MARCH 2018 - Pictures of the day - March 27- March 31, 2018

MARCH 2018
Pictures of the day
March 27 – March 31, 2018
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MARCH 2018
Pictures of the day
March 27 – March 31, 2018
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April 14, 2018
Pictures of the day - March 27 - March 31, 2018
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Opened late last year with a
capacity for housing about 250
people, a former warehouse
turned shelter in Pacaraima, a
hardscrabble dusty border
town in the middle of the
Brazilian Amazon, now has
upward of 500 Venezuelan
Warao indigenous, and more
are arriving daily.
Women cook over a dozen little
open fires, while men lie on
hammocks inside an adjoining
building and naked children
with distended bellies and dirty
faces run around the shelter for
the Warao who have fled
Venezuela’s troubles.
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In this March 10, 2018 photo, Warao indigenous families from Venezuela
cook in an outdoor area of a shelter, in Pacaraima, the main entry point for
Venezuelans, in the Brazilian state of Roraima.(AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
March 10, 2018

In this March 10, 2018 photo, a
Venezuelan Warao woman quarters
a chicken to cook over a fire in an
outdoor kitchen area at a shelter, in
Pacaraima, Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo
Peres)
March 10, 2018

“The life of Warao is all about Warao,” said Teolinda Moralera, who came to the shelter two
weeks ago with her husband and three children.
Authorities in Pacaraima say the Warao began crossing into the region in 2016, a full year before
tens of thousands of non-indigenous Venezuelans began arriving.
Health workers scramble to identify children with measles — one in the shelter died this month
— and address severe malnutrition and myriad other medical issues.
“All Venezuelans arriving here are in a precarious situation,” said Luis Fernando Peres, one of the
lead volunteers with Fraternity International Humanitarian Federation, one of the groups working
at the shelter. “The Warao are arriving in even worse shape.”
As Brazilian authorities scramble to accommodate tens of thousands of desperate Venezuelans
crossing the country’s northern border to escape their homeland’s economic collapse and
political unrest, the indigenous Warao are emerging as their biggest challenge.
Despite the difficulties and an uncertain future, many Warao say they are happy to be in Brazil,
even going so far as to call the shelter a “paradise” compared to what they left behind.

In this March 10, 2018 photo, the shadows of Warao
children are cast on a blanket serving as a curtain at a
shelter in Pacaraima, Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
March10, 2018

In this March 10, 2018 photo, a Warao
refugee looks out from his hammock next to
families sitting on the floor at a shelter, in
Pacaraima, Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
March10, 2018

In this March 10, 2018 photo, 2-
year-old Warao Ricardo Zapata
kicks an inflatable ball inside a
shelter, in Pacaraima, Brazil.
(AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
March10, 2018

In this March 10, 2018 photo, a Warao youth of Venezuela leans on
a gate next to a wall with a sign that reads in Warao; "Big House", at
a shelter, in Pacaraima, Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
March10, 2018

In this March 10, 2018 photo, a Warao woman and
child from Venezuela, rest on a hammock at a shelter,
in Pacaraima, Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
March10, 2018

This March 10, 2018 photo shows an
adornment depicting a traditional Warao
thatched roof hut made from palm fibers
hanging inside a shelter, in Pacaraima,
Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
March10, 2018

In this March 10, 2018 photo, Warao Cesar Mariano,
58, from Venezuela, wears a cap featuring the
national flag of his native country, at a shelter, in
Pacaraima, Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)March10, 2018

In this March 10, 2018 photo, Warao children from
Venezuela play in a shelter, in Pacaraima, Brazil.
March10, 2018

In this March 10, 2018 photo, a Warao boy from
Venezuela dons a mask fashioned from
cardboard in a shelter, in Pacaraima, Brazil. (AP
Photo/Eraldo Peres)
March10, 2018

In this March 10, 2018 photo, Warao
children from Venezuela watch
cartoons on a computer laptop in a
shelter, in Pacaraima, Brazil. (AP
Photo/Eraldo Peres)
March10, 2018

In this March 10, 2018 photo, a Warao woman
from Venezuela, cooks bread over a fire in the
outdoor area of a shelter, in Pacaraima, Brazil.
March10, 2018

In this March 10, 2018 photo, Warao
women dance in the outdoor area of
a shelter, in Pacaraima, Brazil. (AP
Photo/Eraldo Peres)
TEXT FROM THE AP NEWS STORY,
BRAZIL STRUGGLES TO CARE FOR
VENEZUELA'S INDIGENOUS WARAO, BY
PETER PRENGAMAN.
PHOTOS BY ERALDO PERES
March10, 2018

A man tries to put out a fire after
flames erupted early on March 23
following a regime bombardment in
Douma, one of the few remaining
rebel-held pockets in eastern Ghouta
on the outskirts of Syria’s capital.
Syrian state media said more residents
have left Douma, one of the three
pockets isolated by the offensive and
where the bombing continues,
through a crossing linking it to the
capital Damascus. The largest town in
eastern Ghouta, Douma is controlled
by the Army of Islam, the largest and
most powerful rebel group in the
region.
— Hamza Al-Ajweh / AFP - Getty
Images
March23, 2018

Emma Gonzalez stands in silence at
the podium during the “March For
Our Lives” in Washington on March
24.
The gripping moment stretched for
6 minutes and 20 seconds, the
amount of time Gonzalez said it
took a shooter to kill 17 people and
wound 15 others at Marjory
Stoneman Douglas High School in
Parkland, Florida, last month.
Photos: These kids aren't kidding:
March For Our Lives hits streets
worldwide
— Jim Lo Scalzo / EPA
March24, 2018

A Syrian woman and child walk
down a destroyed street as
civilians and rebels prepare to
evacuate one of the few remaining
rebel-held pockets in Arbin, in
Eastern Ghouta, on the outskirts of
the Syrian capital Damascus, on
March 24, as the government
moved ever closer to securing the
outskirts of the capital.
— Abdulmonam Eassa / AFP -
Getty Images
March24, 2018

Spectators watch a man
performing on a water-
propelled flyboard during the
BMX freestyle parc pro final on
March 24 in Jeddah, Saudi
Arabia during a two-day event
for the launch of the 2018 FISE
World Series tour.
— Lionel Bonaventure / AFP -
Getty Images
March24, 2018

A thick sandstorm engulfed the
Sudanese capital of Khartoum on
March 24, forcing authorities to cancel
flights and shut schools in the city and
other nearby towns.
— Ashraf Shazly / AFP - Getty Images
March24, 2018

Dancers wait backstage at the
World Irish Dancing
Championships in Glasgow,
Scotland, on March 25.
More than 14,500 dancers and
supporters were expected this
week at the championships
which have run for more than
forty years.
— Jeff J Mitchell / Getty
Images
March25, 2018

Smoke billows from the Winter Cherry mall in
Kemerovo, Russia, on March 26. With the fire alarms
silent and staff reportedly nowhere to be seen, a fire at a
shopping mall packed with children and their parents on
the first weekend of the school recess killed 64 people in
Russia's Siberia.
The fire was extinguished by Monday morning after
burning through the night. Firefighters were still
recovering bodies as parts of the buildings were still
smoldering. Some of the dead were found inside a
theater, which one witness said had been locked shut.
— Alexander Patrin / A42.ru via EPA
March26, 2018

March 27, 2018

A border patrol agent apprehends an illegal immigrant near the U.S.
border with Mexico in the Rio Grande Valley Sector, near McAllen,
Texas, on March 27.
— Loren Elliott / AFP - Getty Images
March27, 2018

Paramilitary police take part in a
drill at an anti-terrorism military
training base in Korla, Xinjiang
Uighur Autonomous Region,
China. REUTERS/Stringer
March27, 2018

A U.S. Army crew chief flying on board a CH-
47F Chinook helicopter observes the
successful test of flares during a training
flight in Afghanistan. U.S. Air Force/Tech. Sgt.
Gregory Brook/via REUTERS
March27, 2018

Penitents take part in the Procession del
Nazareno as Easter processions take place
throughout Spain during Holy Week, in
Bilbao, Spain. REUTERS/Vincent West
March27, 2018

A penitent is seen before taking part in
the "Procession del Prendimiento" of
the students brotherhood in Oviedo,
Spain. REUTERS/Eloy Alonso
March27, 2018

Men and children dressed as demons pose for pictures
prior to the ceremony known as Los Talciguines, as part
of religious activities to mark the start of the Holy
Week in Texistepeque, El Salvador. REUTERS/Jose
Cabezas
March27, 2018

A gaucho is unseated by an
untamed horse during the Creole
week celebrations in Montevideo.
REUTERS/Andres Stapff
March27, 2018

A model presents a creation for a make-
up styling show by Mao Geping at China
Fashion Week in Beijing.
REUTERS/Jason Lee
March27, 2018

Palestinians attend a marathon near the
border with Israel, in the southern Gaza
Strip. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
March27, 2018

Locals make barricades as
they gather to protest against
a new industrial waste
processing facility that is being
constructed in Til Til, Chile.
REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
March27, 2018

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan
reacts during a news conference at
Euxinograd residence, near Varna,
Bulgaria. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
March27, 2018

Cambridge Analytica
whistleblower Christopher Wylie
at a news conference in central
London. REUTERS/Toby Melville
March27, 2018

A woman collects items thrown by
devotees as religious offerings in the
Ganges river, after the celebrations of the
last day of Navratri festival, in Kolkata,
India. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri
March27, 2018

Deadly fire at Russian shopping mall
A view shows the burnt facade of a
shopping mall in the Siberian city of
Kemerovo, Russia March 27, 2018.
REUTERS/Maksim Lisov
March27, 2018

An emergency service worker removes debris at the fire-damaged shopping mall in
the Siberian city of Kemerovo, Russia March 27, 2018. REUTERS/Maksim Lisov
March27, 2018

Ambulances are parked near the scene of a
shopping mall fire in Kemerovo, Russia
March 27, 2018. REUTERS/Polina Ivanova
March27, 2018

People hold placards as they stand near lit candles arranged to read "Kemerovo" during a rally
demanding safety after the shopping mall fire in Kemerovo, at Pushkin Square in central
Moscow, Russia March 27, 2018. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
March27, 2018

People mourn victims of the shopping
mall fire in Kemerovo at an
impromptu memorial in central
Stavropol, Russia March 27, 2018.
REUTERS/Eduard Korniyenko
March27, 2018

Russian President Vladimir Putin
meets with victims at a hospital in
Kemerovo, March 27, 2018.
Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin
via REUTERS
March27, 2018

Reuters / Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Georgy Sobolev, the technical
director of the company which
owns the Kemerovo confectionery
company, sits inside the
defendants' cage as he attends a
hearing on his detention in the
case of the shopping mall fire at a
court in Kemerovo, March 27,
2018. REUTERS/Polina Ivanova
March27, 2018

Georgy Sobolev, the technical director of the
company which owns the Kemerovo
confectionery company, stands inside the
defendants' cage as he attends a hearing on
his detention in the case of the shopping
mall fire at a court in the Siberian city of
Kemerovo, Russia. REUTERS/Polina Ivanova
March27, 2018

People attend a rally after the shopping mall
fire, near the regional administration's
building in Kemerovo, Russia March 27, 2018.
REUTERS/Marina LisovaMarch27, 2018

People hold placards during a rally after the shopping mall fire,
near the regional administration's building in Kemerovo,
Russia March 27, 2018. The placards read: "How many victims
are there really?", "Who is really guilty?", "How much does it
cost for you to turn a blind eye?". REUTERS/Marina Lisova
March27, 2018

All aboard the world's largest cruise ship
A view on from aboard
the world's largest
cruise ship, Royal
Caribbean Cruises' 362-
metre-long Symphony
of the Seas, during its
world presentation
ceremony at a port in
Malaga, Spain.
REUTERS/Jon Nazca
March27, 2018

Fireworks light up the night sky
over the world's largest cruise
ship, the 362-metre-long
Symphony of the Seas of Royal
Caribbean Cruises, after its world
presentation ceremony, while
sailing to Barcelona from a port in
Malaga, Spain. REUTERS/Jon
Nazca
March27, 2018

The world's largest cruise ship Symphony of
the Seas sailing to Barcelona after its world
presentation ceremony. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
March27, 2018

A general view of the world's largest cruise ship of Royal Caribbean
Cruises, the 362-metre-long, Symphony of the Seas REUTERS/Jon Nazca
March27, 2018

Robots serve drinks at the bionic bar. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
March27, 2018

inside the Symphony of the Seas. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
March27, 2018

A top-down view on the Symphony of the Seas. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
March27, 2018

North Korean delegation visits Beijing
A motorcade believed to be carrying a North Korean delegation
makes its way along Beijing's main east-west thoroughfare,
Changan Avenue, in Beijing. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
March27, 2018

Police officers keep watch next to a train
at the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing.
REUTERS/Jason Lee
March27, 2018

A train believed to be carrying a senior
North Korean delegation leaves China's
captial in Beijing. REUTERS/Jason Lee
March27, 2018

Security personnel take position
along Beijing's main east-west
thoroughfare, Changan Avenue, in
Beijing. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
March27, 2018

A train believed to be carrying a senior
North Korean delegation leaves the Beijing
Railway Station. REUTERS/Jason Lee
March27, 2018

A motorcade believed to be carrying a
North Korean delegation makes its
way along Beijing's main east-west
thoroughfare, Changan Avenue, in
Beijing. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
March27, 2018

Syrian rebels withdraw from Ghouta
A convoy of buses that carry rebels
and their families waits at Harasta
highway outside Jobar, in Damascus.
REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
March27, 2018

Rebel fighters gesture as they stand next to a bus before their evacuation, at
Harasta highway outside Jobar, in Damascus, Syria. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
March27, 2018

A boy looks through a bus window before evacuation, at Harasta
highway outside Jobar, in Damascus. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
March27, 2018

Rebel fighters are seen next to a bus before
their evacuation, at Harasta highway outside
Jobar, in Damascus. REUTERS/Omar SanadikiMarch27, 2018

A boy looks through a bus window before
evacuation, at Harasta highway outside Jobar,
in Damascus. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
March27, 2018

An art installation by U.S. sculptor Mark Jenkins called
'Project 84', which aims to raise awareness of male
suicide rates in the United Kingdom, is seen on the roof
of a building in central London. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
March27, 2018

Paro the furry seal cries softly while an elderly
woman pets it. Pepper, a humanoid, waves while
leading a group of senior citizens in exercises. The
upright Tree guides a disabled man taking shaky
steps, saying in a gentle feminine voice, “right, left,
well done!”
Robots have the run of Tokyo's Shin-tomi nursing
home, which uses 20 different models to care for its
residents. The Japanese government hopes it will be
a model for harnessing the country's robotics
expertise to help cope with a swelling elderly
population and dwindling workforce.
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Residents follow moves made by humanoid Pepper during an
afternoon exercise routine at Shin-tomi nursing home.
Allowing robots to help care for
the elderly - a job typically seen
as requiring a human touch -
may be a jarring idea in the
West. But many Japanese see
them positively, largely because
they are depicted in popular
media as friendly and helpful.
"These robots are wonderful,"
said 84-year-old Kazuko Yamada
after the exercise session with
SoftBank Robotics Corp's Pepper,
which can carry on scripted
dialogues. "More people live
alone these days, and a robot
can be a conversation partner
for them. It will make life more
fun." 2 FEB 2018. TOKYO, JAPAN. REUTERS/KIM KYUNG-HOON
Feb 2, 2018
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Funabashi Hiroshi from A Fun, repairs broken pet dog robots.
6 FEB 2018. TAKAHAGI, JAPAN. REUTERS/KIM KYUNG-HOON
Feb 6 , 2018
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Plenty of obstacles may hinder a rapid proliferation of elder care robots: high costs, safety
issues and doubts about how useful - and user-friendly - they will be.
The Japanese government has been funding development of elder care robots to help fill a
projected shortfall of 380,000 specialised workers by 2025.
Despite steps by Japan to allow foreign workers in for elder care, obstacles to employment
in the sector, including exams in Japanese, remain. As of the end of 2017, only 18 foreigners
held nursing care visas, a new category created in 2016.
But authorities and companies here are also eyeing a larger prize: a potentially lucrative
export industry supplying robots to places such as Germany, China and Italy, which face
similar demographic challenges now or in the near future.

A caretaker (right), wearing walking rehabilitation
equipment Tree, helps a resident with his walking
training at Shin-tomi nursing home.
5 FEB 2018. TOKYO, JAPAN. REUTERS/KIM KYUNG-HOON
"It's an opportunity for us," said
Atsushi Yasuda, director of the
robotic policy office at the
Ministry of Economy, Trade and
Industry or METI. "Other
countries will follow the same
trend."
More than 100 foreign groups
have visited Shin-tomi the past
year from countries including
China, South Korea and the
Netherlands.
Feb 5 , 2018
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A woman reads a book during a session with pet dog robot
AIBO and robot seal PARO at Shin-tomi nursing home.
A few products are trickling
out as exports: Panasonic
Corp has started shipping its
robotic bed, which transforms
into a wheelchair, to Taiwan.
Paro is used as a "therapy
animal" in about 400 Danish
senior homes.
The global market for nursing
care and disabled aid robots,
made up of mostly Japanese
manufacturers, is still tiny:
just $19.2 million in 2016,
according to the International
Federation of Robotics.
Feb 2 , 2018
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Yoichi Suzuki shows pet dog robot AIBO to his mother at his
house. Suzuki's father used the AIBO for his rehabilitation.
But METI estimates the domestic industry alone will grow to
400 billion yen ($3.8 billion) by 2035, when a third of Japan's
population will be 65 or older.
"It's potentially a huge market," said George Leeson, director of
the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing. "Everyone is waking
up to their ageing populations. Clearly robotics is part of that
package to address those needs."
Feb 6 , 2018
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Pet dog robot AIBO is seen at Yoichi Suzuki's house.
To nurture the industry, the government is
using a two-pronged approach. METI is
promoting development, providing 4.7
billion yen ($45 million) in subsidies since
2015.
The labour ministry is spearheading the
spread of robots, and spent 5.2 billion yen
($50 million) to introduce them into 5,000
facilities nationwide in the year that
ended last March. There is no government
data about how many care facilities use
robots.
Feb 6 , 2018
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Yoichi Suzuki and his wife take care of his mother
as pet dog robot AIBO walks around at his house.
Government officials stress that
robots will not replace human
caregivers.
"They can assist with power,
mobility and monitoring. They can't
replace humans, but they can save
time and labor," said METI's Yasuda.
"If workers have more time, they
can do other tasks."
Feb 6 , 2018
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A caretaker wearing a HAL pushes a
wheelchair at Shin-tomi nursing home. 5 FEB 2018. TOKYO, JAPAN. REUTERS/KIM KYUNG-HOON
Feb 5 , 2018
Most of the devices look nothing
like the popular image of a robot.
By the government's definition,
each has three components -
sensors, a processor and a motor or
apparatus.
Panasonic used government aid to
develop Resyone, a bed that splits
in two, with one half transforming
into a wheelchair.
Cyberdyne Inc's HAL - short for
Hybrid Assistive Limb - lumbar type
is a powered back support that
helps caregivers lift people.
Those needing walking
rehabilitation can grab hold of
Tree, made by unlisted Reif Co,
which crawls along the ground,
showing where to place the next
step and offering balance support.
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A resident approaches Pepper to pat its head during an
afternoon exercise routine at Shin-tomi nursing home.
SoftBank's Pepper is used in about
500 Japanese elder care homes for
games, exercise routines and
rudimentary conversations.
But some workers find Pepper
difficult to set up, said Shohei
Fujiwara, a manager at SoftBank
Robotics, a unit of Internet
conglomerate SoftBank Group
Corp. They'd like Pepper to
respond to voice commands and
move around independently -
functions that SoftBank hopes to
introduce this year, he said.
Feb 2 , 2018
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A resident touches robot seal PARO at Shin-tomi nursing home
Feb 2 , 2018
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Cute, furry and responsive, Paro reacts to touch, speech and light by moving its head,
blinking its eyes and playing recordings of Canadian harp seal cries.
"When I first petted it, it moved in such a cute way. It really seemed like it was alive,"
giggled 79-year-old Saki Sakamoto, a Shin-tomi resident. "Once I touched it, I couldn't let
go."
Paro took more than 10 years to develop and received about $20 million in government
support, said its inventor, Takanori Shibata, chief research scientist at the National
Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. About 5,000 are in use globally,
including 3,000 in Japan.
But Paro, like most robots, is expensive: 400,000 yen ($3,800) in Japan and about 5,000
euros in Europe. Panasonic's Resyone bed costs 900,000 yen ($8,600) and Cyberdyne's
HAL lumbar exoskeleton costs 100,000 yen ($950) a month to rent.

A caretaker wearing a motion assist
equipment Muscle Suit carries a
resident from a bed to a wheelchair at
Shin-tomi nursing home
Feb 5 , 2018
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Most facilities using them, including Shin-tomi, have relied on local and central government
subsidies to help cover the costs. Individuals can also use nursing care insurance to help cover
approved products, but those numbers are tiny.
And so far, the robots have not reduced Shin-tomi's personnel costs or working hours.
"We haven't gotten that far yet," said Kimiya Ishikawa, president and CEO of Silverwing Social
Welfare Corp, which runs Shin-tomi. "We brought them in mostly to improve the working
environment, keep staffers from getting back injuries and make things safer."
What they have done, he said, is boost the morale of both staff and residents.
"That's brought a peace of mind among the staff and the residents feel supported," he said.

A broken pet dog robot AIBO
waits for repair in A Fun's office.
Feb 6 , 2018
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Students clash with riot police outside
the Education Ministry building during
a protest in Santiago, Chile on March
27, after Chile's constitutional court
struck down a law that would have
banned universities operating for
profit, dealing a blow to free tuition
reforms brought in by former left wing
president Michelle Bachelet.
— Claudio Reyes / AFP - Getty Images
March27, 2018

A woman prepares to vote during the second day of the presidential election at a polling station in
Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, March 27, 2018. Egyptians are voting for a second day in a lackluster election
that President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is virtually certain to win after all serious rivals were either
arrested or intimidated into dropping out ahead of the balloting. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
March27, 2018

People vote inside polling station at a school in the Omraniyah district of Giza, Egypt Tuesday,
March 27, 2018. Turnout appeared low as Egyptians voted on the second day of an election
that President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is virtually certain to win, after all serious rivals were
either arrested or intimidated into dropping out. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
March27, 2018

A voter's finger is marked with ink at a
polling station during the second day of
the presidential election in Alexandria,
Egypt. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
March27, 2018

Women wait in line to vote
outside a polling station at a
school in the Omraniyah
district of Giza, Egypt Tuesday,
March 27, 2018. Turnout
appeared low as Egyptians
voted on the second day of an
election that President Abdel-
Fattah el-Sissi is virtually
certain to win, after all serious
rivals were either arrested or
intimidated into dropping out.
(AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
March27, 2018

March 28, 2018

People travel on a public bus under an election banner for Egyptian
President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi with Arabic that reads, "you are the hope,"
in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, March 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
March28, 2018

A woman inks her finger on the third
day of the presidential election inside
a polling station in the popular district
of Shubra, Cairo, Egypt Wednesday,
March 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Nariman
El-Mofty)
March28, 2018
TEXT FROM THE AP NEWS STORY,
EGYPT VOTES ON FINAL DAY, WITH
ALL EYES ON TURNOUT, BY
MAGGIE MICHAEL AND SAMY
MAGDY.
PHOTOS NARIMAN EL-MOFTY
AND AMR NABIL

An empty polling station on the third day of the presidential election
inside a polling station in the popular district of Shubra, Cairo, Egypt
Wednesday, March 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
March28, 2018

A woman takes a selfie with an effigy
depicting Egyptian President Abdel
Fattah al-Sisi during the second day of
the presidential election in Cairo,
Egypt. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
March28, 2018

Students march the last leg of a 50-
mile journey on March 28 into the
hometown of House Speaker Paul
Ryan to call attention to gun
violence.
About 50 Wisconsin students set out
Sunday from Madison on their “50
Miles More” march.
— Scott Olson / Getty Images
March28, 2018

A demonstrator is detained during a protest
demanding an end to profiteering in the
education system in Santiago, Chile.
REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
March28, 2018

Pope Francis arrives to lead the Wednesday general audience in Saint
Peter's square at the Vatican. REUTERS/Max Rossi
March28, 2018

Water cannon is fired towards the protesters to disperse the crowd during a
protest against the road expansion projects causing people in the affected areas
to lose their houses and lands in Kathmandu, Nepal. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar
March28, 2018

Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants march
during a military drill in the southern Gaza
Strip. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
March28, 2018

A photo distributed by the Houthi Military
Media Unit shows the launch by Houthi
forces of a ballistic missile aimed at Saudi
Arabia. Houthi Military Media Unit/via
Reuters
March28, 2018

Germany's Sandro Wagner collides with
Brazil's Thiago Silva. REUTERS/Wolfgang
Rattay
March28, 2018

Chinese soldiers carry caskets
containing the remains of Chinese
soldiers covered by Chinese national
flags during the handing over
ceremony at the Incheon
International Airport in Incheon,
South Korea. REUTERS/Kim Hong-
Ji/Pool
March28, 2018

Reuters / Wednesday, March 28,
2018
Michael Rakowitz's "The Invisible
Enemy Should Not Exist"; a
recreation of the Lamassu, a
winged deity that stood at the
entrance to the Nergal Gate of
Niniveh from 700BC until it was
destroyed by ISIS in 2015; is seen
after it was unveiled on Trafalgar
Square's Fourth Plinth, in London.
REUTERS/Hannah McKay
March28, 2018

Detained Reuters journalist Wa Lone
is escorted by police after a court
hearing in Yangon, Myanmar.
REUTERS/Stringer
March28, 2018

A statue of The Beatles sports "tickling sticks",
comedian Ken Dodd's quintessential prop, ahead
of Dodd's funeral in his home town of Liverpool,
Britain. REUTERS/Phil Noble
March28, 2018

A Palestinian girl with her body painted by
special effects makeup artist Alaa Abu Mustafa,
20, sits on a boat in the southern Gaza Strip.
REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
March28, 2018

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, flanked
by Finance Minister Taro Aso, attends at an
upper house parliamentary session in
Tokyo. REUTERS/Issei Kato
March28, 2018

A worker ties steel bars at a
construction site for a road in Peshawar,
Pakistan. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
March28, 2018

Buildings are seen as a dust storm hits Beijing. REUTERS/Jason Lee
March28, 2018

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves from a
train, as he paid an unofficial visit to China.
KCNA/via Reuters
March28, 2018

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri
Sol Ju are seen in Beijing. KCNA/via Reuters
March28, 2018

Kim Jong Un visits Beijing
North Korean leader Kim Jong
Un and wife Ri Sol Ju, and
Chinese President Xi Jinping
and wife Peng Liyuan pose for
a photo in Beijing. KCNA/via
Reuters
March28, 2018

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shakes
hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping
in Beijing. KCNA/via Reuters
March28, 2018

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un smiles during a
banquet in Beijing, as he paid an unofficial visit to
China. KCNA/via Reuters
March28, 2018

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
smiles as he paid an unofficial visit to
Beijing. KCNA/via Reuters
March28, 2018

toasts with Chinese President Xi
Jinping in Beijing. KCNA/via
Reuters
March28, 2018

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and
Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands
at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
Ju Peng/Xinhua via REUTERS
March28, 2018

speaks in Beijing. KCNA/via
Reuters
March28, 2018

North Korean leader Kim
Jong Un and wife Ri Sol
Ju, and Chinese
President Xi Jinping and
wife Peng Liyuan walk
together in Beijing.
KCNA/via Reuters
March28, 2018

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and
Chinese President Xi Jinping inspect
honor guards in Beijing. KCNA/via
Reuters
March28, 2018

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and wife Ri Sol Ju, and Chinese President
Xi Jinping and wife Peng Liyuan meet in Beijing. KCNA/via Reuters
March28, 2018

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and wife Ri Sol Ju, and Chinese President Xi
Jinping and wife Peng Liyuan toast each other in Beijing. KCNA/via Reuters
March28, 2018

A view of a banquet attended by North Korean
leader Kim Jong Un in Beijing. KCNA/via Reuters
March28, 2018

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju visit the
Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. KCNA/via Reuters
March28, 2018
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is seen
writing in Beijing. CCTV via Reuters TV
March28, 2018

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju
wave and smile in Beijing. CCTV via Reuters TV
March28, 2018

Reuters / Wednesday, March 28, 2018
French Republican guards stand in front
of the flag-draped coffin of late
Gendarmerie officer Colonel Arnaud
Beltrame, who was killed by an Islamist
militant after taking the place of a female
hostage during a supermarket siege in
Trebes, during a national ceremony at the
Hotel des Invalides in Paris.
REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
March28, 2018
France holds state funeral for 'hero' cop

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a
speech during a national ceremony for late
Lieutenant-Colonel Arnaud Beltrame. Ludovic
Marin/Pool via Reuters
March28, 2018

French President Emmanuel Macron walks towards the coffin
Lieutenant-Colonel Arnaud Beltrame. Ludovic Marin/Pool via Reuters
March28, 2018

French President Emmanuel
Macron stands in front of the
flag-drapped coffin of late
Gendarmerie officer Colonel
Arnaud Beltrame.
REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
March28, 2018

French President Emmanuel Macron leans on
Beltrame's coffin after posthumously awarding
him the Legion of Honor, France's highest
award.
Beltrame symbolized "the spirit of French
resistance," Macron said. "We will prevail
thanks to the resilience of the French. ... We
will win by the cohesion of a united nation."
— Christophe Ena / AP
March28, 2018

Republican Guards, Gemdarmes and Cadets
from the joint-army military school (Ecole
Militaire Interarmes, EMIA) carry the coffin of
Lieutenant-Colonel Arnaud Beltrame. Ludovic
Marin/Pool via Reuters
March28, 2018

Republican Guards, Gemdarmes and Cadets from the joint-army
military school (Ecole Militaire Interarmes, EMIA) carry the coffin of
Lieutenant-Colonel Arnaud Beltrame. Ludovic Marin/Pool via Reuters
March28, 2018

Officials of the French gendarmerie
nationale and French Interior Minister
Gerard Collomb, bottom center, hold a
minute of silence for Lt. Col. Arnaud
Beltrame, at the Interior Ministry in
Paris on March 28, 2018.
Beltrame, 44, led a team of gendarmes
who arrived first on the scene of the
attack on a supermarket in southern
France last week. He persuaded
Radouane Lakdim to release a woman
he was holding as a human shield,
laying down his weapon and putting his
mobile phone on a table with the line
surreptitiously left open.
When three shots later rang out, elite
police stormed the building and shot
dead Lakdim. Beltrame was found with
bullet wounds to an arm and foot and a
grave knife wound to the neck. He died
the following morning in hospital.
— Bertrand Guay / AFP - Getty Images
March28, 2018

Beltrame's portrait is seen before a national tribute
at the Gendarmerie Nationale Headquarters in Issy-
les-Moulineaux near Paris.
The day provided a national focal point for grief,
even as questions were growing about possible
mistakes made by the French security services
regarding Beltrame's killer, Redouane Lakdim.
Interior Minister Gerard Collomb confirmed
Wednesday that French security services were
poised to reduce the surveillance on Lakdim, who
had since 2014 been on a radicalization watch list,
ahead of the extremist attack.
— Charles Platiau / Reuters
March28, 2018

A convoy of French Republican Guards escorting the coffin of late
Lieutenant Colonel Arnaud Beltrame. Ludovic Marin/Pool via Reuters
March28, 2018

Former French Presidents Francois Hollande and Nicolas
Sarkozy attend a national tribute for late Gendarmerie officer
Colonel Arnaud Beltrame. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
March28, 2018

Member of Parliament of Les Republicains (LR) party, Eric Ciotti (2ndL), members of Parliament of the leftist La France Insoumise
(LFI) party, Clementine Autain (4thL), LFI leader Jean-Luc Melenchon (6thL), Head of the La Republique en Marche (LREM)
parliamentary group, Richard Ferrand (7thL), far-right Front National (FN) party leader, Marine Le Pen (C, partly hidden) and FN party
member Nicolas Bay (C-R) wait prior to the start a national ceremony for late Lieutenant-Colonel Arnaud Beltrame. Ludovic
Marin/Pool via ReutersMarch28, 2018

Mourning after Russia mall fire
People react during a funeral of a victim of a shopping mall fire at a
cemetery in Kemerovo, Russia March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Maxim Lisov
March28, 2018

People stay next to caskets with the victims of a
shopping mall fire during a funeral ceremony in
cathedral in Kemerovo, Russia March 28, 2018.
REUTERS/Maksim Lisov
March28, 2018

A woman reacts during a
funeral of a victim of the
shopping mall fire at a
cemetery in Kemerovo, Russia.
REUTERS/Maxim Lisov
March28, 2018

People react during a funeral of a victim of a
shopping mall fire at a cemetery in Kemerovo,
Russia March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Maksim Lisov
March28, 2018

People attend a funeral of a victim of a
shopping mall fire at a cemetery in Kemerovo,
Russia March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Maxim Lisov
March28, 2018

An employee lowers a flag to half-mast
on the roof of the city administration
building on the day of national
mourning in Krasnoyarsk, Russia March
28, 2018. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin
March28, 2018

People react as they walk to a funeral
ceremony for the victims of a shopping
mall fire in Kemerovo, Russia March 28,
2018. REUTERS/Maksim Lisov
March28, 2018

People gather to
commemorate the
victims of a shopping
mall fire on the day of
national mourning in
Kemerovo, Russia March
28, 2018. The word,
composed of
photographs, reads
"Memory".
REUTERS/Marina Lisova
March28, 2018

Rebel fighters stand next to buses before
evacuation, at Harasta highway outside Jobar,
in Damascus. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
March28, 2018

A rebel fighter gestures as he sits
inside a bus during evacuation, at
Harasta highway outside Jobar, in
Damascus. REUTERS/Omar
Sanadiki
March28, 2018

KV Svalbard's crew, formed by Norwegian Navy
privates and scientists from Norwegian Institute of
Marine Research, play soccer as they are protected
from polar bears by armed guards in the arctic
environment in the sea around Greenland. Marius
Vagenes Villanger/Kystvakten/Sjoforsvaret/NTB
Scanpix via REUTERS
March28, 2018

Stevante addresses protesters
at a Sacramento rally on March
28.
Police said two officers fired 20
rounds at Clark, who was
found to be in possession of a
cellphone, not a weapon, on
March 18.
— Josh Edelson / AFP - Getty
Images
City on edge: Anguish and anger over police
shooting of Stephon ClarkMarch28, 2018

Clark was killed by officers responding to reports of a man
smashing car windows. Police bodycam video shows the
officers chase Clark and corner him in his grandmother's
backyard.
— Josh Edelson / AFP - Getty Images
March28, 2018

Protesters block traffic.
— Josh Edelson / AFP - Getty Images
March28, 2018

Cosmos flowers bask in the sun rise
over Delta Park in Johannesburg on
March 28. The flowers are early signs of
the shift from summer to autumn as
they blanket large areas of the city and
open farm areas around Johannesburg.
— Kim Ludbrook / EPA
March28, 2018

For Mohammed Saleh Ahmad
and his family, returning to
Mosul after more than a year
away was bittersweet.
He was happy to return to a
semblance of his old life, but
leaving behind the friends he'd
made in the refugee camp
where he'd lived for a year
weighed on him.

Mohammed (centre) reacts as his family prepares to go back home to Mosul.
Ever since Mohammed fled
Mosul in March 2017, this
community of friends and
relatives - a group of like-minded
survivors of the battle for Mosul
- had made life bearable.
"It's so hard saying goodbye,"
Mohammed said, as he finished
boxing up his belongings in his
tent in the Hammam al-Alil
refugee camp south of Mosul.
26 FEB 2018. MOSUL, IRAQ. REUTERS/KHALID AL-MOUSILY
Feb26, 2018
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Al Hamam al-Alil refugee camp.
Mohammed arrived when U.S.-led
coalition forces began their advance
on western Mosul, the final stretch
to route Islamic State. The militants
had overrun Mosul in 2014 and
placed people like Mohammed
under their draconian rule.
Carrying whatever he could, he fled
his home in the city, along with his
wife and five children. His parents
and siblings were not far behind.
Feb26, 2018
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A truck is being loaded with belongings of Mohammed's family.
A year ago, the Ahmed
family did not think they'd
be returning to Mosul so
soon. But when they got the
opportunity, they jumped at
the chance.
A few days after deciding to
leave, neighbours and
relatives came to help them
load their belongings onto
the small truck that would
start the next chapter of
their lives.
Feb26, 2018
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Mohammed's father, Saleh Ahmad, prepares as they pack their belongings
Mohammed's father and mother
were going, too. Mirroring the
heavy mood as they said
goodbye, his father, Saleh,
brought out an MP3 player and
played old Iraqi folk songs, amid
tearful goodbyes and promises to
their come back and visit soon.
Feb26, 2018
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Mohammed's mother, Rafa Mohamed Hamid,
greets her son after returning home to Mosul.
In Mosul, they were greeted by
Mohammed's older brother, Ahmed,
who had persuaded them to move
back by finding them a modest two-
room house to rent.
As the men carried things inside the
house, Mohammed's wife Iman,
immediately set about preparing the
family's first meal in their new
home. His parents, who moved in
with Mohammed's family,
celebrated their return over tea.
Feb26, 2018
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Iman Abdullah Saleh cooks at her home in Mosul.
Though rudimentary, their new
house was a step up from life in
the camps, with a separate
kitchen and makeshift bathroom,
and the Ahmed family quickly
settled into a new routine.
Before finding a job working at
his uncle's construction company,
Mohammed busied himself by
going to the market, getting a
haircut and taking his children to
a recently reopened amusement
park. And he took Iman to buy
some new clothes.
2 MAR 2018. MOSUL, IRAQ. REUTERS/KHALID AL-MOUSILY
March2 , 2018
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Mohammed walks with his family at an amusement park.
"New clothes for our new life," he
said, as the couple wondered
through the market picking out
dresses.
In the time that the Ahmed family
was away from Mosul, the nine-
month campaign to rout the
militants culminated in a brutal
battle in the heart of its Old City,
the centuries-old historic district
that is Mosul’s beating heart.
19 MAR 2018. MOSUL, IRAQ. REUTERS/KHALID AL-MOUSIL
March 19, 2018

Mohammed (left), walks with his brother Ahmed in the old city of Mosul.
Though Islamic State was defeated,
the western half of the city, where
Mohammed grew up, was largely
flattened. Seeing it for the first
time, Mohammed was shocked by
the what it's become.
"I hardly recognise anything
anymore," Mohammed said as he
walked around with his older
brother Ahmed.
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March 19, 2018
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March 29, 2018

Faithful participate in the centenary
Fogareu procession during the early
morning hours in Goias, Brazil on March
29. With almost three centuries of
tradition, the procession of the Fogareu
marked the beginning of Holy Thursday in
Brazil.
— Weimer Carvalho / EPA
March29, 2018

Pope Francis leads the Chrism Mass on Holy Thursday during which sacred oils are
blessed at�Saint�Peter's�Basilica�at the Vatican. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini
March29, 2018

Prison fire in Venezuela
Rioting and a fire in the
cells of a Venezuelan
police station in the
central city of Valencia
killed 68 people on
Wednesday, according to
the government and
witnesses.
REUTERS/Carlos Garcia
Rawlins
March29, 2018

Relatives of inmates held at the General Command of the Carabobo
Police react as they wait outside the prison, where a fire occurred in
the cells area, in Valencia, Venezuela. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
March29, 2018

Families hoping for news outside the police station were
dispersed with tear gas and authorities did not give information
until late into the evening. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
March29, 2018

A relative of inmates faints outside the
prison. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
March29, 2018

Venezuelan prisons are notoriously overcrowded
and filled with weapons and drugs. Riots leaving
dozens dead are not uncommon. REUTERS/Carlos
Garcia Rawlins
March29, 2018

Relatives of inmates wait outside the
prison. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
March29, 2018

Paramedics help a relative of inmates who
fainted. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
March29, 2018

Celebrating Holy Week
Spanish legionnaires carry
a statue of the Christ of
Mena outside a church
during a ceremony ahead
of the Mena brotherhood
procession during Holy
Week, in Malaga, Spain
March 29, 2018.
REUTERS/Jon Nazca
March29, 2018

Reuters / Thursday, March 29, 2018
Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa,
Apostolic Administrator of the Latin
Patriarchate of Jerusalem, performs the
Catholic Washing of the Feet ceremony
in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in
Jerusalem's Old City during Holy Week,
March 29, 2018. REUTERS/Corinna Kern
March29, 2018

Reuters / Sunday, March 25, 2018
An actor, portraying Mary, takes part
in the interactive street-theatre
Passion play "Il-Mixja" (The Way),
one of a series of Holy Week
activities in the run-up to Easter, in
the grounds of Mount Carmel Mental
Hospital in Attard, Malta March 25,
2018. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi
March25, 2018
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Penitents line up in the yard of a school before taking part in the
procession of "El Cautivo" brotherhood during Holy Week in Malaga,
southern Spain, March 26, 2018. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
March26, 2018
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Mourning after Russia mall fire
The portraits of the six
schoolgirls, who were killed
in a shopping mall fire, are
on display in a hall of a local
school in the settlement of
Treshchevsky near
Kemerovo, Russia March 29,
2018. REUTERS/Marina
Lisova
March29, 2018

Mourners visit a makeshift
memorial for victims of a fire at the
Winter Cherry mall in the industrial
city of Kemerovo, Russia, on March
29, 2018. The city of half a million
people, 3,000 kilometers east of
Moscow, is trying to come to terms
with the fire last Sunday that
engulfed the mall, killing 64 people,
including children locked inside a
movie theater.
The deadly fire caused an
outpouring of grief and indignation
against local authorities. The
Kemerovo governor never visited
the site of the fire, while President
Vladimir Putin did not announce a
period of national mourning until
days after the fire.
— Dmitry Serebryakov / AFP - Getty
Images
March29, 2018

Spring in blossom
Visitors walk under illuminated cherry blossoms at Ueno
Park in Tokyo, Japan March 29, 2018. REUTERS/Issei Kato
March29, 2018

Tokyo businessmen and businesswomen enjoy food and
drink under illuminated cherry blossoms at Ueno Park in
Tokyo, Japan March 29, 2018. REUTERS/Issei Kato
March29, 2018

A visitor takes a photo under illuminated
cherry blossoms at Ueno Park in Tokyo, Japan
March 29, 2018. REUTERS/Issei Kato
March29, 2018

Visitors ride a boat in the Chidorigafuchi
moat under cherry blossoms in Tokyo,
Japan March 26, 2018. REUTERS/Issei Kato
March26, 2018
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Volkswagen's diesel graveyard
Reacquired Volkswagen and Audi diesel cars sit in a desert graveyard near Victorville, California,
March 28, 2018. Volkswagen has taken parking lots to a whole new level in the United States - and
will not be emptying them soon. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
March29, 2018

Volkswagen AG has paid more than $7.4 billion to buy back about 350,000 U.S. diesel vehicles
through mid-February, a recent court filing shows. The German automaker has been storing
hundreds of thousands of vehicles around the United States for months. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
March29, 2018

Reuters / Thursday, March 29,
2018
Volkswagen has 37 secure
storage facilities around the
United States housing nearly
300,000 vehicles, the filing from
the program's independent
administrator said. The lots
include a shuttered suburban
Detroit football stadium, a former
Minnesota paper mill and a sun-
bleached desert graveyard near
Victorville, California.
REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
March29, 2018

Reuters / Thursday, March 29,
2018
VW spokeswoman Jeannine
Ginivan said in a statement on
Wednesday that the storage
facility in Victorville, California,
is one of many "to ensure the
responsible storage of vehicles
that are bought back under the
terms of the Volkswagen"
diesel settlements.
REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
March29, 2018

"These vehicles are being stored on an
interim basis and routinely maintained
in a manner to ensure their long-term
operability and quality, so that they
may be returned to commerce or
exported once U.S. regulators approve
appropriate emissions modifications,"
Ginivan said. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
March29, 2018

As cheap Chinese-made motorbikes
flood Pakistan's roads, fans of vintage
Vespa scooters are scrambling to find
spare parts and preserve models that
hark back to a quieter, bygone era.
Piaggio's Italian two-wheeler was the
ultimate status symbol for Pakistani bike
aficionados in the 1960s and 70s, when
bicycles outstripped motorbikes on the
roads and only a handful of people could
afford to import luxury items from
Europe.

Journalist Nazeer Udding Siddiqui, 58, posing with his 1979 model Vespa
scooter, said: "My father used to work for Khwaja Auto as a manager and
they were the only distributers of Vespa scooters. For me, people who own
Vespas are very honourable people who still keep this tradition alive."
Over the past two decades,
motorbike ownership rates
have skyrocketed in Pakistan,
with locally assembled Chinese
and Japanese bikes clogging
up the roads in a country
where much of the population
is below 30 years old.
6 MAR 2018. KARACHI, PAKISTAN. REUTERS/AKHTAR SOOMRO
March 6, 2018
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Members of a Vespa rider's club gather at sunrise for a ride in Lahore.
But for the likes of Zubair
Ahmad Nagra, who runs the
Vespa club in the eastern city
of Lahore, new and more
fuel-efficient bikes hold little
allure.
Instead, he drives a Vespa,
Italian for "wasp", that was
imported by his father in
1974.
"It was the first motorized
vehicle owned by my father,"
said Nagra. "I've been fond of
it ever since."
11 MAR 2018. LAHORE, PAKISTAN. REUTERS/CAREN FIROUZ
March11, 2018
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A worker sprays a restored mud guard at a Vespa restoration and repair workshop.
Many long-term owners find that
possessing a Vespa in Pakistan is
a labour of love, with original
spare parts scant and only a
handful of mechanics skilled
enough to restore the originals.
In Lahore, close to the Indian
border, Vespa owners often have
to settle for low quality Indian-
made parts or ask for mechanics
to fashion new pieces of
bodywork from scratch.
27 FEB 2018. ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN. REUTERS/CAREN FIROUZ
Feb 27, 2018

Akram (centre) applies coating on parts of Vespa scooter as he chats with owners of
Vespa scooters Farrukh Shahbaz (left) and Matiur Rehman outside his workshop.
Farrukh Shahbaz, who 14 years ago inherited his father's blue 1961
Vespa, has had to have the scooter repaired three times, but he
cherishes the memory and love his father had for the machine.
"My father told me it came packed in a wooden box," said Shahbaz,
50.
In the leafy capital Islamabad, once the oppressive summer heat
wanes, a handful of Western diplomats can be seen buzzing around
on their pastel-coloured Vespas.
But they also are rare.
24 FEB 2018. KARACHI, PAKISTAN. REUTERS/AKHTAR SOOMRO
Feb 24, 2018

A man rides a Vespa scooter on a busy street in low income neighbourhood in Karachi.
Few expect the tide to turn, with cheap motorbike ownership transforming the
lives of many poor and lower working class people in the rapidly urbanising
nation of 208 million people.
But Nagra, the Lahore fan club chief, said a local company had announced that
Vespas would be on sale in Pakistan from later this year with the latest models.
6 MAR 2018. KARACHI, PAKISTAN. REUTERS/AKHTAR SOOMRO
March 6, 2018

Parts of Vespa scooters are seen outside a workshop in Karachi.
Nagra said Vespas were the
second best gift Italy gave to
the world - "first being pizza" -
as he recalled driving from
Lahore to the Chinese border
crossing at the Khunjerab Pass,
some 15,397 feet (4,693
metres) above sea level in the
Karakoram Mountains.
"They have not let us down a
single time," he said.
24 FEB 2018. KARACHI, PAKISTAN. REUTERS/AKHTAR SOOMRO
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A fisherman walks on the ice-covered Dnipro River during a
snowfall in Kiev, Ukraine. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
March29, 2018

Balloons fly after being released by
people who gather to commemorate the
victims of a shopping mall fire in
Kemerovo on the day of national
mourning in Russia, in Minsk, Belarus.
REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
March29, 2018

An Ethiopian girl carries water at the Somare
refugee camp on the Ethiopian-Kenyan border
near the town of Moyale, Kenya. REUTERS/Baz
Ratner
March29, 2018

A general view of the re-enactment of the battle of Canchas Blancas
(white fields) between Chile and Bolivia during the 1879 Pacific War, in
Canchas Blancas, Potosi, Bolivia. REUTERS/David Mercado
March29, 2018

A Palestinian shouts during
clashes along the Israel border
with Gaza ahead of a protest in
a tent city, demanding to
return to their homeland, in
the southern Gaza Strip.
REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu
Mustafa
March29, 2018

A basketball-playing robot called
CUE, developed by Toyota
engineers, shoots a free throw
during a rehearsal for half-time
show of Alvark Tokyo's
basketball match in Tokyo.
REUTERS/Toru Hanai
March29, 2018

A General Electric (GE.N) Propulsion Test Platform plane takes
off near Victorville, California. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
March29, 2018

Anti-Brexit demonstrators waving
EU and Union flags are reflected in
a puddle in front of the Houses of
Parliament in London.
REUTERS/Toby Melville
March29, 2018

France's president Emmanuel
Macron attends a meeting
with President and Chief
Strategy Officer of Samsung
Electronics Young Sohn, at the
Elysee Palace in Paris.
Francois Mori/Pool via
Reuters
March29, 2018

South Korean Unification Minister
Cho Myoung-gyon and his North
Korean counterpart Ri Son Gwon
pose for photographs before their
meeting at the truce village of
Panmunjom, North Korea. Korea
Pool/Yonhap via REUTERS
March29, 2018

A protester wearing a
"Black Lives Matter"
earring chants slogans as
she marches in Times
Square in Manhattan
during a protest against the
death of Stephon Clark in
Sacramento, California.
REUTERS/Gabriela Bhaskar
March29, 2018

March 30, 2018

Violent riots erupted in America’s capital in the hours after Martin Luther King Jr. was
assassinated on April 4, 1968. Grieving and angry, rioters smashed windows, looted and burned
buildings for several days, and at least 10 people lost their lives as a result of the violence.
With the Washington, D.C. police force overwhelmed by the rioting, the federal government
deployed the National Guard to protect government buildings and maintain some semblance of
order in the city. Soldiers carrying rifles in the streets of the capital became commonplace as
officials struggled to calm angry residents.
It took decades for some predominantly black neighborhoods in the District of Columbia to
recover from the destruction.
Today, 50 years later, the landscape of the city has changed with newer, more modern buildings
replacing the damaged and burned facilities with little trace remaining from the days of rage
following Martin Luther King’s death.

(7th and O street NW)FILE - Smoldering ruins remain where a building stood on 7th Street,
N.W. in Washington, D.C., April 6, 1968. Numerous fires accompanied the second night of
turmoil in the nation's capital following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in
Memphis, Tenn., April 4. The civil rights leader was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine
Motel when he was killed by a rifle bullet on April 4, 1968. James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to
the killing and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. He died in prison in 1998.(AP Photo)
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Corner of 7th and O street NW in Washington, Saturday, March 17, 2018. The April 4, 1968
assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., sparked rioting across neighborhoods in
Washington D.C., began at the corner of 14th and U Street NW, and lasted for the next 6
days. In the aftermath these neighborhood's economy was left devastated and it would
take another 40+ years for recovering to happen. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
March17, 2018
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(Corner of 4th and H street NE in Washington DC)File- The National Guard were
called out to quell rioting that broke out in Washington following the news of
the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., April 6, 1968. (AP Photo)
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The corner of 4th and H street NE in Washington, Sunday, March
18, 2018. The April 4, 1968 assassination of Rev. Martin Luther
King Jr., sparked rioting across neighborhoods in Washington
D.C., began at the corner of 14th and U Street NW, and lasted
for the next 6 days. In the aftermath these neighborhood's
economy was left devastated and it would take another 40+
years for recovering to fully happen. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez
Monsivais)
March18, 2018
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Firemen gathered at a fire engine on 14th Street near Irving Street following
rioting after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Saturday, April 6,
1968. Firehouses cover the ground. Burned storefronts stand in the
background. (Photo/Darell C. Crain/ DC Public Library Specials Collection)
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DC USA shopping center near 14th and Irving Street NW, Sunday,
March 25, 2018. The April 4, 1968 assassination of Rev. Martin Luther
King Jr., sparked rioting across neighborhoods in Washington D.C.,
began at the corner of 14th and U Street NW, and lasted for the next 6
days. In the aftermath these neighborhood' s economy was left
devastated and it would take another 40+ years for recovering to fully
happen. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
GALLERY PHOTOS
March25, 2018

(7th and K street NW)File- The National Guard were called out to quell rioting
that broke out in Washington following the news of the assassination of Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr., Saturday, April 6, 1968. (AP Photo)
GALLERY PHOTOS

The corner of 7th and K street NW in
Washington, Saturday, March 17, 2018.
The April 4, 1968 assassination of Rev.
Martin Luther King Jr., sparked rioting
across neighborhoods in Washington
D.C., began at the corner of 14th and U
Street NW, and lasted for the next 6
days. In the aftermath these
neighborhood's economy was left
devastated and it would take another
40+ years for recovering to fully happen.
(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
March17, 2018
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Torn-down newsstand on 14th and Kenyon Streets NW following rioting
after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Saturday, April 6,
1968. (Photo/Darrell C. Crain/DC Public Library Specials Collections)
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DC USA shopping center near 14th and
Kenyon Street NW, Sunday, March 25, 2018.
The April 4, 1968 assassination of Rev.
Martin Luther King Jr., sparked rioting across
neighborhoods in Washington D.C., began at
the corner of 14th and U Street NW, and
lasted for the next 6 days. In the aftermath
these neighborhood' s economy was left
devastated and it would take another 40+
years for recovering to fully happen. (AP
Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
March25, 2018
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File- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, left, who heads the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference, addresses a capacity crowd from the pulpit at the
National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., March 31, 1968. King spoke from the
Cathedral's Canterbury Pulpit and it would be his last Sunday sermon before he
was assassinated later that week in Memphis. (AP Photo/John Rous)
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Tour group walks past the Canterbury Pulpit at the National Cathedral in Washington,
Monday, March 26, 2018. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King spoke from the Cathedral's
Canterbury Pulpit on March 31, 1968 and it would be his last Sunday sermon before he
was assassinated later that week in Memphis.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
March26, 2018
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The renovation Tivoli Theatre on 14th Street near Kenyon Street NW, Sunday, March 25, 2018. The
April 4, 1968 assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., sparked rioting across neighborhoods in
Washington D.C., began at the corner of 14th and U Street NW, and lasted for the next 6 days. In
the aftermath these neighborhood' s economy was left devastated and it would take another 40+
years for recovering to fully happen. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
March25, 2018
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Near the corner of 7th and K street NW
in Washington, Saturday, March 17,
2018. The April 4, 1968 assassination
of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., sparked
rioting across neighborhoods in
Washington D.C., began at the corner
of 14th and U Street NW, and lasted for
the next 6 days. In the aftermath these
neighborhood's economy was left
devastated and it would take another
40+ years for recovering to fully
happen. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez
Monsivais)
March17, 2018
GALLERY PHOTOS

Torn-down newsstand on 14th and Kenyon Streets NW following rioting
after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Saturday, April 6,
1968. (Photo/Darrell C. Crain/DC Public Library Specials Collections)
GALLERY PHOTOS

Photograph showing a soldier standing
guard at 7th and N Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C., Monday, April 8, 1968,
with the ruins of buildings that were
destroyed during the riots that followed
the assassination of Martin Luther King,
Jr. (Photo/ Warren K. Leffler/Library of
Congress)
AP’S COMPLETE COVERAGE ON THE
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF MARTIN LUTHER
KING JR.
PHOTOS BY PABLO MARTINEZ
MONSIVAIS
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March 31, 2018

Farewell for Stephen Hawking
Pallbearers carry the coffin out of Great St Marys Church at the
end of the funeral of theoretical physicist Prof Stephen Hawking,
in Cambridge. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
March31, 2018

Jane Hawking and her son Timothy arrive at Great
St Marys Church. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
March31, 2018

The funeral cortege arrives at Great St
Marys Church. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
March31, 2018

Members of the church choir arrive
at Great St Marys Church.
REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
March31, 2018

British actor Eddie Redmayne arrives at Great
St Marys Church. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
March31, 2018

Pallbearers carry the coffin into Great St Marys Church. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
March31, 2018

Glacial beauty on a journey to Antarctica
Reuters photographer Alexandre Meneghini journeyed to Antarctica to get a
close-up look at penguins, seals and lots of ice.
Penguins climb a mountain on
Danco Island, Antarctica, Feb.
14, 2018.
The Greenpeace ship Arctic
Sunrise made the journey to an
area the European Union wants
to make a safe haven for marine
life from industrial fishing.
— Alexandre Meneghini /
Reuters
Feb 14, 2018
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Penguins congregate on
Curverville Island on Feb. 15.
Reuters
Feb 15, 2018
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A whale swims in Selvick Cove on
Feb. 13.
— Alexandre Meneghini / Reuters
Feb 13, 2018
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A krill fishing ship of unknown
nationality rests in Half Moon Bay on
Feb. 18.
Feb 18, 2018
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Waves break on the Greenpeace
ship Arctic Sunrise at the Drake
Passage as it navigates towards the
Antarctica Peninsula on Feb. 10.
Designed as an icebreaker, the ships
rounded, keelless hull allows it to
navigate through sea ice.
Feb 10, 2018
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A Greenpeace boat sails in
Andvord Bay on Feb. 14.
Feb 14, 2018
GALLERY PHOTOS

Penguins come ashore in Neko
Harbour on Feb. 16.
Feb 16, 2018
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Seals lie on a beach in Half
Moon Bay on Feb. 18.
Reuters
Feb 18, 2018
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A house belonging to an old
whaling factory resides on
Deception Island, on Feb. 17.
Feb 17, 2018
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Remains of a boat belonging
to an old whaling factory lie
on the ground on Deception
Island, on Feb. 17.
Reuters
Feb 17, 2018
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A tomb resides at a little cemetery
on Deception Island, on Feb. 17.
Feb 17, 2018
GALLERY PHOTOS

A whale's bones are left on Danco
Island on Feb. 14.
Feb 14, 2018
GALLERY PHOTOS

A penguin walks next to an old whaling
factory on Deception Island on Feb. 17.
Feb 17, 2018
GALLERY PHOTOS

Seals gather on Deception Island
on Feb. 17.
Feb 17, 2018
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A seal rests over a rock in
Maxwell Bay on Feb. 19.
Alexandre Meneghini /
Reuters
Feb 19, 2018
GALLERY PHOTOS

Penguins swim next to a glacier in
Neko Harbour on Feb. 16.
Feb 16, 2018
GALLERY PHOTOS

Penguins make their way down an iceberg in
Andvord Bay on Feb. 14.
Feb 14, 2018
GALLERY PHOTOS

Penguin footprints on Danco
Island on Feb. 14.
Feb 14, 2018
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A penguin feeds a young one on
Curverville Island on Feb. 15.
Feb 15, 2018
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The deep crevices of a snow-covered glacier in
Half Moon Bay on Feb. 18.
Feb 18, 2018
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A glacier in Half Moon Bay on Feb. 18.
Feb 18, 2018
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Glaciers in Half Moon Bay on Feb. 18.
Feb 18, 2018
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Renovation of church sheds light on ancient mysteries
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In the innermost chamber of the site said to be the tomb of Jesus, a restoration team revealed
what it believes is the original rock surface where Jesus’ body was laid.
Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre is where many historians have long believed that the
original cave, identified a few centuries after Jesus’ death as his tomb, was obliterated ages ago.
But an archaeologist accompanying a restoration team in 2016 said ground penetrating radar
tests determined that cave walls are in fact standing — at a height of six feet and connected to
bedrock — behind the marbled panels of the chamber at the center of Jerusalem’s Church of
the Holy Sepulchre.
National Geographic partnered with Greek restoration experts to document the work in 2016
and 2017.
“What was found,” said National Geographic archaeologist Fredrik Hiebert, “is astonishing.”
A 12th-century building sitting on 4th-century remains, the Church of the Holy Sepluchre is the
only place where six Christian denominations practice their faith at the same site. The church
was recently closed and reopened due to a dispute over taxes.

In this Friday, Oct. 7, 2016 photo, members of the
conservation team lift a stone to clean and digitally
scan before reinstalling it on the faÁade of the
Edicule, the shrine that houses what is believed to be
the tomb of Jesus in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
in Jerusalem's Old City. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Oct. 7, 2016
GALLERY PHOTOS

In this Monday, Sept. 19,
2016 photo, a Greek
conservation team
renovate the Tomb of
Jesus in the Church of the
Holy Sepulchre in
Jerusalem's Old City. (AP
Photo/Oded Balilty)
Sept.19, 2016
GALLERY PHOTOS

2016 photo, a Greek
conservation team begin
renovation of the Tomb of
Holy Sepulchre in
Photo/Oded Balilty)
Sept.19, 2016
GALLERY PHOTOS

In this Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016
photo, Elisavet Tsilimantou,
member of the conservation
team, digitally scans stones
before reinstalling them on
the façade of the Edicule, the
shrine that houses what is
believed to be the Tomb of
Jesus in the Church of the Holy
Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old
City. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Oct.11, 2016
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In this Thursday, Oct. 27,
2016 photo, Christian nuns
walk next to the Edicule
during the renovation of the
Tomb of Jesus in the Church
of the Holy Sepulchre in
Photo/Oded Balilty)
Oct.27, 2016
GALLERY PHOTOS

In this Friday, Oct. 28,
2016 photo, Franciscan
priests visit the Tomb of
Jesus during its
renovation in the Church
of the Holy Sepulchre in
Photo/Oded Balilty)
Oct.28, 2016
GALLERY PHOTOS

Renovation of Jesus' tomb in
the Church of the Holy
Sepulchre in Jerusalem's old
city in Jerusalem, Israel,
Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016. (AP
Photo/Oded Balilty)
Oct.9, 2016
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Members of the
conservation team remove
steel girders supporting
the Edicule during
restoration work, at the
Church of the Holy
Sepulchre in Jerusalem's
Old City Wednesday, Feb.
22, 2017. (AP Photo/Oded
Balilty)
Feb.22, 2017
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Renovation of Jesus' tomb in
the Church of the Holy
Sepulchre in Jerusalem's old city
in Jerusalem, Israel, Monday,
Sept. 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Oded
Balilty)
Sept.19, 2016
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Renovation of Jesus' tomb
in the Church of the Holy
Sepulchre in Jerusalem's
old city in Jerusalem,
Israel, Saturday, Oct. 8,
2016. (AP Photo/Oded
Balilty)
Oct.8, 2016
GALLERY PHOTOS

In this Friday, Oct. 28, 2016
photo, a restorer removes
debris beneath a broken
marble slab to expose the
original rock surface of what is
considered the burial place of
Jesus in the Church of the Holy
Sepulchre during its renovation
in Jerusalem's Old City. (AP
Photo/Oded Balilty)
Oct.28, 2016
GALLERY PHOTOS

In this Friday, Oct. 28,
2016 photo, broken
marble slab expose the
original rock surface of
what is considered the
burial place of Jesus in the
Church of the Holy
Sepulchre during its
renovation in Jerusalem's
Old City. (AP Photo/Oded
Balilty)
Oct.28, 2016
GALLERY PHOTOS

Renovation of Jesus'
tomb in the Church of
the Holy Sepulchre in
Jerusalem's old city in
Jerusalem, Israel,
Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016.
(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Oct.9, 2016
GALLERY PHOTOS

Renovation of Jesus'
tomb in the Church of
the Holy Sepulchre in
Jerusalem, Israel,
Thursday, Oct. 27,
2016. (AP
Photo/Oded Balilty)
Oct.27, 2016
GALLERY PHOTOS

In this Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016 photo, a general view of the renovation of the Tomb of Jesus
in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Oct.8, 2016
GALLERY PHOTOS

A priest looks at Jesus'
tomb in the Church of the
Holy Sepulchre in
Jerusalem, Israel,
Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016.
Oct.27, 2016
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A nun cleans the area around the renovated Edicule ahed of a ceremony
marking the completion of the renovation in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre,
in Jerusalem's Old City, Wednesday, March 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
March 22, 2017
GALLERY PHOTOS

Franciscan priests overlooking the renovated Edicule during a ceremony
marking the completion of the renovation in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre,
in Jerusalem's Old City, Wednesday, March 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
March 22, 2017
GALLERY PHOTOS

People line to to visit the
renovated Edicule in the
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
in Jerusalem's old city,
Tuesday, March. 21, 2017.
March 21, 2017
GALLERY PHOTOS

People line to to visit the
renovated Edicule in the Church of
the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's
old city, Tuesday, March. 21, 2017.
March 21, 2017
GALLERY PHOTOS

In this Wednesday Oct. 26,
2016 photo, workers
remove the top of what is
considered the burial place
of Jesus in the Church of
Holy Sepulchre in
Jerusalem. The tomb was
opened for the first time in
centuries in October 2016,
when the shrine that
encloses the tomb, known
as the Edicule, underwent a
significant restoration. (AP
Photo/Dusan Vranic)
Oct.26, 2016
GALLERY PHOTOS

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