Photos of the day - March 13, 2016
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A security officer stands guard at the Great Hall of the People during the third plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China, March 13, 2016. (REUTERS/Kim Kyung-hoon)
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A child blowing confetti from her hands during a Carnival parade in Cyprus' coastal city of Limassol, Sunday, March 13, 2016. Limassol's long-established parade is Cyprus' biggest and most famous, drawing revelers from across the east Mediterranean island. This year's parade drew huge crowds as people sought lighthearted reprieve from the bailed-out country's recession. The parade marks the start of the 40-day fasting period of Lent in the run-up to the Orthodox Christian Easter. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
(AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
Elephant polo players in action during the King's Cup Elephant Polo event 2016 final between teams King Power (blue) and The Elephant Story, in Bangkok, Thailand, March 13, 2016. Team King Power won the annual charity event, which is now in its 14th edition. This year's edition involved 18 elephants brought from tourist trekking camps in Pattaya as well as some unemployed in Surin, and a total of 10 teams encompassing over 40 players, in this event directed at raising funds to improve the lives of elephants and elephant conservation. (EPA/DIEGO AZUBEL)
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A woman in costume takes part in the re-scheduled Rosenmontag carnival parade in Duesseldorf, Germany, March 13, 2016. The traditional Rosenmontag carnival parade was originally canceled because of storm warnings. (EPA/MAJA HITIJ)
(EPA/MAJA HITIJ)
Members of emergency services work at the scene of an explosion in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, March 13, 2016. A television channel said the bomb exploded close to bus stops near a park at Ankara's main square, Kizilay. The news channel said the explosion occurred as a car slammed into a bus, suggesting that the blast may have been caused by a car bomb. Several vehicles had caught fire, it said. (AP Photo)
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Bike washers spray down mountain bikes after the riders finished the 26km prolog of the 2016 ABSA Cape Epic mountain bike stage race held at Meerendal near Cape Town, South Africa, March 13, 2016. The ABSA Cape Epic is often described as the 'Tour de France' of mountain biking and will see 1200 riders racing over 652km in 8 stages and climbing 15 100m of climbing. UCI professional racers ride alongside amateur riders during the 8 day long race. (EPA/KIM LUDBROOK)
(EPA/KIM LUDBROOK)
Kentucky's Tyler Ulis, top, reaches for a loose ball as he falls over Texas A&M's Alex Caruso, bottom, during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the championship of the Southeastern Conference tournament in Nashville, Tenn., Sunday, March 13, 2016. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
(AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Demonstrators demand the impeachment of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff during a rally where a large inflatable doll of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva stands in prison garb in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, March 13, 2016. The corruption scandal at the state-run oil giant Petrobras has ensnared key figures from Rousseff’s Workers’ Party, including her predecessor and mentor, Lula da Silva, as well as members of opposition parties. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
(AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
A demonstrator wearing a mask in the likeness of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and prison stripes marches along Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, March 13, 2016. The president faces impeachment proceedings over alleged fiscal mismanagement with the country in the throes of the worst recession in decades and amid a sprawling investigation into corruption at the state-run oil giant Petrobras. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
(AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump rubs the shoulders of Alex Stypik, as Stypik shows off his T-shirt during a rally Sunday, March 13, 2016, in Bloomington, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogas)
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses the crowd during a rally Sunday, March 13, 2016, in Bloomington, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
A supporter of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, left, and a protester argue before the candidate's arrival ahead of a campaign stop at the Savannah Center, Sunday, March 13, 2016, in West Chester, Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
(AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Aaron Eidelson flys the The Ballonaful Birman into the Yarra River during the Birdman Rally in Melbourne, Australia, March 13, 2016. The Birdman Rally is a charity competition for home-made gliders, hang gliders and human-powered aircraft. The first Moomba Birdman Rally was held in 1976. (EPA/JULIAN SMITH)
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A view of some of 1,600 paper mache pandas during a flash mob at the Giant Swing near the temple Wat Suthat, in Bangkok, Thailand, March 13, 2016. The total of 1,600 small pandas sculptures are designed by French artist Paulo Grangeon, were displayed at the first place Sanam Luang and scheduled for a flash mob in nine other locations at the Thai capital landmarks, aiming to raise funds for the environmental organization World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in an attempt to highlight conservation and point out that there are only 1,600 pandas remain living in the wild. (EPA/NARONG SANGNAK)
(EPA/NARONG SANGNAK)
A participant from Indonesia waits to perform a dance during the last day of World Culture Festival on the banks of the river Yamuna in New Delhi, India, March 13, 2016. (REUTERS/Adnan Abidi)
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A voter with their dog in a voting booth at a polling station during the state parliament regional elections being held in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, March 13, 2016. Regional parliamentary elections are being held in the Geman states of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Saxony-Anhalt and Rhineland-Palatinate. (EPA/RONNY HARTMANN)
(EPA/RONNY HARTMANN)
A boy peers out from under plastic sheets covering his family's tent to check the weather at the northern Greek border station of Idomeni, Sunday, March 13, 2016. Bad weather returned after a brief pause and conditions in the refugee camp on the Greek-Macedonian where about 14,000 people are stranded have further deteriorated, many of its residents struggling struggling to cope with the many challenges posed by the heavy rain. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Belarusians dance during Maslenitsa celebrations, or Shrovetide, to say farewell to winter in the village of Otradnoye, 150 km (93 miles) south of Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, March 13, 2016. Maslenitsa is a traditional Russian and Belarusian holiday marking the end of winter that dates back to pagan times. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
(AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
Migrants, one wearing a thermal blanket, walk on railway tracks at the northern Greek border station of Idomeni, Sunday, March 13, 2016. Bad weather returned after a brief pause and conditions in the refugee camp on the Greek-Macedonian where about 14,000 people are stranded have further deteriorated, many of its residents struggling struggling to cope with the many challenges posed by the heavy rain. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Belarusian children eat pancakes during Maslenitsa celebrations, or Shrovetide, in the village of Otradnoye, 150 km (93 miles) south of Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, March 13, 2016. Maslenitsa is a traditional Russian and Belarusian holiday marking the end of winter that dates back to pagan times. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
(AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
Protesters stand in the rain before the arrival of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump ahead of a campaign stop at the Savannah Center, Sunday, March 13, 2016, in West Chester, Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
(AP Photo/John Minchillo)
A man tries to climb a wooden pole to get a prize during Maslenitsa celebrations, with the Monument to Fighters for the Soviet Power in the Far East seen in the background, in the far eastern city of Vladivostok, Russia, March 13, 2016. Maslenitsa is widely viewed as a pagan holiday marking the end of winter and is celebrated with pancake eating, while the Orthodox Church considers it as the week of feasting before Lent. (REUTERS/Yuri Maltsev)
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A carnival float with papier-mache caricatures featuring a member of Germany's AfD party metamorphosing from a blue to a brown character, is displayed at a postponed "Rosenmontag" (Rose Monday) parade, at one location in Duesseldorf, Germany, March 13, 2016, after the original parade in February was cancelled due to severe weather. Words read (L-R) 'Yesterday. Today. Tomorrow'. (REUTERS/Ina Fassbender)
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A carnival float with papier-mache caricatures mocking Bavarian Governor Horst Seehofer and German Chancellor Angela Merkel is displayed at a postponed "Rosenmontag" (Rose Monday) parade, at one location in Duesseldorf, Germany, March 13, 2016, after the original parade in February was cancelled due to severe weather. Words read 'crucify her' 'human politics for migrants'. (REUTERS/Ina Fassbender)
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A security officer stands guard at the Great Hall of the People during the third plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China, March 13, 2016. (REUTERS/Kim Kyung-hoon)
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A security officer stands guard at the Great Hall of the People during the third plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China, a child blowing confetti from her hands during a Carnival parade in Cyprus' coastal city of Limassol and elephant polo players in action during the King's Cup Elephant Polo event 2016 final between teams King Power (blue) and The Elephant Story, in Bangkok, Thailand are some of the photos of the day. (AP/EPA/Getty/Reuters/Zuma)
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