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epa09064236 Protesters have lit fires, during clashes that broke out to a protest against Police brutality, in Nea Smyrni, southern suburb of Athens. Greece 09 March 2021. The protest was organized as a result of a footage that was shared widely on the internet and appears to show police officers beating up a man in the area of Nea Smyrni, on 07 March 2021. Police reported at least 5,000 people took part in the rally. When protesters reached the station they hurled petrol bombs, flares and stones against the police, who returned with tear gas, flash bangs and a water cannon to repel the attack. A police officer was reported injured in the head during the clashes while driving by hooded individuals who attacked him. He was taken to hospital. EPA-EFE/ORESTIS PANAGIOTOU 
epaselect epa09064244 A police officer lies on the ground injured by demonstraters during clashes in Nea Smyrni, south district of Athens, Greece 09 March 2021. The protest was organized as a result of a footage that was shared widely on the internet and appears to show police officers beating up a man in the area of Nea Smyrni, on 07 March 2021. Police reported at least 5,000 people took part in the rally. When protesters reached the station they hurled petrol bombs, flares and stones against the police, who returned with tear gas, flash bangs and a water cannon to repel the attack. A police officer was reported injured in the head during the clashes while driving by hooded individuals who attacked him. He was taken to hospital. EPA-EFE/ORESTIS PANAGIOTOU 
epa09064245 Demonstraters clash with riot policemen in Nea Smyrni, south district of Athens, Greece 09 March 2021. The protest was organized as a result of a footage that was shared widely on the internet and appears to show police officers beating up a man in the area of Nea Smyrni, on 07 March 2021. Police reported at least 5,000 people took part in the rally. When protesters reached the station they hurled petrol bombs, flares and stones against the police, who returned with tear gas, flash bangs and a water cannon to repel the attack. A police officer was reported injured in the head during the clashes while driving by hooded individuals who attacked him. He was taken to hospital. EPA-EFE/ORESTIS PANAGIOTOU 
An anti-government protester carries a Lebanese flag as other protesters burn tires to block the main highway during a protest in the Dora area north of Beirut, Lebanon, 09 March 2021. EPA-EFE/WAEL HAMZEH 
epa09064132 Anti-government protesters block the highway during a protest against the power cuts, the high cost of living, the low purchasing power of the Lebanese pound, in Jal Eddib area, northern Beirut, Lebanon, 09 March 2021. Protesters in all Lebanon burned tires and garbage where they blocked all main roads. State-provided electricity in Beirut has reached record-low levels that seem insurmountable for financial reasons. EPA-EFE/NABIL MOUNZER 
epa09064136 Anti-government protesters burn tires to block a road during a protest against the power cuts, the high cost of living, the low purchasing power of the Lebanese pound, Al-Dawra area in Beirut, Lebanon, 09 March 2021. Protesters in all Lebanon burned tires and garbage where they blocked all main roads. State-provided electricity in Beirut has reached record-low levels that seem insurmountable for financial reasons. EPA-EFE/NABIL MOUNZER 
epa09064666 Indian Navy officials attend the commissioning ceremony of Indian Navy’s third Kalvari class submarine ‘INS Karanj? of Project 75, at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai, India, 10 March 2021. The submarine was built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited. EPA-EFE/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI 
epaselect epa09064111 Iraqi Shiite worshippers gather at the Holy Shrine of Imam Musa al-Kadhim in the Kadhimiya district of Baghdad, Iraq, 09 March 2021. Thousands of Shiite worshippers gathered, on 09 March, at the Imam Musa al-Kadhim shrine in Baghdad for a pilgrimage marking the death anniversary of the seventh Shiite Imam that is due to culminate on 10 March. Iraqi security forces imposed tight security for the protection of the site of celebrations and the pilgrims, a day after at least eight Shiite worshippers were wounded when a hand grenade left in a trash can exploded near Kadhimiya town. EPA-EFE/AHMED JALIL 
file photo by EPA-EFE/NEIL HALL 
A medical worker prepares the AstraZeneca (Covishield) vaccine injection in Kiev, Ukraine. EPA-EFE/SERGEY DOLZHENKO 
A passenger arrives at Madrid Bajaras International Airport in Madrid, Spain. EPA-EFE/FERNANDO VILLAR 
epa09064822 A woman showcases the new China?s international travel health certificate application example for smartphones in Shanghai, China, 10 March 2021. The official launch of the Chinese version of the ‘International Travel Health Certificate’ on the WeChat smartphone application occured on 10 March. According to China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the certificate has an encrypted code for verification of the holder’s personal information and nucleic acid test, serum antibody test, and vaccine inoculation. EPA-EFE/ALEX PLAVEVSKI 
People line up at Sydney Domestic Airport, as they try to depart for interstate destinations, in Sydney, Australia. EPA-EFE/DEAN LEWINS 
A shopper walks with a Lego bag at the Galerija Belgrade shopping mall in Belgrade, Serbia. EPA-EFE/ANDREJ CUKIC 
Workers are seen at the first temporary immunization center against COVID-19 in Sofia, Bulgaria. EPA-EFE/VASSIL DONEV 
Dr. Peter Rischbieth (L), President of Rural Doctors Association of SA is given the Astrazeneca injection by nurse Maria Reich (R) at Murray Bridge Hospital, east of Adelaide, Australia. EPA-EFE/DAVID MARIUZ 
Police officers wearing protective masks walk on the Red Square in front of the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. EPA-EFE/YURI KOCHETKOV 
Medical personnel perform rapid Sars Cov-2 tests at Elmas Airport in Cagliari, Italy. EPA-EFE/FABIO MURRU 
Libya’s new prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah. EPA-EFE/STR 
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (C) . EPA-EFE/NAREK ALEKSANYAN 
Governor of Arkansas, US, Republican Asa Hutchinson. EPA/ALEJANDRO ERNESTO 
People attend the initiative ‘Fuchsia against violence’ on piazza dell’Esquilino in Rome, Italy, 08 March 2021, on occasion of the International Women’s Day. EPA-EFE/CLAUDIO PERI 
EPA-EFE/ARMANDO BABANI 
epa09064663 Indian Navy officials attend the commissioning ceremony of Indian Navy’s third Kalvari class submarine ‘INS Karanj? of Project 75, at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai, India, 10 March 2021. The submarine was built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited. EPA-EFE/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI 
Cathay Pacific planes sit at the Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong, China. EPA-EFE/JEROME FAVRE 
Italian actress Sophia Loren. EPA-EFE/NINA PROMMER 
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