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Our world in photos: March 8

March 8, 2022 Michaela Keil

UNITED KINGDOM — Seating plan: On Tuesday, Rebel Wilson posed for photographers amongst the seating plan ahead of the British Academy Film Awards which will take place on Sunday, Mar. 13, at the Royal Albert Hall in central London. Photo: Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP

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HONG KONG — Sunbathing: A man enjoyed the sun at a waterfront park on Tuesday. The fast-spreading omicron variant overwhelmed Hong Kong, which prompted mass testing, quarantines, supermarket panic-buying, and a shortage of hospital beds.
Photo: Vincent Yu/AP
(AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

NEVADA — Country Music Awards: Carrie Underwood performed “If I Didn’t Love You” at the 57th Academy of Country Music Awards on Monday, at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
Photo: John Locher/AP

CHINA — Battle for the puck: Billy Bridges of Canada battled for the puck against South Korea’s Choi Kwang-hyuk and Lee Jong-Kyung during their para ice hockey preliminary match at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, on Tuesday, in Beijing.
Photo: Dita Alangkara/AP

ROMANIA — Flowers for women: A Romanian Immigration officer gave flowers to a refugee fleeing the conflict from neighboring Ukraine after she crossed the border on International Women’s Day, at the Romanian-Ukrainian border, in Siret, on Tuesday. It was a global day to celebrate women, but many fleeing Ukrainians felt only the stress of finding a new life for their children as husbands, brothers, and fathers stayed behind to defend their country from Russia’s invasion.
Photo: Andreea Alexandru/AP

MALAYSIA — Reopening: In this aerial image taken with a drone, the sun rose in the background of the city center in Kuala Lumpur, on Jan 21, 2022. Malaysia announced it’ll start reopening the country’s borders on April 1.
Photo: Vincent Thian/AP

CHINA — Celebration: Martin Fleig of Germany celebrated his flag after taking the silver medal in the men’s middle distance sitting event at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, on Tuesday, in Zhangjiakou.
Photo: Shuji Kajiama/AP

UKRAINE — Evacuation: An elderly woman was coated in snow as she sat in a wheelchair after being evacuated from Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, on Tuesday. Demands for ways to safely evacuate civilians surged as efforts to put in place cease-fires along humanitarian corridors repeatedly failed amid Russian shelling.
Photo: Vadim Ghirda/AP

CALIFORNIA — Prices going up: Gas prices were seen in front of a billboard advertising HBO’s Last Week Tonight in Los Angeles, on Monday. The price of regular gasoline broke $4 per gallon on average across the U.S. on Sunday for the first time since 2008.
Photo: Jae C. Hong/AP

UKRAINE — Fleeing towards safety: Ukrainians crowded under a destroyed bridge as they tried to flee, crossing the Irpin river in the outskirts of Kyiv, on Tuesday.
Photo: Felipe Dana/AP

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