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Day in photos Melting blizzard snow in the Northeast, Carnival in Brazil, a deadly stampede in India and others.
Feb. 10, 2013
A southwest Connecticut neighborhood is buried in snow in the aftermath of the weekend storm that hit the Northeast.
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Feb. 10, 2013
Snow begins to melt, revealing cars parked at a dealership in Hartford, Conn. The storm across left much of the New York-to-Boston corridor covered with more than three feet of snow.
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Feb. 10, 2013
Actress Jessica Chastain, star of “Zero Dark Thirty,” poses on the red carpet upon arrival to attend the annual British Academy Film Awards at the Royal Opera House in London.
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Feb. 11, 2013
Revellers of Mocidade Independente samba school participate in the annual Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome.
Sergio Moraes
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Reuters
Feb. 11, 2013
Revelers of Portela samba school perform during the first night of Carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro.
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Feb. 10, 2013
A member of the Filhos de Ghandy (Children of Gandhi) music group throws popcorn into the air as a symbol of peace, during the Carnival celebrations in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil.
Lunae Parracho
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Reuters
Feb. 10, 2013
A reveller of Portela samba school participates in the annual Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome.
Pilar Olivares
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Reuters
February 10, 2013
A woman with jewelry in her eyelashes waits for a presentation of the Y-3 Autumn/Winter 2013 collection during New York Fashion Week.
Lucas Jackson
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Reuters
Feb. 11, 2013
A Buddhist splashes colored water on Boudhanath Stupa during the first day of the three-day Losar, or New Year celebration of the Tibetan, Tamang and Sherpa communities, in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Navesh Chitrakar
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Reuters
Feb. 11, 2013
This photo released by the Vatican Press Office shows Pope Benedict XVI addressing an group of cardinals at the Vatican. Benedict announced he will resign on February 28.
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Feb. 11, 2013
A performer inserts a live snake through his nose and pulls it out of his mouth during a performance at the Ditan Temple Fair, celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year in Beijing . The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, began Feb. 10 and marked the start of the Year of the Snake, according to the Chinese zodiac.
Petar Kujundzic
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Reuters
Feb. 10, 2013
Singer Beyonce waits backstage at the Staples Center during the 55th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.
Robyn Beck
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AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 11, 2013
A Sadhu or a Hindu holyman sits at the door of an overcrowded passenger train after boarding, at a railway station in the northern Indian city of Allahabad. A stampede at a railway station in Allahabad killed at least 36 Hindu pilgrims on Sunday, the busiest day of the world's largest religious festival at which some 30 million had gathered to wash away their sins in the sacred Ganges river.
Jitendra Prakash
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Reuters
Feb. 10, 2013
An Indian man weeps as he holds his wife who was killed in a stampede on the railway platform at the main railway station in Allahabad, India.
Kevin Frayer
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AP
Feb. 10, 2013
Hindu devotees walk across pontoon bridges as they leave after a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, during the Maha Kumbh festival, in Allahabad, India . Millions of devout Hindus plunged into the frigid waters of the holy Ganges River in India on Sunday in a ritual that they believe will wash away their sins. Sunday was the third of six auspicious bathing days during the Kumbh Mela, or Pitcher Festival, which lasts 55 days and is one of the world's largest religious gatherings.
Manish Swarup
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AP
Feb. 11, 2013
Protesters shout slogans as they take part in a march during the second anniversary of the resignation of former president Hosni Mubarak at Tahrir Square in Cairo. The march was organized by Egyptians who oppose Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi and members of the ruling Muslim Brotherhood.
Amr Abdallah Dalsh
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Reuters
Feb. 10, 2013
Honduran police arrest several young men members of the Olympia club's Ultrafiel fans group, notoriously infiltrated by the "maras" (juvenile gangs), in Tegucigalpa. President Porfirio Lobo ordered the execution of the Freedom Operation, aiming to pacify low income and suburban areas of the capital and of San Pedro Sula, two of the world most dangerous cities.
Orlando Sierra
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Feb. 11, 2013
A tribesman carries a Yemen national flag as he walks between, chairs before a rally to commemorate the second anniversary of the uprising against Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Bani Hushaish, north of the capital Sanaa.
Mohamed al-Sayaghi
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Reuters
Feb. 11, 2013
A Tibetan monk walks the grounds in Labrang Monastery during Tibetan new year in Xiahe county, Gansu province, China. Tibetans in this northwest part of China, which has been a focus of self-immolation protests against Chinese rule, marked a low-key lunar New Year on Monday, with many saying celebrations were inappropriate while the burnings continued. At least 20 people have set themselves on fire in the region around Xiahe in Gansu province over the past year, according to exiles and rights groups.
Carlos Barria
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Reuters
Feb. 11, 2013
An ethnic Tibetan couple prostrates as they pray during Tibetan new year at the Labrang Monastery in Xiahe county, Gansu province, China. Xiahe is home to a large ethnically Tibetan population and also to the monastery at Labrang, one of the most important centres for Tibetan Buddhism.The Tibetan lunar new year is supposed to be a time for celebration, but many Tibetans who spoke to Reuters in Xiahe said there would be no entertainment this year.
Carlos Barria
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Reuters
Feb. 11, 2013
An assistant displays a black Fedora hat owned by late singer Michael Jackson at Drouot auction house in Paris . The hat, made in 1984 by Maddest Hatter in Los Angeles, estimated for between $5,000 and $7,000, was worn by singer Jackson during the last 'Victory Tour' concert in New York, August 25, 1984.
Christian Hartmann
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Reuters
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