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Indiana ‘right to work’ law, Egypt soccer clash, Groundhog Day and more in the day in photos News and feature images from around the world.
Feb. 1, 2012
Union protesters gather outside the Statehouse after the Senate voted to pass the right-to-work bill in Indianapolis. The legislation prohibits labor contracts requiring workers to pay union representation fees.
Michael Conroy
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Feb. 1, 2012
Rob Parsons, a steelworker from Merrillville, Ind., screams during a union worker protest on the steps of the Statehouse after the Senate voted to pass the right-to-work bill in Indianapolis.
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Feb. 1, 2012
Indiana Sen. Richard R. Young, center, is consoled by a union member after the Senate voted to pass the right-to-work bill in Indianapolis.
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Feb. 2, 2012
Oil barriers are set next to the Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground off the western coast of Italy, at Giglio island. Bad weather delayed plans to begin removing the 2,300 tons of diesel fuel in the ship's tanks.
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Reuters
Feb. 2, 2012
Three life rafts from the MV Rabaul Queen float above the sunken hull of the ferry in the open waters off Papua New Guinea. Rescuers plucked more than 200 survivors from the sea off Papua New Guinea's eastern coast after the ferry sank with as many as 350 people on board, officials said.
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Feb. 1, 2012
A Palestinian woman walks on a makeshift bridge to cross a flooded street after heavy rain in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City.
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Feb. 1, 2012
A child runs past a wave protection dam covered in ice as the waters of the Black Sea are frozen near the shore in Constanta, Romania. Dozens have died amid Eastern Europe's severe cold spell. Temperatures have dropped as low as minus 26 degrees Fahrenheit in some regions, causing power outages, traffic chaos and the closure of schools and nurseries.
Vadim Ghirda
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Feb. 2, 2012
An iced gargoyle in a fountain in Zurich.
Alessandro Della Bella
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AP
Feb. 1, 2012
Volunteers serve free meals to homeless people provided by the Russian Orthodox church, in a church in Moscow. Homeless people are often treated to a hot meal by the church in cold weather. In Moscow temperatures fell to minus 6 degrees Fahrenheit.
Alexander Zemlianichenko
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AP
Feb. 1, 2012
Villagers perform a dragon dance to pray for good luck and celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lantern Festival in Taizhou, Zhejiang province. The dragon is made from bamboo and paper.
China Daily
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Reuters
Feb. 1, 2012
Egyptian fans clash with riot police after an Al-Ahly club soccer match against Al-Masry at a stadium in Port Said, Egypt. Dozens of fans were killed when fans flooded the field seconds after a match, Egypt's Health Ministry said.
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Feb. 2, 2012
Egyptians crowd a train station in Cairo waiting for their friends and relatives to arrive from Port Said. Witnesses say scores of Egyptian soccer fans were stabbed to death while others suffocated, trapped in a long narrow corridor trying to flee rival fans armed with knives, clubs and stones in the country's worst ever soccer violence. A man, right, carries a poster that reads in Arabic, "Rest in peace, who's behind this? We are with those who lost their relatives."
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Feb. 2, 2012
Relatives of victims killed in Port Said stadium cry as they wait to receive the bodies at a morgue in Cairo. Egyptians incensed by the deaths of 74 people in clashes at a soccer stadium staged protests as fans and politicians accused the ruling generals of failing to prevent the deadliest incident since Hosni Mubarak was overthrown.
Asmaa Waguih
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Reuters
Feb. 1, 2012
A demonstrator ignites an aerosol spray to create fire during a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Qudsaya, near Damascus.
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In this undated photo provided by Sandia National Laboratories, a time exposure, a light-emitting diode, or LED, attached to a self-guided bullet at Sandia National Laboratories shows a bright path during a nighttime field test. The New Mexico-based laboratories announced that its engineers have invented a bullet that directs itself to a target like a tiny guided missile and can hit a target more than a mile away. According to Sandia Labs engineers, the bullet twists and turns to guide itself toward a laser-directed point. Officials say it can make up to 30 corrections per second while in the air.
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Feb. 1, 2012
Supporters of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange stand with a banner that reads "The first casualty of war is truth" outside the Supreme Court in central London on the first day of his appeal against extradition. Assange took his fight against extradition to Britain's Supreme Court, arguing that sending him to Sweden over rape allegations would breach legal principles dating back 1,500 years.
Miguel Medina
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Feb. 2, 2012
A Dalek, a Cyberman and a Silent invade the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia. The Doctor Who Daleks this weekend are performing for the first time outside the United Kingdom with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra at Plenary Hall.
Scott Barbour
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Feb. 1, 2012
First lady Michelle Obama speaks with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, right, and Inglewood Mayor James Butts looking on at the future site of Northgate Market to discuss the California FreshWorks Fund in Inglewood, Calif. The $264 million public-private fund plans to bring healthy food stores to underserved communities and create or retain up to 6,000 jobs. The fund has committed $20 million in financing to Northgate for the first three projects, which are in South Los Angeles, Inglewood and the City Heights portion of San Diego. The first lady will end her two-day visit with a television appearance to promote her fight against childhood obesity and a fundraiser for her husband, President Obama.
Kevork Djansezian
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Feb. 1, 2012
President Obama holds up a proposed mortgage application form as he speaks at the James Lee Community Center in Falls Church, Va. Obama outlined a plan he proposed in his State of the Union address to allow homeowners with privately held mortgages to take advantage of record-low rates, for an annual savings of about $3,000 for the average borrower.
Cliff Owen
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AP
Feb. 2, 2012
Groundhog Club handler Ron Ploucha holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather-prognosticating groundhog, during the 126th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa. Phil saw his shadow, forecasting six more weeks of winter weather.
Gene J. Puskar
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AP
Feb. 1, 2012
Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.), a Republican presidential candidate, hugs his wife, Carol, after presenting her with a bouquet of flowers for their 55th wedding anniversary after a campaign event in Las Vegas.
Rick Wilking
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Reuters
Feb. 1, 2012
Workers prepare a bouquet of red roses ahead of Valentine's Day, the biggest holiday of the year for fresh-cut flower sales, at a flower farm in Facatativa, near Bogota, Colombia. In giant greenhouses outside Bogota, the flowers are clipped and shipped worldwide, accounting for 65 percent of the roses imported in the United States and many of the bouquets delivered in Europe. The hours ahead of Valentine's Day are a boom period for Colombian growers, who expedite their exports.
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Feb. 1, 2012
A model's makeup picture is stuck to a mirror backstage during the Autumn/Winter Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in Madrid.
Daniel Ochoa de Olza
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AP
Feb. 1, 2012
A copy of Leonardo Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" painting is displayed at Madrid's El Prado Museum. The painting was completed by one of Da Vinci's pupils at the same time as the original and in the same workshop, according to an El Prado Museum statement.
Sergio Perez
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Reuters
Feb. 1, 2012
Melinda Gates speaks to the media while her husband, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, left, and his father, William H. Gates Sr., listen during a tour of the newly constructed $15 million visitor center at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation campus in Seattle. The 900,000-square-foot center, which occupies more than 12 acres in downtown Seattle, is scheduled to open to the public Saturday.
Anthony Bolante
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Reuters
Feb. 1, 2012
An artist preforms on a pool suspended above the audience during the Fuerza Bruta dress rehearsal in Tel Aviv.
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Jan. 31, 2012
A zoo official prepares to tie the mouth of Oni, an African lion, after it was successfully anesthetized at Taman Satwa Jurug in Solo, Indonesia's central Java province. Oni escaped from his cage and then attacked and killed a camel before he was subdued and anesthetized, local media reported.
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Feb. 1, 2012
A man is being gored by a bull as others run during the annual Candlemas celebrations in Tlacotalpan, Mexico. A pack of bulls is let loose to rampage through the streets for hours as crowds taunt them as part of the week-long religious celebration.
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Feb. 1, 2012
Gov. Chris Gregoire, right, applauds with Rep. Jaimie Pedersen, second right, and Michael Shiosaka, partner of Rep. Ed Murray, left, in Olympia, Wash., after a state Senate vote to legalize same-sex marriage. The measure now moves to the House, which has enough votes to pass the bill. Gregoire said she will sign the measure into law.
Elaine Thompson
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AP
This image obtained from NASA shows an enhanced-color image of sand dunes trapped in an impact crater in Noachis Terra, Mars. Dunes and sand ripples of various shapes and sizes display the natural beauty created by physical processes. The area covered in the image is about six-tenths of a mile across. Sand dunes are among the most widespread wind-formed features on Mars. Their distribution and shapes are affected by changes in wind direction and wind strength. The image is one product from an observation by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera taken Nov. 29, 2011.
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