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1/20
On the rise
Israel continues to wage war in the Gaza Strip.
Here a tank rolls across the fields along the border.
The USA in particular is pushing for a ceasefire before the fasting month of Ramadan.
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Photo:
Jack Guez/AFP
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2/20
Dry as dust
140 kilometers south of Casablanca, near the al-Massira Dam, is the village of Ouled Essi Masseoud.
The earth is completely dry here.
It hardly rained in Morocco all winter.
The water levels in the dams reached critical lows as early as January.
Photo: Fadel Senna / AFP
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3/20
Blow hard once
The face in the colors of the Indian national flag, a mussel in his mouth: This cricket fan from India has made it his mission to stand out at the test match between India and England.
Now you would like to know what the sound of the shell sounds like.
Photo: Sajjad Hussain / AFP
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4/20
Transparent maneuver
Transparency was a big theme at Paris Fashion Week.
Once again there was a lot of naked female skin on display, like here on the Zomer catwalk.
Photo: Geoffroy van der Hasselt / AFP
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5/20
New old clothes
A new version of the work of art “Venus in Rags” was unveiled in Naples.
In it, the artist Michelangelo Pistoletto pairs a marble sculpture of the goddess Venus with a pile of discarded clothing.
The prominent representative of Arte Povera originally created the installation in 1967, but in 2023 a huge version of it was installed in the Piazza del Municipio in Naples.
Two weeks later it burned down, apparently someone had set the fire.
Mayor Gaetano Manfredi announced that reconstruction would take place soon: "Violence and vandalism will not stop art in Naples." Now the Venus is back in the city's central square.
Photo: Fabio Sasso / Flash Press Agency / IMAGO
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6/20
Here, at work!
The Pope appears for his weekly audience in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican.
Photo: Alberto Pizzoli / AFP
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7/20
Dispute over land
A woman in front of a corrugated iron hut outside the South African city of Bloemfontein.
Lourier Park residents are concerned about their safety in the face of thousands of trespassers illegally occupying city property.
There is no running water on the site, but groups still want to occupy it.
Cases of land grabbing occur again and again in South Africa.
Photo: Marco Longari / AFP
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8/20
End of energy
This activist from the initiative poses in a pine forest near the Tesla Gigafactory in Berlin-Brandenburg
“Stop Tesla” in front of tent structures installed in the trees.
By occupying an area of approximately 120 hectares of forest that is to be cleared to expand the site, the group is opposing the planned expansion of the factory site.
Environmental activists said the occupation was planned for an indefinite period of time.
Photo: Patrick Pleul / dpa
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9/20
It still stands
A drone shot shows a house amidst a burned landscape after the Smokehouse Creek Fire in Texas.
The forest fire is one of the largest in US history.
Photo: Adrees Latif / REUTERS
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10/20
famine
A Palestinian feeds cats in a hospital compound in the southern Gaza Strip.
The supply situation in the area is catastrophic because of Israel's war against Hamas. After a visit, a team from the World Health Organization reported that children were starving.
Photo: AFP
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11/20
Rock the mountain
For a long time, mountaineering in Bolivia was a male activity.
Then came the Cholitas escaladoras, the climbing Cholitas who climb the mountains in skirts.
Julia Quispe Tincuta (pictured) also belongs to this group.
The Cholitas escaladoras are a small group of indigenous women who want to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 2025.
But they are already preparing – like here at Huayna Potosí near El Alto in Bolivia.
Photo: Claudia Morales / REUTERS
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12/20
At the mercy of the snow
An Afghan boy plays in the snow in Kabul.
At least 20 people died last week due to sudden floods and heavy snowfall in Afghanistan, the Taliban government's disaster management ministry said.
In the wake of the climate crisis, natural disasters are increasing in intensity and severity.
According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Afghanistan is among the least prepared countries in the world.
Photo: Samiullah Popal / EPA
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13/20
Curtain up for the main actor
China's National People's Congress met in Beijing this week.
All eyes were on Xi Jinping, China's head of state and party.
The new Premier Li Qiang conspicuously bowed long and deeply to him.
Li's predecessor is said to have been more distant towards Xi.
He died of a heart attack last year.
Photo: Jade Gao / AFP
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14/20
Confusing
Museum visitors are confronted with the installations of the Israeli artist Roy Nachum.
Nachum opens a new exhibition center in New York, not far from the site of the World Trade Center.
The Mercer Labs – subtitled “Museum of Art and Technology” – advertises experimental exhibition spaces and interactive experiences.
Beyond the art scene, Roy Nachum became a cover artist for Rihanna's album "Anti," for which he won a Grammy.
Photo: Angela Weiss / AFP
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15/20
Heart wall
More than 220,000 hearts were painted on this 500 meter long wall in 2021.
Each represents a person who has died from Covid-19 in the UK.
The monument stretches along the River Thames and is directly opposite the Houses of Parliament.
Many of the hearts were and are still personalized by the bereaved.
Photo: Justin Tallis / AFP
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16/20
With umbrella, charm and good looks
People on their way to the annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade in Sydney.
The three-week festival has been taking place since 1978.
Photo: David Gray / AFP
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17/20
fighter
A Filipina at a demonstration on the evening of International Women's Day.
At a demonstration in Manila, activists demanded more women's rights and protection from sexual violence.
Photo: Francis R. Malasig / EPA
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18/20
Mission ISS
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The journey to the International Space Station begins here for three astronauts.
However, it is not the first attempt: the start was postponed several times due to bad weather.
Photo: Chris O'Meara / AP
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19/20
Northern Lights Festival
Foreign missions are often long and full of hardships.
The British soldiers from the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Walesl were at least able to marvel at the view off the Norwegian coast.
Photo: UK Ministry of Defense - RAF / AP
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20/20
Breaks in company
There are a particularly large number of one-horned rhinos living in the Pobitora wildlife sanctuary in India.
The mood seems to be good with the flying roommates.
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Photo: Anupam Nath / AP