A powerful nor'easter rocks New England, International Women's Day observed worldwide, a pony in Norway, flooding in Australia, sunbathing in Saint Petersburg, Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade, dogs at play in the snow, and much more.
Photos of the Week: Oscar Night, Iraqi Bear Release, Paralympics in Pyeongchang
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Lin Xiwei, a 36-years-old shoemaker from Putian, dressed as a local deity, performs the "eating flowers" ritual in Xiaohu, Baitang, in China's Fujian province, on March 8, 2018. Working themselves into a trance, bare-chested men in eastern China lean into incandescent fountains of sparks to cleanse themselves of evil spirits and ensure a fortuitous new year. The spectacular scene takes place annually in villages such as Xiaohu in coastal Fujian province, which is home to an array of colorful centuries-old Lunar New Year rites linked to ancient customs and local gods. #
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Ahead of the Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Games, Christoph Kunz of Switzerland makes a run during downhill training at Jeongseon Alpine Center on March 7, 2018, in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. The 2018 Winter Paralympics will run from March 9 through March 18. #
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A woman wears a message on her chest that reads "the revolution will be feminist" during a demonstration celebrating International Women's Day in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on March 8, 2018. Tens of thousands of people gathered in Argentina's capital to condemn violence against women while commemorating International Women's Day. #
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A man is partially submerged in a ball pit on March 8, 2018, in Singapore. The Art-Zoo Inflatable Park is part of the i Light Marina Bay festival, which showcases large-scale creative installations within the urban city space. #
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Miao ethnic people dressed as "Manghao" dance during a celebration of the Manghao Festival in Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, Liuzhou, Guangxi Province, China, on March 4, 2018. #
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A topless protester with "Berlusconi you've expired" written across her chest stands on a table while confronting Silvio Berlusconi, (center, back to camera), President of Forza Italia (Go Italy) and former Italian Prime Minister, who was casting his vote at a polling station during the Italian General Election on March 4, 2018 in Milan, Italy. #
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A festival-goer is pictured before the 2018 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade on March 3, 2018, in Sydney, Australia. The Sydney Mardi Gras parade began in 1978 as a march and commemoration of the 1969 Stonewall Riots of New York. It is an annual event promoting awareness of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender issues and themes. #
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Kosovo Albanian children in national costumes stand in front of the statue of Adem Jashari during a bonfire ceremony, "Night of the Fires," in the village of Prekaz, Kosovo on March 7, 2017. Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commander Adem Jashari was killed along with 45 members of his family by Serb forces during the Kosovo war in the village of Prekaz in 1998. Every year hundreds of people gather to commemorate the event with a bonfire ceremony in the village. #
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A medical practitioner uses a camera-based navigational system on a dummy used in medical diagnosis by ENT specialists during Cholesteatoma 2018, an international seminar and workshop for ENT specialists, in Bangalore, India, on March 9, 2018. #
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Germany's Neele Eckhardt competes in the women's triple-jump final at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships at the Arena in Birmingham, England, on March 3, 2018. #
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Female Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters watch on as they release a bear into the wild in the Gara Mountains near the northern Iraqi city of Dohuk on March 4, 2018, after Iraqi Kurdish Animal rights activists from a local NGO rescued it from a private home. #
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A mock coffin is reflected in the glasses of an activist during a protest to mark International Women's Day at a memorial for women murder victims in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on March 7, 2018. #
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Seo Soonseok and Kim EunJung carry the torch during the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Games at the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium on March 9, 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea. #
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Director Guillermo del Toro poses in the press room with his Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director during the 90th Annual Academy Awards on March 4, 2018, in Hollywood, California. #
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A Sudanese boy from the Dinka tribe tends to a cow in the early morning at a cattle camp in Mingkaman, Lakes State, South Sudan, on March 4, 2018. During South Sudan's dry season, between December and May, pastoralists from the highlands move to the lowlands and close to the Nile, where they set up big cattle camps to make sure their animals are close to grazing land. #
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