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Romanian taxi drivers protest outside the national parliament building in Bucharest in a row over what they see as unfair competition from ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Bolt. EPA
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Engineers wave through gaps in the drill face after a boring machine broke through to complete HS2's longest tunnel, in Great Missenden, England. The high-speed rail line will run between London and Birmingham. Getty Images
Seen through giant glasses, The World, an exclusive private residential ship, arrives in Cape Town, South Africa. Reuters
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A deserted Thessaloniki station during a 24-hour rail strike in Greece. Staff are demanding answers a year after the nation's deadliest train crash, which killed 57 people. AFP
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People displaced by an outbreak of violence gather to receive humanitarian aid from the World Food Programme in Nampula, Mozambique. AFP
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Pope Francis holds his weekly general audience in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. Reuters
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A wildfire that prompted an evacuation edges towards a home outside of Shattuck, Oklahoma. Reuters
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Palestinians who fled from the northern Gaza Strip seek shelter near Deir Al Balah in the south. EPA
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A soldier participates in a military parade to commemorate the 180th anniversary of the Dominican Republic's independence in the capital city Santo Domingo. EPA
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A Ukrainian amputee military veteran, 23, who lost his legs during shelling near Bakhmut, takes part in archery training in Kyiv ahead of an international contest. AFP
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A motorcyclist crosses a road in Bangkok. AFP
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San Diego Padres left-fielder Jurickson Profar prepares for the second inning of a spring training baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, in Peoria, Arizona. AP
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Romanian taxi drivers protest outside the national parliament building in Bucharest in a row over what they see as unfair competition from ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Bolt. EPA
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Engineers wave through gaps in the drill face after a boring machine broke through to complete HS2's longest tunnel, in Great Missenden, England. The high-speed rail line will run between London and Birmingham. Getty Images
Seen through giant glasses, The World, an exclusive private residential ship, arrives in Cape Town, South Africa. Reuters
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A deserted Thessaloniki station during a 24-hour rail strike in Greece. Staff are demanding answers a year after the nation's deadliest train crash, which killed 57 people. AFP
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People displaced by an outbreak of violence gather to receive humanitarian aid from the World Food Programme in Nampula, Mozambique. AFP
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Pope Francis holds his weekly general audience in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. Reuters
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A wildfire that prompted an evacuation edges towards a home outside of Shattuck, Oklahoma. Reuters
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Palestinians who fled from the northern Gaza Strip seek shelter near Deir Al Balah in the south. EPA
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A soldier participates in a military parade to commemorate the 180th anniversary of the Dominican Republic's independence in the capital city Santo Domingo. EPA
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A Ukrainian amputee military veteran, 23, who lost his legs during shelling near Bakhmut, takes part in archery training in Kyiv ahead of an international contest. AFP
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A motorcyclist crosses a road in Bangkok. AFP
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San Diego Padres left-fielder Jurickson Profar prepares for the second inning of a spring training baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, in Peoria, Arizona. AP
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Romanian taxi drivers protest outside the national parliament building in Bucharest in a row over what they see as unfair competition from ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Bolt. EPA
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