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Sunday 13 March 2016

The world’s news in pictures for the week of March 7-13

The world’s news in pictures for the week of March 7-13, as selected by FRANCE 24’s newsroom.
On March 7, inhabitants of France’s infamous Basroch camp begin moving to the country’s first migrant camp to meet international sanitary standards.
While the EU and Turkey meet to discuss the migrant crisis on March 7, a migrant child stands trapped behind a barbed wire fence near the Greek border village of Idomeni after Macedonia shut its borders.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton stumps at a meeting in Detroit on March 7 before losing the Michigan primary to rival Bernie Sanders.
More than 500 people take to the streets in France’s Calais on March 7 to protest the deteriorating situation of the already financially-strained port city. Calais has become a magnet for migrants wanting to make their way across the English Channel, which has taken a huge toll on the city’s tourism industry.
For International Women’s Day on March 8, the international photojournalist collective #Dysturb turns the spotlight on migrants who have fled to Europe. In this photo, a female refugee stares out the window of a train in Macedonia.
On March 9, French students vent their anger in the streets of Paris, protesting the country’s proposed labour reforms. The reform package is commonly referred to as the El Khomri law, after Labour Minister Myriam El Khomri.
Thousands of Tunisians gather in the town of Ben Guerdane on March 9 for the funeral of two people killed in a jihadist terror attack that left at least 45 people dead two days before.
Football team Paris Saint-Germain secures a 2-1 win against Chelsea on March 9 to qualify for the Champions League quarter-finals. PSG’s Swedish forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic celebrates after scoring his team's second goal.
Japan marks the fifth anniversary of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that claimed some 18,500 lives and set off the country’s worst nuclear disaster in a generation.
The liberal Jewish religious group, Women of the Wall, pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City on March 11, one and a half months after the Israeli government approved the creation of a mixed male and female prayer zone.

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