Day in Photos: Israel Resumes Strikes in Gaza, Small Plane Crash in Switzerland, and Blue Penguins in New ZealandDay in Photos: Israel Resumes Strikes in Gaza, Small Plane Crash in Switzerland, and Blue Penguins in New Zealand
Destroyed buildings are pictured in the northern Gaza Strip, across the border from Israel, on March 18, 2025. The Israel Defense Forces said that it resumed airstrikes against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip amid stalled negotiations to extend a cease-fire. Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images

Day in Photos: Israel Resumes Strikes in Gaza, Small Plane Crash in Switzerland, and Blue Penguins in New Zealand

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France's President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech in front of a Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft during his visit to the French Air and Space Force Luxeuil-Saint-Sauveur Airbase in Saint-Sauveur, France, on March 18, 2025. Ludovic Marin/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
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Guleed Gueed, a machinist at the JW Plant Flag Company, makes flags ahead of the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day in Leeds, England, on March 18, 2025. Ian Forsyth/Getty Images
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A resident stands in a flooded street in Cartama, near Malaga, Spain, on March 18, 2025. Two people are missing following the passage of storm Laurence, which caused heavy rains in southern Spain. Jorge Guerrero/AFP via Getty Images
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Fire burns at the site of a deadly small plane crash in La Punt Chamues-ch, Switzerland, on March 18, 2025. Graubuenden Police/Handout via Reuters
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Members of the 24th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Military rest around a fire after a field training exercise in an undisclosed location in the eastern region of Ukraine, on March 18, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images
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Astronauts are seen inside a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, two veteran NASA astronauts who were stuck on the International Space Station for nine months, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov and NASA astronaut Nick Hague, after the capsule undocked from the station to return to Earth, on March 18, 2025. NASA/Handout via Reuters
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Police patrol the scene after a van struck several pedestrians on the Strand in London, England, on March 18, 2025. One woman was killed and two other pedestrians were injured, according to the Met Police. The driver was arrested on suspicion of reckless driving. Carl Court/Getty Images
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Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen delivers a speech at the Royal Danish Military Academy at Frederiksberg Castle in Copenhagen, on March 18, 2025. Emil Helms/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images
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A Syrian Air passenger jet, the first aircraft to land at the reopened Aleppo airport after it was closed during an offensive that toppled President Bashar al-Assad, receives a water salute upon arrival, on March 18, 2025. Omar Haj Kadour/AFP via Getty Images
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A man holds a Bitcoin coin in front of a subway entrance to symbolize an experiment by local public transport operator Tisseo, which is accepting payment for transport tickets in cryptocurrency, a first for Europe, in Toulouse, France, on March 17, 2025. Pat Batard/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images
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A Busan University student opposing impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol emerges from a tent on the fourth day of a hunger strike by five students in front of Gwanghwamun in Seoul, on March 18, 2025, ahead of the impeachment verdict for the suspended president. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images
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Police officers gather outside the Pulse nightclub in Kocani, North Macedonia, on March 18, 2025. Fifty-nine revelers died when a fire tore through the overcrowded nightclub. North Macedonia lowered flags to half-mast and hundreds turned out for memorial events as the Balkan nation mourned the deadly incident. Armend Nimani/AFP via Getty Images
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Chancellor designate and leader of the German Christian Democrats, Friedrich Merz, smiles at the Bundestag following a successful vote on changes to Germany's Basic Law in Berlin, Germany, on March 18, 2025. The changes will loosen restrictions on debt limits for the federal government as well as implement large-scale defense spending. Maja Hitij/Getty Images
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Men search for their names on voter rolls in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on March 18, 2025, after the Independent Electoral Commission posted the provisional voting list for the country's October presidential election. Sia Kambou/AFP via Getty Images
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Defense Ministry forces of the new Syrian government shell border towns of Lebanon from al-Qusayr, Syria, on March 18, 2025. The clashes between Syria and Lebanon, which have left 10 people dead and 52 wounded, erupted when three Syrian soldiers were killed in Lebanon. Mohamad Daboul/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images
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Military forces stand guard outside the Naranjal Metropolitano transport station in Lima, Peru, on March 18, 2025, a day after Peru declared a month-long state of emergency in the capital after a wave of killings linked to extortion. Connie France/AFP via Getty Images
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Workers wash carpets in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, on March 18, 2025. Atif Aryan/AFP via Getty Images
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A woman poses with cherry blossom trees in the Chuo district of Tokyo on March 18, 2025. Philip Fong/AFP via Getty Images
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Little blue penguins walk toward their nest after arriving at one of their colonies at Pilots beach, near Dunedin, New Zealand, on March 18, 2025. Sanka Vidanagama/AFP via Getty Images