• People vote in Russia's presidential election in Yekaterinburg in the Urals on March 15, 2024. (Photo by Anna YURIEVA / AFP)
    People vote in Russia's presidential election in Yekaterinburg in the Urals on March 15, 2024. (Photo by Anna YURIEVA / AFP)
  • A French police officer from the National Dog Unit trains a dog in Cannes-Ecluse, south of Paris. Explosive-sniffing dogs will play a key security role at the Paris Olympics this summer. AFP
    A French police officer from the National Dog Unit trains a dog in Cannes-Ecluse, south of Paris. Explosive-sniffing dogs will play a key security role at the Paris Olympics this summer. AFP
  • Dozens of war-displaced people pack the courtyard of a school where they have taken refuge in Minova, South Kivu province, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Humanitarian aid for the nearly 300,000 displaced people in Minova is almost non-existent. AFP
    Dozens of war-displaced people pack the courtyard of a school where they have taken refuge in Minova, South Kivu province, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Humanitarian aid for the nearly 300,000 displaced people in Minova is almost non-existent. AFP
  • Afghan boys fly kites on a hilltop in Badakhshan. AFP
    Afghan boys fly kites on a hilltop in Badakhshan. AFP
  • Divers swim with a sandbar shark off Jupiter, Florida, US. AFP
    Divers swim with a sandbar shark off Jupiter, Florida, US. AFP
  • A Concorde supersonic jet is carried on a barge along the Hudson River past the Statue of Liberty, back to the Intrepid Museum in Manhattan after being refurbished at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, in New York City. Reuters
    A Concorde supersonic jet is carried on a barge along the Hudson River past the Statue of Liberty, back to the Intrepid Museum in Manhattan after being refurbished at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, in New York City. Reuters
  • A server ladles soup into a container as children queue for food at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AP
    A server ladles soup into a container as children queue for food at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AP
  • A member of Christie's staff holds a note written by Beatle George Harrison, part of a collection being sold by his former wife Pattie Boyd, at the auction house in London, UK. The note is expected to fetch between £2,000 and £3,000. AP
    A member of Christie's staff holds a note written by Beatle George Harrison, part of a collection being sold by his former wife Pattie Boyd, at the auction house in London, UK. The note is expected to fetch between £2,000 and £3,000. AP
  • A parakeet nibbles blossoms on a tree in St James's Park, London. EPA
    A parakeet nibbles blossoms on a tree in St James's Park, London. EPA
  • Vermicelli being made in Hyderabad, Pakistan. The pasta is used in the production of seviyan, a pudding that is especially popular during Ramadan. EPA
    Vermicelli being made in Hyderabad, Pakistan. The pasta is used in the production of seviyan, a pudding that is especially popular during Ramadan. EPA
  • The Stone of Destiny is displayed during a Beating Retreat ceremony at Edinburgh Castle, to mark the transfer of the historical emblem of Scotland's monarchy to Perth Museum. The stone was the sacred seat for the coronation of Scottish kings for centuries. Getty Images
    The Stone of Destiny is displayed during a Beating Retreat ceremony at Edinburgh Castle, to mark the transfer of the historical emblem of Scotland's monarchy to Perth Museum. The stone was the sacred seat for the coronation of Scottish kings for centuries. Getty Images

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March 15, 2024

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Director: Raed Zeno

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