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Our world in photos: March 10

March 10, 2021 By Michaela Keil
GERMANY — Flying protest: An activist of environmental organization Greenpeace flew with a motorized paraglider past the European Central Bank in Frankfurt on Wednesday. Two activists landed on the roof of a side building and unrolled a banner to protest against the European Central Bank's climate policy. Photo: Michael Probst/AP
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ROMANIA — Red veil: On Wednesday, a woman wore a red veil during a flashmob to raise awareness of the increased levels of violence against women since the COVID-19 pandemic started one year ago, in Bucharest. Participants called for a bill, currently blocked in procedures in Romania’s parliament, that would require men who are subjects of restrictive orders to wear ankle monitors, to be voted into law.
Photo: Vadim Ghirda/AP
CALIFORNIA — Social distanced production: On Tuesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered his State of the State address from Dodger Stadium as his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, listened, in Los Angeles.
Photo: Mark J. Terrill/AP
ARGENTINA — Aftermath: Mailin Gobbo reacted as she left the courtroom after hearing a judge acquit former Catholic Priest Carlos Eduardo Jose, who she said sexually abused her for years when she was an adolescent, in San Martin, on Tuesday. The court acquitted the 62-year-old, citing the statute of limitations had run out.
Photo: Natacha Pisarenko/AP
ARGENTINA — Charred: The shell of a burned car sat in a field that was ravaged by a forest fire in Las Golondrinas, on Wednesday.
Photo: Matias Garay/AP
MEXICO — Clown funeral: A person wore a T-shirt featuring an image of Ricardo González Gutiérrez, the legendary clown known as Cepillín, or “Toothbrush,” during González’s wake at a funeral home in Tlalnepantla de Baz on Tuesday. Also a singer, TV host and actor, the 75-year-old began his career as a dentist who painted his face so that children would not be afraid of him while he worked on his teeth.
Photo: Marco Ugarte/AP

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