X-ray analysis of an 18th-century violin in France, scenes from the the Academy Awards in Hollywood, a march for International Women’s Day in Mexico, the launch of a SpaceX rocket in Texas, whitewater canoeing in New Zealand, Ramadan prayers in Indonesia, the Crufts dog show in England, and much more
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Demonstrators take part in a march to mark International Women's Day in San Salvador on March 9, 2024. #
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The Aurora Borealis, seen in the sky above Kiruna, Sweden, on March 7, 2024. #
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Lightning strikes during a thunderstorm in Montevideo, Uruguay, on March 12, 2024. #
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This photograph taken on March 10, 2024, shows the French landmark Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy, northwestern France. #
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A man walks near one of the ancient statues of the tomb of King Antiochus after snowfall atop Mount Nemrut, near Adıyaman, Turkey, on March 9, 2024. #
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Newborn lambs are seen roaming the fields at Somerset Sheep Trekking on March 7, 2024, in Pitminster, United Kingdom. #
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Viking, a 3-year-old Australian shepherd co-owned by Melanie Raymond, John Shaw, and Kerry Kirtley, wins Best in Show during Crufts 2024 at NEC Arena on March 10, 2024, in Birmingham, England. #
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An Afghan hound is groomed before being judged on the last day of the Crufts dog show in Birmingham, England, on March 10, 2024. #
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A Tibetan man with his face painted participates in a protest march held to mark the 65th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, in the northern hill town of Dharamsala, India, on March 10, 2024. #
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Indonesian Hindus carry Ogoh-ogoh, a statue symbolizing an evil spirit, before a parade on the eve of Nyepi, in Klungkung, Bali, on March 10, 2024. #
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Men fight with burning coconut leaves as a ritual of ablution by fire during Lukat Geni in Bali on March 10, 2024, on the eve of Nyepi. #
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Mohammed El-Dahshan, a "Mesaharati," or dawn-caller, prepares to ride his camel decorated with colored lights to wake Muslims for a meal before sunrise, during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, in the Delta city of Dikernis, Egypt, on March 14, 2024. #
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Indonesian Muslims take part in the evening mass prayers called Tarawih, on the first night of Ramadan, at the Grand Mosque of Istiqlal in Jakarta, Indonesia, on March 11, 2024. #
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Muslims eat their Iftar meal on the first day of Ramadan on a street in New Delhi, India, on March 12, 2024. #
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Men carry women during a competition and Guinness World Record attempt in Phnom Penh on March 8, 2024. Hundreds of Cambodian couples braved the tropical heat to set an unusual new world record—for the most people performing a "bridal carry" at the same time. #
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Riders Augusto Fernandez (foreground) and Brad Binder lean into a turn during the first free practice session of the Qatar MotoGP Grand Prix at the Lusail International Circuit in Lusail, north of Doha, on March 8, 2024. #
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King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands wears VR goggles during a visit to MINDbase of the Dutch Material and IT Agency in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on March 13, 2024. #
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Finn Butcher paddles down a whitewater course during a Paris 2024 NZOC Canoe Slalom Selection Announcement at Vector Wero Whitewater Park in Auckland, New Zealand, on March 13, 2024. #
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An installation by the artist Chavis Marmol features a Tesla 3 car crushed by a nine-ton Olmec-inspired head, seen in Mexico City on March 13, 2024. #
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The SpaceX Starship Flight 3 Rocket launches from the Starbase facility in Brownsville, Texas, on March 14, 2024. The operation was SpaceX's third attempt at launching this rocket into space. #
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Tourists and residents of Tultepec watch as fireworks are used to set fire to a bull sculpture during a festival on March 8, 2024, in Mexico City, Mexico. #
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Revelers watch a bonfire, as Bulgarians celebrate Mesni Zagovezni, an Orthodox Christian holiday during which they chase away evil spirits with fire rituals, in the village of Lozen, some 15km southwest of Sofia, on March 10, 2024. #
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A demonstrator performs during a march to mark International Women's Day in Mexico City, on March 8, 2024. #
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A model displays a creation from the apparel brand "FAF" by Japanese designer Kazuho Arai for the autumn/winter collection during Tokyo Fashion Week in Japan on March 12, 2024. #
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Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi, and Tatsuji Nojima pose with the Oscar for Best Visual Effects for "Godzilla Minus One" in the Oscars photo room at the 96th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, on March 10, 2024. #
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Messi, a dog performer featured in the film "Anatomy of a Fall," is photographed in the audience during the 96th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on March 10, 2024, in Hollywood, California. #
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This photograph taken on March 11, 2024, shows the famous violin "Il Cannone," made in 1743 and played by the great virtuoso Niccolo Paganini, being examined by a synchrotron during a non-destructive X-ray analysis carried out by scientists at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France. #
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A member of a family of mountain gorillas, living under protection in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site in the Kanungu District of Uganda, photographed on March 11, 2024 #
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A serval growls in its enclosure in the animal shelter of the Saint-Martin-La-Plaine zoological park, in France, on March 7, 2024. #
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Wendy Adriaens, the founder of De Passiehoeve, an animal rescue farm where animals support people with autism, depression, anxiety, or drug problems, offers a hug to Blondie, a 6-year-old female ostrich at Passiehoeve farm in Kalmthout, Belgium, on March 8, 2024. #
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Surfers ride a wave on a hot Autumn day at Freshwater Beach in Sydney, Australia, on March 12, 2024. #
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An Airbus A300-600ST "Beluga" cargo aircraft flies over the city of Toulouse, France, after taking off on March 13, 2024. #
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A retired British Airways Concorde supersonic airliner is lifted by a crane as it is returned to the Intrepid Museum on March 14, 2024, in New York City. The Concorde, one of a fleet of seven once owned by British Airways, departed the Weeks Marine in Jersey City, New Jersey, for its return to the Intrepid Museum following a months-long restoration project at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. #
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Parachutes carry crates of humanitarian aid that were air-dropped into the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, on March 11, 2024. #
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A Palestinian woman reacts after her apartment was destroyed in an Israeli raid in Hamad City, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on March 13, 2024. #
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