• Marseille's supporters light flares in front of the Stade Velodrome before their match against Lyon. Ann-Chrsitine Poujoulat / AFP Photo
    Marseille's supporters light flares in front of the Stade Velodrome before their match against Lyon. Ann-Chrsitine Poujoulat / AFP Photo
  • A Turkish-backed Syrian Arab fighter tows away a looted vehicle after forces seized control of Afrin from the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG). Bulent Killic / AFP Photo
    A Turkish-backed Syrian Arab fighter tows away a looted vehicle after forces seized control of Afrin from the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG). Bulent Killic / AFP Photo
  • A crowd of people look at cherry blossoms at Wuhan University in China's central Hubei province. AFP Photo
    A crowd of people look at cherry blossoms at Wuhan University in China's central Hubei province. AFP Photo
  • Palestinians stand behind a police barricade in the Old City of Jerusalem near the site of where a Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli police after he stabbed an Israeli. Abir Sultan / EPA
    Palestinians stand behind a police barricade in the Old City of Jerusalem near the site of where a Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli police after he stabbed an Israeli. Abir Sultan / EPA
  • Russian president Vladimir Putin delivers a speech at his election headquaters in Moscow. Sergei Chirkov / Reuters
    Russian president Vladimir Putin delivers a speech at his election headquaters in Moscow. Sergei Chirkov / Reuters
  • Napoli's Raul Albiol celebrates scoring against Genoa. Ciro De Luca / Reuters
    Napoli's Raul Albiol celebrates scoring against Genoa. Ciro De Luca / Reuters
  • A staff member looks out from a curtain before a press conference at China's National People's Congress in Beijing. Mark Schiefelbein / AP Photo
    A staff member looks out from a curtain before a press conference at China's National People's Congress in Beijing. Mark Schiefelbein / AP Photo
  • Asec d'Abidjan goalkeeper Abdoul Karim Cisse concedes a goal against Zesco United of Zambia in their CAF Champions League tie. Issouf Sanogo / AFP Photo
    Asec d'Abidjan goalkeeper Abdoul Karim Cisse concedes a goal against Zesco United of Zambia in their CAF Champions League tie. Issouf Sanogo / AFP Photo
  • Genoa goalkeeper Mattia Perin watches a shot by Napoli's Dries Merten's go past him. Carlo Harmann/ AFP Photo
    Genoa goalkeeper Mattia Perin watches a shot by Napoli's Dries Merten's go past him. Carlo Harmann/ AFP Photo

World in focus - best photos for March 19, 2018


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