Today in Pictures, March 11, 2019

Maslenitsa festival in the village of Nikola-Lenivets, Russia; protests in Paris, France; and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Mar 11, 2019, 09:26 AM

Spectators watch the burning of a 20m high structure built of wood pallets and representing the Bastille fortress, the symbol of the 1789 French Revolution, as Russians celebrate Maslenitsa, the eastern Slavic Shrovetide in the village of Nikola-Lenivets, Kaluga region, some 220km outside Moscow, on March 9, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

Protestors hold Algerian flags as they attend a demonstration against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on the Place de la Republique, in Paris, France, March 10, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

Opposition supporters clash with police in a rally against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas, Venezuela, on March 9, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

Rescue teams collect bodies in bags amid debris at the crash site of Ethiopia Airlines near Bishoftu, a town some 60km south-east of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 10, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

An Indonesian search and rescue team examine a train after it derailed in Bogor on March 10, 2019. Several people were injured and no fatalities were reported in the accident. PHOTO: AFP

A fallen tree lies on cars at the Cecillien avenue after a storm dubbed "Eberhard" hit the area on March 10, 2019, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Dusseldorf. PHOTO: DPA

A youth spins a flaming tyre as part of a tradition marking the upcoming Clean Monday, the first day of Great Lent in the Eastern Orthodox Christian church calendar, on March 10, 2019, in the Romanian village of Poplaca. PHOTO: AFP

Participants throw coloured powder at one another during the Hindu Holi festival celebrations, also known as the Festival of Colours, at Dundee University on March 9, 2019, in Scotland, Dundee. PHOTO: PA WIRE VIA DPA

A competitor jumps into the Yarra River with his homemade flying device during the annual Birdman Rally at the Moomba Festival in Melbourne on March 10, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

Indian army cadets celebrate after their graduation ceremony at the Officers Training Academy in Chennai on March 9, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

Costumed revelers parade the streets of Strumica, Macedonia, on carnival night on March 9, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

This long-exposure photograph shows the Milky Way above Taungdwingyi, nearly 100km from Naypyidaw, Myanmar, on early March 10, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

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