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Day in photos A pope steps down, protests keep a portion of the Berlin Wall up, dinosaurs invade a zoo in England and more.
Feb. 28, 2013
Bell ringers at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City toll the bells during a farewell ceremony for Pope Benedict XVI, who on Thursday became the first pope in 600 years to resign, capping a tearful day of farewells that included an extraordinary pledge of obedience to his successor.
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AP
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Duesseldorf Carnival figure maker Jacques Tilly, left, and a train manager Herman Schmitz push a figure of Benedict XVI in Germany.
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Hadi, from Denmark, jumps over one of the last heaps of snow during a stop of his tourist group in front of the Reichstag building in Berlin.
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Activists and demonstrators against Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi shout slogans and perform a new dance craze, the "Harlem Shake", in front of the Muslim Brotherhood's national headquarters in Cairo.
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Alina Rotaru, of Romania, competes in Long Jump Women Qualification event at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Goteborg, Sweden.
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South Korean flags hang from trees in celebration of the March First Independence Movement Day in Seoul. The national holiday marks the 1919 uprising against Japanese colonial rule.
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German police officers protect a section of the former Berlin Wall in Germany. Construction crews stopped work Friday on removing a small section from one of the few remaining stretches of the wall to make way for a housing project after hundreds of protesters blocked their path.
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Feb. 28, 2013
Cadets from Company A-1 of the U.S. Military Academy sit in the cadet chapel in West Point, N.Y., during a memorial service for Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, who was a member of the company as a cadet. Schwarzkopf was 78 when he died of complications from pneumonia on Dec. 27 in Tampa.
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Feb. 28, 2013
This image taken with a fisheye lens shows the Milwaukee Brewers’ Logan Schafer signing autographs before a spring training baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Phoenix.
Morry Gash
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Models prepare backstage show wedding dresses during a wedding exhibition in Minsk, Belarus.
Sergei Grits
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A banana vendor takes a nap at his kiosk at Babakan market in Tangerang, Indonesia.Inflation in February hit a 20-month high after the Indonesian government limited commodity imports.
Bay Ismoyo
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A tree decorated with colorful plastic Easter eggs is seen on in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Karl-Josef Hildenbrand
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Pedestrians walking on the street are reflected in patterned mirrored glass on the facade of a mall in the Omotesando shopping district of Tokyo. Consumer prices in Japan fell for the eighth time in nine months, highlighting the challenges facing the Bank of Japan in its efforts to fight deflation.
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A construction worker's hat sits on the head of a Coelophysis dinosaur at Twycross Zoo near Atherstone, England. Fifteen dinosaurs will go on display at Dinosaur Valley, a new attraction at the zoo.
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Finishing touches are made to the monumental rice paper boat by renowned Chinese artist Zhu Jinshi at Olympia Exhibition Centre on in London. The work is presented by Pearl Lam Galleries for the opening of the inaugural Art 13 London art fair.
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A pangolin curls into a ball as an official at the Natural Resources Conservation Agency holds it up before releasing it into the wild at a conservation forest in Sibolangit, North Sumatra, Indonesia. The anteater is part of 128 pangolins confiscated by customs officers from a smuggler's boat off Sumatra island as it was heading for Malaysia last week.
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A dog runs at an obstacle race at Shanghai Pet Fair in Shanghai.
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Feb. 28, 2013
Isreali border police arrest a Palestinian during a protest outside an Israeli military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah. The protests were in support of prisoners.
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An aerobatics team perform during the Australian International Airshow in Melbourne. About 180,000 people are expected through the gates over the duration of the event.
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The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon spacecraft on board is erected on a launchpad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on in Florida. Launch of the second SpaceX Commercial Resupply Services mission is scheduled for Friday.
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Feb. 28, 2013
An art piece by U.S. artist Nancy Fouts is seen at the booth of the Pertwee Anderson and Gold gallery at the Art 13 London art fair.
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Feb. 28, 2013
Ali Benmoussa, 19, performs during a local break dancing competition for youths in Benghazi, Libya.
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Feb. 28, 2013
First lady Michelle Obama exercises with children in Chicago while celebrating the third anniversary of her “Lets Move” program.
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AP
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