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People gather and wait outside Insein prison in Yangon with hopes of seeing their loved ones Sunday after Myanmar's junta said it would release over 1,600 prisoners from jails across the country to mark the Buddhist new year. IMAGES
Images from a higher point of the aftermath of deadly fire that killed at least three people and injured more than 270 in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi. IMAGES
People gather outside the Hamdaniyah general hospital where wounded and dead victims have been taken after a fire broke out during a wedding at an event hall in the northern Iraqi town of Al-Hamdaniyah, leaving 100 dead and more than 150 injured according to state media. IMAGES
Myanmar's junta pardoned more than 2,000 political prisoners to mark a Buddhist holiday, with families rushing to prisons for tearful reunions with loved ones jailed in a sweeping crackdown on dissent. IMAGES
People gather in Moscow ahead of the funeral of a high-profile military blogger and staunch supporter of Moscow's assault on Ukraine, Vladlen Tatarsky, who was killed an explosion at a cafe in Russia's second city, Saint Petersburg, on April 2nd. IMAGES
"We stand with the people of Burma who are now peacefully taking to the streets to exercise their universal rights," says US State Department spokesman Ned Price during a news briefing in Washington, using the former name for Myanmar. SOUNDBITE
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