Today in Pictures, Mar 7, 2018

Handicap International initiative to raise awareness of amputees, a handwritten note by Albert Einstein to be auctioned, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Mar 07, 2018, 10:14 AM

Xavier Ducrest (R), director France of Handicap International helps to symbolicly attach prosthetic arms to a replica of the Venus de Milo is displayed with during an action led by Handicap International to raise awareness on the thousands of amputees worldwide in need of a prosthesis, at the Louvre-Rivoli metro station in Paris on March 6, 2018. PHOTO: AFP

A note written by Albert Einstein to Italian chemistry student Elisabetta Piccini in Florence, Italy, in 1921 is seen before it is sold at an auction in Jerusalem, March 6, 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS

A fireman uses his flashlight during a huge fire that engulfed a slum area in Manila on March 7, 2018. PHOTO: AFP

Onlookers gather around the debris of a truck that plunged off a bridge in Bhavnagar district, about 200km from Ahmedabad in India's western Gujarat state, killing at least 25 people on March 6, 2018. PHOTO: AFP

A photo released on March 7, 2018 shows a dog licking the head of a Jacob sheep, in Ramot Naftali, Israel, February 21, 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS

Lieutenant-Colonel Tay Kok Ann, 45, head of the Experience and Engagement Group for RSAF50@Heartlands, throwing paper planes with Primary 2 pupils from First Toa Payoh Primary School on March 5, 2018 during an engagement activity to celebrate the Republic of Singapore Air Force’s 50th anniversary. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/ALVIN HO

Gamers wearing virtual reality (VR) goggles play with plastic shotguns while sitting in wheelchairs at a newly-opened VR park at The Dubai Mall on March 6, 2018. PHOTO: AFP

Jesus Carmona, a flamenco dancer, at New York City Center in New York, March 4, 2018. Carmona, a master of rhythm and stillness — and a representative of the new wave in Spanish dance — has returned to New York for the Flamenco Festival. PHOTO: THE NEW YORK TIMES

Models present creations for Chanel during the 2018/2019 fall/winter collection fashion show on March 6, 2018 in Paris. PHOTO: AFP

Real Madrid's Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo heads the ball and scored a goal past Paris Saint-Germain's French goalkeeper Alphonse Areola during the UEFA Champions League football match Paris Saint-Germain vs Real Madrid, on March 6, 2018 at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris. PHOTO: AFP

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