Today in Pictures, Mar 8, 2018

Shinmoedake volcano erupts in Japan, protest in Athens, Greece, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Mar 08, 2018, 02:21 PM

An aerial view shows Shinmoedake peak erupting between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, southwestern Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo March 6, 2018. PHOTO: KYODO VIA REUTERS

Greek taxi drivers surround a vehicle they say is being used by an Uber driver during a protest against taxi-hailing apps such as Uber in Athens, Greece March 6, 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS

Police search the area at the Praterstrasse in Vienna, Austria, March 7, 2018. According to local media reports, a family of three people have been seriously injured in a knife attack near the Prater park earlier in theevening. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A member of the Syrian Civil Defence, known as the White Helmets, carries a wounded man during reported regime shelling on the rebel-held town of Hamouria, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on March 7, 2018. PHOTO: AFP

A man wears a red poncho as he walks along Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn during a snowstorm, March 7, 2018 in New York City. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES/AFP

Kosovo Albanians dressed in military costumes carry torches during a bonfire ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the killing of Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) founding member and commander Adem Jashari, whose sculpture is seen rear, on March 7, 2018 in Prekaz. PHOTO: AFP

People walk under cherry blossoms in Kunming, Yunnan province, China March 7, 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS

An inmate at Tihar Jail, the largest complex of prisons in South Asia, makes decorations for an event to mark International Women's Day in New Delhi, India March 7, 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS

A member of Kenyan acrobat group Kibera Messenger breathes fire during a performance for filming in Kibera, Nairobi, on March 7, 2018. PHOTO: AFP

Youth covered in body paint participate in a carnival and perform the Xinacetes, a pre-hispanic dance, in the town of San Nicolas de los Ranchos, in Puebla, Mexico, March 6, 2018. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

This undated photo received courtesy from Kym Illman on March 7, 2018 shows a bottle and the almost 132-year-old message it contained, that was found near Wedge Island, some 160 kilometres (99 miles) north of Perth. PHOTO: KYM ILLMAN VIA AFP

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