• A Palestinian church scout prepares for the Catholic Marian Festival in the Christian village of Taybeh, in the occupied West Bank. AFP
    A Palestinian church scout prepares for the Catholic Marian Festival in the Christian village of Taybeh, in the occupied West Bank. AFP
  • Cuban teenagers play football inside a dilapidated sports hall in Havana. AFP
    Cuban teenagers play football inside a dilapidated sports hall in Havana. AFP
  • An injured Palestinian man waits in an ambulance outside Nasser Hospital after an Israeli strike in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. AFP
    An injured Palestinian man waits in an ambulance outside Nasser Hospital after an Israeli strike in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. AFP
  • Dawn breaks over the life-sized steel silhouettes of the Standing with Giants installation at the British Normandy Memorial in Ver-sur-Mer, north-west France. PA
    Dawn breaks over the life-sized steel silhouettes of the Standing with Giants installation at the British Normandy Memorial in Ver-sur-Mer, north-west France. PA
  • A Palestinian man clears rubble at the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Zawaida, central Gaza. Reuters
    A Palestinian man clears rubble at the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Zawaida, central Gaza. Reuters
  • Emergency responders train for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear incidents in Cologne, Germany. Reuters
    Emergency responders train for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear incidents in Cologne, Germany. Reuters
  • An Israeli interceptor missile disintegrates above southern Lebanon. Reuters
    An Israeli interceptor missile disintegrates above southern Lebanon. Reuters
  • A patient is treated at Jabal Amel Hospital, which was damaged in an Israeli strike, in Tyre, Lebanon. Reuters
    A patient is treated at Jabal Amel Hospital, which was damaged in an Israeli strike, in Tyre, Lebanon. Reuters
  • A demonstrator takes part in a protest in the central Kenyan town of Nanyuki against US plans to establish an Ebola isolation centre at a nearby military base. Reuters
    A demonstrator takes part in a protest in the central Kenyan town of Nanyuki against US plans to establish an Ebola isolation centre at a nearby military base. Reuters
  • Members of the King's Gurkha Artillery unit prepare for a group photo during a visit by King Charles III, in Larkhill, Wiltshire, Britain. Reuters
    Members of the King's Gurkha Artillery unit prepare for a group photo during a visit by King Charles III, in Larkhill, Wiltshire, Britain. Reuters
  • Emirati artist Juma Al Haj in his home studio in Sharjah. Antonie Robertson / The National
    Emirati artist Juma Al Haj in his home studio in Sharjah. Antonie Robertson / The National
  • Members of the Saraya Al Salam militia celebrate their separation from the Sadrist movement and integration into the Iraqi security forces, in Samarra, Iraq. AFP
    Members of the Saraya Al Salam militia celebrate their separation from the Sadrist movement and integration into the Iraqi security forces, in Samarra, Iraq. AFP
  • Displaced Palestinians gather to receive hot meals from a charity kitchen in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. AFP
    Displaced Palestinians gather to receive hot meals from a charity kitchen in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. AFP
  • Smoke floats above Beaufort Castle, after an Israeli strike targeted the village of Arnoun, in southern Lebanon. AFP
    Smoke floats above Beaufort Castle, after an Israeli strike targeted the village of Arnoun, in southern Lebanon. AFP
  • An injured Ukrainian man stands at the site of a Russian drone and missile strike in Kyiv. Reuters
    An injured Ukrainian man stands at the site of a Russian drone and missile strike in Kyiv. Reuters
  • Japan's Naomi Osaka walks on court before her match against Aryna Sabalenka in the French Open at Roland-Garros in Paris. AFP
    Japan's Naomi Osaka walks on court before her match against Aryna Sabalenka in the French Open at Roland-Garros in Paris. AFP
  • Rescuers work to save people trapped in a cave in Xaisomboun Province, Laos. Reuters
    Rescuers work to save people trapped in a cave in Xaisomboun Province, Laos. Reuters
  • Buddhist monks at Borobudur temple in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. Getty Images
    Buddhist monks at Borobudur temple in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. Getty Images
  • Police use riot gear and deploy tear gas during protests outside Delaney Hall migrant detention centre, in Newark, New Jersey, US. Reuters
    Police use riot gear and deploy tear gas during protests outside Delaney Hall migrant detention centre, in Newark, New Jersey, US. Reuters
  • Zeinab Taleb being treated for injuries after an Israeli air strike, at Jabal Amel Hospital in Tyre, Lebanon. Getty Images
    Zeinab Taleb being treated for injuries after an Israeli air strike, at Jabal Amel Hospital in Tyre, Lebanon. Getty Images
  • Danish street artist Martin Maartonsson performs on a tightrope above Ban Jelacic Square during the Cest is d'Best International street festival in Zagreb, Croatia. EPA
    Danish street artist Martin Maartonsson performs on a tightrope above Ban Jelacic Square during the Cest is d'Best International street festival in Zagreb, Croatia. EPA
  • Farmer Ghulam Mohammad is reflected in the water of a paddy field as he spreads fertiliser, on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian Kashmir. Reuters
    Farmer Ghulam Mohammad is reflected in the water of a paddy field as he spreads fertiliser, on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian Kashmir. Reuters
  • A plume of smoke billows over St Petersburg, Russia, after Ukrainian drones targeted the city. Reuters
    A plume of smoke billows over St Petersburg, Russia, after Ukrainian drones targeted the city. Reuters
  • A roe deer stands in a meadow of flowering larkspur near Gyongyospata, northern Hungary. EPA
    A roe deer stands in a meadow of flowering larkspur near Gyongyospata, northern Hungary. EPA
  • The ancient Mosque of Samarra's Malwiya minaret, about 125km north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. AFP
    The ancient Mosque of Samarra's Malwiya minaret, about 125km north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. AFP
  • A demonstrator squares up to officers during a protest in Southampton, southern England, over the police handling of the murder of student Henry Nowak. Vickrum Digwa was jailed for life for stabbing the teenager with blade he said he carried as part of his Sikh faith. Body camera footage of Mr Nowak, who was handcuffed by police after Digwa falsely accused him of racial abuse, has sparked outrage. AFP
    A demonstrator squares up to officers during a protest in Southampton, southern England, over the police handling of the murder of student Henry Nowak. Vickrum Digwa was jailed for life for stabbing the teenager with blade he said he carried as part of his Sikh faith. Body camera footage of Mr Nowak, who was handcuffed by police after Digwa falsely accused him of racial abuse, has sparked outrage. AFP
  • A crowned crab spider that fluoresces under UV light, one of the species discovered by scientists in Angola's remote Lisima plateau. Reuters
    A crowned crab spider that fluoresces under UV light, one of the species discovered by scientists in Angola's remote Lisima plateau. Reuters
  • Medical staff receive Dawa Sherpa, who was missing for six days on Mount Everest, on the helipad at HAMS Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal. AFP
    Medical staff receive Dawa Sherpa, who was missing for six days on Mount Everest, on the helipad at HAMS Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal. AFP
  • Firefighters douse burnt-out cars after a fire at a dumpyard in Chennai, eastern India. AFP
    Firefighters douse burnt-out cars after a fire at a dumpyard in Chennai, eastern India. AFP
  • Salam, a southern white rhino calf born at Dubai Safari Park on March 1, with his mother Olive. Chris Whiteoak / The National
    Salam, a southern white rhino calf born at Dubai Safari Park on March 1, with his mother Olive. Chris Whiteoak / The National

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