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  • Japanese national defence academy students celebrate at their graduation ceremony in Yokosuka, Kanagawa. Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP Photo
    Japanese national defence academy students celebrate at their graduation ceremony in Yokosuka, Kanagawa. Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP Photo
  • A pair of cyclists ride through wheat fields during the prologue of the 2017 Cape Epic mountain bike race, near Durbanville, about 40Km from Cape Town, South Africa. Rodger Bosch / AFP Photo
    A pair of cyclists ride through wheat fields during the prologue of the 2017 Cape Epic mountain bike race, near Durbanville, about 40Km from Cape Town, South Africa. Rodger Bosch / AFP Photo
  • Visitors walk through an exhibition by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama at Tokyo’s New National Art Center. Shizuo Kambayashi / AP Photo
    Visitors walk through an exhibition by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama at Tokyo’s New National Art Center. Shizuo Kambayashi / AP Photo
  • A security guard walks under ‘floating umbrellas’ at a business park in Rawang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Daniel Chan / AP Photo
    A security guard walks under ‘floating umbrellas’ at a business park in Rawang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Daniel Chan / AP Photo
  • A man dressed as a devil performs during the Congos and Devils festival in Portobelo, Panama. Arnulfo Franco / AP Photo
    A man dressed as a devil performs during the Congos and Devils festival in Portobelo, Panama. Arnulfo Franco / AP Photo
  • A boy plays at the Sea Point swimming pools in Cape Town, South Africa. Kim Ludbrook / EPA
    A boy plays at the Sea Point swimming pools in Cape Town, South Africa. Kim Ludbrook / EPA
  • Noah Bowman of Canada in action during the men’s freestyle ski halfpipe final at the FIS freestyle ski & snowboard world championships in Sierra Nevada, Spain. David Ramos / Getty Images
    Noah Bowman of Canada in action during the men’s freestyle ski halfpipe final at the FIS freestyle ski & snowboard world championships in Sierra Nevada, Spain. David Ramos / Getty Images

World in focus — best photos for March 19, 2017

The National staff

March 19, 2017

A look at the best photos from around the world today.

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