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Week in pictures: 10 - 16 March 2018

Our selection of some of the most striking news photographs taken around the world this week.

News imageBernadette Baum/ Reuters People walk to work in midtown Manhattan during a storm.Bernadette Baum/ Reuters
People walk to work in Manhattan during the third winter storm to hit New York in two weeks.
News imageClodagh Kilcoyne/ Reuters Saint Patrick arrives as the re-enactment of the first landing.Clodagh Kilcoyne/ Reuters
Saint Patrick stands in a boat at Inch Abbey in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, a re-enactment of the first landing of the saint on Irish soil.
News imageAllison Joyce/ Getty Images People attend a candlelight vigil for the victims of the US-Bangla plane crash.Allison Joyce/ Getty Images
People attend a candlelit vigil in Dhaka, Bangladesh, for the victims of the US-Bangla plane crash. At least 49 people were killed on Monday when a passenger plane crashed and burst into flames as it was attempting to land at Nepal's Kathmandu airport.
News imageJEFF PACHOUD/ AFP Skiers compete during the first stage of the 33rd edition of the Pierra Menta ski mountaineering competition.JEFF PACHOUD/ AFP
Skiers compete during the first stage of the Pierra Menta ski mountaineering competition in Areches-Beaufort, France.
News imageMELANIE DUCHENE/ EPA Swiss artist Chanel Marie Knie with her llamas during her performance.MELANIE DUCHENE/ EPA
Chanel Marie Knie performs with her llamas during the final rehearsal of Circus Knie in Rapperswil, Switzerland.
News imageKevin Lamarque/ Reuters President Donald Trump tosses a hat into the crowdKevin Lamarque/ Reuters
US President Donald Trump tosses a hat into the crowd as he arrives to speak at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California.
News imageMohamed Al Hwaity/ Reuters Saudi men perform a stunt known as "sidewall skiing"Mohamed Al Hwaity/ Reuters
Saudi men perform a stunt known as "sidewall skiing", when a car is driven on two wheels, as a youth takes a selfie in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
News imageMICHAEL REYNOLDS/ EPA Approximately seven thousand pairs of shoes representing lost children to guns.MICHAEL REYNOLDS/ EPA
Approximately 7,000 pairs of shoes in front of the US Capitol in Washington DC. The footwear represents the children lost to guns since the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, including those killed in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February.
News imageVALENTIN FLAURAUD/ EPA Stranded boats are pictured on the dried out shoes of the Lake of Gruyere.VALENTIN FLAURAUD/ EPA
Stranded boats on the dried-out shores of Lake of Gruyere in La Roche near Bulle, Switzerland. The level of the reservoir is lowered every year to make way for melting snow coming down from Swiss Alpine peaks in the spring.
News imageJane Barlow/ PA Maggie Moss stands with EU branded dress.Jane Barlow/ PA
Maggie Moss, from the Scottish town, Bridge of Allan, demonstrates against Brexit outside the Scottish Labour Party Conference in Dundee.

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