Floodwaters reflect a deluged car and home in the village Vereshita, Ukraine, under water thanks to the spring thaw and the nearby Pripyat River.
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Yemeni protesters — loyal to the Shi’ite al-Houthi rebel group — cheer the burning of an effigy of an US drone in the Old Sanaa city. The group means to discourage what they say is American interference, including drone strikes, in their country.
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Seattle fans wave ‘K’ signs for starting pitcher Felix Hernandez as he throws against the Texas Rangers. Hernandez struck out two Rangers in the first inning to notch his 1,499th and 1,500th career strikeouts.
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A bystander tries to stop a Femen protester — with the words ‘topless jihad’ painted on her back — runnings to interrupt a press conference by Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki in Paris.
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A cyclist rides through the accumulating snow along the Rideau Canal in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Sicily’s Mount Etna — Europe’s tallest and most active volcano — sprays lava into the sky as it erupts.
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Soon-to-be members of the Korean Children’s Union chat while spectators take their seats in the stands above. At a Pyongyang ceremony, North Korean youngsters were inducted into the union, the ‘first political organization for North Koreans.’
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Punk rock fans swig beer as they wait for the start of a concert marking the Myanmar New Year Water Festival in Yangon.
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Ultra-orthodox Jewish followers gather on a rooftop overlooking the funeral of Rabbi Yaakov Yosef in Jerusalem.
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Residents can only stand and watch some of the nearly 200 houses burned in a blaze in Mandalay, Myanmar.
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Broom in hand, the University of Ottawa’s Steven Kimball (front) spins past the Silicon Valley Skrewts’ Willis Miles at the Quidditch World Cup in Kissimmee, Fla. The game, an homage to the popular sport in the Harry Potter novels, combines elements of rugby, dodgeball and handball.
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Japan’s Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko dance at a charity event in Tokyo — reportedly the first time in twenty years the monarch danced before the public.
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