Day in Photos: Volcanic Eruption, Nuclear Power Plans, and Religious Freedom March
A lava flow making its way through a forested area at the Piton de la Fournaise volcano in the southeast of the French overseas island of Reunion on March 12, 2026. Richard Bouhet/AFP via Getty Images
A lava flow making its way through a forested area at the Piton de la Fournaise volcano in the southeast of the French overseas island of Reunion on March 12, 2026. Richard Bouhet/AFP via Getty Images

Day in Photos: Volcanic Eruption, Nuclear Power Plans, and Religious Freedom March

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A rescuer is hoisted by a helicopter of the French Civil Protection during a joint rescue training exercise with the SNSM off the coast of Propriano, Corsica, France, on March 12, 2026. Grichka Beysson-Leandri/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images
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A woman looks at the impact of a missile strike after Hezbollah and Iran launched coordinated barrages on northern and in Haniel, Israel, on March 12, 2026. Iran has continued firing waves of drones and missiles at Israel after the United States and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran early on Feb. 28. Amir Levy/Getty Images
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Fishermen pull a net at a beach in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on March 12, 2026. Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP via Getty Images
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Aerial view of traders blocking the Pan Am road in Ipiales, department of Narino, Colombia, near the border with Ecuador due to the commercial tax war between both countries, on March 12, 2026. Reicarmyr Canizares/AFP via Getty Images
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France's President Emmanuel Macron (C) speaks during a visit to the EPR2 new generation reactors construction site at the Penly nuclear power plant in Petit-Caux on the English Channel coast in northern France on March 12, 2026. The nuclear recovery program announced in 2022 by France's President Emmanuel Macron provides for the construction of six new-generation reactors known as EPR2. Ludovic Marin/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
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Young churchgoers hold placards during a protest march in Durban, South Africa, on March 12, 2026. The protesters demanded the protection of religious freedom, opposing the proposed measures by the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities to tighten oversight of churches. Rajesh Jantilal/AFP via Getty Images
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Netherlands' men's tug-of-war team competes in Taipei World Indoor Tug of War Championships in Taipei, Taiwan, on March 12, 2026. I-Hwa Cheng/AFP via Getty Images
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Workers and civilians stand amid the rubble of residential buildings that were destroyed a few days before, following the U.S. and Israeli attack in the eastern Tehran area, in Iran on March 12, 2026. Majid Saeedi/Getty Images
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Officers of the South Africa Police Service and a soldier of the South African National Defence Force recover a generator left behind by artisanal miners, during a patrol in Randfontein, South Africa, on March 12, 2026. Emmanuel Croset/AFP
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Shepherds walk with their flock of sheep along a mountain in the Kishim district of Badakhshan province in Afghanistan on March 12, 2026. Omer Abrar/AFP
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Royal Thai Army soldiers stand outside an abandoned scam centre in O'Smach town on the Thai-Cambodian border on March 12, 2026, during a press trip organized by Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Royal Thai Army. Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP via Getty Images
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Smoke from a building in the center of the city that has been hit by the Israel Defense Forces after an evacuation order in Beirut, Lebanon, on March 12, 2026. Adri Salido/Getty Images
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Polish Navy warship ORP Orzel, a 40-year-old Soviet era made Kilo-class submarine that is the last operating submarine in the Polish Navy, is docked in the Polish Navy base in Gdynia on March 12, 2026. Wojtek Radwanski/AFP
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Members of Komala of the Toilers of Kurdistan, a Kurdish Iranian dissident group, are braiding their hair at their military bases hidden among the mountains in Khalifa, Iraq, on March 12, 2026. While all eyes are on the continuing U.S. and Israeli strikes against Iran, another potential battlefront is brewing on the border with Iraq; Kurdish militia fighters are preparing for war with the hope of liberating their fellow Kurds in western Iran. Sedat Suna/Getty Images
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Skiers compete during the second stage of the 40th edition of the Pierra Menta ski mountaineering race in Areches-Beaufort, France, on March 12, 2026. Arnaud Finistre/AFP via Getty Images
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Asian female elephant Mun and her male calf are seen at the Copenhagen Zoo on March 12, 2026. Mun was pregnant for 22 months before giving birth to her calf on March 11. The birth took place without human intervention; instead, Mun received support from the older female elephants in the herd. Sebastian Elias Uth/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) (C) talks with reporters as he heads for the Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on March 12, 2026. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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A dog looks on as Israelis shop at the Mahane Yehoda market in west Jerusalem on March 12, 2026. Hazem Bader/AFP via Getty Images