• Graduates toss their hats into the air in celebration at the end of the graduation ceremony at the National Defense Academy in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo. Kimimasa Mayama / EPA
    Graduates toss their hats into the air in celebration at the end of the graduation ceremony at the National Defense Academy in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo. Kimimasa Mayama / EPA
  • A Turkish-backed Syrian rebel drives past a burning shop in the city of Afrin in northern Syria. Bulent Kilic / AFP
    A Turkish-backed Syrian rebel drives past a burning shop in the city of Afrin in northern Syria. Bulent Kilic / AFP
  • Heavy smoke engulfs the Waterfront Manila Pavilion building, after a fire broke out at the hotel and casino complex. Ted Aljibe / AFP
    Heavy smoke engulfs the Waterfront Manila Pavilion building, after a fire broke out at the hotel and casino complex. Ted Aljibe / AFP
  • Russian President and Presidential candidate Vladimir Putin waits to get his ballot as he arrives to vote at a polling station during Russia's presidential election in Moscow. Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool / via AP
    Russian President and Presidential candidate Vladimir Putin waits to get his ballot as he arrives to vote at a polling station during Russia's presidential election in Moscow. Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool / via AP
  • A woman reads a placard displaying presidential candidates outside a polling station in the village of Borok, 20km north of Smolensk in Russia. Sergei Gapon / AFP
    A woman reads a placard displaying presidential candidates outside a polling station in the village of Borok, 20km north of Smolensk in Russia. Sergei Gapon / AFP
  • Alpine Skiing - Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Paralympics - Women's Slalom - Standing - Run 1 - Jeongseon Alpine Centre - Jeongseon, South Korea - March 18, 2018 - Anna Jochemsen of the Netherlands in the Women's Slalom - Standing - Run 1 at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Paralympics. Paul Hanna / Reuters
    Alpine Skiing - Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Paralympics - Women's Slalom - Standing - Run 1 - Jeongseon Alpine Centre - Jeongseon, South Korea - March 18, 2018 - Anna Jochemsen of the Netherlands in the Women's Slalom - Standing - Run 1 at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Paralympics. Paul Hanna / Reuters
  • Delegates gather in the Great Hall of the People before the sixth plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing. Greg Baker / AFP
    Delegates gather in the Great Hall of the People before the sixth plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing. Greg Baker / AFP
  • Canada's Billy Bridges in red collides with United States' Brody Roybal during the Ice Hockey gold medal match for the 2018 Winter Paralympics at the Gangneung Hockey Centre in Gangneung, South Korea. Ng Han Guan / AP Photo
    Canada's Billy Bridges in red collides with United States' Brody Roybal during the Ice Hockey gold medal match for the 2018 Winter Paralympics at the Gangneung Hockey Centre in Gangneung, South Korea. Ng Han Guan / AP Photo
  • Fire consumes the top floor of a building in the North Beach neighbourhood of San Francisco, California. David Ingram / Reuters
    Fire consumes the top floor of a building in the North Beach neighbourhood of San Francisco, California. David Ingram / Reuters

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