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Our world in photos: March 8

March 8, 2021 By Michaela Keil
POLAND — Indoor Athletics Championships: Switzerland's Ajla Del Ponte crossed the finish line to win the women's 60-meter final at the Poland European Indoor Athletics Championships in Torun, on Sunday. Photo: Czarek Sokolowski/AP
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NEVADA — Winner: Kyle Larson celebrated after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race on Sunday, in Las Vegas.
Photo: John Locher/AP

 

ROMANIA — Protest: Anti-vaccination protesters held a doll with “I don’t want to be a lab rat” written on it backdropped by a Romanian national flag, during a rally outside the parliament building in Bucharest, on Sunday. Thousands of anti-vaccination protestors demonstrated against government pandemic control measures as authorities announced new restrictions amid a rise of COVID-19 infections.
Photo: Vadim Ghirda/AP

 

IRAQ — Blessing: Pope Francis blessed a statue of the Virgin Mary that was vandalized by IS in the Christian village of Karemlash, as he celebrated mass at the Franso Hariri Stadium in Irbil, on Sunday. The statue was being restored after it was beheaded and its hands chopped during the occupation by the IS of the Nineveh Plains between 2014 and 2017.
Photo: Andrew Medichini/AP

 

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MYANMAR — Extinguishers: Anti-coup protesters discharged fire extinguishers to counter the impact of the tear gas fired by police during a demonstration in Naypyitaw on Monday. Violence in Myanmar rose as authorities tried to crack down on protests against the Feb. 1 coup.
Photo: AP

 

KASHMIR — Refugee: A Rohingya refugee girl stood at a makeshift camp on the outskirts of Jammu on Sunday. Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir sent at least 168 Rohingya refugees to a holding center in a process which they say is to deport thousands of refugees living in the region.
Photo: Channi Anand/AP

 

BRITAIN — Coming down: On Sunday, Crystal Palace’s Gary Cahill, left, fell over Tottenham’s Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg during the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Crystal Palace at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.
Photo: Clive Rose/Pool via AP

 

BRAZIL — International Women’s Day: A woman wore a mask with text that reads in Portuguese “Bolsonaro and Mourao Out,” referring to Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro and Vice President Hamilton Mourao, during a demonstration to mark International Women’s Day in Rio de Janeiro, on Sunday.
Photo: Bruna Prado/AP

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