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Pictures of the Day 24th March
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AT SEA - MARCH 24: In this handout image provided by the Volvo Ocean Race, Leg 5 to Itajai onboard Team Alvimedica. Stu Bannatyne driving in windy downwind conditions while pushing through an incoming Southern Ocean cold front. The Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 is the 12th running of this ocean marathon. Starting from Alicante in Spain on October 04, 2014, the route, spanning some 39,379 nautical miles, visits 11 ports in eleven countries (Spain, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, China, New Zealand, Brazil, United States, Portugal, France, The Netherlands and Sweden) over nine months. The Volvo Ocean Race is the world's premier ocean yacht race for professional racing crews. (Photo by Amory Ross/Team Alvimedica/Volvo Ocean Race via Getty Images) (credit:Amory Ross/Team Alvimedica via Getty Images)
The Prime Ministers Visits Pensioners In Westminster(02 of22)
LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 24: British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks to members of 'Age UK' after an election rally at the Queen Elizabeth II centre on March 24, 2015 in London, England. Mr Cameron laid out the Conservative Party's pledges to help older people, and answered questions on his recent admission that he would not wish to stand for a third term were his party to succeed in the next election. (Photo by Dan Kitwood - WPA Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Dan Kitwood via Getty Images)
(03 of22)
Members of the French gendarmerie gather in Seyne, south-eastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades. AFP PHOTO / BORIS HORVAT (Photo credit should read BORIS HORVAT/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BORIS HORVAT via Getty Images)
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Helicopters of the French Air Force and civil security services are seen in Seyne, south-eastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades. AFP PHOTO / ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT (Photo credit should read ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT via Getty Images)
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French emergency services workers (back) and members of the French gendarmerie gather in Seyne, south-eastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades. AFP PHOTO / BORIS HORVAT (Photo credit should read BORIS HORVAT/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BORIS HORVAT via Getty Images)
(06 of22)
Cheryl Fernandez-Versini arrives for her judging role at L'Oreal Paris' makeup artist competition 'The Brush Contest' at the Mondrian Hotel on March 23, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Getty Images for L'Oreal Paris) (credit:David M. Benett via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 24: Sally Eyden (Now Magazine), and Katie Price speak onstage during Building Your Own Brand (Part 1), part of Advertising Week Europe, Piccadilly, on March 24, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images for Advertising Week) (credit:Eamonn M. McCormack via Getty Images)
(08 of22)
An aerial view of tea pluckers picking Mingqian Tea at a tea garden on March 24, 2015 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province of China. Mingqian Tea, characterized by its tender leaves and rich flavours, is a highly valued tea harvested ahead of The Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb Sweeping Day. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) (credit:ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
Daily Life Kansas(09 of22)
Micah Garber lights a controlled fire in a pasture near Lawrence, Kan., Monday, March 23, 2015. Fires are commonly set in the spring to remove old growth and improve pasture quality. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Children look at a litter of puppies on a basket during a mass for San Lazaro (Saint Lazarus), at Monimbo neighbourhood in Masaya, some 35 km south of Managua, on March 22, 2013. According to tradition in Nicaragua, faithfuls ask San Lazaro for the health of their dogs and pay these favours back by bringing their pets dressed in costumes to attend mass in honour of the saint. AFP PHOTO / Inti OCON (Photo credit should read Inti Ocon/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:INTI OCON via Getty Images)
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SHENZHEN, CHINA - MARCH 24: (CHINA OUT) Models walk the runway during the Rony EI Areif show as part of the Shenzhen Fashion Week A/W 2015 at OCT Harbour on March 24, 2015 in Shenzhen, Guangdong province of China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) (credit:ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - MARCH 24: A general view during the 2015 Cricket World Cup Semi Final match between New Zealand and South Africa at Eden Park on March 24, 2015 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images) (credit:Hannah Peters via Getty Images)
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A model wears a creation from the Chiara Macchiavello autumn/winter collection during Fashion Week in Lima, Peru, Monday, March 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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The rubble of crashed vehicles litters a coastal highway in Huarmey, Peru, Monday, March 23, 2015. Monday's pre-dawn crash involving buses and a truck killed dozens of people and injured dozens more. Police say a bus strayed into the oncoming lane and slammed head-on into the first of two other buses. A truck then plowed into the wreckage. (AP Photo/Magali Estrada) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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This aerial view shows an alligator swimming in the waters of the Panama Canal, near Gatun, Panama, Monday, March 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A model wears a creation from the Matin Mozhdeh autumn/winter collection during Fashion Week in Lima, Peru, Monday, March 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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This aerial view shows a cargo ship sailing through the Culebra Cut, during a media tour organized by Salini Impregilo, sub-contractor of the canal expansion project, in Panama City, Panama, Monday, March 23, 2015. The Panama Canal is undergoing the biggest expansion since it opened in 1914, which will allow larger Post-Panamax ships to cross the canal. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Pro-Russian rebels stand on a damaged bridge across the Siversky Donets river near the village of Stanytsia Luhanska, on March 23, 2015. AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFF (Photo credit should read DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:DIMITAR DILKOFF via Getty Images)
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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 23: U.S. President Barack Obama (R) poses with a group of six-year-old Girls Scouts from Tulsa, Oklahoma who designed a battery-powered page turner to help people who are paralyzed or have arthritis at the 2015 White House Science Fair March 23, 2015 in Washington, DC. The students are winners of STEM (Science, technology, engineering and math) competitions from across the country (Photo by Aude Guerrucci-Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Pool via Getty Images)
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President Barack Obama tries out a wheelchair with a design modification by Kaitlin Reed, 16, of Dover, Mass., next to Mohammed Sayed, 16, of Cambridge, Mass., who is originally from Afghanistan, during a tour of the White House Science Fair at the White House in Washington, Monday, March 23, 2015. Sayed and Reed both developed wheelchair modifications. At a speech during the Science Fair Obama will announce more than $240 million in pledges to boost the study of those fields, known as STEM. This year's fair is focused on diversity. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Surfers ride the wave of the tidal bore called Severn bore on the River Severn at Newnham in Gloucestershire, South West England on March 21, 2015. The Severn bore is an annual 'supertide' phenomenon on the River Severn. AFP PHOTO / GEOFF CADDICK (Photo credit should read GEOFF CADDICK/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:GEOFF CADDICK via Getty Images)
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A man walks on the street during a snow storm on Monday, March 23, 2015, in Niles, Ill. Spring snow hit just in time for the commute and could bring as much as 5 inches of snow in some parts of the Chicago area. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)