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Flood selfies and storks on a pole: photos of the weekend

Skiers in the Engadin Skimarathon, a 42km cross-country event that attracts 14,000 participants Photograph: Peter Klaunzer/AP Models walk the runway in the Georges Hobeika autumn/winter womenswear show as part of Paris fashion week Photograph: Marechal Aurore/Abaca/Rex/Shutterstock Louise Marshall, known as Scotland's national piper, plays at the sculpture The Kelpies in Falkirk ahead of International Bagpipe Day on 10 March Photograph: Jane Barlow/PA Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani pumps his fist at the Rally for a Free Iran Photograph: Larson Matuck/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock The artillery crew of the special forces police battalion of the 128th Separate Territorial Defence Brigade of the Ukranian army fire a howitzer towards Russian troops Photograph: Reuters People at the National Covid Memorial Wall before a ceremony marking the fifth anniversary of the pandemic Photograph: James Manning/PA Mitsuki Ono of Japan competes in the women's halfpipe on day two of the inaugural Snow League tournament at Buttermilk ski resort in Colorado Photograph:A pair of storks in their nest on top of an electricity pole in the Pertek district. The storks have made the precarious perch their home for the past six years and have not migrated Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images Captives on the move after the local community forced them to leave their military base in the south-western Cauca region. Twenty-eight police officers and one soldier were released by guerrillas who had held them hostage for three days Photograph: Joaquín Sarmiento/AFP/Getty Images Women playfully hit revellers with sticks in a ritual during the Lathmar Holi celebrations, the Hindu spring festival of colours, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Protesters hold banners and chant slogans during a demonstration as part of International Women's Day Photograph: AgenciaA wakeboarder competes in the Moomba Masters on the Yarra River during the city's annual Moomba festival Photograph: William West/AFP/Getty Images President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo raises her hand during a ceremony to commemorate International Women's Day and Indigenous and working women at the National Palace Photograph: Carlos Santiago/Eyepix Group/Rex/Shutterstock A competitor in the annual Thailand Cat Show holds her Persian cat Ampao Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images A woman takes a selfie as she walks along flooded Edmondstone Street in the suburb of Newmarket. Australia's east coast is experiencing severe weather as ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred moves south Photograph:Rei Tsuruya of Japan lands a punch on Joshua Van of Myanmar in a flyweight fight during the UFC 313 event at the T-Mobile Arena in Nevada Photograph: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC