World in focus — best photos for March 8, 2016

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  Tibetan monks dressed as demons attend the Beating Ghost festival at the Yonghe Temple, also known as the Lama Temple, in Beijing. The Beating Ghost festival, or Da Gui festival in Chinese, is an important ritual of Tibetan Buddhism and is believed to expel evil spirits and shake off troubles. Fred Dufour / AFP

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  A migrant woman waits in a field at the northern Greek border station of Idomeni. Greek police officials say Macedonian authorities have imposed further restrictions on refugees trying to cross the border, saying only those from cities they consider to be at war can enter. Visar Kryeziu / AP Photo

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  Afghan refugees who were arrested after illegally crossing into Macedonia are escorted by Macedonian troops, on the Macedonian side, at the northern Greek border station of Idomeni. Vadim Ghirda / AP Photo

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  Friba Hameed, 30, an Afghan police officer, second right, helps paint part of a mural of herself on a wall outside the main gate of a police precinct to mark International Women’s Day in Kabul, Afghanistan. Rahmat Gul / AP Photo

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  A woman walks near a patriotic mural depicting Chinese soldiers celebrating, in Beijing. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi took a hard line Tuesday on the country’s claims to virtually all the South China Sea, saying Beijing won’t permit other nations to infringe on what it considers its sovereign rights in the strategically vital area. Ng Han Guan / AP Photo

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  Goalkeeper Alexander Schwolow of Freiburg celebrates during the Second Bundesliga match between SC Freiburg and RB Leipzig at Schwarzwald-Stadion in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. Matthias Hangst / Bongarts / Getty Images

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  Afghan youths exercise in Kabul, Afghanistan. Mohammad Ismail / Reuters

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