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Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmygal describes the start of Ukraine's EU accession talks as "a historic day", speaking as membership negotiations are launched. "The European Union signifies more than a physical space" Shmygal says, "it represents value and hope". The opening of talks sets the war-torn country on a long path towards membership that Russia has tried to block. SOUNDBITE
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrives in France to join the international ceremony in Normandy to mark the 80th anniversary of the Allied landings on D-Day, a hugely symbolic backdrop to talks on how Ukraine can gain back ground after Russian advances. IMAGES
Hundreds gather outside the Russian embassy in Berlin to protest against Russia's invasion in Ukraine on the last day of a presidential election guaranteed to see Vladimir Putin win another six-year term. IMAGES
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
Voters cast their ballots at a polling station in the Russian capital Moscow, on the second day of a three-day presidential election set to hand veteran leader Vladimir Putin another six years in power. Victory will allow the former KGB agent to stay in the Kremlin until at least 2030, longer than any Russian leader since Catherine the Great in the eighteenth century and eclipsing Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. IMAGES
People buy flowers and attend a musical performance in North Korea's Pyongyang, to celebrate International Women's Day. IMAGES
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