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25 April 2024

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Afghan Kochi nomad girls study outside their tent in the Zhari district of Kandahar province. (AFP)

 

Renato Vallarte (top C), a worker from the Spirit of EDSA Foundation, attaches flags to the statues at the People Power Monument two days before the anniversary of the People Power revolution in Manila on February 23, 2016.  The Philippines is this week celebrating 30 years of democracy, but thousands who suffered through the Marcos dictatorship tremble with anger at slow justice and the stunning political ascent of the late strongman's heir. President Benigno Aquino will on February 25 lead the commemoration of the "People Power" uprising that allowed his mother, Corazon, to take over from Ferdinand Marcos after he fled to the United States.(AFP)

Members of the public play cricket and inspect the wicket during the lunch break on day four of the second cricket Test match between New Zealand and Australia at the Hagley Park in Christchurch on February 23, 2016. (AFP)

French President Francois Hollande walks in a street of Papeete, the capital of the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, on February 22, 2016.  Compensation for victims of three decades of French nuclear tests was on the agenda as Hollande visited French Polynesia, his first stop on a tour of the Pacific and Latin America. (AFP)

A commercial airliner crosses the full moon over Whittier, Calif., as it heads into the Los Angeles International Airport on Monday, Feb. 22, 2016. (AP)

A boy pushes a trolley with used brake drums at a second-hand automobile parts market in Kolkata, India, February 23, 2016.(Reuters)

A woman holds her belongings she was able to save from a fire, as she looks at the ruins of her family's home in Muntinlupa, Metro Manila February 23, 2016. According to a local village leader Danilo Teves, more than 1000 people were rendered homeless and about 250 houses were gutted by a fire of unknown origin late Monday night in Soldiers Hills, Putatan Muntinlupa. (Reuters)

 

 

Thousands of couples take part in a mass wedding of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, commonly known as the Unification Church, at Cheongshim Peace World Center on February 20, 2016 in Gapyeong, South Korea. Approximately 3,000 couples from around the world are expected to exchange wedding vows in the mass wedding at the Unification Church. (Getty)


XyNazia Skinner, age 7, of Flint, Michigan, stands with a sign while waiting to participate in a national mile-long march to highlight the push for clean water in Flint February 19, 2016 in Flint, Michigan. The march was organized in part by Rev. Jesse Jackson. (Getty)


Victoria Pendleton riding Pacha Du Polder (L) is unseated during The Betfait Switching Saddles 'Grassroots' Fox Hunters' Steeple Chase along with Carey Williamson riding Baltic Blue (R) at Fakenham racecourse on February 19, 2016 in Fakenham, England. (Getty)


Alexis Pinturault of France takes 1st place during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Men's Super Combined on February 19, 2016 in Chamonix, France.

 

 

Participants wearing historical ski attire prepare for a traditional ski race on February 20, 2016 in Smrzovka, Czech Republic. Enthusiasts gathered in Smrzovka to take part in the traditional ski event for the past 21 years. (Getty)


Poll worker Anntwanette Sulton peeks out the door at American Legion Memorial Cayce Post 130 on February 20, 2016 in Cayce, South Carolina. Today's vote is traditionally known as the 'First in the South' primary. (Getty)


Ushers guide the casket during the funeral Mass for Associate Justice Antonin Scalia at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception February 20, 2016 in Washington, DC. Scalia, who died February 13 while on a hunting trip in Texas, layed in repose in the Great Hall of the Supreme Court on Friday and his funeral service will be at the basillica today. (Getty)

Reve De Sivola ridden by Richard Johnson (white and red) jumps the last to win the Betfred ÒHome Of Goals GaloreÓ Hurdle Race (Registered As The Rendlesham Hurdle Race) at Haydock racecourse on February 20, 2016 in Haydock, England. (Getty)