Clashes in Turkey's Cizre and a rail strike in France, the International Cat show in Moscow and bodybuilding championship in Krasnoyarsk — take a look at this week's events in the following photo gallery.
Journalists carry an injured woman after Turkish riot-police used tear gas to disperse supporters in front of the headquarters of Turkish daily newspaper Zaman in Istanbul after Turkish authorities seized the headquarters in a midnight raid.
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© AP Photo / Alexander Zemlianichenko
Harper Ortlieb, from Mount Hood, Oregon, performs in a ballet class at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow, Russia. Among the dozen 15-year-old girls in lavender leotards in Tatyana Galtseva’s class at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, one is different. She is Harper Ortlieb, an American, who left her small town in Oregon to move to Moscow to follow her dream of becoming a prima ballerina.
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© AP Photo / Elaine Thompson
A worker walks in the rubble left from an early morning explosion in Seattle. March 9.
A Cornish Rex breed cat attends the Catsburg 2016 International Cat show in Moscow.
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© AP Photo / Vadim Ghirda
Refugee Israa Abud smiles as family cat Taboush peers from the tent in Idomeni, Greece, near the border with Macedonia.
An Indian bride waits during a mass-marriage ceremony at a local temple in the old quarters of New Delhi on March 10, 2016. Fourteen couples tied the knot during the marriage ceremony. Mass marriage ceremonies in India are organised by social groups to help those who cannot afford the traditionally large marriage events.
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© AP Photo / Wong Maye-E
A partial solar eclipse is seen behind passenger capsules of the Singapore Flyer in Singapore. March 9.
An eagle of the Guard from Above company, grasps a drone during a police exercise in Katwijk. March 7.
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© AP Photo / Fars News Agency/Omid Vahabzadeh
A Qadr H long-range ballistic surface-to-surface missile is fired by Iran's Revolutionary Guard, during a maneuver, in an undisclosed location in Iran. March 9.
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© AP Photo / Francois Mori
A model wears a creation for Nina Ricci's Fall-winter 2016-2017 ready to wear collection presented in Paris, France.
A woman looks through a window of her ruined house on March 8, 2016 during International Women`s day in Cizre district.
Synchronized swimming - Olympic Games Qualification Tournament - Teams Official Training - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 4/3/16 - France team training session.
British model Naomi Campbell (L) kisses former Israeli President Shimon Peres after he gave her an award during an event marking International Women's Day at the Peres Center for Peace in Jaffa, near Tel Aviv, Israel. March 8.
A participant has her body painted before a local bodybuilding and fitness championship in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
A woman looks through a tent during a gathering by Houthi loyalists against Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen's capital Sanaa. March 9.
Destered railroad tracks are seen near the Saint-Jean station in Bordeaux, Southwestern France, amid a nationwide rail strike to protest a new proposed labour law. March 8.
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© Sputnik / Valeriy Melnikov
Flowers sold in a Moscow florist's shop for the March 8th holiday.
Martin Koenig's team gets tangled up after leaving the start chute at the restart of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Willow, Alaska. March 6.
Attendants prepare tea inside the Great Hall of the People ahead of the second plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China. March 9.
People light a fire to warm themselves at a makeshift camp on the Greek-Macedonian border near the Greek village of Idomeni where thousands of refugees and migrants are stranded. March 8.
A wave breaks on the Promenade des Anglais as stormy weather with high winds hits part of the French Mediterranean coast in Nice, France.
