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Day in photos Snowquester, a filibuster, good luck turtles and more.
March 6, 2013
Despite the pouring rain, Evan Hall, 10, front, and Quinn Buckley, 11, both of Silver Spring, didn’t want to miss what could be their last day of winter sledding. They plowed down a partially snow-covered hill in Takoma Park, right into a giant mud puddle.
Sarah L. Voisin
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The Washington Post
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On a chilly, wet and snowy morning, Karim Elamin smokes and drinks a cup of coffee on the steps leading to Miriam's Kitchen, which serves the District’s homeless and needy community.
Melina Mara
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The Washington Post
March 6, 2013
A group of deer graze on a snow-covered hill in Myersville.
Ricky Carioti
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The Washington Post
March 6, 2013
Snow comes down on a pedestrian walking along Dixon Avenue in Silver Spring.
Toni L. Sandys
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The Washington Post
March 6, 2013
The coffin of Venezuela's late president, Hugo Chavez, is driven through the people-packed streets of Caracas after leaving the military hospital where he died of cancer Tuesday.
Jorge Dan Lopez
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Reuters
March 6, 2013
Chavez supporters embrace as his coffin passes by. Venezuela is holding seven days of official mourning for its socialist leader, whose funeral will be Friday.
Rodrigo Abd
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AP
March 6, 2013
A Presidential Guard soldier holds a replica of Simon Bolivar's sword as he walk along Chavez’s coffin. Bolivar, the 19th century Venezuelan independence leader, was a hero of Chavez.
Esteban Felix
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AP
March 6, 2013
Members of the San Antonio Living History Association fire muskets as they take part in a pre-dawn memorial to the 1836 Battle of the Alamo in Texas.
Eric Gay
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AP
March 6, 2013
Costa Rica's Violeta Mitinan performs in the women's synchronized swimming solo free routine final at the Central American Games in San Jose, Costa Rica.
Juan Carlos Ulate
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Reuters
March 7, 2013
A woman poses with turtles in small plastic bags after buying them from a vendor at a shopping district in Beijing. Each bag, filled with oxygen and nutritional liquid, can keep the animal it holds alive for two months, the vendor said. The Chinese believe such charms can bring good luck.
Kim Kyung-Hoon
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Reuters
March 7, 2013
Electricians check the electricity pylon situated amid farmland in Chuzhou, in China’s Anhui province.
China Daily
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Reuters
March 6, 2013
Supporters of Prime Minister Raila Odinga's Coalition for Reforms and Democracy party celebrate at a tallying center in Mathare slum in Nairobi after their candidate won a seat in the parliamentary elections.
Goran Tomasevic
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Reuters
March 6, 2013
A woman waits outside a tallying center with a Kenyan police officer guarding the gate at Mathare slum in Nairobi. Election officials have switched over to hand-counting ballots in the hotly contested presidential election.
Karel Prinsloo
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Reuters
March 6, 2013
Men try to move sacks of onions to a safer place after a fire in a wholesale vegetable and fruit market, in the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan. A fire broke out in the market on Wednesday evening, causing massive damage, but no casualties were reported, according to local media.
Athar Hussain
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Reuters
March 6, 2013
Stone-throwing Palestinians run from tear gas fired by Israeli troops during clashes outside Israel's Ofer military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah. The hunger strike of Palestinian detainees held in Israeli jails has fuelled anti-Israel protests in the occupied West Bank over the past several weeks.
Mohamad Torokman
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Reuters
March 6, 2013
Former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) is hugged by husband Mark Kelly, as she joined other survivors of the 2011 Tucson shootings to urge lawmakers to support expanded background checks for gun purchases. The survivors gathered for the first time at the shopping center where 19 people were shot. Giffords was left with brain damage, 12 others were injured and six people were killed that day.
Ross D. Franklin
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AP
March 6, 2013
Filipino Muslims shout peace slogans during a prayer rally in Taguig, in metropolitan Manila. About 1,000 Filipino Muslims called on Malaysian military forces and armed supporters of Sultan of Sulu Jamalul Kiram III for the immediate cessation of hostilities.
Erik De Castro
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Reuters
March 7 2013
Girls walk to school in Gao, Mali. Fighting continues in the Northwest African nation between Islamist militants and French-backed Malian government forces.
Joe Penney
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Reuters
March 6, 2013
A worker dries fabric that was dyed at a factory in Lahore, Pakistan. Pakistan is the world's fourth-largest producer of cloth, and the industry accounts for 60 percent of nation’s export revenue, according to official data.
Arif Ali
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AFP/Getty Images
March 6, 2013
A model displays a creation from ready-to-wear collection by Ukrainian fashion designer Victoria Gres during opening of Ukrainian Fashion Week in Kiev.
Sergei Supinsky
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AFP/Getty Images
March 7, 2013
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), walks to a waiting vehicle as he leaves the Capitol after ending his filibuster of the nomination of John Brennan as CIA director. Paul raised concerns over White House policies of the use of drone attacks against American citizens in the United States.
Charles Dharapak
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AP
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