Pictures of the week: March 8, 2019 - MSN.com

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CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
Trevor Noah is seen during President Cyril Ramaphosa’s question and answer session at the National Assembly on March 07, 2019 in Cape Town, South Africa. It was Ramaphosa’s last question and answer session with MPs before the elections in May this year.




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CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
People stand on a float set up by the Democratic Alliance during the Annual Cape Town Pride Parade, celebrating Cape Town LGBTQI+ communities, on March 2, 2019, in the centre of Cape Town.




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INANDA, SOUTH AFRICA
Newlands east residents gather to protest at an accident scene on the M5 after a minibus taxi crashed into school pupils, killing three of them on March 06, 2019 in Inanda, South Africa. According to reports, four pupils were crossing the road on their way to Newlands Secondary school when the incident occurred. One of them was taken to hospital.




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PINETOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
Musician Mandla ‘Mampintsha’ Maphumulo during his appearance at the Pinetown Magistrate’s Court on charges of assault on March 05, 2019 in Pinetown, South Africa. This is after a viral video of Mampintsha assaulting his girlfriend Bongekile Simelane AKA Babes Wodumo was posted on Simelane’s Instagram live story on the early hours of Monday morning. The kwaito star admitted to assaulting Babes Wodumo but claimed that it was all in self-defence. He was released on R2 000 bail.




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MAHIKENG, SOUTH AFRICA
Pieter Doorewaard, 28, (C) and Philip Schutte, 35, (R), talk to their lawyers as their arrive for their sentencing procedure on March 6, 2019 at the Mahikeng High Court in Mahikeng, South Africa.

A South African court on March 6, 2019, handed jail terms of 23 and 18 years to two white farmers who murdered a black teenager suspected of stealing sunflowers in a remote farming community. Doorewaard and Schutte were found to have killed 15-year-old Matlhomola Mosweu on April 20 2017, after claiming they caught him taking a plant from a farm in the area.




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KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH AFRICA
An Oxpecker picks the ear of an Impala in Kruger National Park, South Africa, Tuesday March 5, 2019. Oxpeckers feed on insects and ticks on giraffes, Impalas and other wild animals.




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STJWETLA IN ALEXANDRA TOWNSHIP, JOHANNESBURG
A fire ravaged home stands in the informal settlement of Stjwetla in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg, on March 5, 2019.

According to local media reports some 100 dwellings have been destroyed in a blaze which was caused when an overhead electricity pylon collapsed, trailing its wires onto shacks below.




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CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
Cape Town City's Romeo Erasmus (C) fights for the ball with Sundown's Most Lebusa during the Premier Soccer League(PSL) football match between Cape Town City and Mamelodi Sundowns at Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town on March 5, 2019.




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DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA
Jaco Coetzee of the DHL Stormers tackling Louis Schreuder of the Cell C Sharks during the Super Rugby match between Cell C Sharks and DHL Stormers at Jonsson Kings Park on March 02, 2019 in Durban, South Africa.




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LONDON, ENGLAND
Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, speak during WE Day UK 2019 at The SSE Arena on March 6.

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OFFENBURG, GERMANY
Revelers wearing witch costumes pose with sausages before they throw them to the crowd during the traditional 'witches' food' on March 5.




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ST. ADOLPHE, CANADA
People play in a snow maze built by farmers Clint and Angie Masse on March 3. It is the world's biggest snow maze, measuring 2,789.11 square meters (30,0021.73 square feet), according to Guinness World Records.




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BEAUREGARD, ALABAMA, US
A woman prays at a makeshift memorial for the victims of a tornado, on March 6.




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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
The Matildas celebrate their Cup of Nations title win, defeating Argentina, at AAMI Park on March 6.




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LONDON, ENGLAND
Students take pictures of the “Fearless Girl” statue unveiled by State Street, on March 5.




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SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA, US
Lightning flashes over the city as seen from Stearns Wharf on March 5.




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AHMEDABAD, INDIA
School children with mustaches painted on their faces celebrate the return of Indian Air Force pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman by Pakistan a day after he was released, on March 2.




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JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
A resident uses water to subdue a fire in the settlement of Stjwetla on March 5. According to reports, some 100 dwellings were destroyed in a blaze caused when an overhead electricity pylon collapsed.




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ASTURIAS, SPAIN
A helicopter drops water as a wildfire rages in the region on March 5.




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MANILA, PHILIPPINES
Catholic devotees pray on Ash Wednesday at a church on March 6.

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
A member of Unidos de Vila Isabel samba school performs during the Brazilian Carnival on March 4.




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PARIS, FRANCE
Cara Delevingne (C) and other models walk the runway during the Chanel finale as part of Paris Fashion Week on March 5.




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YORK, ENGLAND
Archbishop of York John Sentamu (L) and Dean of York the Right Reverend Jonathan Frost attend a media call as a wooden cross is suspended from York Minster's Central Tower to mark the season of Lent, on March 5.




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TIRANA, ALBANIA
A protester kicks a smoke bomb in front of policemen during a demonstration to demand Prime Minister Edi Rama’s resignation, outside the Albanian Parliament on March 5.




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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
A family wearing face masks crosses a road during heavily polluted weather on March 5.




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MĠARR, MALTA
Giant fennel plants are seen on a hillside overlooking Ġnejna Bay on March 5.




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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND
Greece's Miltiádis Tentóglou in action during the Men's Long Jump Final of the European Indoor Athletics Championships on March 3.




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JERUSALEM
A man views one of Albert Einstein's manuscripts on display – to mark his 140th birthday – in the Giv'at Ram Hebrew University on March 6.




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MONTASIK, INDONESIA
A policeman destroys marijuana plants during a raid on a plantation on March 6.




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CARACAS, VENEZUELA
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó, who many nations have recognized as the country's rightful interim ruler, poses after a session of Venezuela's National Assembly on March 6.

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TOKYO, JAPAN
Former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn sits inside a car after being released on bail from Tokyo Detention House on March 6.




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LONDON, ENGLAND
General Secretary of Unite the Union Len McCluskey joins Honda employees as they stage a protest over the planned closure of their Swindon plant, outside the Houses of Parliament, on March 6.




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TONIMBUK, AUSTRALIA
A man examines what is left of his wildlife shelter and home on March 4 as bushfires rage in southeast Victoria.




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CAIRO, EGYPT
Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid, widely known as Shawkan, is pictured at his home on March 4. Shawkan was released from jail after spending nearly six years in prison, for covering August clashes between security forces and supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi.




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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, US
Grammy-winning R&B singer R. Kelly arrives for a child support hearing at a Cook County courthouse on March 6.




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CANTABRIA, SPAIN
Flames rage through forest land near San Roman village on March 4. A total of 50 forest fires remain active in the region.




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GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
The Fornasari Gt 311 Gigi is presented during the press day at the Geneva International Motor Show on March 6.




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PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA
South African Poilice Services and Emergency services escort a light aircraft while being towed on the R101 Old Warmbaths road near Hammanskraal on March 06, 2019 in Pretoria, South Africa. The small plane was forced into an emergency landing on the N1 near Hammanskraal after it encountered difficulties. No injuries have been reported.