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Day in photos Flooding in Macedonia, protests in Portugal, a sandstorm in Beijing, and more.
Feb. 27, 2013
A model presents a creation by Nicolas Andreas Taralis during the Fall/Winter 2013-2014 ready-to-wear collection show in Paris.
Martin Bureau
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AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 27, 2013
A man stands on top of the Tomb of Askia in Gao, Mali. The tomb, built by Askia Mohamed, the emperor of Songhai, in 1495, is in an area of Mali that has become a front line in the battles between French-backed government forces and Islamist militants. Efforts are being made to protect the tomb, which is a U.N. World Heritage site.
Joel Saget
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AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 28, 2013
Local residents take apart a house that was used by radical Islamists to store explosives in Gao. French military confiscated the explosives Wednesday, according to the residents.
Joe Penney
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Reuters
Feb. 27, 2013
A view shows a flooded garden in the Macedonian village of Murtino, about 110 miles east of capital, Skopje. One man drowned and several hundred homes in Macedonia were flooded Tuesday as two days of heavy rain drenched farmland and caused power outages in the Balkan country, authorities said.
Ognen Teofilovski
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Reuters
Feb. 27, 2013
A young person jumps from Yangtze River Bridge in Wuhan, China. Another person reportedly jumped from the bridge moments before this photo was taken. Police said there was little chance for the jumpers to have survived, and it may have been acts of suicide. One of the two was a 19-year-old man, police said.
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AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 27, 2013
Students at the Law University of Lisbon hold placards reading, clockwise from left, "This Government of precariousness lacks legitimacy," "We want more education," "Youth unemployment 40 percent" and "Government Out" as they protest against government's austerity measures while Portugal's prime minister attends a conference at the university.
Patricia De Melo Moreira
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AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 27, 2013.
A sedated lion is carried from the estate of Ion Balint, an alleged gangster, in Bucharest, Romania. Authorities along with specialists of the animal welfare charity Vier Pfoten removed four lions and two bears that were kept on the estate. Authorities say Balint, who was arrested Feb. 22, used the animals to threaten his victims.
Vadim Ghirda
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AP
Feb. 27, 2013
Palestinian fishermen collect several Manta rays that washed up on the beach in Gaza City.
Mohammed Abed
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AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 28, 2013
Two women look at a mobile phone as they stand in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square during a sandstorm. Beijing residents were urged to stay indoors as pollution levels soared before a sandstorm brought further misery to China's capital.
Ed Jones
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AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 27, 2013.
Supporters of Yemen's former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, climb on flag poles during a rally marking the anniversary of his power handover in Sanaa, Yemen.
Hani Mohammed
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AP
Feb. 27, 2013
A Saleh supporter sports a photo of the former president on a traditional dagger as he attends a rally in Sanaa.
Khaled Abdullah
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Reuters
February, 27, 2013
President Obama participates in an unveiling ceremony for a statue of Civil Rights pioneer Rosa Parks at the Capitol Rotunda. Also attending, from left, were Sheila Keys, niece of Rosa Parks; Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.);House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio); House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.); and Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.).
Bill O'Leary
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The Washington Post
Feb. 27, 2013
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel bows as he concludes his remarks at the Pentagon after being sworn-in.
Cliff Owen
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AP
Feb. 27, 2013
A boy runs as he holds a Kurdish flag in Ras al-Ayn, Syria. The U.N. says more than 70,000 people have been killed since Syria's civil war started in March 2011.
Manu Brabo
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AP
Feb. 27, 2013
Faithful take place on St. Peter's Square ahead of Pope Benedict XVI’s last weekly audience at the Vatican. Benedict will step down as leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday.
Alberto Pizzoli
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AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 27, 2013
The crowd at St. Peter’s Square cheer as the pope travels around them on his way to make his final public address.
Tiziana Fabi
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AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 28, 2013
A model presents a creation by French designer Guillaume Henry as part of his Fall-Winter 2013/2014 women's ready-to-wear fashion show for house Carven during Paris fashion week.
Gonzalo Fuentes
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Reuters
Feb. 27, 2013
Silhouettes of visitors are seen in front of a drawing of the city skyline at the Mobile World Congress at Barcelona. The mobile communications industry trade show ends Thursday.
Albert Gea
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Reuters
Feb. 28, 2013
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, greets French President Francois Hollande at the Kremlin in Moscow.
Alexander Zemlianichenko
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AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 27, 2013
Schoolgirls listen as members of Iran’s parliament discuss a bill that would limit media access to government sessions.
Behrouz Mehri
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AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 27, 2013
Neil Heslin, whose 6-year-old son Jesse was killed in the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., cries while holding up a portrait of himself and his son during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the proposed assault weapons ban.
Yuri Gripas
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Reuters
Feb. 28, 2013
The Eiffel Tower is seen on a foggy night in Paris.
Alexander Klein
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AFP/Getty Images
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