by the late Israeli artist Ofra Zimbalista on the Art Market gallery rooftop for a show titled “Purifcation,” in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, March 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

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A customer buying shoes at a mall in Hefei, Anhui Province, China.

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PhotographerIbraheem Abu MustafaLocationKHAN YOUNIS, Palestinian TerritoriesReuters / Tuesday, March 10, 2015Palestinian girls play at their family's house, that witnesses said was damaged by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war last summer, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, March 10, 2015. REUTERS/IbraheemAbu Mustafa

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LocationGARIBULLI, Libya

Reuters / Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Illegal immigrants sit at an immigration holding center in the

town of Garabulli, Libya March 10, 2015. REUTERS/Goran

Tomasevic

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PhotographerSTRINGER Argentina

LocationVilla Castelli, Argentina

Reuters / Tuesday, March 10, 2015A view of the charred wreckage of

the two helicopters which collided in the region of Villa Castelli, in the

Argentine province of La Rioja March 10, 2015. France mourned on

Tuesday the deaths of three sports stars who were among 10 people

killed when two helicopters collided in a remote region of Argentina

during the filming of a reality TV show. Investigators removed the

bodies of Olympic swimmer Camille Muffat, yachtswoman...more

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PhotographerHandout .

LocationBOSTON, United States

Reuters / Tuesday, March 10, 2015A blood-stained message that

prosecutors say Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaevwrote on the inside of a boat is seen

with bullet holes in an undated evidence picture shown to jurors in Boston March

10, 2015. REUTERS/U.S. Department of Justice/Handout

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PhotographerDominic EbenbichlerLocationINNSBRUCK, AustriaReuters / Tuesday, March 10, 2015A skier climbs up the summit on Seegrubemountain above the western Austrian city of Innsbruck, Marc 10, 2015. REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler

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PhotographerMike SegarLocationNEW YORK, United StatesReuters / Tuesday, March 10, 2015Former United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a news conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, March 10, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Mar. 10 , 2015

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PhotographerChristian HartmannLocationSENS, FranceReuters / Tuesday, March 10, 2015Transport staff members prepare to pack the two-cornered hat worn by French Emperor Napoleon during the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, at the Museum of Sens in the Burgundy region, France March 10, 2015. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

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PhotographerNeil HallLocationLondon, United KingdomReuters / Tuesday, March 10, 2015Workers view the tunnel boring machine Victoria after it broke into the eastern end of the Liverpool Street Crossrail station in London, England March 10, 2015. Liverpool Street is one of 10 new Crossrail stations being built in London, as part of a new railway line due to be operational in 2019. REUTERS/Neil Hall

Mar. 10 , 2015

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PhotographerGonzalo FuentesLocationParis, FranceReuters / Tuesday, March 10, 2015Model Cara Delevingne (C) kisses model Baptiste Giabiconias Kendall Jenner (2ndL) looks on during German designer Karl Lagerfeld's Autumn/Winter 2015/2016 women's ready-to-wear collection for French fashion house Chanel during Paris Fashion Week March 10, 2015. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

Mar. 10 , 2015

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PhotographerSoe Zeya TunLocationLETPADAN, MyanmarReuters / Tuesday, March 10, 2015Police hit a student protester during violence in Letpadan, Myanmar, March 10, 2015. The students were protesting an education bill they say stifles academic independence, and a group of them set out on foot from the central city of Mandalay more than a month ago in a symbolic protest. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

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PhotographerIbraheem Abu MustafaLocationRAFAH, Palestinian TerritoriesReuters / Tuesday, March 10, 2015A Palestinian girl sits on a suitcase as she waits with her family for a travel permit to cross into Egypt, at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip, March 10, 2015. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Mar. 10 , 2015

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PhotographerAdnan AbidiLocationMATHURA, IndiaReuters / Tuesday, March 10, 2015A Tibetan exile shouts slogan from a police vehicle after being detained during a protest outside the Chinese embassy in New Delhi, India, March 10, 2015.REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

Mar. 10 , 2015

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PhotographerKim Hong-JiLocationSEOUL, South KoreaReuters / Tuesday, March 10, 2015U.S. ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert waves as he leaves a hospital in Seoul March 10, 2015. The U.S. ambassador to South Korea left a Seoul hospital on Tuesday, five days after he was slashed by a knife-wielding Korean nationalist with a history of violent protest, causing wounds that required 80 stitches to the envoy's face. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

Mar. 10 , 2015

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PhotographerNavesh ChitrakarLocationLALITPUR, NepalReuters / Tuesday, March 10, 2015A Tibetan woman spins a prayer wheel during a function to mark the 56th Tibetan Uprising Day at the Tibetan Refugee camp in Lalitpur, Nepal, March 10, 2015. REUTERS/NaveshChitrakar

Mar. 10 , 2015

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Iraq retakes strategic town

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationAL-ALAM, IraqReuters / Tuesday, March 10, 2015A member of militias known as Hashid Shaabiwalk with his weapon in the town of al-Alam, March 10, 2015. Iraqi troops and militias drove Islamic State insurgents out of the town of al-Alam, clearing a final hurdle before a planned assault on Saddam Hussein's home city of Tikrit in their biggest offensive yet against the ultra-radical group. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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Battle for Iraq



Reuters / Tuesday, March 10, 2015Iraqi security forces and militias

known as Hashid Shaabi stand with their weapons in the town of

al-Alam, March 10, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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Battle for Iraq

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationAL-ALAM, IraqReuters / Tuesday, March 10, 2015Armored vehicles of Iraqi security forces with militias known as Hashid Shaabi are driven past smoke arising from a clash with Islamic State militants in the town of al-Alam, March 10, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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Battle for Iraq




Militias known as Hashid Shaabiwalk with their weapons in the

town of al-Alam, March 10, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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Battle for Iraq

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationAL-ALAM, IraqReuters / Tuesday, March 10, 2015Militias known as HashidShaabi inspect a destroyed vehicle of the Islamic State militants in the town of al-Alam, March 10, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

Mar. 10 , 2015

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Battle for Iraq

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationAL-ALAM, IraqReuters / Tuesday, March 10, 2015Militias known as Hashid Shaabi stand with their weapons in the town of al-Alam, March 10, 2015. REUTERS/ThaierAl-Sudani

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Battle for Iraq




Iraqi security forces inspect a building used by Islamic State

militants in the town of al-Alam, March 10, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier

Al-Sudani

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Battle for Iraq

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationAL-ALAM, IraqReuters / Tuesday, March 10, 2015Residents welcome a relative who is part of militias known as Hashid Shaabi, in the town of al-Alam, March 10, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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Battle for Iraq



Reuters / Tuesday, March 10, 2015A resident welcomes a relative

who is part of militias known as Hashid Shaabi, in the town of al-


Mar. 10 , 2015

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Battle for Iraq



Reuters / Tuesday, March 10, 2015A destroyed building with a wall painted with

the black flag commonly used by Islamic State militants, is seen in the town of al-Alam,

March 10, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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Battle for Iraq



Reuters / Tuesday, March 10, 2015A woman with a weapon and the Iraqi flag welcomes her relative who is part of militias known as Hashid Shaabi, in

the town of al-Alam, March 10, 2015. The Arabic characters read, "God is the greatest". REUTERS/Thaier Al-

Sudani

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Battle for Iraq

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationAL-ALAM, IraqReuters / Tuesday, March 10, 2015Residents welcome a relative who is part of militias known as HashidShaabi, in the town of al-Alam, March 10, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

Mar. 10 , 2015

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Battle for Iraq

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationAL-ALAM, IraqReuters / Tuesday, March 10, 2015A resident welcomes a relative who is part of militias known as HashidShaabi, in the town of al-Alam, March 10, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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Battle for Iraq

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationAL-ALAM, IraqReuters / Tuesday, March 10, 2015A member of militias known as Hashid Shaabikneels as he celebrates victory while smoke rises from a clash with Islamic State militants, in the town of al-Alam, Iraq, March 10, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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Reuters / Tuesday, March 10, 2015A member of militias known as

Hashid Shaabi stands next to a wall painted with the black flag

commonly used by Islamic State militants, in the town of al-Alam

March 10, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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A member of militias known as Hashid Shaabikneels as he celebrates

victory next to a wall painted with the black

flag commonly used by Islamic State militants, in

the town of al-Alam, March 10, 2015.


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Battle for Iraq

PhotographerIbraheem Abu MustafaLocationKHAN YOUNIS, Palestinian TerritoriesReuters / Tuesday, March 10, 2015A Palestinian boy sits on a sofa outside his family's house, that witnesses said was damaged by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war last summer, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, March 10, 2015. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

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PhotographerAmmar Awad

LocationJERUSALEM, Israel

Reuters / Tuesday, March 10, 2015The mother and father of Muhammad Musallam, an

Israeli Arab held by Islamic State in Syria as an alleged spy, react beside a picture of him in their East Jerusalem

home, March 10, 2015. A video posted online by Islamic State militants on Tuesday showed a child killing

Muhammad Musallam, an Israeli Arab accused by the group of being a Mossad spy, with a bullet to the head.

Reuters could not immediately verify the authenticity of the...more

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The women and girls dressed in traditional costumes Miao (Hmong) dancing in a traditional festival in Kaili, Guizhou province, on March 10, 2015.

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PhotographerAction ImagesLocationCHELTENHAM, United KingdomReuters / Tuesday, March 10, 2015Ruby Walsh on Annie Power fall at the final hurdle during the Mares' Hurdle during the Cheltenham Festival in western England February 11, 2015. Action Images via Reuters / Matthew Childs Livepic

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Argentine officials are investigating Monday's collision between two helicopters that killed eight French nationals and both Argentine pilots. Three well-known French sports personalities were among the victims of the collision during the filming of TV survival show Dropped.

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PhotographerAction Images

LocationCHELTENHAM, United Kingdom

Reuters / Tuesday, March 10, 2015Racegoers react during the

Cheltenham Festival in western England February 11, 2015.

Reuters / Eddie Keogh Livepic

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PhotographerFabrizio Bensch

LocationMARIENBERG, Germany

Reuters / Tuesday, March 10, 2015A German Bundeswehr armed forces

photographer takes pictures of soldiers with the 371st armored infantry

battalion next to Marder armouredinfantry vehicles during a media day at the barracks in Marienberg, Germany,

March 10, 2015. REUTERS/FabrizioBensch

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PhotographerSoe Zeya Tun

LocationLETPADAN, Myanmar


Student protesters face a police line before clashes in Letpadan,

Myanmar, March 10, 2015. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

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PhotographerNavesh ChitrakarLocationLALITPUR, NepalReuters / Tuesday, March 10, 2015A Tibetan man carries a portrait of exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, during the function to mark the 56th Tibetan Uprising Day at the Tibetan Refugee camp in Lalitpur, Nepal, March 10, 2015. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

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PhotographerIssei KatoLocation

Tokyo, JapanReuters / Tuesday, March 10, 2015

School children wearing padded hoods to protect them from falling debris sit

on running tracks during an earthquake simulation exercise at an elementary

school in Tokyo March 11, 2015. REUTERS/Issei Kato

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PhotographerHandout .LocationAhmedabad, IndiaReuters / Tuesday, March 10, 2015Solar Impulse 2, the world's first airplane flying on solar energy, lands in Ahmedabad, India, March 10, 2015. REUTERS/Jean Revillard/

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PhotographerJorge LopezLocationGUATEMALA CITY, GuatemalaReuters / Tuesday, March 10, 2015A plainclothes police officer (R) points to the San Juan de Dios Hospital as a woman (C) looks at the crime scene through a door damaged during a grenade attack outside the hospital, Guatemala City, Guatemala, March 10, 2015. REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez

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March 11 , 2015

Air Force One is seen at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. US President Barack Obama travelled to Georgia for the day where he spoke about the cost of education and attended an event for the Democratic National Committee.

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Tennis players Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina and Monica Seles of the United States pose for a selfie during the BNP Paribas Showdown at Madison Square Garden in New York. During her career Sabatini won the women's singles title at the US Open in 1990 - the only Argentine to have done so - and the women's doubles title at Wimbledon in 1988. Seles won eight Grand Slam singles titles before her 20th birthday.

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Nearly 600 people are taking part in the Pierra-Menta ski-climbing race in the Alps which sees them cover 10km over four days.

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The new cruise liner Anthem of the Seas is illuminated while being towed on the Ems river near Mitling Mark, Germany. on its delivery voyage across the North Sea. The ship is expected to be delivered to the US shipping company Royal Caribbean by late April.

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Skeletons are pictured at the site where eight mass graves, with more than 200 skeletons, were found under the Monoprix Reaumur Sebastopol store in Paris. The supermarket stands on the site of the cemetery of the Trinity hospital, founded in the 12th Century and destroyed at the end of the 18th.

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A protester holds a plank to avoid fire by police in Istanbul, in the clash after a rally in memory of a teenager murdered in 2013 in the anti-Government protests. This teen's death has become a cause for the opponents of Turkey's President to meet with each other.

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Rockets push for missile of NASA's space launch system during a two-minute test at test Orbital ATK. This is one of the two tests determine the rockets push to qualify for the launch space launch system before starting to put NASA's Orion spacecraft and its payload potential to further destinations in space.

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A creation of Iris Van Herpen in the design

of Currency/2015-2016 Eastern fashion

available even in Paris, France.

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FILE - In this March 26, 2011, file photo, a Japanese funeral parlor worker fills a mass grave for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Yamamoto,

northeastern Japan. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)

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In this Wednesday, March 4, 2015 photo, the lone pine tree that miraculously survived the deadly 2011 tsunami among 70,000 trees along the coastline, stands in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The tree, which was badly damaged from seawater after surviving the tsunami, was cut down in 2012 and treated for decay after which it was preserved using artificial materials. It was later placed back where it was found to stand as a symbol of hope and survival. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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People mourn for victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami during a special memorial event in Tokyo Wednesday, March 11, 2015. Still struggling to recover, the tsunami-hit region of northeastern Japan marked the fourth anniversary of the disaster Wednesday with simultaneous moments of silence along the coast. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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Women join their hands in prayer to mourn for victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Tokyo Wednesday, March 11, 2015. Still struggling to recover, the tsunami-hit region of northeastern Japan marked the fourth anniversary of the disaster Wednesday with simultaneous moments of silence along the coast. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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FILE - In this Tuesday, March 29, 2011, file photo, new Suzuki vehicles, destroyed by tsunami waters from the March 11 massive earthquake, are piled on the Suzuki company lot, in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture, Japan. Much of Japan's auto industry, the second largest supplier of cars in the world, remained idle two weeks after a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the country's northeast coast. (AP Photo/Wally Santana, File)

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A woman lights a candle in prayer to mourn for victims of the March 11,

2011, earthquake and tsunami during a special memorial event in Tokyo,

Wednesday, March 11, 2015. Still struggling to recover, the tsunami-hit region of northeastern Japan marked the fourth anniversary of the disaster

Wednesday with simultaneous moments of silence along the coast.

(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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A woman lights a candle in prayer to mourn for victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Tokyo Wednesday, March 11, 2015. Still struggling to recover, the tsunami-hit region of northeastern Japan marked the fourth anniversary of the March 11, 2011, disaster Wednesday with simultaneous moments of silence along the coast. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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A CodePink demonstrator is escorted out by a member of the Capitol Police on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 11, 2015, after attempting to interrupt the testimony by Secretary of State John Kerry, center, and Defense Secretary Ash Carter, left, before the Senate Foreign Relation Committee. America's top national security officials faced questions on Capitol Hill about new war powers being drafted to fight Islamic State militants, Iran's sphere of influence and hotspots across the Mideast. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Seized ammunition is displayed to the media at the police station in Necocli, Colombia, Wednesday, March 11, 2015. Ricardo Restrepo the commander of counter-narcotics police said that ammunition, weapons and about 170 kilograms of cocaine belonging to the "Los Usuga" criminal gang were seized on Tuesday in the rural town of Necocli, in Antioquia state. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

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A veiled woman walks through the Zafaye refugee camp, some 15 kms (10 miles) from downtown N'djamena, Chad, Wednesday March 11, 2015. Over 5000 refugees of Chadian descent who fled the fighting in Central African Republic have been living in the camp for over a year. Chad is also hosting thousands of refugees fleeing the current Boko Haram fighting in Nigeria. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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Omega Menders cries as she speaks to protesters demonstrating the shooting death of 27-year-old Anthony Hill by a police officer, Wednesday, March 11, 2015, in Decatur, Ga. A police officer responding to reports of a suspicious person knocking on doors and crawling on the ground naked at an apartment complex Monday just outside Atlanta fatally shot Hill. Officer Robert Olsen shot Hill twice when the man began running toward him and didn't stop when ordered, DeKalb County Chief of Police Cedric Alexander told reporters Monday. No weapon was found, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking into the shooting. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Jewish Ultra Orthodox join a realignment in favour of United Torah Judaism party in Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv. Israelis will vote in a parliamentary election on 17 March.

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PhotographerStringer .LocationDAMASCUS, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, March 11, 2015Boys inspect the damage at a site hit on Tuesday by what activists said were airstrikes by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the rebel-controlled area of Deir al-Asafir town, near Damascus March 11, 2015. REUTERS/AmerAlmohibany

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PhotographerSoe Zeya TunLocationLETPADAN, MyanmarReuters / Wednesday, March 11, 2015Student protesters are seen in a prison vehicle as they transported to a court in Letpadan, Myanmar, March 11, 2015. REUTERS/SoeZeya Tun

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PhotographerMohammad Ismail

LocationKABUL, Afghanistan

Reuters / Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Masooma Alizada, a member of Afghanistan's Women's National

Cycling Team walks with her bicycle in Kabul, February 20, 2015.

Afghanistan's Women's National Cycling Team has been breaking new

ground for women's sports and pushing the boundaries of what is -

and is not - acceptable for young women in the conservative Muslim

country. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

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PhotographerAthar HussainLocationKarachi, PakistanReuters / Wednesday, March 11, 2015A relative (C) mourning the death of Waqas Ali Shah, a supporter of the MuttahidaQaumi Movement (MQM) political party who was killed during a raid by paramilitary forces on MQM's headquarters, is comforted by others at a hospital morgue in Karachi, Pakistan, March 11, 2015. REUTERS/Athar Hussain

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PhotographerBobby YipLocationHONG KONG, ChinaReuters / Wednesday, March 11, 2015An installation, "Hang On a Minute Lads, I've Got a Great Idea" by British artist Richard Wilson, is displayed at The Peninsula hotel in Hong Kong March 11, 2015. The installation, which uses a full-sized replica coach balanced on top of the hotel's older section, is based on a scene from the movie "The Italian Job". REUTERS/Bobby Yip

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PhotographerStringer TurkeyLocationANKARA, TurkeyReuters / Wednesday, March 11, 2015Riot police use water cannon to disperse demonstrators during a protest in Ankara, Turkey, March 11, 2015. Turkish police fired water cannon and teargas at hundreds of protesters who had gathered to mark the first anniversary of the death of a teenager fatally wounded during anti-government demonstrations. REUTERS/Stringer

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PhotographerCharles PlatiauLocationPARIS, FranceReuters / Wednesday, March 11, 2015Models present creations by Italian designer Giambattista Vallias part of his Autumn/Winter 2015/2016 women's ready-to-wear collection for fashion house Moncler Gamme Rouge during Paris Fashion Week, March 11, 2015. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

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PhotographerRonen ZvulunLocationBNEI BRAK, IsraelReuters / Wednesday, March 11, 2015An ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy waves a banner during a rally in support of the United Torah Judaism party in Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv, March 11, 2015. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

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PhotographerGoran TomasevicLocationMISRATA, LibyaReuters / Wednesday, March 11, 2015Illegal immigrants stand in an immigration holding center on the outskirts of Misrata, Libya, March 11, 2015. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

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PhotographerGleb GaranichLocationKURAKHOVO, UkraineReuters / Wednesday, March 11, 2015Members of the Ukrainian armed forces take their positions near Kurakhovo, Ukraine, March 11, 2015. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

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The shower flow on the beach of Leblon in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on

March 11, 2015. A historic drought has caused the water taps are dry

in southern Brazil, especially in the city of Sao Paulo, South

America's largest, makes people worried they might be asked to

reduce the shower that they enjoyed.

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Photo taken from the video showed soldiers wanted bullets into a target in Tikrit, Iraq, 11/3/15

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PhotographerAction Images

LocationCHELTENHAM, United Kingdom

Reuters / Wednesday, March 11, 2015

A noticeboard shows photo finishes for close races on the second day of the Cheltenham Festival in western England, March 11, 2015. Reuters /

Dylan Martinez Livepic

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PhotographerMario AnzuoniLocationPASADENA, United StatesReuters / Wednesday, March 11, 2015Hostess Roxy Wood waits prior to the Drag Queen Bingo fundraiser to benefit the Pasadena Aids Service Center at Edwin Mills in Pasadena, California March 10, 2015. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

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PhotographerStringer .LocationSan Pedro Sula, HondurasReuters / Wednesday, March 11, 2015An injured inmate is escorted by military policemen after a prison riot in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, March 11, 2015. Three inmates were killed and 19 people were injured, including inmates and military policemen, in a riot after judicial authorities tried to transfer 21 dangerous inmates to a high security prison, a police spokesman said. REUTERS/Enrique Ordonez

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PhotographerAction ImagesReuters / Wednesday, March 11, 2015Jeremy Clarkson watches from the stands as Chelsea plays Paris St match at Stamford Bridge, London, March 11, 2015. Reuters / Stefan WermuthLivepic

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PhotographerJim Urquhart

LocationPROMONTORY, United States

Reuters / Wednesday, March 11, 2015People take pictures as the SLS five-

segment Solid Rocket Motor undergoes a static test fire at the Orbital ATK facility in

Promontory, Utah March 11, 2015. A beefed-up space shuttle solid rocket

motor passed a two-minute test firing in Utah, a key milestone toward the debut flight of NASA's deep-space launcher in

2018, the U.S. space agency said. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart

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PhotographerCiro LucaLocationNAPLES, ItalyReuters / Wednesday, March 11, 2015A huge poster shows a model wearing jeans and part of a nun's habit, on a building in Naples, Italy, March 11, 2015. Rosso di Sera, an Italian ready-to-wear clothing chain, has caused a stir by putting up the huge publicity poster of a semi-nude woman dressed as a nun in Naples less than two weeks before Pope Francis is due to visit the southern port city. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca

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PhotographerChristian HartmannLocationPARIS, FranceReuters / Wednesday, March 11, 2015Alain Vastine, the father of French boxer Alexis Vastine, reacts as he attends a ceremony to pay tribute to his son, to Olympic swimmer Camille Muffat and yachtswoman Florence Arthaud at the training headquarters of INSEP (National Institute for Sport and Physical Education) in Paris, March 11, 2015. France mourned the deaths of three sports stars who were among 10 people killed in an accident when two helicopters collided in a...more

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PhotographerAction ImagesLocationCHELTENHAM, United KingdomReuters / Wednesday, March 11, 2015Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (C), reacts with her children Tom (R) and Laura (L) as they watch the Coral Cup during the Cheltenham Festival in western England, March 11, 20015. Reuters / Dylan Martinez Livepic

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PhotographerYves HermanLocationBRUSSELS, BelgiumReuters / Wednesday, March 11, 2015Protesters gather in central Brussels during a trade unions meeting March 11, 2015. Several thousand public and private sector workers, employees and trade union members demonstrated over austerity measures undertaken by the Belgian government. REUTERS/Yves Herman

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PhotographerSoe Zeya TunLocationLETPADAN, MyanmarReuters / Wednesday, March 11, 2015Student protesters are seen gripping on to the bars of a prison vehicle as they are transported to a court in Letpadan March 11, 2015. Myanmar's opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) demanded an inquiry on Wednesday into clashes between police and protesters in which students, monks and journalists were beaten with batons and more than 100 people were arrested. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

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PhotographerStringer .LocationGUATEMALA, GuatemalaReuters / Wednesday, March 11, 2015People carry the coffins of the journalists Danilo Lopez (L) and Federico Salazar (R) in the streets of Mazatenango, south of Guatemala City, March 11, 2015. Two journalists, Danilo Lopez, of the newspaper Prensa Libre and Federico Salazar, of the Nuevo Mundo radio, were killed on March 10 in Mazatenango by gunmen. REUTERS/Josue Decavele

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PhotographerGleb GaranichLocationKURAKHOVO, UkraineReuters / Wednesday, March 11, 2015A Ukrainian soldier looks out from an armored vehicle at a position near Kurakhovo, not far from Donetsk March 11, 2015. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

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PhotographerRonen Zvulun

LocationBNEI BRAK, Israel

Reuters / Wednesday, March 11, 2015Ultra-Orthodox Jews take part in a rally

supporting the United Torah Judaism party in Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv March

11, 2015. Israelis will vote in a parliamentary election on March 17,

choosing among party lists of candidates to serve in the 120-seat

Knesset. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

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PhotographerKYODO KyodoLocationMinamisanriku, JapanReuters / Wednesday, March 11, 2015People observe a moment of silence during a rally at the local time when the magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off Japan's coast in 2011, near a tsunami-devastated disaster prevention office building, in Minamisanriku town, Miyagi prefecture, March 11, 2015, in this photo taken by Kyodo. REUTERS/Kyodo

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PhotographerMuhammad Hamed

LocationMAFRAQ, Jordan

Reuters / Wednesday, March 11, 2015Syrian refugee children raise their

hands as they attend class in a UNICEF school at the Al Zaatari

refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria,

March 11, 2015. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

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An armored vehicle of the Iraqi army was preparing to attack extremists Islamic State in Tikrit, 130 km north of the capital Baghdad.

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A photo balloon painter Vincent van Gogh flying above the mosque Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin in the Balloon Festival in Putrajaya, Malaysia.

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A worker on the costume Department of the designed spring/summer 2010 entitled ' Plato's Atlantis ' designer Alexander McQueen of exposition ' Savage Beauty ' about Alexander McQueen ' "in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England.

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The Chinese women, serve the participants in the Congress of people's deputies of shaping a picture on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China.

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Chinese hostesses, who serve the delegates of the National People’s Congress, have souvenir photos taken on Tiananmen Square during a plenary session of the NPC held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Thursday, March 12, 2015. Thousands of delegates from across the country are in the Chinese capital to attend the annual National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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A new South Korean military officer, center, stands still as other officers march during the joint commission ceremony of over 6,478 new military officers of the army, navy, air force and marines at the military headquarters in Gyeryong, south of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

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Olga, 5, who fled her separatist-held hometown of Horlivka, in a hostel for the internally displaced in the government-controlled city of Slovyansk, Donetsk’ region, Ukraine, Thursday, March 12, 2015. Ukraine’s government reported in early March that there are almost 1.1 million registered internally displaced people across the country. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

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A man sits next to artworks by Chinese artist Funa Ye at the art fair “Art Central” in Hong Kong, Thursday, March 12, 2015. Art Central is an art fair which attracted 75 galleries from around the world exhibiting from March 13 to 16. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

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Pieces of the remains of one of two helicopters that crashed sit on a table in a tent as French and Argentine experts, not seen, inspect the site of the crash near Villa Castelli, La Rioja province, Argentina, Thursday, March 12, 2015. Investigators have recovered the bodies from the remote site in northwest Argentina where the two helicopters collided in midair, killing 10 people, including two former French Olympians in a tragedy that shook France and brought renewed scrutiny of the dangers while filming reality shows. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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Homeless Indian men prepare themselves for the day ahead as they rise early morning by the banks of the River Yamuna in New Delhi, India, Thursday, March 12, 2015. Some 800 million people in the country live in poverty, many of them migrating to big cities in search of a livelihood and often ending up on the streets. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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This week, IS razed Nimrud, Northern Iraq-These are antiques Nimrud in the Museum of Baghdad

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This week, IS razed Nimrud, Northern Iraq-These are antiques Nimrud in the Museum of Baghdad

PhotographerJim YoungLocationFERGUSON, United StatesReuters / Thursday, March 12, 2015A police officer walks under the tape marking the perimeter around the Ferguson Police Department in Ferguson, Missouri, March 12, 2015. The shooting of two police officers in Ferguson during a protest rally sparked an intense manhunt for suspects and ratcheted up tensions in a city at the center of a national debate over race and policing. REUTERS/Jim Young

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PhotographerKate MunschLocationFERGUSON, United StatesReuters / Thursday, March 12, 2015Police arrests a protester outside the City of Ferguson Police Department and Municipal Court in Ferguson, Missouri, March 11, 2015. REUTERS/Kate Munsch

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PhotographerGleb GaranichLocationSLAVIANSK, UkraineReuters / Thursday, March 12, 2015Refugees, who left their homes because of the fighting in eastern Ukraine, are seen in a volunteer center in Slaviansk, Ukraine, March 12, 2015. REUTERS/GlebGaranich

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PhotographerAmir CohenLocationHOLON, IsraelReuters / Thursday, March 12, 2015Yair Lapid, head of Yesh Atidparty, speaks to supporters during a conference in Holon near Tel Aviv, March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

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FERGUSON, United StatesReuters / Thursday, March 12, 2015

Police officers respond to a fellow officer hit by gunfire outside the Ferguson Police

Headquarters in Ferguson, Missouri March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Lawrence

Bryant/St. Louis American

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PhotographerNASA NASA

LocationDzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan

Reuters / Thursday, March 12, 2015The Soyuz TMA-14M capsule with

International Space Station (ISS) crew members Barry Wilmore of the U.S.,

Alexander Samokutyaev and Elena Serova of Russia is seen above clouds as it

descends beneath a parachute just before landing southeast of Dzhezkazgan in

central Kazakhstan in this March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Bill Ingalls/NASA

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PhotographerTony Gentile

LocationROME, Italy

Reuters / Thursday, March 12, 2015

Tourists ride on Segways in downtown Rome, March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Tony Gentile

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PhotographerHani AmaraLocationTRIPOLI, LibyaReuters / Thursday, March 12, 2015Civilians and security personnel stand at the scene of an explosion at a police station in the Libyan capital Tripoli March 12, 2015. Militants claiming loyalty to Islamic State said they were responsible for a bomb attack on a police station in the Libyan capital on Thursday, a statement posted on Twitter said. REUTERS/Hani Amara

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PhotographerKim Hong-JiLocationGYERYONG, South KoreaReuters / Thursday, March 12, 2015A new South Korean military officer runs into an echelon as they attend a joint commissioning ceremony for 6,478 new officers from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines at the military headquarters in GyeryongMarch 12, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

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LocationTIKRIT, Iraq

Reuters / Thursday, March 12, 2015A Shi'ite fighter known as Hashid

Shaabi, runs as smoke rises from an explosives-laden military vehicle

driven by an Islamic State suicide bomber which exploded during an

attack on the southern edge of Tikrit March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-

Sudani

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationTIKRIT, IraqReuters / Thursday, March 12, 2015Shi'ite fighters known as HashidShaabi walk as smoke rises from an explosives-laden military vehicle driven by an Islamic State suicide bomber which exploded during an attack on the southern edge of Tikrit, Iraq, March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationTIKRIT, IraqReuters / Thursday, March 12, 2015A shi'ite fighter known as HashidShaabi keeps watch on the frontline, on the southern edge of Tikrit, Iraq, March 12, 2015. Iraqi security forces and mainly Shi'ite militia exchanged fire sporadically with Islamic State fighters in Tikrit, a day after they pushed into Saddam Hussein's home city in their biggest offensive yet against the militants. REUTERS/ThaierAl-Sudani

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationTIKRIT, IraqReuters / Thursday, March 12, 2015Shi'ite fighters known as HashidShaabi run with their weapons after an explosives-laden military vehicle driven by an Islamic State suicide bomber exploded during an attack on the southern edge of Tikrit March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationTIKRIT, IraqReuters / Thursday, March 12, 2015A Shi'ite fighter known as HashidShaabi walks near the flag of the Shi'ite fighters on the southern edge of Tikrit March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationTIKRIT, IraqReuters / Thursday, March 12, 2015Shi'ite fighters known as Hashid Shaabi run with their weapons as smoke rises after an explosives-laden military vehicle driven by an Islamic State suicide bomber exploded during an attack on the southern edge of Tikrit March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationTIKRIT, IraqReuters / Thursday, March 12, 2015Shi'ite fighters known as HashidShaabi ride in a military vehicle on the southern edge of Tikrit March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationTIKRIT, IraqReuters / Thursday, March 12, 2015Shi'ite fighters known as Hashid Shaabigather as smoke rises from an explosives-laden military vehicle driven by an Islamic State suicide bomber, which exploded during an attack on the southern edge of Tikrit March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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Reuters / Thursday, March 12, 2015Shi'ite fighters known as Hashid

Shaabi look at smoke from an explosives-laden military vehicle

driven by an Islamic State suicide bomber which exploded during an

attack on the southern edge of Tikrit March 12, 2015.


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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationTIKRIT, IraqReuters / Thursday, March 12, 2015Shi'ite fighters, known as Hashid Shaabi, keep watch with their weapons from the frontline on the southern edge of Tikrit March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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Reuters / Thursday, March 12, 2015

Shi'ite fighters known as HashidShaabi gather with their weapons

as smoke rises from an explosives-laden military vehicle driven by an

Islamic State suicide bomber which exploded during an attack

on the southern edge of Tikrit March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier

Al-Sudani

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationTIKRIT, IraqReuters / Thursday, March 12, 2015Shi'ite fighters known as HashidShaabi walk with their weapons on the southern edge of Tikrit March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationTIKRIT, IraqReuters / Thursday, March 12, 2015A Shi'ite fighter known as Hashid Shaabiruns with his weapon as smoke rises from an explosives-laden military vehicle driven by an Islamic State suicide bomber, which exploded during an attack on the southern edge of Tikrit March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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Reuters / Thursday, March 12, 2015Shi'ite fighters known as Hashid Shaabi gather

with their weapons as smoke rises from an explosives-laden military vehicle driven by an Islamic State suicide bomber which exploded

during an attack on the southern edge of Tikrit March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-

Sudani

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PhotographerJonathan ErnstLocationLOS ANGELES, United StatesReuters / Thursday, March 12, 2015President Obama laughs with show host Jimmy Kimmel during a commercial break in a taping of Jimmy Kimmel Live in Los Angeles March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

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PhotographerBrendan McDermidLocationNEW YORK, United StatesReuters / Thursday, March 12, 2015Jail cells are seen in the Enhanced Supervision Housing Unit at the Rikers Island Correctional facility in New York March 12, 2015. New York City is proposing to reduce violence among inmates at its troubled Rikers Island jail by limiting visitors, adding security cameras and separating rival gangs, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Thursday. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

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PhotographerRicardo Moraes

LocationRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil

Reuters / Thursday, March 12, 2015Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff (R) is greeted by Rio de Janeiro's Governor

Luiz Fernando Pezao during the inauguration ceremony of the Porto do

Futuro (Port of Future), a new area of Rio de Janeiro's port, March 12, 2015.

REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

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PhotographerKim Hong-JiLocationSEOUL, South KoreaReuters / Thursday, March 12, 2015A construction worker looks out from 99th floor of LotteWorld Tower, which is currently under construction, in Seoul, South Korea, March 4, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

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PhotographerYannis BehrakisLocationATHENS, GreeceReuters / Thursday, March 12, 2015A man talks on the phone in his office (top L) at Greece's Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the Greek parliament is reflected on the building in Athens March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis

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PhotographerSuzanne PlunkettLocationLONDON, United KingdomReuters / Thursday, March 12, 2015A dress from the Alexander McQueen Eshu, autumn/winter 2000-2001 collection is diplayed in the Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty exhibition at the V&A in London, March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett

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PhotographerEduard KorniyenkoLocationStavropol, RussiaReuters / Thursday, March 12, 2015Servicemen load air-to-ground missiles onto a Sukhoi Su-25 jet fighter during a drill at the Russian southern Stavropol region, March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Eduard Korniyenko

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PhotographerRandall HillLocationISLE OF PALMS, United StatesReuters / Thursday, March 12, 2015Staff with the South Carolina Aquarium, the Sea Turtle Rescue Program and South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, release a leatherback turtle in Isle of Palms, South Carolina March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Randall Hill

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PhotographerMarko DjuricaLocationCHORNUKHYNE, UkraineReuters / Thursday, March 12, 2015People queue for a free bread distributed by pro-Russian rebels in the village of Chornukhynenear the town of Debaltseve, north-east from Donetskkk, March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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PhotographerEdgard Garrido

LocationMexico City, Mexico

Reuters / Thursday, March 12, 2015A demonstrator wearing a Guy Fawkes mask (R) holds a sign

during a protest against the dismissal of two investigative journalists Daniel Lizarraga and Irving Huerta from a news

programme on MVS Radio, outside the station in Mexico City March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

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March 13 , 2015

More than 20,000 runners, from about 60 countries, took part in the annual Jerusalem Marathon.

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A guard guiding visitors on a tour of Bialolekaprison, Warsaw, as Polish jails opened their doors for a day to show what life is like behind bars.

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Young Palestinians practise their Parkour skills on a mural attributed to the British street artist Banksy, which depicts children swinging on an Israeli army watch tower, in the Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun.

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The first annual Underwear Karaoke event in Los Angeles, California, which organisers say combines two common fears: being seen in your underwear and singing in public.

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A Tibetan Buddhist prostrates herself during a pilgrimage for the Monlam prayer festival at Labrang monastery in the north-western Chinese province of Gansu.

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The Queen Mary 2 (left) with the Queen Victoria in Sydney Harbour, Australia, to mark the Cunard liner company's 175th anniversary.

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An Indian woman stood next to two wooden crosses with poppies in a memorial ceremony at the Memorial to the Indians during World War I at Neuve Chapelle, France. Memorial honoring more than 4,700 soldiers and Indian workers were killed on the Western front in World War I and have no known grave.

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Skier Ann Osman of Malaysia advanced into the arena carrying flags of Malaysia for the battle to win the mixed martial art athletes WalaaAbbas of Egypt in Kuala Lumpur. Osman is the female Muslim Boxer first competed in the highest level of the sport.

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The ruins are attributed to Musahi ships during World War II under the sea in the Sibuyan sea. Determination of the ship is assumed to be of a Japanese battleship Musashi, was the first time for the world to see more than 70 years after it sank during a naval battle off the coast of the Philippines.(Photo: AFP Photo/Paul G. Allen)

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Elephants enjoy a "buffet" of fruits and vegetables in Thailand's national Elephant Day in the ancient capital of Ayutthaya. A Thai elephant honored with special fruits and Buddhist ceremonies across the country to pay homage to the animals to represent their country.

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Chinook helicopters of the Royal Air Force to fly over London in a ceremony at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. The Queen and the Prime Minister he and veterans took part in the celebrations of the end of British combat operations in Afghanistan. Almost 150,000 Britons who served in the conflict, and 453 people.

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A new planning paradigm for Egypt's capital was offered to the investors at the opening Conference of the economic development of Egypt in Sharm el-Sheikh, South Sinai province, about 550 kilometers south of Cairo. Egypt is expected to sign a number of memorandum at the Conference, including the construction of a new administrative capital cost about 40 billion dollars.

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A sea turtle Olive Ridley Sea turtles crawling to the sea after making the drive to lay eggs, at the Rushikullya Beach in the State of Orissa in eastern India. Hundreds of Olive Ridley Sea Turtle swimming back each year on the East coast of India to do bulk drives.

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People stand in front of the oil painting "Goldfish" (1989) by Rainer Fetting in a press conference at the exhibition ' painting exhibition Week, ' a project for The exhibition of Berlin's Kulturfabrik at Raab in Apolda, in Western Germany. The exhibition lasts until July 14, 2015.

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People gather at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Washington, USA.

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Supporters of the centre-left party Alliance Formed the Jewish nation of Israel dressed entitled two Board of the party's leader, Isaac Herzog, also known by the nickname of Buji, and TzipiLivni, during a rest stop in his campaigns in the southern city of Ashdod. Close to the centre-left opposition won in general elections next week, with recent public opinion polls before the voting on March 17 shows the party is leading with a solid margin before the party of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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An Egyptian military helicopter circles over the venue of a major economic conference seeking billions of dollars in investment that will bring together hundreds of business executives and foreign leaders, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Friday, March 13, 2015. Egypt’s Gulf Arab allies promised it $12 billion in new investment and aid on Friday, as President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi opened the international conference to promote an ambitious recovery plan for his country’s ailing economy. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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A eunuch dances during a rally to mark the congregation of thousands of eunuchs from different parts of India, in Jammu, India, Friday, March 13, 2015. The term eunuchs is used in India to describe transvestites, transsexuals and others who identify themselves as neither male nor female but as a member of a third gender. They traditionally survive by begging, dancing at weddings or blessing newborn babies and are frequently subjected to discrimination. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

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Ann Catrin brilliant makeup when she visited the Leipzig book fair in Leipzig, East Germany. The authors, readers and publishers converge on this fair from October 12 to November 3, and is the meeting place of the proponents of the art of manga and cosplay.

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An official exits St. Paul’s Cathedral, in central London, following a service of commemoration to pay tribute to members of the British armed forces past and present who served on operations in Afghanistan, Friday, March 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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A helicopter flies over New York City as the moon rises near a building seen from Jersey City, N.J., Friday, March 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Volcanic ash on the flowers after the eruption of the volcano

Turrialba in El Roble near Turrialba, Costa Rica. The volcano spewing a column of gas and ash up to 1 km

into the air on Thursday in the strongest eruption the past two

decades, and local authorities have begun to evacuate the residents

from the surrounding area.

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DAMASCUS, SyriaReuters / Friday, March 13, 2015

An injured boy reacts in a field hospital after what activists said were

air strikes by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the

Douma neighbourhood of Damascus March 13, 2015.

REUTERS/Mohammed Badra

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PhotographerCathal McNaughton

LocationLONDONDERRY, United

KingdomReuters / Friday, March 13,

2015A lighting technician puts the

finishing touches to Temple, a cross-community arts project that aims to demonstrate the transformative power of the

arts in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, March 13, 2015. It has been built and raised by more

than 100 individuals drawn from communities across the

city, working together with Californian artist David Best.

REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton

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PhotographerGustau Nacarino

LocationPIERA, Spain

Reuters / Friday, March 13, 2015Maria, the mother of 18-year-old Ismael who was arrested in Piera

on suspicion of having links to Islamic militant activities, weeps

at their home in Piera, northeastern Spain, March 13,

2015. REUTERS/Gustau Nacarino

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PhotographerJason LeeLocationBEIJING, ChinaReuters / Friday, March 13, 2015Former NBA basketball player Yao Ming (2nd L) walks past security personnel as he arrives for the closing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) outside the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, March 13, 2015. REUTERS/Jason Lee

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Reuters / Friday, March 13, 2015

Shi'ite fighters, known as Hashid Shaabi, fire their

weapons during clashes with Islamic State militants in

northern Tikrit, Iraq, March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

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PhotographerSTRINGER Iraq


Reuters / Friday, March 13, 2015Shi'ite fighters, known as Hashid

Shaabi, clash with Islamic State militants, as one tries to put a Shi'ite flag in the ground, in northern Tikrit,

Iraq March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

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Battle for Tikrit

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationTIKRIT, IraqReuters / Friday, March 13, 2015A Shi'ite fighter sleeps on the ground in northern Tikrit, March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

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A member of the Iraqi security forces holds his weapon in Al Hadidiya, south of Tikrit.-Mar 13

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Battle for Tikrit

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationTIKRIT, IraqReuters / Friday, March 13, 2015A military vehicle, belonging to Shi'ite fighters known as HashidShaabi, burns after being hit by Islamic State militants, during clashes in northern Tikrit, March 11, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

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Battle for Tikrit

PhotographerSTRINGER IraqLocationNAJAF, IraqReuters / Friday, March 13, 2015Mourners carry the coffin of a Shi'ite fighter who was killed in clashes with Islamic State militants in Tikrit, during his funeral in Najaf March 13, 2015. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

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The road to Tikrit- Mar 13

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PhotographerMarko DjuricaLocationDEBALTSEVE, UkraineReuters / Friday, March 13, 2015A woman pushes a bicycle past a destroyed house in the town of Debaltseve, north-east from Donetsk, March 13, 2015. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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PhotographerMarko DjuricaLocationDEBALTSEVE, UkraineReuters / Friday, March 13, 2015A man checks his mobile phone in front of his destroyed house in the town of Debaltseve, north-east from Donetsk, March 13, 2015. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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PhotographerMarko DjuricaLocationDEBALTSEVE, UkraineReuters / Friday, March 13, 2015Ammunition in a ditch at a field in the town of Debaltseve, north-east from Donetsk, March 13, 2015. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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PhotographerMarko Djurica

LocationDEBALTSEVE, Ukraine

Reuters / Friday, March 13, 2015

An elderly woman walks along a street in the town of Debaltseve, north-east from Donetsk, March 13,

2015. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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PhotographerMarko DjuricaLocationDEBALTSEVE, UkraineReuters / Friday, March 13, 2015A woman with an umbrella walks past destroyed houses in the town of Debaltseve, north-east from Donetsk, March 13, 2015. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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LocationDEBALTSEVE, Ukraine

Reuters / Friday, March 13, 2015A woman walks along a street past a

destroyed building in the town of Debaltseve, north-east from

Donetsk, March 13, 2015. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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PhotographerMarko DjuricaLocationDEBALTSEVE, UkraineReuters / Friday, March 13, 2015Children walk along a street past a destroyed house in the town of Debaltseve, north-east from Donetsk, March 13, 2015. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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PhotographerMarko DjuricaLocationDEBALTSEVE, UkraineReuters / Friday, March 13, 2015A woman stands in front of her destroyed house in the town of Debaltseve, north-east from Donetsk, March 13, 2015. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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Fleeing Islamic State

PhotographerSTRINGER IraqLocationHABBANIYAH, IraqReuters / Friday, March 13, 2015Displaced Iraqi Sunnis fleeing from Islamic State militants in Anbar province, receive aid supplies at Camp Habbaniyah between the cities of Fallujah and Ramadi, March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

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PhotographerSTRINGER IraqLocationHABBANIYAH, IraqReuters / Friday, March 13, 2015Displaced women sit outside of their tent at Camp Habbaniyahbetween the cities of Fallujah and Ramadi, March 12, 2015. Picture taken March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

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PhotographerSTRINGER Iraq

LocationHABBANIYAH, Iraq

Reuters / Friday, March 13, 2015Children displaced from Anbar province

smile as they pose for a photograph at Camp Habbaniyah between the cities of

Fallujah and Ramadi, March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

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PhotographerSTRINGER IraqLocationHABBANIYAH, IraqReuters / Friday, March 13, 2015A displaced woman ignites a fire before making bread at Camp Habbaniyah, between the cities of Fallujah and Ramadi, March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

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PhotographerSTRINGER IraqLocationHABBANIYAH, IraqReuters / Friday, March 13, 2015Displaced Iraqi Sunni children from Anbar province, study at Camp Habbaniyah between the cities of Fallujah and Ramadi, March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

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PhotographerJim YoungLocationFERGUSON, United StatesReuters / Friday, March 13, 2015A man walks by the burned out remains of a business in Ferguson, Missouri, March 13, 2015. Bulldozers are beginning to tear down some of the stores destroyed by fire along West Florissant Avenue, the worst-hit thoroughfare in the city left largely abandoned after violent protests and looting in November that erupted after a grand jury verdict in the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown by white policeman Darren...more

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PhotographerStringer China

LocationKOKANG, Myanmar

Reuters / Saturday, March 14, 2015The MNDAA was formed from remnants of the Communist Party of Burma, a powerful

China-backed guerrilla force that battled the Myanmar government until it splintered in

1989. REUTERS/Stringer

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PhotographerStringer ChinaLocationKOKANG, MyanmarReuters / Saturday, March 14, 2015Myanmar government forces have been battling rebels on the border with China since last month and China has urged Myanmar to "lower the temperature". REUTERS/Stringer

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PhotographerStringer ChinaLocationKOKANG, MyanmarReuters / Saturday, March 14, 2015Rebel soldiers of Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) patrol near a military base in Kokangregion, March 10, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

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PhotographerRafael Marchante

LocationLisbon, Portugal

Reuters / Sunday, March 15, 2015A model holds her shoes before Saymyname show during Lisbon Fashion Week in Portugal March

15, 2015. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante

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PhotographerFred Thornhill

LocationHAMILTON, Canada

Reuters / Sunday, March 15, 2015Members of Magic! pose

backstage after winning the award for Breakthrough group of

the year at the 2015 Juno Awards in Hamilton, Canada March 15, 2015. REUTERS/Fred Thornhill

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PhotographerMike SegarLocationCROTON-ON-HUDSON, United StatesReuters / Sunday, March 15, 2015A red-tailed hawk sits on a pole above a field of snow near Croton Point in the town of Croton-on-Hudson, New York March 15, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar

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PhotographerBassam Khabieh

LocationDAMASCUS, Syria

Reuters / Sunday, March 15, 2015A man cries over the bodies of relatives

after what activists said were eight air strikes by forces loyal to Syria's President

Bashar al-Assad in Douma Eastern Al-Ghouta, near Damascus, Syria March 15,

2015. Activists said there were more than 25 dead and many more injured after the

airstrikes. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh

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PhotographerMariana BazoLocationPARACAS, PeruReuters / Sunday, March 15, 2015Pelicans try to catch a fish thrown by a fisherman on a fishing pier in Paracas National Reserve in Ica, Peru March 15, 2015. REUTERS/ Mariana Bazo

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PhotographerJorge SilvaLocationCARACAS, VenezuelaReuters / Sunday, March 15, 2015Venezuela's militia members and supporters of President Nicolas Maduro holds letters during a rally outside Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela March 15, 2015. Venezuela's parliament granted President Maduro decree powers for the rest of 2015 in a move he says is to defend the country from U.S. meddling but opponents decry as evidence of autocracy. In a noisy National Assembly session, ruling Socialist Party legislators, who...more

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LocationSIRTE, Libya

Reuters / Sunday, March 15, 2015Fighters from Misrata fire

weapons at Islamic State militants near Sirte, Libya March 15, 2015.

REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

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PhotographerBassam KhabiehLocationDAMASCUS, SyriaReuters / Sunday, March 15, 2015A man looks for survivors amid the rubble of collapsed buildings after what activists said were eight air strikes by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in DoumaEastern Al-Ghouta, near Damascus, Syria March 15, 2015. Activists said there were more than 25 dead and many more injured after the airstrikes. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh

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PhotographerJason ReedLocationMELBOURNE, AustraliaReuters / Sunday, March 15, 2015A fan tries to take a photo of the podium ceremony after the Australian F1 Grand Prix at the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne, Australia March 15, 2015. REUTERS/Jason Reed

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PhotographerMani Rana

LocationLAHORE, Pakistan

Reuters / Sunday, March 15, 2015

People from the Christian community beat a

motorist who refuses to respect a road block after twin blast attacks on two

churches in Lahore, Pakistan March 15, 2015.

Bombs outside two churches in the Pakistani

city of Lahore killed 14 people and wounded

nearly 80 during Sunday services, and witnesses

said quick action by a security guard prevented

many more deaths. A Pakistani Taliban splinter

group claimed responsibility....more

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PhotographerNacho DoceLocationSAO PAULO, BrazilReuters / Sunday, March 15, 2015Demonstrators march in a protest against Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff at Paulistaavenue in Sao Paulo, Brazil March 15, 2015. Over one million demonstrators marched in cities and towns across Brazil to protest a sluggish economy, rising prices and corruption - and to call for the impeachment of leftist President Rousseff. The marches across the continent-sized country come as Brazil struggles to overcome economic and political...more

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PhotographerTatyana MakeyevaLocationMoscow, RussiaReuters / Sunday, March 15, 2015Orthodox nuns watch firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the bell tower of Novodevichy monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in Moscow, Russia March 15, 2015. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva

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LocationUSPENKA, Ukraine

Reuters / Sunday, March 15, 2015A woman takes a nap inside a bus

while waiting to cross the Uspenkaborder crossing between Ukraine

and Russia, southeast from Donetsk, Ukraine March 15, 2015. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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PhotographerKate Munsch

LocationFERGUSON, United States

Reuters / Sunday, March 15, 2015Michael Brown supporters confront

Ferguson police supporters outside the Ferguson Police Department and Municipal

Court in Ferguson, Missouri, March 15, 2015. News of Sunday's arrest of suspect

Jeffrey Williams in last week's shooting of two policemen during a protest rally in

Ferguson, prompted a show of support for Ferguson's beleaguered police force.

Williams, 20, has admitted to firing the shots that wounded the officers early...more

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PhotographerJamal SaidiLocationBEKAA, LebanonReuters / Sunday, March 15, 2015A Syrian girl stands under drawings made by children at a makeshift settlement for Syrian refugees in Bar Elias, in the Bekaa valley, Lebanon March 15, 2015. March 15 marks the fourth anniversary of peaceful protests against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, leading to the devastating civil conflict in the country. Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said more than 215,000 people have been killed since the start of...more

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The skaters and skiers pulled by the kite to pull competes in an annual Amateur Championship in the Yenisei River freezes in Taiga areas outside the city of Krasnoyarsk in Siberia of Russia, January 3, 2015.

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PhotographerRafael Marchante

LocationLisbon, Portugal

Reuters / Sunday, March 15, 2015A model presents a creation by

designer Nadir Tati, as part of the Fall/Winter 2015 collection, during

Lisbon Fashion Week in Portugal, March 15, 2015. REUTERS/Rafael

Marchante

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An Iraqi soldier takes photos of the demolished tomb of former Iraqi

president, Saddam Hussein, in Tikrit, 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Baghdad,

Iraq, Sunday, March 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

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The 3ft-wide El Caminito del Rey (King's little path), a walkway hanging on the steep walls in Ardales near Malaga, was closed in the mid-1990s for safety reasons but following restoration will reopen at the end of the month.Mar. 15 , 2015

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The journalists visiting the roads named "El Caminito del Rey" (King's Road), a narrow walkway hanging on escarpments in Ardalesnear Malaga, Spain, on 15 March, 2015. Broad Street 7.7 kilometers long and a meter, hanging on the cliff at an altitude of 100 metres, Ardales was closed in the mid-1990s after a number of pedestrians killed.

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PhotographerJon Nazca

LocationEL CHORRO-ALORA, Spain

Reuters / Sunday, March 15, 2015Journalists walk along the new Caminito

del Rey (The King's Little Pathway) in El Chorro-Alora, near Malaga, southern Spain

March 15, 2015. Dubbed by many media outlets as the world's scariest pathway, the

three-kilometer long pathway, which was built at about 100 meters (330 ft) above

the gorge of Los Gaitanes between the years of 1901 and 1905, was closed in

2001 after five people died. A new walkway has then been built over

the...more

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PhotographerJon Nazca

LocationEL CHORRO-ALORA, Spain

Reuters / Sunday, March 15, 2015Journalists (L) walk along the new Caminito del Rey (The King's Little

Pathway) in El Chorro-Alora, near Malaga, southern Spain March 15, 2015. Dubbed

by many media outlets as the world's scariest pathway, the three-kilometer

long pathway, which was built at about 100 metres (330 ft) above the gorge of

Los Gaitanes between the years of 1901 and 1905, was closed in 2001 after five

people died. A new walkway has then been built over...more

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