• Female Pakistani police commandos carry assault rifles as they take part in a exercise at a police training centre in Nowshera, a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. AFP
    Female Pakistani police commandos carry assault rifles as they take part in a exercise at a police training centre in Nowshera, a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. AFP
  • Susan Reilly and her Pyrenean Mountain Dog named Boris arrive to attend the second day of the Crufts dog show at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, central England. AFP
    Susan Reilly and her Pyrenean Mountain Dog named Boris arrive to attend the second day of the Crufts dog show at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, central England. AFP
  • An aerial photo shows a giant Buddha statue under construction at Khai Nguyen pagoda in Son Tay, Vietnam. EPA
    An aerial photo shows a giant Buddha statue under construction at Khai Nguyen pagoda in Son Tay, Vietnam. EPA
  • Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud vies with Dynamo Kiev defender Artem Shabanov. AFP
    Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud vies with Dynamo Kiev defender Artem Shabanov. AFP
  • A media reporter uses mobile phones to do live broadcast during the second plenary session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. EPA
    A media reporter uses mobile phones to do live broadcast during the second plenary session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. EPA
  • Residents commuting along a flooded road in Dayeuhkolot village in Bandung, West Java province. AFP
    Residents commuting along a flooded road in Dayeuhkolot village in Bandung, West Java province. AFP
  • Visitors walk through the ice castle formation in North Woodstock, New Hampshire, USA. EPA
    Visitors walk through the ice castle formation in North Woodstock, New Hampshire, USA. EPA
  • An Afghan Hound on show during the annual Crufts Dog Show. EPA
    An Afghan Hound on show during the annual Crufts Dog Show. EPA
  • A boy plays with his toy pistol next to an Indian policeman standing guard in front of closed shops during a strike called by Kashmiri separatists against the arrest of Yasin Malik, Chairman of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front in Srinagar. Reuters
    A boy plays with his toy pistol next to an Indian policeman standing guard in front of closed shops during a strike called by Kashmiri separatists against the arrest of Yasin Malik, Chairman of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front in Srinagar. Reuters
  • Glamping trucks in Hatta, Dubai. AFP
    Glamping trucks in Hatta, Dubai. AFP
  • People walk on a street in central Moscow. AFP
    People walk on a street in central Moscow. AFP
  • Cars drive along a five-kilometre-long road, which is supervised by regional traffic services to connect the banks of the ice-covered Yenisei River during winter season, south of Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Reuters
    Cars drive along a five-kilometre-long road, which is supervised by regional traffic services to connect the banks of the ice-covered Yenisei River during winter season, south of Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Reuters

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World in focus - best photos for March 8, 2019

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