The lake stage during the roofing ceremony before the 76th Bregenz Festival in Austria. The lake stage on which 'Madame Butterfly' is performed depicts a piece of paper being thrown into the lake. Getty Images
The lake stage during the roofing ceremony before the 76th Bregenz Festival in Austria. The lake stage on which 'Madame Butterfly' is performed depicts a piece of paper being thrown into the lake. Getty Images
Mounted policemen ride towards anti-government protesters, in Lima, Peru. Thousands of Peruvians defied a curfew ordered by President Pedro Castillo and demonstrated to demand his resignation. EPA
Mounted policemen ride towards anti-government protesters, in Lima, Peru. Thousands of Peruvians defied a curfew ordered by President Pedro Castillo and demonstrated to demand his resignation. EPA
Damaged Ukrainian flags flutter in the wind at a cemetery in Chernihiv city, which had been blocked by Russian troops. EPA
Damaged Ukrainian flags flutter in the wind at a cemetery in Chernihiv city, which had been blocked by Russian troops. EPA
People demonstrate in Brasilia on the third day of a10-day annual protest held by tribal people from all over Brazil calling for greater protection of their land and rights. AFP
People demonstrate in Brasilia on the third day of a10-day annual protest held by tribal people from all over Brazil calling for greater protection of their land and rights. AFP
Stray dogs at a shelter near the Tunisian capital Tunis. Packs of stray dogs, a common sight in North African cities, are a hot topic after the deaths of two schoolchildren but animal rights groups are calling for more humane solutions than mass culling. AFP
Stray dogs at a shelter near the Tunisian capital Tunis. Packs of stray dogs, a common sight in North African cities, are a hot topic after the deaths of two schoolchildren but animal rights groups are calling for more humane solutions than mass culling. AFP
People charge their phones in a public building in Bucha, north-west of Kyiv, during Russia's invasion of Ukraine. AFP
People charge their phones in a public building in Bucha, north-west of Kyiv, during Russia's invasion of Ukraine. AFP
An aerial view of humanitarian food aid packages being handed over by a volunteer team of first responders to locals in al-Najieh, in Syria's rebel-held Idlib province. AFP
An aerial view of humanitarian food aid packages being handed over by a volunteer team of first responders to locals in al-Najieh, in Syria's rebel-held Idlib province. AFP
Police officers scuffle with a medical student as he protests with others against Sri Lanka's crippling economic crisis in Colombo. AFP
Police officers scuffle with a medical student as he protests with others against Sri Lanka's crippling economic crisis in Colombo. AFP
Protesters, most of them Ukrainians and many of them refugees, lie down during a demonstration to symbolise the murdered civilians of the war in Ukraine in front of the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. Getty Images
Protesters, most of them Ukrainians and many of them refugees, lie down during a demonstration to symbolise the murdered civilians of the war in Ukraine in front of the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. Getty Images
Women pass in front of the destroyed Hotel Ukraine in Chernihiv, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues. Reuters
Women pass in front of the destroyed Hotel Ukraine in Chernihiv, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues. Reuters
Blind and visually impaired Ivorian football players take part in a training session at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny University in Abidjan on February 16, 2022. - Created in March 2015, the Ivorian national blind football team has already taken part in two African football championships for the blind and visually impaired. But the players dream of becoming the first team from sub-Saharan Africa to participate in the Paralympic Games, in 2024 in Paris. For this, it will be necessary to climb on the podium of the next African championship, in Morocco in November. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP)
Blind and visually impaired Ivorian football players take part in a training session at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny University in Abidjan on February 16, 2022. - Created in March 2015, the Ivorian national blind football team has already taken part in two African football championships for the blind and visually impaired. But the players dream of becoming the first team from sub-Saharan Africa to participate in the Paralympic Games, in 2024 in Paris. For this, it will be necessary to climb on the podium of the next African championship, in Morocco in November. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP)

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