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A woman collects water from a spout in a highway tunnel, in Caracas, Venezuela. Since a massive power failure struck March 7, the nation has experienced near-daily blackouts and a breakdown in critical services such as running water and public transportation.Credit:ARIANA CUBILLOS
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A man kicks away a tear gas canister launched by an unknown person near the site where supporters are waiting for Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido to speak, in Caracas, Venezuela.Credit:NATACHA PISARENKO
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Shiite worshippers beat themselves as a sign of grief while Shiite pilgrims gather outside the shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, a key Shiite saint, during the annual commemoration of his death, in Baghdad, Iraq.Credit:HADI MIZBAN
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Women grieve the death of their relatives in a rainstorm in Bara district, 125km south of Kathmandu, Nepal. Rescuers struggled Monday to reach villages in southern Nepal cut off by a powerful rainstorm that killed at least 28 people and injured hundreds more.Credit:Niranjan Shrestha
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Pakistani pilgrims jostle for free food distributed at the shrine of Madhu Lal Shah Hussain, a poet also regarded as a Sufi saint, during an annual festival to celebrate him in Lahore, Pakistan.Credit:K.M. CHAUDARY
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A rower on the river Main in the last of the sunlight in Frankfurt, Germany.Credit:MICHAEL PROBST
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President Donald Trump departs following the 2019 Prison Reform Summit and First Step Act Celebration in the East Room of the White House in Washington.Credit:Andrew Harnik
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A child rides in a makeshift cart at Al-Hol camp in Hassakeh province, Syria. Credit:MAYA ALLERUZZO
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A Pakistani railway worker takes a bath as the weather becomes warm in Karachi, Pakistan.Credit:Fareed Khan
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Relatives and friends carry the coffins of some of the 46 coffins of unidentified people killed during the Spanish Civil War, at San Jose cemetery, Pamplona, northern Spain.Credit:ALVARO BARRIENTOS
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A passer-by takes a photo of a big pig shape inflated balloon inside a cage during a protest by Greenpeace activists in front of the European Parliament in Brussels.Credit:Francisco Seco
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19th century's Porta Venezia historical gates are wrapped in jute sacks as part of the installation "A friend" by Ghanian artist Ibrahim Mahama, in the wake of Milan' Art Week, in Milan, Italy.Credit:DANIEL DAL ZENNARO
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Kashmiri villagers carry body of suspected rebel Aqib Ahmed Kumar during his funeral procession in Hillow village, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir.Credit:DAR YASIN