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![Wreckage of a collapsed highway bridge lies across the deck of a cargo ship.]()
Read moreAn aerial view of the cargo vessel Dali, seen after it had crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing it to collapse, in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 26, 2024 #
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![Waves crash against a lighthouse during a storm.]()
Read moreWaves crash against a lighthouse during a storm in Les Sables d'Olonne, France, on March 28, 2024. #
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![A glowing lava flow illuminates a plume of gas and steam, with the northern lights above.]()
Read moreLava flows from a fissure, backdropped by the northern lights, near the town of Grindavik, Iceland, on March 25, 2024. #
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![A firefighter walks in front of two houses as flames erupt in a narrow gap between them.]()
Read moreFirefighters battle a four-alarm fire in two homes in Brooklyn on March 22, 2024, in New York City. The fast-moving fire took dozens of firefighters to contain. #
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![Fire erupts from the upper floors of a tall building at night.]()
Read moreA fire rages inside the Crocus City Hall on March 22, 2024, in Krasnogorsk, Russia, following a terrorist attack on a concert hall that left at least 140 people dead and another 350 injured. #
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![Many lit candles in glass containers]()
Read moreCandles are placed outside the Crocus City Hall concert venue on a day of mourning declared after the deadly attack, in the Moscow Region, Russia, on March 24, 2024. #
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![A line of people wearing white hooded robes and carrying torches walks down a steep and narrow street, surrounded by onlookers on either side.]()
Read morePenitents of the Cristo de la Buena Muerte brotherhood take part in a procession during Holy Week in the northwestern Spanish city of Zamora on March 25, 2024. #
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![Several people wear tall, white pointed hoods and robes.]()
Read morePenitents of the La Paz brotherhood take part in the Palm Sunday procession in Seville on March 24, 2024. #
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![A double row of short, concrete, pyramid-shaped obstacles run across several fields.]()
Read morePyramidal anti-tank obstacles, known as "dragon's teeth," are installed across a field as a part of a new fortification line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine, seen on March 24, 2024. #
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![An aerial view of many rows of solar panels set up on a broad and flat plain]()
Read moreAn aerial view of the Oberon Solar O&M farm on March 24, 2024, in Ector County, Texas. In 2023, Texas led the nation in solar installations on its power grid, surpassing California for the second consecutive year. #
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![Many rows of new passenger vehicles sit in a lot.]()
Read moreNew electric cars for sale are parked at a distribution center of the Changan Automobile Company in southwestern China's Chongqing municipality on March 24, 2024. #
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![A performer sings onstage in a stadium, surrounded by many lights and phone screens held up by audience members.]()
Read moreKarol G performs during her Mañana Será Bonito tour at the Monumental Stadium of Caracas Simón Bolívar in Caracas, Venezuela, on March 22, 2024. #
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![People take pictures of a sunset above the harbor and skyline of Hong Kong.]()
Read moreVisitors view a sunset above Hong Kong on March 22, 2024. #
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![People in a city park gather around an art installation featuring many large egg-shaped objects lit from within.]()
Read moreAn installation titled "Continuous" by Japanese art collective teamLab, featuring some 200 giant egg-shaped objects that change color to music as part of the Art@Harbour initiative, is seen at Tamar Park, near Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour, on March 25, 2024. #
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![A person in a traditional costume with a colorful veil prepares to perform.]()
Read moreMembers of a folk-dance troupe prepare to perform during Ramadan in Iraq's southern city of Basra on March 22, 2024. #
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![People dance and perform while covered in brightly colored water.]()
Read moreA Hindu devotee dances during the Huranga, a game played between men and women a day after Holi, at the Dauji temple, near the northern city of Mathura, India, on March 26, 2024. #
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![A surfer leaps above a wave, silhouetted against the sunrise.]()
Read moreA surfer warms up at sunrise, ahead of the 2024 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach surf competition on March 27, 2024, in Winkipop, Australia. #
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![A person sits shoulder-deep in a pool in a stream, beneath a small waterfall that splashes on their head.]()
Read moreGiovanna Barbosa enjoys cold water in a stream in the Tijuca forest, during World Water Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on March 21, 2024. #
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![Three ballet dancers pose in front of a lake.]()
Read moreScottish Ballet dancers Seira Winning, Urara Takata, and Danila Marzilli pose on the banks of Loch Lomond ahead of the Swan Lake tour, near Glasgow, Scotland, on March 26, 2024. #
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![Two blooming daffodils poke out of a blanket of snow.]()
Read moreDaffodils bloom in the snow in Le Sepey, Switzerland, on March 24, 2024. #
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![A large iceberg with several pointed spires]()
Read moreA view of a large iceberg floating off the coast of Antarctica on February 18, 2024 (photo released March 22, 2024) #
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![The full moon rises over a large historic mosque.]()
Read moreThe full moon rises over the Fatih and Süleymaniye Mosques in Istanbul, Turkey, on March 25, 2024. #
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![Dozens of parachutes drop crates toward a shoreline.]()
Read moreHumanitarian aid is air-dropped over the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from central Gaza, on March 25, 2024. #
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![A flock of pelicans flies above at sunset.]()
Read moreA flock of pelicans fly in the direction of Lake Manyas at sunset in Bursa, Turkey, on March 24, 2024. #
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![Two people pose on a beach as a large passenger aircraft flies closely above, on its way to a landing.]()
Read moreRussian tourists pose for a photo beneath an inbound airplane on Mai Khao Beach in Phuket, Thailand, on March 24, 2024. #
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![A handler runs beside a show horse in an arena.]()
Read moreHorses compete in the 21st Dubai International Arabian Horse Championship in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on March 24, 2024. #
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![A table-tennis player leans forward to serve, a small white ball hanging just in front of their face.]()
Read moreFrance's Felix Lebrun serves to France's Alexis Lebrun (not pictured) during the men's table-tennis singles final match in the France 2024 Championship at FDI Stadium in Montpellier, France, on March 24, 2024. #
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![A person poses for a photo beneath blossoming trees.]()
Read moreA person poses beneath cherry blossoms on a campus in Nanjing, in eastern China's Jiangsu province, on March 24, 2024. #
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![Hundreds of demonstrators fill a city square, many holding a long banner bearing hundreds of portraits.]()
Read moreHundreds of demonstrators hold a large banner with portraits of people who disappeared during Argentina's military dictatorship (1976–83) in Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires on March 24, 2023. The march was held on the 48th anniversary of the 1976 coup d'état, which led to a dictatorship responsible for tens of thousands of disappearances, exiles, and executions in clandestine centers. #
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![A young boy crawls through concertina wire toward an adult at the Mexico-U.S. border.]()
Read moreA young boy crawls through concertina wire at the border as migrants cross from Mexico into El Paso, Texas, on March 22, 2024. #
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![A young mother holds her child, both wrapped in a blanket, sitting on the ground near a border fence.]()
Read moreJolimar, an 18-year-old migrant from Venezuela, shelters her 2-year-old son, Gail, from cold and blustery weather as they search for an entry point into the U.S. past a fortified fence along the bank of the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas, on March 25, 2024. #
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![A lizard climbs on the trunk of a tree that is burning on its opposite side.]()
Read moreA lizard climbs on a burning tree at El Café Hill, in the municipality of Naguanagua, Carabobo State, Venezuela, on March 27, 2024. #
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![Smoke and fire rise above several parts of a hydroelectric dam.]()
Read moreSmoke and fire rise above the Dnipro hydroelectric-power plant after Russian attacks in Dnipro, Ukraine, on March 22, 2024. #
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![Rescue workers help a person walk through a debris-filled hillside following a landslide.]()
Read moreMembers of the Civil Defense help a man whose house was destroyed by heavy rains in Petropolis, Brazil, on March 23, 2024. A powerful storm claimed at least nine lives in southeastern Brazil. #
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![A ski jumper mid-jump, with a backdrop of steep mountains]()
Read moreAustria's Daniel Tschofenig makes a jump during the men's individual HS240 at the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup in Planica, Slovenia, on March 24, 2024. #
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