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1/12
Firefighters put out a fire near Concorde square after a demonstration in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron has shunned parliament and imposed a highly unpopular change to the nation's pension system, raising the retirement age from 62 to 64.Credit:AP Photo/Lewis Joly
2/12
People attend the Fallas Festival in Valencia, Spain. Fallas are gigantic cardboard structures that satirically depict current events and personalities. More than 800 fallas compete for the prize for the most beautiful, funniest and most satirical.Credit:AP Photo/Alberto Saiz
3/12
Two boys sit on the fence of a displacement centre in Blantyre, southern Malawi. After four days of destructive wind and rain, local communities and relief workers are now dealing with the aftermath of Cyclone Freddy which has killed more than 250 people and displaced tens of thousands of others across Malawi and Mozambique and may still cause further damage.Credit:AP Photo/Thoko Chikondi
4/12
Logan Cremonesi of the UCLA Bruins looks on during the second half of a game against the North Carolina-Asheville Bulldogs in the first round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.Credit:Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images
5/12
Protesters supporting women's rights dressed as characters from The Handmaid's Tale TV series attend a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government to overhaul the judicial system in the old port of Acre, north Israel.Credit:AP Photo/Ariel Schalit
6/12
A general view of Carlos Alcaraz of Spain in action against Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada in the quarter finals during the BNP Paribas Open.Credit:Julian Finney/Getty Images
7/12
Bonokeling indigenous communities, walk as they carry offering of food during walk procession as part of 'Unggah-unggahan' ceremony to welcoming the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in Banyumas, Central Java, Indonesia.Credit:Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images
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U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Division participate in a joint Freedom Shield (FS) exercise with South Korean soldiers in Paju, South Korea.Credit:Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images
9/12
Ott Tanak of Estonia and Martin Jarveoja of Estonia compete with their M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Hybrid during Day One of the FIA World Rally Championship Mexico.Credit:Massimo Bettiol/Getty Images
10/12
A man poses for photo at sunset at the embankment of the Finnish Gulf in St. Petersburg, Russia.Credit:AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky
11/12
AZ supporters, some holding flares, run to meet the players' bus before the round of 16, second leg, Conference League soccer match between AZ and Lazio at the AZ stadium in Alkmaar, Netherlands.Credit:AP Photo/Peter Dejong
12/12
Micheal Eifert ,of Germany, reacts after defeating Jean Pascal, of Canada, during their light heavyweight boxing bout in Laval, Quebec.Credit:Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP
