Day in Photos: Earthquake in Burma, Farmers’ Protest, and a Mud Bath Tradition

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Day in Photos: Earthquake in Burma, Farmers’ Protest, and a Mud Bath Tradition

Rescue workers search for victims trapped in the rubble of a damaged temple in Mandalay, Burma, on March 30, 2025, two days after a massive earthquake killed more than 1,600 people in the country, also known as Myanmar. Sai Aung Main/AFP via Getty Images

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Japan’s Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (L) and U.S. Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth review an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Ministry of Defense in Tokyo on March 30, 2025. Kiyoshi Ota/AFP/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

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Vendors sell Ketupat,  traditional dish consisting of rice cooked in a pouch made from woven coconut fronds, at a market in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on March 30, 2025. Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images

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An Orthodox Christian church, flooded after heavy rainfall in the village of Gomjenica, Bosnia, on March 30, 2025. Approximately 800 homes were flooded after the Sana River and its tributaries reached their highest levels in 10 years. Elvils Barukcic/AFP via Getty Images

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France’s Simon Desert (L) evades a tackle from Fiji’s Filipe Sauturaga to score a try during the men’s semi-final match between Fiji and France on the third day of the 2025 Rugby Sevens Hong Kong tournament at Kai Tak sports stadium in Hong Kong on March 30, 2025. Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images

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A woman touches a plate as she lays flowers in memory of civilians buried in a mass grave at Church of St. Andrew and Pyervozvannoho All Saints, in the town of Bucha, Ukraine, on March 30, 2025. March 31 marks the third anniversary of the withdrawal of Russian forces from the Ukrainian city. More than 500 civilians were killed during the Russian occupation of the city in 2022. Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images

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A farmer drives a tractor down a street to lead groups of protesters calling for change to the Japanese government’s agricultural policies, in central Tokyo on March 30, 2025. Richard A. Brooks/AFP via Getty Images

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A private European aerospace startup, Isar Aerospace, completes the first test flight of its orbital launch vehicle from Andoya, Norway, on March 30, 2025. Isar Aerospace via AP

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Ecuador’s leftist presidential candidate Luisa Gonzalez (C) waves to supporters during a meeting with members of the Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement party in Tixan, Ecuador, on March 30, 2025. Armando Prado/AFP via Getty Images

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A vendor poses for a picture as he washes fish set for drying on the first day of the Eid el-Fitr holiday in Basra, Iraq, on March 30, 2025. Hussein Faleh/AFP via Getty Images

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Dani Loeb of the United States warms up ahead of Aerials Finals during Day 14 of the FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships 2025 in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on March 30, 2025. David Ramos/Getty Images

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A man and his children pose for a photograph on a motorbike in Kano, Nigeria, on March 30, 2025. Olympia De Maismont/AFP via Getty Images

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Rescue workers look on as heavy machinery clears rubble at the site where a building under construction collapsed in Bangkok on March 30, 2025. The 33-story building tumbled to the ground, trapping dozens of people, when a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Burma (also known as Myanmar) and Thailand on March 28. Manan Vatsyayana/AFP via Getty Images

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Boys cover themselves in mud during a mud bath tradition, known as Mebuug-buugan, aimed at neutralizing bad traits, in Kedonganan village, Indonesia, on March 30, 2025. Mebuug-buugan takes place a day after Nyepi, the Balinese

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Isabeau Levito of the United States skates during the Exhibition of Champions Gala at the 2025 ISU World Figure Skating Championships at TD Garden in Boston, Mass., on March 30, 2025. Geoff Robins/AFP via Getty Images

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A tourist explores the beach in Nuuk, Greenland, on March 30, 2025. Leon Neal/Getty Images

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Minister for Economic Growth Nicola Willis speaks to media during a press conference at the New Zealand Parliament in Wellington, on March 30, 2025. Willis has announced possible measures aimed at increasing competition in the grocery sector, currently dominated by grocery companies Foodstuffs and Woolworths. Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images

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Siemens AG CEO Roland Busch delivers a speech at the opening of the Hannover Messe industrial trade fair for mechanical and electrical engineering and digital industries in Hanover, Germany, on March 30, 2025. Ronny Hartmann/AFP via Getty Images

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Men wait to purchase leather footwear in Bengaluru, India, on March 30, 2025. Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images

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A hybrid roll-on, roll-off (RoRo) ship from Italian shipping company Grimaldi sails across the Mediterranean, as the mountain peaks of the island of Corsica dominate the skyline, seen from Nice on March 30, 2025. The earth’s curvature and Corsica’s distance from Nice typically make the island impossible to see from the city, but rare meteorological conditions create atmospheric refraction, unveiling the island on the horizon. Valery Hache/AFP via Getty Images

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