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A health care personnel shows a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the COVID vaccination center set up at the Museums of Science and Technology, Milan, Italy, 08 March 2021. EPA-EFE/Daniel Dal Zennaro 
epa09060819 A Shariah defendant sits on the floor as she faces public caning punishment in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 08 March 2021. Four couples received a caning punishment of 10 to 20 lashes for breaking sharia law and having sex outside marriage. Aceh is the only province in Indonesia that has implemented Sharia law and considers lesbian, gay, bisexual relationships and sex outside of marriage as Sharia law violations. EPA-EFE/HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK 
epa09060816 An Acehnese man faces public caning punishment in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 08 March 2021. Four couples received a caning punishment of 10 to 20 lashes for breaking sharia law and having sex outside marriage. Aceh is the only province in Indonesia that has implemented Sharia law and considers lesbian, gay, bisexual relationships and sex outside of marriage as Sharia law violations. EPA-EFE/HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK 
Elderly people arrive to receive a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Paris, France. EPA-EFE/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON 
A health care worker applies pressure to her arm after receiving a COVID-19 vaccination at a clinic in Hong Kong, China. EPA-EFE/PETER PARKS / POOL 
Flight attendants walk past a Ramayana Giant Guardian statue with a large protective mask as part of a campaign by the Health Ministry at Suvarnabhumi Airport, Samut Prakan province, Thailand. EPA-EFE/DIEGO AZUBEL 
Seniors waiting in line at the vaccination point at the Old Mine Science and Art Center in Walbrzych, southwestern Poland. EPA-EFE/MACIEJ KULCZYNSKI 
Health workers wait to be transported after finishing their work, outside the General Hospital of the Ciudad Juarez border, in Chihuahua state, Mexico. EPA-EFE/Luis Torres 
A medical worker stands outside a injection room before a vaccination drive at the National hospital of tropical diseases, in Dong Anh district, Hanoi, Vietnam, 08 March 2021. Vietnam launched its COVID-19 vaccination campaign on 08 March, after receiving the first batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine which were manufactured in South Korea and imported by Vietnam Vaccine Company (VNVC) in February. EPA-EFE/LUONG THAI LINH 
A South Korean nurse practices extracting vaccine from a vial during a training session for COVID-19 vaccination in Seoul, South Korea. EPA-EFE/YONHAP 
The closed doors of a high school in London, Britain. EPA-EFE/ANDY RAIN 
A hospital staff checks the temperature of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccines with delivery staffs at a Tokyo hospital in Japan. EPA-EFE/KIMIMASA MAYAMA / POOL 
An employee of Ikea wearing protective face mask as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19 informs a customer in an Ikea store during the reopening day, in Geneva, Switzerland. EPA-EFE/SALVATORE DI NOLFI 
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Police and Carabinieri guard the access points to the Darsena and on the Naviglio Grande, one of the areas most frequented by the Milanese for walks and aperitifs in Milan, Italy. EPA-EFE/MATTEO CORNER 
epa09060661 Members of the Korean Women’s Trade union, shout slogans during a rally in celebration of International Women’s Day near the presidential house in Seoul, South Korea, 08 March 2021. International Women’s Day has been observed since 1909 in the United States, later in 1911 it was observed in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland, and soon spread to many other countries worldwide. EPA-EFE/JEON HEON-KYUN 
French Police and Gendarmerie forces evacuate the gatherings along the banks of the Canal Saint Martin, as numerous people gathered to enjoy sunbathing in Paris, France, 07 March 2021. The Police Prefecture has banned the consumption of alcohol in central neighborhoods as French capital is placed in a surveillance zone due to the spread of the Covid-19 coronarivus as number of cases continue to rise. EPA-EFE/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON 
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Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne . EPA-EFE/MICK TSIKAS 
US President Joe Biden, with Vice President Kamala Harris, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA. EPA-EFE/SHAWN THEW 
French energy group Total CEO Patrick Pouyanne. EPA/ETIENNE LAURENT 
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. EPA-EFE/ARIS OIKONOMOU / POOL 
A file photo of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (L) with his wife Asma al-Assad . EPA/HARISH TYAGI 
epa09061288 Pope Francis gives a news conference aboard the papal plane on his flight back after visiting Iraq, 08 March 2021. EPA-EFE/YARA NARDI / POOL 
epaselect epa09060664 A man works at the restaurant near the mural depicting Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 08 March 2021. Malaysia is open to holding talks with China and Australia to resume the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 which disappeared seven years ago, Malaysia Transport Minister Wee Ka Siong said on 07 March 2021. The MH370 went missing from radar on 08 March 2014, while traveling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, China, with 239 people onboard. EPA-EFE/FAZRY ISMAIL 
epaselect epa09060738 People protest in front of the house of former President Horacio Cartes, in Asuncion, Paraguay, 07 March 2021. Hundreds of protesters gathered near the presidential palace to call for the resignation of President Mario Abdo Benitez ciriticizing his his management of the COVID-19 pandemic and the collapse of the health system. EPA-EFE/Nathalia Aguilar 
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Pro-Houthis Yemenis attend a rally against the Saudi-led military operations in Yemen, in Sana’a, Yemen. EPA-EFE/YAHYA ARHAB 
A boy flashes a victory sign behind of burning tires, that were set on fire by protesters to block a road during a protest against the power cuts, the high cost of living, the low purchasing power of the Lebanese pound, in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA-EFE/WAEL HAMZEH 
epaselect epa09059972 A child spins a fireball near a bonfire during the celebration of Shrovetide in the village Goren Lozen near Sofia, Bulgaria, 07 March 2021. Shrovetide is the last day Orthodox Christians are allowed to eat dairy products before Easter fasting. EPA-EFE/VASSIL DONEV 
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epa09061043 An aerial photo shows a giant portrait of Catalan rapper Pablo Hasel painted on the ground by Italian street artist Jorit in Naples, Italy, 08 March 2021. Pablo Hasel was arrested and sentenced in 2018 over the lyrics of his song and tweets that allegedly glorified terrorism. EPA-EFE/CIRO FUSCO
