World in focus – best photos for April 15, 2016

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  Police rescue team members search through damaged houses to check possibility of trapped people in Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan. Aftershocks rattled communities in southern Japan as businesses and residents got a fuller look Friday at the widespread damage from an unusually strong overnight earthquake. Koji Ueda / AP photo

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  Women gather at the base of the Tower of Juche Idea listening to songs in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea is marking the ‘Day of the Sun’, celebrating the day of birth of the country’s founder, Kim Il-sung. The Day of the Sun is a national holiday. Franck Robichon / EPA

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  A Hindu girl dressed as a Kumari sits as she is worshipped during rituals to commemorate Navratri festival inside Adyapith temple on the outskirts of Kolkata, India. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters

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  Children play at the makeshift camp near the Greek village of Idomeni on the Greek-Macedonian border. With thousands of people camped out on the Greek side of the border in squalid conditions, Greece and Macedonia have traded increasingly undiplomatic protests, with Greece accusing non-EU Macedonia of unacceptable tactics in its use of tear gas on protesting migrants and Macedonia accusing Greece of inaction. Daniel Mihailescu / AFP

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  An aerial view shows a pond surrounded by trees in a field near Sieversdorf, Brandenburg, Germany. Such natural environments form ecologically valuable habitats in heavily used agricultural areas. Patrick Pleul / EPA

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  South African main opposition party Democratic Alliance supporters listen to leader Mmusi Maimane addressing thousands of supporters during a march against South African President Jacob Zuma at the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg. South African municipal elections are set to be contested on the 3rd of August. Gianluigi Guercia / AFP

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  A Malaysian homeless child eats food on a street in Kuala Lumpur. Mohd Rasfan / AFP

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  Athletes, left, compete barefoot in the Women’s 5000m event at the South African national championships at Coetzenburg Stadium, Stellenbosch, South Africa. The national championships provide a last opportunity for some athletes to qualify for the Rio Olympic Games. Nic Bothma / EPA

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  Spain’s Rafael Nadal celebrates after winning against Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka during their tennis match at the Monte-Carlo ATP Masters Series tournament in Monaco. Valery Hache / AFP photo

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