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Women use a fence to hit a fence protecting the National Palace during a protest to mark International Women's Day, in Mexico City, Mexico. Credit: Reuters Photo
International Women's Day, a public holiday in Russia, has a long tradition in eastern European countries and across the former Soviet Union, where men often mark the day by buying flowers or gifts for women. But some women were not in the mood to celebrate almost two weeks into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and focused instead on calling for an end to the fighting. Credit: Reuters Photo
Employees and volunteers pack humanitarian aid donations to be shipped to Ukraine, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at Meest-America, Inc. warehouse in Port Reading, New Jersey. Credit: Reuters Photo
In Zaranj, a border town in southwestern Afghanistan, people smugglers say the flow of would-be exiles now reaches 5,000 to 6,000 a day -- four times more than before the Taliban's return to power in August. Credit: AFP Photo
Visitors tour Iraq's National Museum in the capital Baghdad on March 8, 2022, as it reopens after a three-year closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic and political unrest. Credit: AFP Photo
This handout satellite image released by Maxar Technologies shows a wildfire burning mountain forests in Samcheok, as a large wildfire torn through the country's eastern coastal region. Credit: AFP Photo
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