World in focus - best photos for March 7, 2019

Take a look at some of the best images from around the world in the past 24 hours

Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray of the Philippines (R) accompanied by Miss Indonesia 2018 Sonia Fergina Citra (C) wave during a visit to the Taman Sari Royal Haritage spa in Jakarta, Indonesia. Catriona Gray is visiting Jakarta to attend the grand final of the Putri Indonesia beauty pageant 2019. EPA

A woman evacuated, with her children, from the Islamic State (IS) group's embattled holdout of Baghouz arrives at a screening area held by the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor. Veiled women carrying babies and wounded men on crutches hobbled out of the last jihadist village in eastern Syria on March 6 after US-backed forces pummelled the besieged enclave. The Syrian Democratic Forces leading the assault expected more fighters to surrender with their families in tow before moving deeper in the Islamic State group's last redoubt. AFP

Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and his wife Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge talk with children as they leave after visiting Blackpool Tower in Blackpool, north-west England. AFP

French gendarmes arrive for evacuation as prison guards block the entrance to the penitentiary center of Alencon, in Conde-sur-Sarthe, northwestern France, two days after a prison inmate seriously wounded two guards in a knife attack before being detained in a police raid. The prison of Alencon / Conde-sur-Sarthe, where two guards were seriously stabbed on March 5 by a radicalized detainee, was blocked again on March 7 by about a hundred prison guards. AFP

A man takes a photograph in the courtyard of Camlica mosque after taking part in the first official public prayer marking the opening of Camlica Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. Camlica Mosque is now Turkey's largest mosque capable of accommodating more than 40,000 people. The mosque sits on Camlica hill with sweeping views over Istanbul. Construction on the mega project, which was championed by Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, started in 2013 at a cost of approximately 150 million Turkish Lira. The mosque was designed by two female architects and includes a museum, art gallery and library. Getty Images

Dancers perform on stage during the rehearsal of the new production 'rauschen' by German choreographer Sasha Waltz in Berlin, Germany. 'rauschen' will have its world premiere on 07 March in Berlin. EPA

A participant covered with burned oil and wearing masks participates in their traditional carnival celebrations which announces the eve of the religious festivities of Lent in San Martin Tilcajete, in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. With dances, games and traditions in which the beginning of the 40 days is prepared in which meat can not be eaten carnivals, festivities that in Oaxaca always take a touch of their traditional culture. EPA

A student from the General Yermolov Cadet School performs with models of swords during celebrations of Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week, a pagan holiday marking the end of winter, in southern city of Stavropol, Russia. REUTERS

A man looks at Venezuelan bolivar notes hung to resemble a tree, in Caracas, Venezuela. REUTERS

Wounded men receive medical treatment in a hospital after several mortars targeted a political gathering in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan. According to the ministry of health at least four people were killed and 21 others injured in the incident. EPA

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