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World of Photos - April 9, 2018

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The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors. Follow us on Twitter

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Neighborhood resident Clinton Dyer shouts, "He was innocent!" as he interrupts community leaders speaking at a vigil for Saheed Vassell, a 34-year-old welder and father of a teenage son who was fatally shot by New York Police Department officers on Wednesday, in the Brooklyn borough of New York.Photo: AP

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The silhouette of Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, is seen during a climate conference at the Dutch central bank in Amsterdam, Netherlands.Photo: Bloomberg

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People taking part in a march against Prime Minister Viktor Orban flash the lights of their mobile phones in Budapest, Hungary. Hungarians will vote Sunday in parliamentary elections, choosing 199 lawmakers and polls expect Prime Minister Viktor Orban to win a third consecutive term and his fourth overall since 1998. Photo: AP

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Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill releases a bird celebrating the Annunciation, on the eve of Orthodox Easter at the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, April 7, 2018. Eastern Orthodox churches, which observe the ancient Julian calendar, usually celebrate Easter later than Western churches. Photo: ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO

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A woman cries as she listens to Lorna Vassell address a rally for son Saheed Vassell, fatally shot by police Wednesday, in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn borough in New York.Photo: AP

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A Palestinian protester hurls stones at Israeli troops during a protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel.Photo: AP

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A fan stands on the 18th hole as it rains during the third round at the Masters golf tournament.Photo: AP

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Emergency crews continue to block the highway on Saturday, April 7, 2018, near the area where a bus carrying a junior hockey team to a playoff game was struck by a semi Friday, north of Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Canada. Police say there were 28 people, including the driver, on board the bus of the Humboldt Broncos team when the crash occurred around 5 p.m. Friday on Highway 35.Photo: AP

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Relatives of 23-year-old Mojahid al-Khodari, who was killed early Thursday morning by an Israeli airstrike, mourn in the family house during his funeral in Gaza City. A second man died from wounds sustained in a mass protest along the Israeli border. The fatalities bring to 21 the number of people killed in confrontations in the volatile area since last week.Photo: KHALIL HAMRA

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Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas of Finland steers his car during the second free practice at the Formula One Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain, Friday, April 6, 2018. The Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix will take place here on Sunday.Photo: AP

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A Catalan flag flutters on the fence of the prison in Neumuenster, northern Germany, Thursday, April 5, 2018, after a German court ruled that former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont can be released on bail pending a decision on his extradition to Spain. (Christian Charisius/dpa via AP)Photo: CHRISTIAN CHARISIUS

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Christian pilgrims light candles during the Holy Fire ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed by many Christians to be the site of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem's old city.Photo: AP

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Mourners carry the body of Palestinian cameraman who was shot and killed, Friday by Israeli troops while covering a protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, during his funeral in Gaza City.Photo: AP

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A woman is reflected in a mirror as she gets ready for the day, as Central American migrants traveling with the annual "Stations of the Cross" caravan wake up at a sports club in Matias Romero, Oaxaca State, Mexico. The caravan of Central American migrants that angered U.S. President Donald Trump was sidelined at a sports field in southern Mexico with no means of reaching the border even as Trump tweeted another threat to Mexico Tuesday. Photo: AP

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A woman cries next to a relative's grave at dawn in Copaciu, southern Romania, Thursday, April 5, 2018. On Maundy Thursday during the holy week of Easter, Orthodox Christians in small southern Romanian villages go to local graveyards before sunrise as part of a centuries-old ritual, light candles and small fires, release incense and leave small bags of food on the ground or offer them with other people. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)Photo: Vadim Ghirda

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A Christian Orthodox man stands in front of a bonfire outside of Ayios Demetrios Christian Orthodox Church during the Easter celebrations in Xylophagou village in the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, late Saturday, April 7, 2018. Cypriots lit the traditional Easter bonfires, or lambradjia, as it is known in Cyprus, where they burned effigies of Judas Iscariot, the disciple thought to have betrayed Jesus.Photo: AP

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A woman eyes the camera as she waits to play her role as one of the daughters of Jerusalem in the Way of the Cross reenactment marking Good Friday in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Thousands of Haitians are commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ by reenacting the Way of the Cross, visiting the 14 stations, each marking an event that befell Jesus Christ on his final journeyPhoto: AP

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High school students plead with he police to have a fellow demonstrator released during a protest demanding education reform, including free access to school for all ages, from president Sebastian Pinera's government, in Santiago, Chile.Photo: AP