Today in Pictures, March 13, 2017

Wildfires in Vina del Mar, Chile, Holi festival celebrations in Kolkata, India, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Mar 13, 2017, 09:27 AM

Residents flee with their belongings from a burning house during a wildfire in Vina del Mar, Chile, March 12, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

Indian students play with coloured powders as they celebrate 'holi' or the 'festival of colours' during a special function in Kolkata on March 12, 2017. PHOTO: AFP

Visitors look at paper lanterns as part of a memorial service for victims of the 2011 quake-tsunami disaster in Natori, Miyagi prefecture on March 11, 2017. PHOTO: AFP

An Iraqi soldier helps a displaced Iraqi man onto a truck to be carried to a safe place, as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq March 12, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

The Nerds team (L) drops their coffin allowing the Eldora Mountain team to take the lead in the coffin races at the yearly "Frozen Dead Guy Days" festival inspired by a frozen corpse in Nederland, Colorado, U.S. March 11, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

French Model Emeline Duhautoy poses with her collection of 1,679 stuffed toy cows she has been collecting for over seven years at her home in Saint-Omer, northern France, March 12, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

Singer Demi Lovato "slimed" during the 2017 Kids' Choice Awards show in Los Angeles, California, U.S. on March 11, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

An alligator lies near the third fairway as Patrick Cantlay plays a shot during the final round of the Valspar Championship at Innisbrook Resort Copperhead Course on March 12, 2017 in Palm Harbor, Florida. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES/AFP

Daniel Descalso #3 of Italy tries to tags out Enrique Hernandez #7 of Puerto Rico in the bottom of the second inning during the World Baseball Classic Pool D Game 5 between Italy and Puerto Rico at Panamericano Stadium on March 12, 2017 in Zapopan, Mexico. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES/AFP

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