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World news in pictures
World news in pictures
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1/30 31 March 2016
Indian rescue workers and volunteers try to free people trapped under the wreckage of a collapsed fly-over bridge in Kolkata. At least 20 people were killed and dozens more injured when a flyover collapsed in a busy Indian city, as emergency workers battled to rescue people trapped under the rubble
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2/30 31 March 2016
A man is seen trapped amid the debris of an under-construction flyover after it collapsed in Kolkata
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3/30 31 March 2016
Jean-Baptiste Redde, aka Voltuan hold a banner reading " 'Labour law - throw it into the water" as he takes part in a protest march against the proposed reforms of France's labour laws in Paris, during a national day of strike in France
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4/30 31 March 2016
Youths take cover from tear gas grenades behind a mattress during clashes as French high school and university students attend a demonstration against the French labour law proposal in Nantes
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5/30 30 March 2016
Pakistani Christians hold candles during a vigil for victims of a deadly suicide bombing in Lahore. The massive suicide bombing by a breakaway Taliban faction targeted Christians gathered for Easter Sunday in a park in Lahore, killing at least 72 people, mostly Muslims
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6/30 30 March 2016
A balloon thrown by a North Korean defector containing a colored liquid bursts on a portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a rally protesting North Korea in Seoul, South Korea. North Korea fired a short-range projectile from an area near its eastern coast, South Korean officials said, in what appears to be another weapons test seen as a response to ongoing military drills between Washington and Seoul
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7/30 30 March 2016
Freddy Nock of Switzerland walks on tightrope during a competition in Wulong county, Chongqing, China
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8/30 30 March 2016
Palestinian boy Sabri Attalah, 17, works at a pottery workshop in Gaza City . Attalah, who works along with his family members at their workshop, earns around 25 Shekels ($6.4) per working day. The boy, who quit school, hoped to be a design engineer
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9/30 29 March 2016
Israeli right-wing protesters demonstrate outside a military court during a hearing of an Israeli soldier who the military said has been arrested on suspicion of murder, near the southern Israeli city of Kiryat Malachi
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10/30 29 March 2016
A Cypriot policeman stands guard at Larnarca Airport near a hijacked EgyptAir A320 plane after it was forced to divert its route from Alexandria to Cairo
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11/30 28 March 2016
People cry during the funeral of their loved ones a day after a suicide bomb attack at a park, in Lahore, Pakistan
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12/30 28 March 2016
A U.S. Capitol police officer guards the perimeter in front of the U.S. Capitol Building after a shooting at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center in Washington
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13/30 28 March 2016
Men throw water on a woman as part of traditional Easter celebrations in Szenna, Hungary
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14/30 27 March 2016
Pakistani relatives bring an injured child to the hospital in Lahore, after at least 72 people were killed and more than 200 injured when an apparent suicide bomb ripped through the parking lot of a crowded park in the Pakistani city of Lahore where Christians were celebrating Easter
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15/30 27 March 2016
Revellers take part in the annual Holi Rangotsav Festival organized by Vishwa Hindu Parishad Association at a university in Bangkok, Thailand
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16/30 27 March 2016
Two women pose for photographers during the annual Easter parade along Fifth Avenue in New York. The parade, which is more of a stroll than a parade, is more informal than the city's other parades
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17/30 27 March 2016
Police in riot gear protect one of the memorials to the victims of the recent Brussels attacks, as right wing demonstrators protest near the Place de la Bourse in Brussels. In a sign of the tensions in the Belgian capital and the way security services are stretched across the country, Belgium's interior minister appealed to residents not to march in Brussels in solidarity with the victims
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18/30 26 March 2016
A Sufi devotee shouts religious slogans while he dances at the shrine of Madhu Lal Shah Hussain, a poet also regarded as a Sufi saint, during an annual festival to celebrate him in Lahore, Pakistan
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19/30 26 March 2016
Supporters of Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh climb pillars of the Unknown Soldier Monument during a rally marking one year of Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen's capital Sanaa
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20/30 26 March 2016
Catholic worshippers pray at the Saint Pierre Claver church in the Bacongo district of Brazzaville at the beginning of the Easter vigil
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21/30 25 March 2016
Palestinian militants show a home-made rocket to the media during an anti-Israel joint drill by National Resistance Brigades and Abdel Qader al Husseini Brigades in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip
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22/30 25 March 2016
Bangladeshi activists of various Islamic political groups and other Muslims shout slogans after Friday prayers during a protest in Dhaka. Thousands of Muslim devotees have rallied in Bangladesh's capital to denounce a court petition seeking to remove Islam as state religion in the Muslim-majority South Asian nation which is ruled by secular laws
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23/30 25 March 2016
An Indonesian veterinarian from the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP) checking a six-year-old wild orangutan during an evacuation from a plantation in Aceh province. Orangutans are currently listed as "Critically Endangered" by the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) with only about 6,000 Sumatran orangutans remaining
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24/30 24 March 2016
Penitents from the "Real Hermandad del Santisimo Cristo de las Injurias - El Silencio" brotherhood parade during a Holy Week procession in the northwestern Spanish city of Zamora. Christian believers around the world mark the Holy Week of Easter in celebration of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ
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25/30 24 March 2016
A father and his son on his shoulder with their faces smeared with colored powder celebrate Holi in Mumbai India
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26/30 24 March 2016
Israeli girls prepare for the Purim parade festival in Petah Tikva, Israel. The Jewish holiday of Purim commemorates the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther
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27/30 23 March 2016
A man reacts at a street memorial following the bomb attacks in Brussels, Belgium
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28/30 23 March 2016
A woman embraces her children at The Place de la Bourse as she pays her respects to victims of the terrorists attacks in Brussels
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29/30 22 March 2016
Two women wounded in Brussels Airport after an explosions ripped through the departure hall
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30/30 22 March 2016
A private security guard helps a wounded women outside the Maalbeek metro station after an explosion in Brussels
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Businesses must pay even higher wages, especially to young people, to tackle poverty and inequality - but with the smokescreen of a "National Living Wage" they might find it harder than ever to get employers on side
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Robert Fisk Guantanamo inmates are being transferred - but its legacy will stay
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Editorial One final goodnight
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Mary Dejevsky More than half of all shares in UK companies are in foreign hands
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Taron Egerton reveals why he doesn't want to be the young Han Solo
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Batman V Superman: Hans Zimmer blames cinemas for poor sound quality
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TV and film's 'transgender tipping point' - are we doing enough?
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Charlize Theron addresses rumours of rift with Tom Hardy
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Tom Hiddleston hints Loki may not make it through Thor 3
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The Novel Cure: The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith
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Emil Zátopek: The greatest Olympian who defied Russian tanks
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Better Living Through Criticism by AO Scott, book review
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Inside (and Outside) A Bird's Egg by Tim Birkhead, book review
Matthew Williamson: 'I don't think I'm a fashion snob'
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American theme park to open in Cuba
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Built-in ad blocking not coming to Microsoft Edge, company says
Microsoft denied that it plans to add the feature to its Edge browser, after a picture from the Build conference suggested it was coming with the next version
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iPhone SE review: gently-refined handset is the best small phone ever
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Final Fantasy 'Platinum Demo' now available on PlayStation and Xbox
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PlayStation VR could be made compatible with PC, Sony executive says
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Grand Theft Auto 6 is in production, according to reports
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Grand Theft Auto V 'deer cam' captures the heart of the internet
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Nintendo NX controller pictures reportedly leaked on Reddit
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