A worker throws a sack of shallots to be crushed by a steamroller at a customs base in Belawan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Nine tons (19,842 lbs) of shallots and garlic illegally imported from Malaysia were destroyed in the event.
Day in Photos, March 28, 2013
![Spanish actor and director Antonio Banderas (C) waves to the crowd as his wife, U.S. actress Melanie Griffith (2nd R), applauds him after being appointed Spanish legionnaire of honor with a "chapiri" (legionnaire hat) during a ceremony outside a church in Malaga, southern Spain.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ffa9adb1-491a-40a8-ae7e-bd469b16c211_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Spanish actor and director Antonio Banderas (C) waves to the crowd as his wife, U.S. actress Melanie Griffith (2nd R), applauds him after being appointed Spanish legionnaire of honor with a "chapiri" (legionnaire hat) during a ceremony outside a church in Malaga, southern Spain.
![A participant sits on a sign as people dance in the street as they take part in the student carnival in Caen, northwestern France.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c87dedf3-b077-48d4-be16-f020b5d7a3df_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A participant sits on a sign as people dance in the street as they take part in the student carnival in Caen, northwestern France.
![A surfer rides a wave in Santa Cruz, California, USA. (Photo by Liem Ly/VOA reader)](https://gdb.voanews.com/598e6665-bcc2-4bc1-a67f-8344e21bcba3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A surfer rides a wave in Santa Cruz, California, USA. (Photo by Liem Ly/VOA reader)
![The newly built viaduct from Wuhu to Yangmei in Taiwan swathed in morning fog. (Photo taken by Tsao Shin Lin on Mar. 17, 2013/Taiwan/VOA reader)](https://gdb.voanews.com/67596ffb-0795-466b-8e6e-039f8bb8d142_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The newly built viaduct from Wuhu to Yangmei in Taiwan swathed in morning fog. (Photo taken by Tsao Shin Lin on Mar. 17, 2013/Taiwan/VOA reader)