Day in Photos: Protests in Argentina, Hostages on Train in Pakistan, and Сherry Blossoms in JapanDay in Photos: Protests in Argentina, Hostages on Train in Pakistan, and Сherry Blossoms in Japan
Riot police are seen during a protest of pensioners supported by football fans against the government of President Javier Milei in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on March 12, 2025. Luis Robayo/AFP via Getty Images

Day in Photos: Protests in Argentina, Hostages on Train in Pakistan, and Сherry Blossoms in Japan

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President Donald Trump meets with Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on March 12, 2025. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
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Security personnel and volunteers help to transport an injured train passenger following an operation against armed militants who ambushed the train in a remote mountainous area in Mach, southwestern Balochistan province, Pakistan, on March 12, 2025. More than 340 train passengers taken hostage by a militant group were freed on March 12 by security forces after a 30-hour siege, an army official told AFP, confirming that 27 off-duty soldiers were shot by militants. Banaras Khan/AFP via Getty Images
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Members of the European Parliament take part in a voting session during a plenary session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on March 12, 2025. Frederick Florin/AFP via Getty Images
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A youth with his face painted in the colours of the Tibetan flag takes part in a demonstration to mark Tibetan Women's Uprising Day to commemorate the 1959 revolt against Chinese occupation of Tibet, at the Polo Ground in Leh on March 12, 2025. Mohd Arhaan Archer/AFP via Getty Images
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A cloud of dust and smoke rises as Ali Khalil's home is demolished in Qalqilya, West Bank, on March 12, 2025. Mohammad Nazal/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images
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Martin Pfister reacts after being elected as new Swiss Government minister by the Federal Assembly at the Federal Palace, in Bern, Switzerland, on March 12, 2025. Members of the Federal Assembly choose on March 12 their new member of government to replace the outgoing defense minister. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images
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This handout photo made available by the Iranian Army Office on March 12, 2025, shows local officials and navy personnel attending a joint Iranian-Russian-Chinese military drill in the Gulf of Oman. The navies of Iran, Russia, and China are holding military drills off the coast of Iran this week in a bid to boost cooperation, according to Iranian media. Iranian Army Office/AFP via Getty Images
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A craftsman paints a decorative papier mache model at a workshop in Srinagar, India, on March 12, 2025. Tauseef Mustafa/AFP via Getty Images
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A model of a command module from NASA's Apollo spacecraft is exhibited at Space Journey Bangkok, a multimedia exhibition featuring original artifacts, replicas, models, and documents from various space missions, in Bangkok, Thailand, on March 12, 2025. Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP via Getty Images
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Tourists walk on the central Roemer Square in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on March 12, 2025. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images
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A steel worker works at the ArcelorMittal Dofasco steel plant in Hamilton, Ont., on March 12, 2025. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP
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Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears for a pre-trial hearing with his attorneys Jennifer Bonjean and Arthur Aidala at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on March 12, 2025. Weinstein was first convicted of first-degree criminal sexual act and third-degree rape in 2020 and sentenced to 23 years in prison. The conviction was overturned on appeal last April, with prosecutors electing to not drop the charges. Judge Curtis Farber is expected to rule on issues regarding testimony and expert witnesses for Weinstein’s re-trial, which is scheduled to begin on April 15. Steven Hirsch-Pool/Getty Images
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Police arrest an activist to disperse protesters outside the BHP headquarters during an anti-nuclear rally in Melbourne, Australia, on March 12, 2025. Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images
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This photograph shows wind turbine generators of a windfarm in Aumelas, west of Montpellier, France, on March 12, 2025. Simon Popy, président de France Nature Environnement is suing EDF Renouvelables for the exploitation of wind turbines in a Natura 2000 area, which destroy kestrel falcons while this bird species is protected. Gabriel Bouys/AFP via Getty Images
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A hospital worker escorts a wheelchair patient outside a government hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on March 12, 2025, as medical personnel staged a one-day token strike to protest the rape of a female doctor at a hospital in Anuradhapura. Ishara Kodikara/AFP via Getty Images
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a press conference in Kyiv, on March 12, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine can discuss security guarantees with its partners after the implementation of a ceasefire, Zelenskyy said on March 12, 2025, as a 30-day truce proposal was still awaiting a response from Russia. Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images
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Guests attend “Style Wednesday” on the second day of The Cheltenham Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse in Cheltenham, England, on March 12, 2025. Chris Jackson/Getty Images
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Aler Baldomero Samayoa, alleged leader of “Los Huistas” drug cartel, sits in jail in a court house in Guatemala City on March 12, 2025. Samayoa, one of the United States’ 100 most wanted men, captured in Mexico and transferred to Guatemala on March 12, 2025, was taken to court to begin extradition proceedings to the United States, to face charges of “conspiracy to distribute cocaine,” according to the Guatemalan prosecutor's office. Edwin Bercian/AFP via Getty Images
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A relative of a drug war victim weeps during a funeral ceremony at the Dambana ng Paghilom (Shrine of Healing) in Caloocan, Metro Manila, Philippines, on March 12, 2025. Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested at Manila airport on an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant for alleged crimes against humanity related to his “war on drugs,” which resulted in thousands of deaths during his presidency from 2016 to 2022. Following his arrest, Duterte was flown out of Manila and is expected to arrive in The Hague for trial. Ezra Acayan/Getty Images
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France's President Emmanuel Macron and Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev review an honor guard during an official welcome ceremony at the Invalides in Paris on March 12, 2025. Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images
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Archaeologists work on excavation at level TE7 of the Sima del Elefante site at Sierra de Atapuerca, near Burgos, Spain, in this undated handout image released on March 12, 2025. Maria D. Guillen/IPHES-CERCA/Handout via Reuters
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends his trial on corruption charges at the district court in Tel Aviv, Israel, on March 12, 2025. Yair Sagi/AFP via Getty Images
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People take pictures with cherry blossom trees at Ueno park during a rainy day in Tokyo on March 12, 2025. Philip Fong/AFP via Getty Images