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Week in pictures: 2 - 8 March

9 Mar 2014

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Theana Breugem

PRETORIA, FRIDAY:

Revelers of the Unidos da Tijuca samba school perform during the second night of carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on March 4, 2014.AFP PHOTO / YASUYOSHI CHIBA(Photo

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RIO DE JANEIRO, TUESDAY:

Opposition activists returns tear gas to riot police during a protest against the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas on March 6, 2014. A member of the National Guard

2014 AFP

CARACAS, THURSDAY:

HOLLYWOOD, CA - MARCH 02:Actress Lupita Nyong'o attends the Oscars held at Hollywood & Highland Center on March 2, 2014 in Hollywood, California.(Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)

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HOLLYWOOD, SUNDAY:

12 Years a Slave

LUBIMOVKA, UKRAINE - MARCH 03:Oleg, a Ukrainian soldier at the Belbek military base, kisses his girlfriend Svetlana through the gates of the base entrance on March 3, 2014 in Lubimovka, Ukrai

2014 Getty Images

CRIMEA, MONDAY:

PARIS, FRANCE - MARCH 04:A model walks the runway during the Chanel show finale as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2014-2015 on March 4, 2014 in Paris, France.(Photo by

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PARIS, TUESDAY:

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - MARCH 06:Dogs and their owners arrive to attend the first day of Crufts dog show at the NEC on March 6, 2014 in Birmingham, England. Said to be the largest show of its k

2014 Getty Images

BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY:

LA MANGA, SPAIN - MARCH 03:Blanca Bragg (L) of England competes for the ball with Margarita Gidion of Germany during the U-23 friendly match between England and Germany at la Manga Club on Ma

2014 Getty Images

MURCIA, MONDAY:

A Syrian man holds a crying girl as he gestures following an air strike by government forces on the Sahour neighbourhood of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on March 6, 2014. AFP PHOTO / FA

2014 AFP

ALEPPO, THURSDAY: A Syrian man holds a crying girl following an air strike by government forces on the Sahour neighbourhood of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo.

CIPACING, INDONESIA - MARCH 4: The son of the owner of an air rifle shop walks past air rifles on display at the shop nearby dozens of small air rifle workshops on March 4, 2014 in Cipacing,

2014 Getty Images

INDONESIA, TUESDAY:

Nato’s renaissance: how the world’s most powerful military alliance has taken centre stage

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Talking point

Curtailing abortion rights: will Republicans rue their victory?

A BMPT ‘Terminator’ tank on display during last year’s Victory Day parade in Red Square

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Today’s big question

Will Russia’s ‘Terminator’ tanks break Ukraine’s resistance?

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In Brief

How the Taliban is rolling back the freedoms of the past 20 years

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Today’s newspapers

‘Can we now just focus on the big issues?’

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Tall Tales

George W Bush performs ‘history’s greatest Freudian slip’

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In Focus

Will Ukraine invasion trigger a global food security crisis?

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Why we’re talking about . . .

The mystery of the sanction-busting plane

The mysterious Russian oligarch deaths

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In Depth

Depp v. Heard: what the latest battle has revealed

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Why we’re talking about . . .

Is Vladimir Putin seriously ill?

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Week in pictures: 2 - 8 March

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