World of photos, March 31, 2025
11 ImagesThe best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by SMH picture editors
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The statue of Dano-Norwegian Lutheran missionary Hans Egede is silhouetted during a partial solar eclipse in Nuuk, Greenland.Credit:Getty Images
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People dressed in samurai warrior costumes march during the Kanoukaen Fire Festival in Unzen, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.Credit:Getty Images
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A woman prays next to the Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem.Credit:AP
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Confetti and flowers are dropped from a military helicopter during a celebration marking the 10th anniversary of the victory of rebel forces over Bashar al-Assad’s army in Idlib, Syria.Credit:AP
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Aurora Silva, the wife of detained opposition leader Freddy Superlano, holds his photo as she addresses protesters outside the United Nations office as they demand the end of isolation as a state policy and the release of who they consider political prisoners, in Caracas, Venezuela.Credit:AP
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The Giacomo Puccini musical band play as part of the Fastadel Bio, an annual organic festival held at the Botanical Gardens in Rome, Italy. Credit:Getty Images
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Buddhist monks walk past a collapsed building after a powerful earthquake in Naypyitaw, Myanmar.Credit:AP
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A child snacks on cotton candy at Chapultepec park in Mexico City.Credit:AP
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Relatives of victims wait as rescuers work at the site of a collapsed under construction high-rise building in Bangkok, Thailand.Credit:AP
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A supporter holds a poster of Ekrem Imamoglu during a mass protest rally in support of the arrested Istanbul Mayor in Istanbul, Turkey. Credit:Getty Images
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Indonesian Muslims use a theodolite to see the new crescent moon and determine Rukyatul Hilal which signals the end of Ramadan at Nahdlatul Ulama Rukiyatul Condro Dipo hall in Gresik, Indonesia. Credit:Getty Images
