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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky visits the town of Bucha outside the capital Kyiv where dozens of corpses, some with their hands bound, were discovered after Russian forces withdrew. He walks with Ukrainian troops amid ruined buildings and abandoned rusty military vehicles. IMAGES
Images inside a Russian court buidling where the US reporter Evan Gershkovich is set to appear for the second hearing of his trial for espionage, a charge that his employer and the White House have labelled a sham. IMAGES
The United States says that Russia is afraid of truthful information after Moscow blocked access to dozens of European media outlets in a retaliatory move. "They are afraid of their own people hearing the truth about Russia's actions," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Hundreds of people gather to pay their respects and lay flowers at the grave of opposition leader Alexei Navalny on the final day of a presidential election that is guaranteed to cement Vladimir Putin's hardline rule. Before his death in an Arctic prison last month, Navalny urged Russians to protest on March 17. His widow, Yulia Navalnaya, has reiterated his call and said protesters should show up in large numbers at the same time to overwhelm polling stations. IMAGES
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visits Bucha, where Russian forces were accused of massacring civilians during their weeks-long capture of the Kyiv-region suburb in 2022. IMAGES
The head of the UN nuclear watchdog Rafael Grossi tells the Security Council that the agency must be allowed to inspect Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, saying that fighting near the site has sparked a "grave" crisis. SOUNDBITE