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Supporters of Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan turn on their mobile phones as they celebrate their election victory in front of the party headquarters in Ankara March 31, 2014. Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AKP party appeared on Sunday to be heading for a clear victory in local polls that have become a referendum on a prime minister facing corruption scandals and security leaks he blames on "traitors" embedded in state bodies. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Supporters of Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan hold their mobile phones aloft as they celebrate his election victory in front of the party headquarters in Ankara. Reuters
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A storm cloud can be seen behind a yacht as it sails off the coast of Sydney March 31, 2014. The Bureau of Meteorology last week forecast 'warmer and drier than usual' weather extending well into winter for Sydney and most of south-eastern Australia over the next three months. REUTERS/David Gray (AUSTRALIA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
A storm cloud can be seen behind a yacht as it sails off the coast of Sydney, Australia. The Bureau of Meteorology last week forecast “warmer and drier than usual” weather extending well into winter for Sydney and most of southeastern Australia over the next three months. Reuters
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U.S. and South Korean marines participate in a U.S.-South Korea joint landing operation drill in Pohang March 31, 2014. The drill is part of the two countries' annual military training called Foal Eagle, which began on February 24 and runs until April 18. North Korea fired more than 500 rounds of artillery in a drill on Monday and about 100 of them landed in the water south of a disputed maritime border off the western coast of the peninsula, South Korea's defence ministry said. The South returned fire with more than 300 rounds aimed at an area north of the so-called Northern Limit Line, ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said, calling the North's action "a test of the South's determination to defend the naval border". REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY POLITICS)
U.S. and South Korean marines participate in a joint landing operation drill in Pohang, South Korea. The drill is part of the two countries’ annual military training called Foal Eagle, which began on February 24 and runs until April 18. Reuters
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Lowland gorillas Jamila (L) and Suwedi cuddle in their enclosure at the zoo in Duisburg, western Germany, on March 31, 2014. AFP PHOTO / DPA / ROLAND WEIHRAUCH / GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read ROLAND WEIHRAUCH/AFP/Getty Images)
Lowland gorillas Jamila and Suwedi cuddle in their enclosure at the zoo in Duisburg, Germany. Getty Images
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Female school students wearing a full veil (niqab) walk along a street in the northern province of Raqqa March 31, 2014. The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has imposed sweeping restrictions on personal freedoms in the northern province of Raqqa. Among the restrictions, Women must wear the niqab, or full face veil, in public or face unspecified punishments "in accordance with sharia", or Islamic law. REUTERS/Stringer (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT RELIGION SOCIETY EDUCATION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Female students wearing full veils (niqabs) walk along a street in the northern province of Raqqa, Syria. The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant has imposed sweeping restrictions on personal freedoms in the northern province of Raqqa, including that women must wear the niqab in public or face unspecified punishments “in accordance with sharia law.” Reuters
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A visitor walks on the car park place numbered '007' in the north part the compound of the German Federal Intelligence Agency (BND) after the opening ceremony of the BND headquarters in Berlin March 31, 2014. REUTERS/FSoeren Stache/Pool (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
A visitor walks on the car park place numbered 007 in the north part the compound of the German Federal Intelligence Agency after the opening ceremony of the BND headquarters in Berlin. Reuters
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A Russian tank crew member runs in front of his T-72B tank after their arrival in Crimea in the settlement of Gvardeiskoye near the Crimean city of Simferopol March 31, 2014. Russia is withdrawing a motorized infantry battalion from a region near Ukraine's eastern border, the Russian Defence Ministry was quoted as saying by state news agencies on Monday. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
A Russian tank crew member runs in front of his T-72B tank after their arrival in Crimea in the settlement of Gvardeiskoye near Simferopol. Reuters
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A piece of unknown debris floats just under the water in this image taken from a Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P3 Orion maritime search aircraft while flying over the southern Indian Ocean looking for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 March 31, 2014. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Monday the hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 had no time limit, despite the failure of an international operation to find any sign of the plane in three weeks of fruitless searching. A total of 20 aircraft and ships were again scouring a massive area in the Indian Ocean some 2,000 km (1,200 miles) west of Perth, where investigators believe the Boeing 777 carrying 239 people came down. REUTERS/Rob Griffith/Pool (AUSTRALIA - Tags: MILITARY TRANSPORT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY DISASTER)
A piece of unknown debris floats just under the water in this image taken from a Royal New Zealand Air Force P3 Orion maritime search aircraft while flying over the southern Indian Ocean looking for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 had no time limit, despite the failure of an international operation to find any sign of the plane in three weeks of fruitless searching. Reuters
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A boy draws signs at a health insurance enrolment event in Commerce, California March 31, 2014. U.S. President Barack Obama's embattled U.S. healthcare law, having survived a rollout marred by technology failures, reaches a milestone on Monday with the end of its first enrolment wave, and with the administration likely to come close to its goal of signing up 7 million people in private health insurance. More than 1 million people have signed up for Obamacare in California, according to the Los Angeles Times. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS)
A boy draws signs at a health insurance enrolment event in Commerce, Calif. President Obama’s embattled healthcare law reaches a milestone today with the end of its first enrolment wave, and with the administration likely to come close to its goal of signing up 7 million people. Reuters
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(L-R) Spain's Queen Sofia, Crown Prince Felipe, Princess Letizia, King Juan Carlos and Spanish Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela arrive to the state funeral of former Prime Minister Adolfo Suarez at Madrid's Almudena Cathedral, March 31, 2014. Suarez, who died on March 23, steered Spain through one of the most turbulent periods in its political history and built bridges between the "two Spains" after fascist dictator General Francisco Franco died in 1975. REUTERS/Andres Ballesteros/Pool (SPAIN - Tags: POLITICS ROYALS RELIGION OBITUARY)
Spain’s Queen Sofia, Crown Prince Felipe, Princess Letizia, King Juan Carlos and Spanish Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela arrive to the state funeral of former Prime Minister Adolfo Suarez at Almudena Cathedral in Madrid. Reuters
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A baby spectacled bear plays in its enclosure at the zoo in Duisburg, western Germany, on March 31, 2014. In the wild, spectacled bears live in South America. AFP PHOTO / DPA / ROLAND WEIHRAUCH / GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read ROLAND WEIHRAUCH/AFP/Getty Images)
A baby spectacled bear plays in its enclosure at the zoo in Duisburg, Germany. Getty Images
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A boy plays soccer one day after the occupation of the Mare slums complex in Rio de Janeiro, March 31, 2014. The federal troops and police occupied the Mare slums complex on Sunday to help quell a surge in violent crime following attacks by drug traffickers on police posts in three slums on the north side of the city, government officials said. Less than three months before Rio welcomes tens of thousands of foreign soccer fans for the World Cup, the attacks cast new doubts on government efforts to expel gangs from slums using a strong police presence. The city will host the Olympics in 2016. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes (BRAZIL - Tags: CRIME LAW SPORT SOCCER WORLD CUP)
A boy plays soccer one day after the occupation of the Mare slums complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Federal troops and police occupied the Mare slums complex on Sunday to help quell a surge in violent crime following attacks by drug traffickers on police posts in three slums on the north side of the city. Reuters
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A fake mayoral election campaign sign with a fictitious candidate is seen in Toronto March 31, 2014. Ford, who is running for re-election as Toronto Mayor, made global headlines last year after admitting he had smoked crack cocaine. REUTERS/Mark Blinch (CANADA - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)
A fake mayoral election campaign sign with a fictitious candidate is seen in Toronto. Rob Ford, who is running for re-election as Toronto Mayor, made global headlines last year after admitting he had smoked crack cocaine. Reuters
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People gather during a rally against soccer violence around a makeshift memorial with flowers, candles and club scarves in central Helsingborg, southern Sweden March 31, 2014, at the spot where a Djurgarden IF club supporter on March 30 was assaulted and died of his head injuries before the season opening of the Swedish soccer league match between Helsingborg IF and Djurgarden IF. REUTERS/Bjorn Lindgren/TT News Agency (SWEDEN - Tags: SPORT SOCCER OBITUARY) ATTENTION EDITORS - SWEDEN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SWEDEN. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
People gather for a rally against soccer violence around a makeshift memorial with flowers, candles and club scarves in central Helsingborg, Sweden, at the spot where a Djurgarden IF club supporter was assaulted on March 30 and died of his head injuries before the season-opening match between Helsingborg IF and Djurgarden IF. Reuters
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Two ten-day-old Patas Monkey babies and their mothers sit in the sun at the zoo in Olomouc, Central Moravia, Czech Republic on March 31, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ RADEK MICA (Photo credit should read RADEK MICA/AFP/Getty Images)
Two ten-day-old Patas monkeys and their mothers sit in the sun at the zoo in Olomouc, Central Moravia, Czech Republic. Getty Images
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Workers (lower left) walk at the site of a massive mudslide covering highway 530 in Oso, Washington March 31, 2014. Recovery teams struggling through thick mud up to their armpits and heavy downpours at the site of the devastating landslide in Washington state are facing yet another challenge - an unseen and potentially dangerous stew of toxic contaminants. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)
Workers walk through the site of a massive mudslide covering highway 530 in Oso, Wash. Recovery teams struggling through thick mud up to their armpits and heavy downpours at the site of the devastating landslide in Washington state are facing yet another challenge: an unseen and potentially dangerous stew of toxic contaminants. Reuters
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Isla Roberts looks at photographers as a large blue Morpho butterfly lands on her face, as she and other children take part in a media call for a new exhibition on tropical butterflies in a temporary venue outside the Natural History Museum Monday, March, 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
A girl looks at photographers as a large blue Morpho butterfly lands on her face. She and other children take part in a media call for a new exhibition on tropical butterflies in a temporary venue outside the Natural History Museum. AP Photo
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In this aerial photo, the Williams Northwest Pipeline plant is seen after a natural gas pipeline ruptured at the plant in Plymouth, Wash., Monday, March 31, 2014. Benton County Sheriff Steven Keane said some gas leaked from the tank to the ground in a containment area and evaporated into the air, but it was only a small amount. (AP Photo/The Tri-City Herald, Sarah Gordon)
In this aerial photo, the Williams Northwest Pipeline plant is seen after a natural gas line ruptured at the plant in Plymouth, Wash. Benton County Sheriff Steven Keane said some gas leaked from the tank to the ground in a containment area and evaporated into the air, but it was only a small amount. AP Photo