Humanitarian aid air-dropped into Gaza, the funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow, a skijoring competition in Colorado, a blizzard in California, scenes from Paris Fashion Week in France, a sinking cargo ship off the coast of Yemen, thousands of cross-country ski racers in Sweden, a parade of effigies in Bali, and much more
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Balinese people perform a ritual dance during a parade of effigies known as "ogoh-ogoh," symbolizing evil, prior to a parade on the Day of Silence, also known locally as Nyepi, in Denpasar, on Indonesia's resort island of Bali, on March 1, 2024. #
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A rider pulls a skier down Harrison Avenue during the 76th annual Leadville Ski Joring weekend competition in Leadville, Colorado, on March 3, 2024. Skijoring, which has its origins as a competitive sport in Scandinavia, has been adapted over the years to include teams made up of a rider and a skier who must navigate jumps, slalom gates, and the spearing of rings for points. #
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This picture taken on March 7, 2024, shows the cargo ship Rubymar partly submerged off the coast of Yemen. The bulk carrier went down after a Houthi missile attack, and poses grave environmental risks as thousands of tons of fertilizer threaten to spill into the Red Sea, officials and experts warn. #
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Exhaust is illuminated in the night sky as the solid rocket booster separates from the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket after lifting off with the Crew Dragon Endeavour capsule from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 3, 2024. Three U.S. astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut launched for the International Space Station. #
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The artwork "Crouching Spider," by French artist Louise Bourgeois, is presented at the Art Center of Château la Coste at Le Puy-Sainte Réparade, France, on February 28, 2024. #
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Masaya Shibasaki, an employee of EXEO Group Inc., reacts as he tries the VR electrical device "Perionoid," developed by Osaka Heat Cool, which delivers electrical stimulation that simulates menstrual pain, during a workshop ahead of International Women's Day at the company headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on March 7, 2024. #
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Members of the Kommando Spezialkraefte (KSK) military special-forces unit demonstrate how they train dogs for water operations on March 5, 2024, in Calw, Germany. The KSK is an elite unit of the Bundeswehr, the German armed forces, and participates in NATO's Special Operations Land Task Groups. #
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A Chinese Coast Guard ship fires a water cannon at a Philippine Navy chartered vessel that was conducting a resupply mission to troops stationed at Second Thomas Shoal, on March 5, 2024, in the South China Sea. Philippine and Chinese vessels collided in the high seas, leaving four Filipinos with minor injuries after a supply vessel's windshield was shattered by water cannons, the Philippines said. The incidents happened as the Philippines was conducting a routine resupply mission to troops stationed aboard BRP Sierra Madre, a grounded Navy ship that serves as the country's outpost in Second Thomas Shoal (locally called Ayungin Shoal). #
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Philippine Air Force pilots maneuver FA-50PH fighter jets as they perform at an air show with the Republic of Korea Air Force's Black Eagles aerobatic unit on March 3, 2024, in Pampanga, Philippines. #
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An inflatable dinghy carrying about 65 migrants crosses the English Channel on March 6, 2024. According to official figures, 401 migrants arrived in the U.K. via small boat on Monday, the busiest day of the year so far for Channel crossings. This brings the provisional total number of U.K. arrivals this year to 2,983. Government data indicate that this is more than the 2,953 logged this time last year and surpasses the running totals documented from January 1 to March 4 each year since current records began in 2018. #
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People shout slogans during the funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, outside an Orthodox temple in Moscow, Russia, on March 1, 2024. Thousands of people gathered at the funeral of Vladimir Putin's critic, who died in a penal colony last month. #
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Packages of humanitarian aid fall toward northern Gaza after being dropped from a military aircraft amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, as seen from Israel's border with Gaza in southern Israel on March 7, 2024. #
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Tree houses set up by activists stand near the Tesla Gigafactory for electric cars in Grünheide, near Berlin, Germany, on March 5, 2024. Production at Tesla's electric-vehicle plant in Germany came to a standstill and workers were evacuated after a power outage that officials suspect was caused by arson. The interior ministry in the state of Brandenburg says unidentified people are suspected of deliberately setting fire to a high-voltage transmission line on a power pylon. #
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A member of the Kosovo Security Force stands guard during a ceremony marking the 26th anniversary of the killing of Kosovo Liberation Army founding member and commander Adem Jashari, in Pristina, on March 5, 2024. Jashari was among dozens of members of his family killed by Serb security forces in the village of Prekaz in 1998, sparking a full-blown rebel insurgency. #
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