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This Week in Pictures: 23 - 29 March

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From another week of protests in Paris to the Holi Mela festival of colours and Beijing Fashion Week, from floods that swept across most of Iran's provinces to clashes between Palestinians and Israeli troops — these are just some of the events that have been taking place around the globe.

Check out this gallery, assembled for you by Sputnik, to stay caught up with things and spot something that you might have missed!

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Participants in the Holi Mela festival of colours at the Centre for Indian Culture in Moscow.
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A model presents a creation by designer Hu Sheguang at China Fashion Week in Beijing, China.
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Enia Joaquin Luis, 11, wakes up beside her sister Luisa, 6, under plastic sheets used to protect themselves from rain as they stay in a shelter in Buzi, Mozambique.
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Cars pilling up in a street in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz. At least 12 people were killed and 45 injured in floods that swept across most Iranian provinces, the country's emergency services said.
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People gather to celebrate Newroz, marking the arrival of spring and the new year, in Istanbul, Turkey.
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A number of Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are parked at Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville, California. Southwest Airlines is waiting out a global grounding of MAX 8 and MAX 9 aircraft at the airport.
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Alina Zagitova (Russia) takes part in performances at the 2019 World Figure Skating Championships in Saitama.
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People run after food aid from a South African National Defence Force (SANDF) helicopter in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai in Nhamatanda village, near Beira, Mozambique.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron during a meeting between EU countries and China at the Elysee Palace in Paris.
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A Palestinian protester moves a burning tire during clashes with Israeli troops near the Jewish settlement of Beit El, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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Fighters from the Kurdish Women's Protection units (YPJ) participate in a military parade on 27 March 2019, celebrating the total elimination of the Daesh group's (banned in Russia) last bastion in eastern Syria, in the northwestern city of Hasakah, in the province of the same name.
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Supporters of Yemen's Houthi rebels attend a rally marking the fourth anniversary of the Saudi-led coalition's intervention in Yemen, in the capital Sanaa.
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South Korean models pose with Renault Samsung's XM3 Inspire during a press preview of the Seoul Motor Show in Goyang, northwest of Seoul.
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Britain's Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall visits the National Equestrian Centre in Havana, Cuba.
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An anti-Brexit protester reacts next to a pro-Brexit protester in London, UK.
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An Israeli soldier stands atop a tank near the border with Gaza, in southern Israel.
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Supporters of Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto react during a campaign rally in Denpasar on Indonesia's resort island of Bali.
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A participant in the Yellow Vests protests in Paris.
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Cosplayers dressed in fantasy costumes perform during the Manga Comic Convention at the Leipzig International Book Fair in Leipzig, Germany.
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Visitors take pictures with cherry blossoms in the Japanese capital Tokyo.
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Participants in the open championship wearing bikinis during a performance at the Palace of Culture in Novosibirsk.
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A girl walks on a railroad track in Narayanganj, Bangladesh.
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