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World news in pictures
World news in pictures
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1/30 28 March 2016
People cry during the funeral of their loved ones a day after a suicide bomb attack at a park, in Lahore, Pakistan
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2/30 28 March 2016
A U.S. Capitol police officer guards the perimeter in front of the U.S. Capitol Building after a shooting at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center in Washington
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3/30 28 March 2016
Men throw water on a woman as part of traditional Easter celebrations in Szenna, Hungary
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4/30 27 March 2016
Pakistani relatives bring an injured child to the hospital in Lahore, after at least 72 people were killed and more than 200 injured when an apparent suicide bomb ripped through the parking lot of a crowded park in the Pakistani city of Lahore where Christians were celebrating Easter
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5/30 27 March 2016
Revellers take part in the annual Holi Rangotsav Festival organized by Vishwa Hindu Parishad Association at a university in Bangkok, Thailand
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6/30 27 March 2016
Two women pose for photographers during the annual Easter parade along Fifth Avenue in New York. The parade, which is more of a stroll than a parade, is more informal than the city's other parades
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7/30 27 March 2016
Police in riot gear protect one of the memorials to the victims of the recent Brussels attacks, as right wing demonstrators protest near the Place de la Bourse in Brussels. In a sign of the tensions in the Belgian capital and the way security services are stretched across the country, Belgium's interior minister appealed to residents not to march in Brussels in solidarity with the victims
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8/30 26 March 2016
A Sufi devotee shouts religious slogans while he dances at the shrine of Madhu Lal Shah Hussain, a poet also regarded as a Sufi saint, during an annual festival to celebrate him in Lahore, Pakistan
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9/30 26 March 2016
Supporters of Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh climb pillars of the Unknown Soldier Monument during a rally marking one year of Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen's capital Sanaa
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10/30 26 March 2016
Catholic worshippers pray at the Saint Pierre Claver church in the Bacongo district of Brazzaville at the beginning of the Easter vigil
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11/30 25 March 2016
Palestinian militants show a home-made rocket to the media during an anti-Israel joint drill by National Resistance Brigades and Abdel Qader al Husseini Brigades in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip
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12/30 25 March 2016
Bangladeshi activists of various Islamic political groups and other Muslims shout slogans after Friday prayers during a protest in Dhaka. Thousands of Muslim devotees have rallied in Bangladesh's capital to denounce a court petition seeking to remove Islam as state religion in the Muslim-majority South Asian nation which is ruled by secular laws
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13/30 25 March 2016
An Indonesian veterinarian from the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP) checking a six-year-old wild orangutan during an evacuation from a plantation in Aceh province. Orangutans are currently listed as "Critically Endangered" by the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) with only about 6,000 Sumatran orangutans remaining
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14/30 24 March 2016
Penitents from the "Real Hermandad del Santisimo Cristo de las Injurias - El Silencio" brotherhood parade during a Holy Week procession in the northwestern Spanish city of Zamora. Christian believers around the world mark the Holy Week of Easter in celebration of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ
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15/30 24 March 2016
A father and his son on his shoulder with their faces smeared with colored powder celebrate Holi in Mumbai India
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16/30 24 March 2016
Israeli girls prepare for the Purim parade festival in Petah Tikva, Israel. The Jewish holiday of Purim commemorates the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther
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17/30 23 March 2016
A man reacts at a street memorial following the bomb attacks in Brussels, Belgium
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18/30 23 March 2016
A woman embraces her children at The Place de la Bourse as she pays her respects to victims of the terrorists attacks in Brussels
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19/30 22 March 2016
Two women wounded in Brussels Airport after an explosions ripped through the departure hall
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20/30 22 March 2016
A private security guard helps a wounded women outside the Maalbeek metro station after an explosion in Brussels
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21/30 22 March 2016
A female tourist throws colored powder during celebrations of the Holi Festival in Kathmandu, Nepal
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22/30 21 March 2016
A woman takes a selfie picture with her mobile phone as Turkish Kurds gather during Newroz celebrations in Diyarbakir. Nowruz, the Farsi-language word for 'New Year', is an ancient Persian festival, celebrated on the first day of spring
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23/30 21 March 2016
A Kenya Wildlife Services ranger walks through a secure ivory stock room in Nairobi. One of Kenyas most prominent conservationists, Dr Dame Daphne Sheldrick of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, has warned that if the present rate of ivory poaching continues elephants could be extinct as early as 2025. Over the past decade alone 75 percent of all African forest elephants have been slaughtered
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24/30 20 March 2016
Air Force One carrying U.S. President Barack Obama and his family flies over a neighborhood of Havana as it approaches the runway to land at Havana's international airport
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25/30 20 March 2016
Indian people participate in a celebration of the Holi festival in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India
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26/30 19 March 2016
People attend a candle light vigil at the Vilnius Cathedral as it stands unlit during Earth Hour in Vilnius. Lights went off in thousands of cities and towns across the world for the annual Earth Hour campaign, aiming to call for action on climate change
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27/30 19 March 2016
Sporting supporters celebrate a goal during the Portuguese Liga football match Sporting SP vs FC Arouca at Alvalade stadium in Lisbon
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28/30 18 March 2016
Supporters of prominent Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr try to remove a barbed wire fence as they break the checkpoint on the bridge leading to Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone in Iraq
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29/30 18 March 2016
A businessman stands at a pond in the Kyu-Shiba-rikyu Garden on a warm and sunny day in Tokyo, Japan
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30/30 17 March 2016
Riot police stand in a line with their shields stained with paint during a protest in Bogota, as part of a national strike organized by labor unios to protest against the economic and social policies of President Juan Manuel Santos
Wenger refuses to walk away even if Arsenal miss out on title
Wenger is under pressure to salvage Arsenal's season but says he will not leave the club while he still has a year to run on his contract
Farrell may miss England's tour of Australia
England head coach Eddie Jones was at Saracens to see the 36-18 win over Exeter Chiefs
Lonan Jenkins When you call an ambulance during a mental health crisis, I pick up
‘Did you try calling your crisis team tonight Tracy?’ I asked tentatively. ‘Yeah, but I can never bloody get a hold of them,’ she responded
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Independent Voices Cameron's supposed Christian values
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Editorial Blue Peter gets serious about civil rights
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Lahore shows Christians are persecuted in Pakistan
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Eugene Grant How a Manchester nightclub offers 'free midgets' for entertainment
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Stefano Hatfeld If Christianity is not just for Easter, what about the bedroom tax?
11 unintentionally terrifying children's movies
Many of these movies seemed innocent enough at the time but now they just creep us out
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Batman v Superman is officially the best worst film of all-time
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Daisy Ridley's intense StarWars: The Force Awakens audition tape
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Zack Snyder explains why Batman breaks his biggest rule in new film
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Woody Allen's Café Society to open 2016 Cannes Film Festival
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Deadpool has become the highest grossing R-Rated film of all time
Two new Drake songs have leaked online
The tracks are being pulled from every streaming site on the internet
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The Killers praise 'Mr Brightside' pub sing-a-long at Irish funeral
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The full Glastonbury Festival 2016 has been announced
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Wonderwall by Oasis voted greatest British song of all-time
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You can finally listen to Kanye West song 'Famous' on Spotify
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No pretence - Wolf Alice is one of the best live bands around
"Nobody is to be trusted in the Game of Thrones universe"
Join our first time watcher Barbaros Inanc, as he goes through the stages of Game of Thrones addiction. Here's his take on season two.
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The X Factor: Dermot O'Leary 'dusting off his dancing shoes' to return
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Set hit by rockslide during filming of Game of Thrones season 6
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Fans of The Night Manager want Olivia Colman as the next James Bond
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Norman Reedus says The Walking Dead fans should be worried about Daryl
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John Le Carre’s son explains why they changed The Night Manager ending
Top Ten: Films for which the pitch must have been the title
From Attack of the 50 Foot Woman to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies...
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What Belongs To You by Garth Greenwell: Repression and the rent boy
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Better Living Through Criticism by AO Scott, book review
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Inside (and Outside) A Bird's Egg by Tim Birkhead, book review
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How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America by Kiese Laymon
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What is Not Yours is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi, book review
Nike Air Max Day: The best styles for him and her
Sneakerheads Ibrahim Salha and Linda Sharkey round up their picks from the retailers to celebrate the shoes that changed the trainers game in 1987
What's it like to work as a hot cross bun tester?
Tasting 70 hot cross buns a day can be more difficult than it sounds
Lorraine Kelly introduces her homeware collection
Queen of daytime television Lorraine Kelly has launched her first homeware collection. Lorraine for JD Williams is centred around two key trends, Coast to Glen and Coastal Mist. Each style takes inspiration from Lorraine's Scottish heritage and includes bed linens, lighting, soft furnishings and home accessories for the living room, bedroom and bathroom.
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At home with Katharine Pooley: interior designer to the super-rich
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How blinds can transform a window and keep draughts at bay
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The 'real-denim revolution' is heading into our homes
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Inside fashion designer Matthew Williamson's colourful London home
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How we doubled the value of our two up, two down house
Next Call of Duty game to be set in space, rumours say
The rumours have polarised opinion in the community
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Military relaxes appearance rules for long-haired computer experts
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Why everyone wants you to turn on your Instagram notifications
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Oculus Rift review round-up: High-end VR is finally here
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How to switch on the iPhone mode meant to help people go to sleep
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Samsung's Smart Windshield could help stop distractions on the road
Parking apps: We don't care who we pay, we just want to park
Our hatred of malfunctioning parking meters goes back decades, and a combination of smartphone technology and GPS should make life easier for motorists and wardens alike
PlayStation VR could be made compatible with PC, Sony executive says
There's a 'possibility' that the PlayStation VR could get PC support, Masayasu Ito said
The 12 best hidden features in the new iPhone update
Often iPhone users have no idea they even exist