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Day in photos Pope Benedict XVI, helicopter crash in London, sperm whale in New Zealand, Serena Williams and more.
Jan. 15, 2013
Waves hit a coastal road near Cayenne, French Guiana. The country’s coastal area was put on “red alert” after several houses of Rémire-Montjoly were damaged during high tides.
Jody Amiet
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AFP/Getty Images
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Jan. 16, 2013
The body of a sperm whale lies on a Paraparaumu beach on the Kapiti Coast of New Zealand. Hundreds of people gathered to see the whale, which washed up on the beach overnight after it died.
Marty Melville
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Jan. 16, 2013
A bull charges during the bull-taming sport called Jallikattu, in Alanganallur, about 330 miles south of Chennai, India. Jallikattu is an ancient event of the Tamils that is played during the harvest festival of Pongal.
Arun Sankar K.
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AP
Jan. 15, 2013
Serena Williams lies on the court after falling during her first-round match against Romania's Edina Gallovits-Hall at the Australian Open in Melbourne. Williams won the match, sweeping both sets 6 to 0.
Rob Griffith
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AP
Jan. 16, 2013
Debris litters the ground around the site where a helicopter crashed in central London. Police say two people were killed when a helicopter crashed during morning rush hour after apparently hitting a construction crane on top of a building.
Vince Pol
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AP
Jan. 16, 2013
Afghan security and intelligence agents check a body at the scene after an attack by militants in Kabul. Six militants wearing suicide vests, including one driving a car packed with explosives, charged the gate of the Afghan intelligence agency, setting off a blast that reportedly caused at least one death and wounded dozens of others.
Ahmad Jamshid
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AP
Jan. 15, 2013
French troops from the "Licorne" operation, based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, arrive at the a military air base near Bamako, Mali, to reinforce the "Serval" operations, before their deployment in northern Mali.
Eric Feferberg
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AFP/Getty Images
Jan. 15, 2013
Team Mini driver Stephane Perterhansel, of France, competes during the Stage 10 of the Dakar 2013 rally between Cordoba and La Rioja, Argentina. The rally takes place in Peru, Argentina and Chile between Jan. 5 and Jan. 20.
Franck Fife
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AFP/Getty Images
Jan. 15, 2013
A biker competes during the Stage 10 of the Dakar 2013 rally.
Franck Fife
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AFP/Getty Images
Jan. 16, 2013
A woman tries to keep dry as she walks a raised median on PiraeusStreet in Athens. The street, which connects the Greek capital with its port of Piraeus, was closed to traffic for more than an hour due to flooding. The bad weather has disrupted ferry services to many of the Greek islands.
Petros Giannakouris
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AP
Jan. 16, 2013
A demonstrator, wearing a mask in the colors of the Kenyan flag, he stands next to mock coffins on which are written "State Burial, Ballot Revolution." Demonstrators carried the coffins to the Parliament building in Nairobi and burned them in protest of last week's attempt by members of Parliament to award themselves a $110,000 bonus. The measure was vetoed by Kenya’s president, Mwai Kibaki.
Ben Curtis
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AP
Jan. 15, 2013
French President Francois Hollande, center, reviews the seamen at the French naval base, "Camp de la Paix" (Peace Camp), in the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi.
Bertrand Langlois
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AFP/Getty Images
Jan. 15, 2013
From left, Rory McIlroy from Northern Ireland, Justin Rose of England, an Emirati host and Tiger Woods pose for photographers ahead of Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club in the United Arab Emirates.
Manuel Salazar
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AP
Jan. 15, 2013
Ice covers an orange in a grove in Redlands, Calif. A cold snap that has California farmers struggling to protect a $1.5 billion citrus crop has slowly started to ease, although frigid temperatures were still the norm throughout the state and across other parts of the West.
Jae C. Hong
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AP
Jan. 15, 2013
Farmers use their tractors to blockade the Grand Place in Arras, France, during a demonstration called by a local farmers union to denounce pressures affecting their activities.
Philippe Huguen
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AFP/Getty Images
Jan. 15, 2013
Pakistani Rangers, in black, and Indian Border Security Force personnel perform the 'flag off' ceremony at the Pakistan-India Wagah Border Post. The changing of the guard ceremony is full of bravura, reflecting the attitudes the two longtime foes take toward each other. Tensions between the two nations have become more acute as of late due to deadly skirmishes on the border.
Arif Ali
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AFP/Getty Images
Jan. 16, 2013
Kashmiri Muslims pray outside the shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Naqashbandi in Srinagar, India. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims congregated at the shrine on the anniversary of the death of the saint, offering prayers in a three-day festival that concluded Wednesday.
Dar Yasin
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AP
Jan. 16, 2013
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta kisses the ring of Pope Benedict XVI after the pontiff's weekly general audience in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. Panetta, a staunch Catholic, is in Rome as part of a week-long swing across Europe.
Jacquelyn Martin
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AP
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