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4) The Making of a Nation

DAY IN PHOTOS

March 12, 2019

March 12, 2019 3:05 PM

A look at the best news photos from around the world.

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1A resident who helps firefighters holds a burnt bicycle after a fire at Toi Market selling second hand clothes at Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya.

3British Union Jack flags are seen on the desks, ahead of a debate on the future of Europe, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France.

4Former US Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the International Association of Fire Fighters conference in Washington, DC.

5Cheltenham Festival racegoers react to the horse race on the Cheltenham Racecourse, Cheltenham, Britain.

6People write slogans and messages on sticky notes during a protest demanding immediate political change in Algiers, Algeria after ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced he is delaying the April 18 election and won't seek another term.

7Israeli policemen detain a Palestinian protestor during scuffles outside the compound housing al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City. Israeli police closed the entrances to Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site after Palestinian suspects threw a firebomb at a police station.

8A fighter with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) uses a binocular in a position in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor outside the Islamic State group's embattled holdout of Baghouz, on March 11, 2019.

9This aerial photograph shows mahouts racing their elephants during the Buon Don elephant festival in Vietnam's central highlands of Dak Lak province.

10A boy sits near the Soviet-era Minsk motorcycle at a repurposed cafe named Hidden Gem Cafe which contains recyclable objects in Hanoi, Vietnam.

11LED ground-level lights are installed to warn texting pedestrians before crossing the road in the coastal city of Tel Aviv, Israel.

12The sun sets behind Wat Saket Temple, or Golden Mount in Bangkok, Thailand, March 11, 2019