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Day in photos A meteor hits Russia, Hugo Chavez reappears, stranded cruise ship docks in Alabama and more in the day in photos.
Feb. 15, 2013
Children walk on the Askia mausoleum, built in 1495 in Gao in northern Mali, one week after a suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed himself attempting to blow up an army checkpoint at the entrance of the town.
Jerome Delay
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AP
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Feb. 14, 2013
Bolivian troops march in a parade during a ceremony in La Paz commemorating the 134th anniversary of the invasion by Chilean troops to the then Bolivian port of Antofagasta that triggered the Pacific War.
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Feb. 15, 2013
Jockeys compete in a traditional camel race during the Sheikh Sultan Bin Zayed al-Nahyan Camel Festival, held at the Shweihan racecourse, in the outskirts of Abu Dhabi.
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Feb. 15, 2013
Palestinians are covered with tear gas smoke during clashes with Israeli troops outside Ofer, an Israeli military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah. Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli soldiers Friday at a rally held in support of a prisoner observing an intermittent hunger strike to protest his incarceration. The Israeli military said about 200 Palestinians threw rocks at soldiers who responded with tear gas during the rally.
Majdi Mohammed
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Feb. 14, 2013
Syrian rebels fire a mortar toward regime forces stationed at Kwiriss airport in al-Bab, about 18 miles from the northeastern Syrian city of Aleppo.
Elias Edouard
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Feb. 15, 2013
A meteorite contrail is seen over Chelyabinsk, Russia. The meteor streaked across the sky over the country’s Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and injuring more than 900 and sending 43 people to the hospital, according to health officials.
Yekaterina Pustynnikova
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Chelyabinsk.ru via AP
Feb. 15, 2013
A 20-foot circular hole was left in the ice of Chebarkul Lake in the Chelyabinsk region of Russia, where a meteor reportedly struck the lake.
AP
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Feb. 14, 2013
Passengers aboard the disabled Carnival Lines cruise ship Triumph spell out the word "HELP" as it is towed to harbor off Mobile Bay, Ala. The ship with more than 4,200 passengers and crew members had been idled for nearly a week in the Gulf of Mexico after an engine room fire.
Gerald Herbert
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AP
Feb. 14, 2013
Kendall Jenkins, left, and Brittany Ferguson, both of Houston, celebrate after getting off the Carnival Lines cruise ship Triumph in Mobile, Ala. The ship carrying more than 4,200 passengers and crew members docked late Thursday to raucous cheers from passengers weary of overflowing toilets, food shortages and foul odors.
John David Mercer
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AP
Feb. 15, 2013
Dragon dancers perform during a Chinese New Year celebration in Rangoon, Burma.
Soe Than Win
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AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 15, 2013
The United States' gold-medal winner Ted Ligety clears a gate during second run of the men's giant slalom at the Alpine skiing world championships in Schladming, Austria. Ligety became the first man in 45 years to win three gold medals at a skiing world championships.
Matthias Schrader
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AP
Feb. 14, 2013
President Obama visits a pre-kindergarten class at College Heights Early Childhood Learning Center in Decatur, Ga., and plays a learning game with children. The stop was part of the his pitch for expanding government-funded early-childhood education.
Brendan Smialowski
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AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 14, 2013
Dancers in Hong Kong take part in the One Billion Rising Movement events on Valentine’s Day. The movement aims to raise awareness for and end violence against women and girls.
Philippe Lopez
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AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 15, 2013
A worker puts the finale touch to a train made with lemons and oranges during the 80th anniversary celebration of the Menton Lemon Festival in southern France. The theme for the festival, which involves more than 300 professionals working on the project and 145 tons of citrus fruits, is "Around the World in 80 Days."
Lionel Cironneau
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AP
Feb. 14, 2013
Children wearing traditional Chinese hats pose with a pair of statues at a shopping district in Beijing.
Andy Wong
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AP
Feb. 14, 2013
Models wear designs by Marc Jacobs during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York.
Stan Honda
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AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 15, 2013
Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius weeps in court in Pretoria, South Africa, as prosecutors say they’ll pursue a charge of premeditated murder against him in the killing of his model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
Antoine de Ras
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AP
Feb. 15, 2013
Afghans watch a dogfight in Kabul. Dogfighting remains a popular pastime during the winter months, with public matches held every Friday.
Ali Hamed Haghdoust
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AP
Feb. 15, 2013
Kashmiri students shout freedom slogans during a protest against the execution of Kashmiri Mohammed Afzal Guru and a continuous curfew in the Kashmir valley in New Delhi.
Altaf Qadri
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AP
Feb. 15, 2013
Venezuelan President Hugo is shown with his daughters Maria Gabriela, left, and Rosa Virginia in a hospital in Havana. Chavez left Venezuela in December to receive treatment for a cancerous tumor.
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Venezuelan presidential press office via AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 14, 2013
Palestinian women walk behind mannequins decorated for Valentine's Day outside a shop in the West Bank city of Nablus.
Nasser Ishtayeh
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AP
Feb. 14, 2013
Activists dance in an event to support the One Billion Rising Movement in New Delhi.
Altaf Qadri
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AP
A priest applies tilak — vermilion powder mixed with rice — on a girl's forehead outside a Hindu temple meant for Goddess Saraswati as part of the Saraswati Puja festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. Saraswati Puja is a day for students to show their respect to Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge and learning.
Niranjan Shrestha
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AP
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