Trumpeter Felice Carella is silhouetted as he plays the song Ave Maria for Pope Francis in front of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, where the Pontiff has been hospitalized since Feb. 14, in Rome, on Wednesday.
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Revellers celebrate the start of the street carnival at the Alter Markt (Old Marketplace) in Cologne, Germany, on Thursday.
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A Catholic woman attends a nightly rosary prayer service for the health of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, on Wednesday.
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A boy warms up as families and friends of Palestinian prisoners to be released from Israeli prison wait around a bonfire for their arrival in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, late Wednesday.
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A painting “La reconnaissance infinie” created by artist Rene Magritte is displayed for sale during a media preview for the Christie’s 20th/21st Century London Evening Auction Sale, in London, on Thursday.
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Transgender woman Negriny Venture dances during a Paraiso de Tuiuti samba school rehearsal for Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Monday.
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People are reflected in a puddle as they walk in in front of St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, on Thursday.
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A young monk holds traditional instruments played by fellow monks during Gyalpo Losar, the Sherpa community’s New Year celebration, at Shechen Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Tuesday.