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Day in photos Kite boarding in Indonesia, a pool reopens in Germany, heavy rain in Greece and more in the day in photos.
Feb. 22, 2013
Two women stand under a fountain in the so-called Sonnenbad (Sun bath) swimming pool as the site opened for the new season in Karlsruhe, Germany. It was just below 32 degrees
Uli Deck
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AFP/Getty Images
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Feb. 22, 2013
A man swims in the so-called Sonnenbad (sun bath) pool in Karlsruhe, Germany. The pool recently reopened after being closed for winter.
Uli Deck
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AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 22, 2013
A Pakistani vendor, center, shows a customer umbrellas for sale on a roadside during a rainfall in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Muhammed Muheisen
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AP
Feb. 21, 2013
A young Indian Hindu devotee combs his hair after a dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati rivers, during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Allahabad, India. The festival is one of the world's largest religious gatherings and lasts 55 days. It occurs every 12 years.
Rajesh Kumar Singh
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AP
Feb. 21, 2013
Displaced Syrian children are reflected in a puddle as they walk through an olive tree field near the Azaz camp for displaced people, north of Aleppo, Syria. According to Syrian activists, the number of people in the camp has grown by 3,000 in the past few weeks because of heavier shelling by government forces.
Manu Brabo
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AP
Feb. 22, 2013
Employees work on an assembly line at a shoe factory in Tan Lap village, outside Hanoi. Vietnam has approved a broad plan to boost its economy, focusing on restructuring public investment, banks and state-owned enterprises while controlling inflation and maintaining growth.
Kham
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Reuters
Feb. 22, 2013
Devotees portraying the Hindu God Madhav Narayan apply mustard oil on their bodies before participating in the Madhav Narayan Festival in Thecho, near Kathmandu, Nepal. The month-long festival dedicated to Narayan and the goddess Swasthani involves the recitation of folk tales about the miraculous feats performed by them in many Hindu households.
Navesh Chitrakar
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Reuters
Feb. 22, 2013
Austria's Mona Wabnigg speeds down the track during the women's luge World Cup at the Sanki sliding center at Rosa Khutor, a venue for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
Kai Pfaffenbach
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Reuters
A Norwegian fan watches the individual normal hill ski jumping portion of the Nordic combined competition at the Nordic Skiing World Championships in Predazzo, Val di Fiemme, Italy.
Hendrik Schmidt
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European Pressphoto Agency
Feb. 21, 2013
Tattoos decorate the arms of Tampa Bay Rays' Ryan Roberts as he rests during a spring training baseball workout in Port Charlotte, Fla.
David Goldman
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AP
Feb. 22, 2013
People walk in front of a tree during the Taipei Lantern Festival as part of Chinese New Year celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan.
Pichi Chuang
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Reuters
Feb. 22, 2013
A flash of lighting is seen in Piraeus, near Athens. Hours of heavy rainfall in and around the Greek capital caused extensive flooding, inundating basements and forcing authorities to close major roads and a central subway station. The Greek fire brigade says it received more than 900 calls to pump out water in the greater Athens region.
Elina Liberta
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Fosphotos/AP
Feb. 22, 2013
A man tries to remove a car from a flooded underpass at Faliro, near Athens, after a heavy rains.
Kostas Tsironis
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AP
Feb. 21, 2013
Egyptians inspect posters of slain men at a protest camp in front of the provincial government headquarters during the fifth day of a general strike in Port Said, Egypt.
Nasser Nasser
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AP
Feb. 21, 2013
Afghan men gather in a public bath in Kabul. The public baths are thought to originate from Turkey and are found in big cities in Afghanistan, where they are mostly used by many poor people who, after decades of war, do not have access to hot or cold running water in their homes.
Ali Hamed Haghdoust
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AP
Feb. 22, 2013
A girl watches moon jellyfishes at an aquarium in Tokyo.
Kimimasa Mayama
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European Pressphoto Agency
Feb. 22, 2013
Henrik Baerentzen of Denmark warms up during Day 2 of the KTA Bintan kite board event at Argo Beach Resort in Bintan Island, Indonesia.
Xaume Olleros
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Getty Images
Feb. 22, 2013
A man shows off his made-up face during a Purim parade in Tel Aviv. One custom for the Jewish holiday includes dressing up in masks and costumes.
Ariel Schalit
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AP
Feb. 21, 2013
Graffiti art is seen on the fence around the site of the European Central Bank’s new building, which is under construction in Frankfurt, Germany.
Boris Roessler
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AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 22, 2013
People walk around a six-foot sand sculpture created by artist Sudersan Pattnaik at Golden Sea Beach in Puri, India. A recent attack by Islamist militants on a bustling shopping area in Hyderabad killed at least 14 people and wounded scores.
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AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 21, 2013
Members of the Peasant Women Movement take part in a demonstration along the Esplanade of Ministries, in Brasilia, as part of the closing of their national meeting. They demanded the end of violence against women and honored those who have died from domestic violence.
Pedro Ladeira
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AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 22, 2013
Smoke rises from a chimney of a waste incineration plant on the southern outskirts of Moscow.
Andrey Smirnov
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AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 21, 2013
The casket carrying the body of San Bernardino County Sheriff Detective Jeremiah MacKay is taken out of a hearse during his funeral service at the San Manuel Amphitheater in Glen Helen, Calif. Thousands of law enforcement officers from across the Southwest gathered to honor to MacKay, who was killed in the manhunt for fugitive former police officer Christopher Dorner.
Stan Lim
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Riverside, Calif., Press-Enterprise via AP
Feb. 21, 2013
A fan of Venezuela's Deportivo Lara cheers his team during a Copa Libertadores soccer match against Argentina's Newell's in Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
Fernando Llano
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AP
Feb. 22, 2013
Photographers take pictures of track star Oscar Pistorius as he stands in the dock during his bail hearing in Pretoria, South Africa. A judge granted bail to the Olympian, who is accused of killing his girlfriend.
Themba Hadebe
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AP
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