Skijoring in Montana, a Russian presidential candidate in Moscow, economic disparity in Manila, a walkout against gun violence across the United States, civilians fleeing the battlefields of Syria, ski mountaineering in France, a balloon designer in Australia, the stark and lonely route of a German volunteer mailman in Schleswig-Holstein, and much more.
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Druid Malachy, played by Ciaron Davies, reacts with a European eagle-owl named "Cracker" during the reenactment of the first landing of Saint Patrick in Ireland at Inch Abbey in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, on March 11, 2018. #
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A view of an arch formed in the Perito Moreno Glacier at Los Glaciares National Park in the Argentine province of Santa Cruz on March 11, 2018. The arch formed at the tip of the glacier along the shore of Argentino Lake, and started collapsing into the water on Saturday. A natural display that happens just once every several years, such arches take shape when the glacier forms a dam of ice that cuts off the flow of water around it into the lake. When the water eventually breaks through, it opens up a steadily wider tunnel that becomes a narrow arch, which soon collapses. #
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Briana Stephenson of New Zealand competes in the women's under-20 long jump during day two of the Australian Junior Athletics Championships at Sydney Olympic Athletics Center on March 15, 2018, in Sydney, Australia. #
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LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers watches from the bench during a break from the second half of the NBA game against the Phoenix Suns at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona, on March 13, 2018. #
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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 13, 2018, before a two-day trip to California and St. Louis. #
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TV journalist and Russian presidential candidate Ksenia Sobchak talks to media after her meeting with supporters in Moscow on March 15, 2018. Russians will vote in a presidential election on March 18. Vladimir Putin is overwhelmingly favored to win the office once more, while Sobchak and the half-dozen other candidates have been polling in the low single digits. #
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A general view shows explosions lighting the sky following regime air strikes on Zamalka, in the rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, on March 12, 2018. #
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A child from the indigenous community "Yamb To" (Long Lake) is seen in a reindeer camping ground, about 450 kilometers northeast of Naryan-Mar, in Nenets Autonomous District, Russia, on March 1, 2018. From a Reuters piece on the Nenets' vote in the Russian presidential election. #
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Skiers are pulled behind horses during the National Finals Skijoring Races in Red Lodge, Montana, on March 10, 2018. Competitors had to navigate four jumps and several gates in the race against the clock. #
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Skiers compete on March 14, 2018, during the first stage of the 33rd edition of the Pierra Menta ski mountaineering competition at Areches-Beaufort in Beaufort, Savoie, France. #
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Residents stand on the rooftop of a shanty tenement house while newly built condominium buildings are seen in the background in the Tondo district of metro Manila, Philippines, on March 11, 2018. #
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A man faces the sea to pray while mourning the victims of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami disaster, in Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, on March 11, 2018, to mark the seventh anniversary of the disaster that killed thousands and set off a nuclear crisis. #
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Swimmers take part in the 2018 Sydney Skinny on March 11, 2018, in Sydney, Australia. The annual nude swim event encourages swimmers to raise money for the Charlie Teo Foundation. The Sydney Skinny aims to raise over $120,000 for brain-cancer research in 2018. #
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Students rally in front of the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 14, 2018. Students walked out of school to protest gun violence in the biggest demonstration yet of the student activism that has emerged in response to last month's massacre of 17 people at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. #
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A woman with text written on her chest in Portuguese that reads "Marielle present," takes part in a protest after the death of councilwoman Marielle Franco, who was gunned down the night before by two unidentified attackers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on March 15, 2018. Police said the 38-year-old councilwoman, who was known for her social work in slums, was killed by perpetrators who knew exactly where she was sitting in a car with blackout windows. #
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A French riot-police officer looks on as students and far-left activists protest in Nantes, France, on March 15, 2018, as part of a national day of action and strike by EHPAD (Establishment for the Housing of Elderly Dependent People) workers and pensioners to demand more resources. #
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Brenna Huckaby of the U.S. celebrates winning the gold medal with teammate and silver-medalist Amy Purdy in the women's snowboard cross SB-LL1 during day three of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Paralympic Games on March 12, 2018. #
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A poster depicting an Italian athlete that had competed during the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic games is seen framed by columns outside Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican as Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer on March 11, 2018. #
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Aerial Dancer Katerina Soldatou performs suspended inside a hollow pylon supporting the Rio-Antirrio bridge in southern Greece on March 12, 2018. Soldatou says her performances, in which she dangles from high spots by billowing fabric strips with a safety rope for backup, are meant to showcase financially struggling Greece's iconic landmarks. #
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An activist lies on the floor inside the Louvre museum. Several activists are staging a protest trying to call attention to migration driven by climate change to criticize activities of French oil giant Total, a prominent sponsor of Louvre activities, in Paris, France, on March 12, 2018. #
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People walk on the Margaret bridge during a rally in support of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban during Hungary's National Day celebrations, which also commemorate the 1848 Hungarian revolution against the Habsburg monarchy, in Budapest, on March 15, 2018. #
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Hundreds of students, mostly from Roosevelt High School, march down 15th Avenue Northeast towards the University of Washington during the national school walkout to protest gun violence in Seattle, Washington, on March 14, 2018. #
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A wounded Syrian man waits for treatment at a makeshift clinic during Syrian government airstrikes on Zamalka, in the rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta, on the outskirts of Damascus, on March 13, 2018. #
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A Bichon Frise, named "Manoirs Just Like That at Keunnevek," is groomed ahead of judging on day three of the Cruft's dog show at the NEC Arena on March 10, 2018, in Birmingham, England. #
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An early test robot, on display at the Akin Robotics factory in Konya, Turkey, on March 15, 2018. Akin Robotics is Turkey's first humanoid robotics factory and one of the first in the world to start mass production. The GH5 model and a new model the ADA Mini are programmed to work in shopping malls, airports, hospitals, and homes. The robots are able to speak, recognize faces, use the internet, and process what they see, hear, and smell. #
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Knud Knudsen (left), 63, delivers the mail from the post office on Germany's Pellworm Island to the tiny nearby Hallig Suederoog Islet on March 10, 2018. Hallig Suederoog Islet has a population of just three, and is located in the North Sea about 3.5 miles (6 kilometers) from Pellworm, near the coast of Schleswig-Holstein. Knudsen makes the trek two to three times a week by walking across the mudflats at low tide. He uses just an ordinary compass to navigate and, for emergency reasons, he carries his mobile phone but nothing more. Knudsen, born on Pellworm, works at the local coast guard and volunteers as the postman for Hallig Suederoog. His father was a lighthouse guard on the neighboring island of Amrum. "I am going to retire in two years from my regular job, but I will continue as a volunteer mailman! I just love being in the mudflats, listen[ing] to the screams of the birds, and just to enjoy (sic) the peace during my walks," Knudsen said. #
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