From Chicago's green river to a burning wooden castle in Russia - today's best pictures

Take a look at some of the best images from around the world in the past 24 hours

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  The Chicago River is dyed green ahead of St Patrick's Day in Chicago, US. Mayor Lori Lightfoot reversed an earlier decision not to tint the waterway for second year due to the coronavirus pandemic. AP

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  A crowd gathers to watch a wooden castle structure being burnt, as part of celebrations at the Maslenitsa – Shrovetide – festival, at the Nikola-Lenivets art park in Nikola-Lenivets village, about 200 kilometres south-west of Moscow, Russia. AP

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  Jordanian security forces keep demonstrators away from the government hospital in the town of Al Salt, following the death of Covid-19 patients there due to a lack of oxygen supplies. AFP

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  Protesters switch on their mobile phone torches at a vigil to honour those who have died during demonstrations against the military coup, in Yangon, Myanmar. AFP

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  Members of TeamLab, an interdisciplinary group of artists, walk inside a digital artwork, combining with light, water and sound, ahead of an art and sauna exhibition that opens this month, in Tokyo, Japan. Reuters

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  Aston Martin's Lance Stroll in action during testing for the Bahrain Grand Prix, in Sakhir, Bahrain. Reuters

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  Jake Fraley of the Seattle Mariners is unable to catch a triple hit by Chris Owings of the Colorado Rockies, during the third innings of a spring training baseball game, in Scottsdale, Arizona, US. AP

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  Children play on 'Reflect', an art installation by artist Jen Lewin, in Brooklyn's Domino Park, in New York, US. AP

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  Waves crash against the coast, during high winds at Plobannalec-Lesconil, Brittany, in north-western France. AFP

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  A crowd gathers before floral tributes at the bandstand at Clapham Common, London, UK, to pay their respects to kidnap and murder victim Sarah Everard, after an official vigil was cancelled. AP

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  Police detain an opposition demonstrator, during a rally calling for Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to resign, in Yerevan, Armenia. AP

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  Aeon Elliott models a gown for a fashion shoot while standing on the Edge, an outdoor observation deck overlooking Manhattan in New York, US. AP

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  Devotees carrying flags march to the shrine of the Sufi saint Hazrat Daud Bandagi Kirmani, for its annual three-day festival in Sher Garh, in Okara district in Pakistan's Punjab province. AFP

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