A look at the best news photos from around the world.
March 15, 2019
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Followers of the Sabean Mandaeans, a pre-Christian sect that follows the teachings of John the Baptist, perform their rituals alongside the Tigris river during a celebration marking 'Banja' or Creation Feast in central Baghdad, Iraq.
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Hussars attend a ceremony during the 171st anniversary celebrations of the outbreak of the 1848 revolution and war of independence against the Habsburg rule in Budapest, Hungary.
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A Palestinian protester wearing a gas mask uses a slingshot to hurl back an Israeli-fired tear gas cannister during clashes in the village of Beit Sira, west of Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, following a demonstration demanding the return of the bodies of those killed by Israeli forces.
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Confetti is thrown in the air during celebrations for the opening of New York’s newest neighborhood, Hudson Yards.