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Top photos and videos of the day: Thursday, March 13, 2014

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BMX bikers bunny hop over homeless people:

The folks in Philadelphia really want their free Big Macs. Spoiler alert: They didn’t get any:

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PHOTOS

A selection of some of the best photographs from around the world:

Rudolf Schenker, guitar player of the band Scorpions, poses while Artist Donald Ganslmeier performs in a daring show on vintage motorcycles in the original motodrome of 1928 promoted by Gibson guitar in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. | Getty Images

A soldier of The 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland presents arms amongst World War I headstones in Loos British Cemetery during a rehearsal for a re-burial ceremony in Loos-en-Gohelle, France. Almost 100 years after they were killed in action in the World War One battle of Loos in 1915, twenty British soldiers will be re-interred in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Loos British Cemetery in Northern France. Private William McAleer, from the 7th Battalion the Royal Scottish Fusiliers, was found with his identity disc, but others found with him remain unidentified and will be buried as soldiers Known unto God. | Getty Images

Kanye West performs onstage as Samsung Galaxy presents JAY Z and Kanye West at SXSW in Austin, Texas. | Getty Images

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a glass of champagne during a lunch hosted by the office of the Russian President Vladimir Putin for the Presidents of the International Paralympic Committee member organisations during the 2014 Sochi Paralympic Games in Sochi, Russia. | Getty Images

Firemen watch as work crews remove debris from the site of an explosion in East Harlem in New York City. At least 7 people were killed, according to reports, in Wednesday’s explosion which collapsed two buildings on Park Avenue at 116th Street. | Getty Images

Missouri guard Jabari Brown (32) watches his ball as Texas A&M forward Antwan Space (24) looks on during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the second round of the Southeastern Conference men’s tournament in Atlanta. | AP photo

A pro Russia protestor throws a stone at a police bus in which pro Ukraine protestors are sheltering during clashes following a rally in Donetsk, Ukraine. Bloody clashes erupted between pro Russia and pro Ukraine protestors in the eastern city of Donetsk on Thursday evening, leaving dozens injured as police struggled to prevent the violence. | AP photo

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