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1/21
Saved from destruction
A wooden boat with dozens of Rohingya on board capsized off the coast of Indonesia on Wednesday. Fishermen later reported the accident. The refugees were finally rescued from the waters.
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Photo: Reza Saifullah / AP
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2/21
Spring fish
Goldfish are offered at a flower market in Tehran. The population celebrates the beginning of spring with the traditional Nowruz festival. The 3,500-year-old Persian tradition still celebrates relevant values such as the appreciation of family and closeness to nature.
Photo: Majid Asgaripour / REUTERS
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3/21
Onlookers
At the beginning of February, an election postponement in Senegal caused uproar. The election is now scheduled to take place this Sunday. The outgoing president's preferred successor is Amadou Ba. Supporters of the unpopular candidate gathered at a campaign rally this week.
Photo: Carmen Abd Ali / AFP
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4/21
Surprise guest
“Elections” took place in Russia last week. Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of opposition politician Alexei Navalny, who died in Russian custody, appeared in Berlin to protest against the vote in Russia. She unexpectedly joined the queue in front of the Russian embassy. She wrote her husband's name on the ballot paper.
Photo: Annegret Hilse / REUTERS
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5/21
spring feelings
Shrine visit in Kabul, Afghanistan: The New Year and Spring festival, called Nowruz, is celebrated by more than 300 million people worldwide. It is one of the most important festivals in the Persian region and has been celebrated for at least three thousand years.
Photo: Samiullah Popal / EPA
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6/21
Even more spring feelings
Spring celebrations also take place in England. Members of the Druid Order take part in a ceremony on London's Tower Hill to celebrate the equinox. People celebrate the first day of spring, the vernal equinox, the time when day and night are of equal length (this year on March 20).
Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
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7/21
Friday prayer
A Muslim woman attends the first Friday prayers of Ramadan at the Aksa Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem. Muslims all over the world celebrate the holy month - during the fasting month, they are not allowed to eat or drink from dawn to dusk.
Photo: Atef Safadi / EPA
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8/21
Super lawyer
Leonardo Muylaert towers over them all: The 36-year-old lawyer is known as the “Brazilian Superman” and is seen here hugging a woman in the Tijuca district of Rio de Janeiro. Muylaert found a video of himself on TikTok attending an event and being referred to as Superman. He liked it and has been traveling around the country in the appropriate costume ever since.
Photo: Mauro Pimentel / AFP
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9/21
Make a point
The aerial drone image shows the Sesc Belenzinho swimming pool in São Paulo. Guests enjoy the pools to cool off in the heatwave that hit Brazil on the last weekend of summer.
Photo: Isaac Fontana / EPA
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10/21
On the run
Israel has been waging war against Hamas for months, and large parts of the Gaza Strip are in ruins. 12-year-old Tuqa Ossama Ibrahim lost both legs in an Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza. She received medical help in the United Arab Emirates. She sits in a wheelchair and plays with other Palestinian children.
Photo: Amr Alfiky / REUTERS
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11/21
Beginning of spring
Spring isn't really here yet. But the street artist Banksy simply greens this tree himself. The artist's latest work of art is located in north London and covers a heavily trimmed tree with green paint.
Photo: Vuk Valcic / dpa
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12/21
Switched off
Joe Biden attends a campaign rally at a restaurant in Phoenix. While the US President is campaigning for his re-election, two of his employees wait outside the restaurant.
Photo: Jacquelyn Martin / AP
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13/21
Mars on Earth
Armenia, test site for the 14th Mars Analog Mission of the Austrian Space Forum: Here, six so-called analog astronauts from different nations want to collect knowledge for a stay on Mars in a four-week simulation. Here two of them are walking across the terrestrial Martian landscape in prototype space suits. Are they comfortable?
Photo: Florian Voggeneder/dpa
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14/21
Solo performance
The reforms of Argentina's new head of state Javier Milei have been causing protests in the country for weeks. The number of people in need is increasing. In Buenos Aries, people have now taken to the streets against the food shortage in soup kitchens. A demonstrator shouted at police officers during the anti-government protest.
Photo: Natacha Pisarenko / AP
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15/21
Got the dog
In various cities around the world, the police are experimenting with walking robots, including in Malaga. In the south of Spain, a type of robot dog is supposed to help, among other things, to track traffic rule violations, such as the use of e-scooters in places where they are not allowed to drive. The new police tool not only fascinates human passers-by, but also real dogs.
Photo: Jon Nazca / REUTERS
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16/21
Mountain made of metal
Scrap metal is piling up at the Derichebourg Environnement recycling plant in Gennevilliers, France. The waste disposal company was founded in 1956 by the scrap dealer Guy Derichebourg and is now also based in Germany.
Photo: Benoit Tessier / REUTERS
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17/21
Dancing future
Near Johannesburg, a girl dances ballet in a dance school that aims to train the younger generation to become professional dancers.
Photo: Olympia de Maismont / AFP
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18/21
Warmer seasons
In Valencia, spring is ushered in with flames. Fallas, a festival that runs from March 1st to 19th, involves the construction of sculptures made of wood, cardboard and papier-mâché, which are burned on the last day of the celebrations.
Photo: Biel Alino / EPA
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19/21
Let the madness begin
Basketball player Oumar Ballo and his college team Arizona Wildcats are starting March Madness this week. In the final round of college basketball, 68 teams fight for the title in 63 games, the sporting event captivates millions of Americans. The women are also looking for their champions, also under the umbrella of “March Madness”.
Photo: Stephen R. Sylvanie / USA TODAY Sports / Reuters Con
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20/21
Caught
For years, Nina Gomes accompanied her father in Brazil as he picked up trash from the sea and the beach. He is a biologist at the Mar Urbano Institute. Now she continues to fish garbage out of the water, here near the famous Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro.
Photo: Bruna Prado / AP
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21/21
Breaking the fast
Before breaking the fast, a child in Senegal carries bread in his arms. During the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, people abstain from eating and drinking between dawn and sunset. The fasting month takes place every year in the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar.
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Photo: Zohra Bensemra / REUTERS