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Christian worshippers gather as clergymen circle around the Unction Stone, believed to be the place where Christ's body was laid after being removed from the crucifix and prepared for burial, at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem during the Easter Sunday mass on March 31, 2024​.
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Local residents ride past a damaged building in Hualien, Taiwan, following an earthquake on April 4, 2024, which claimed the lives of at least nine people and left over 1,000 injured. The earthquake damaged dozens of buildings and triggered tsunami warnings as far as Japan and the Philippines, which were later lifted.
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A man covers windows with plywood boards on a building heavily damaged by recent shelling in the town of Mykolaivka, near Sloviansk in the northern Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, on March 30, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Motorcyclists and other vehicles navigate through heavy traffic on a road in Manila on April 5, 2024.
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This photograph taken on March 30, 2024, captures the thick sand dust blown in from the Sahara, creating a yellowish appearance in the sky above the French Riviera city of Nice, southern France. The phenomenon is caused by sand from the Sahara Desert and North Africa, which has been affecting the region since March 27, 2024.
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French President Emmanuel Macron, President of the Paris 2024 Olympics Organising Committee Tony Estanguet, Grand Paris' Metropole President Patrick Ollier, French Education and Youth Minister Nicole Belloubet, French Sports, Olympic and Paralympic Games Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera, and officials observe a synchronised artistic swimming performance during the inauguration of the Olympic aquatics centre, a multifunctional venue for the Paris 2024 Olympics, in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, on 4th April 2024.
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A Ukrainian serviceman drives a quad bike on a road leading to the town of Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region on March 30, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. According to a Ukrainian army official, the eastern city of Chasiv Yar is experiencing a "difficult and tense" situation, as reported on March 25, 2024. If Russia were to take control of Chasiv Yar, it could intensify attacks on the strategic city of Kramatorsk, which is already facing increased bombardment.
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Pet dogs sniff each other from their prams while awaiting their pet-friendly train on Taipei's Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), on 31st March 2024. The Taipei Metro commenced operations of two pet-friendly trains along the Red Line on the same day, departing from Xiangshan station and Tamsui station respectively, with eight trips scheduled throughout the day, stopping at all stations along the line.
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