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Day in photos Protests in India, Pope Francis, the National People’s Congress, counterfeit drugs in Beijing and more.
March 14, 2013
Artist Christo stands in front of photojournalists during a press visit in his installation “Big Air Package” at the Oberhausen Castle in Oberhausen, Germany. Eighteen years after the wrapping of the Reichstag and 14 years after stacking 13,000 oil barrels at the Emscher Park International Building Exhibition, Christo is returning to Germany with his latest art project, on view March 16 to Dec. 30, 2013 in Oberhausen.
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March 15, 2013
People push a car stuck in the snow in Lviv, Ukraine.
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March 15, 2013
A performer entertains spectators on the sidelines of the Australian Formula One Grand Prix at the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne, Australia. The 2013 Formula One Grand Prix of Australia will take place Sunday.
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March 14, 2013
Entertainer Justin Bieber performs at Palacio de los Deportes in Madrid.
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March 14, 2013
Workers put finishing touches on a huge chandelier at the Solaire in the Philippine city of Pasay, a suburb of Manila. The opening of the $1.2 billion casino and resort marks the first of four such projects in the country, which is seeking to lure tourists to from Singapore to become the region’s biggest casino destination, company officials said.
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March 15, 2013
Youths cool off at a spring near the outskirts of Jerusalem. Unusually hot weather has hit Israel in the past few days, with temperatures reaching 87 degrees midday Friday in Jerusalem.
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March 15, 2013
A farmer uncovers asparagus fields for the first harvest of the year in Steimbke, Germany.
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March 14, 2013
A Chinese police officer walks through a pile of counterfeit drugs seized in Beijing in recent months; they were later destroyed. The rapid growth of Internet commerce has led to an explosion in sales of counterfeit drugs around the world, and China is the drugs’ biggest source, pharmaceutical experts said. The illicit trade is now believed to be worth around $75 billion globally, with criminal gangs increasingly using the Internet to move their products across borders.
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March 15, 2013
People visit a kiosk at a real estate exhibition in Shanghai. China began the year with a familiar economic pattern: Growth in January and February was driven mainly by exports and real estate.
Aly Song
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March 14, 2013
Recycled Percussion performs during the opening night of the Quad Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.
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March 15, 2013
Pope Francis stumbles as he prepares to greet cardinals in the Vatican’s Clementine Hall. Cardinal Angelo Sodano, second from left, introduced the pope to the College of Cardinals.
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March 15, 2013
A couple kisses in the Vatican’s Saint Peter’s Square.
Max Rossi
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March 15, 2013
The new Pont Jacques Chaban Delmas sits over the Garonne River in Bordeaux, France. One of the highest vertical lift bridges in Europe, it will be inaugurated Saturday.
Regis Duvignau
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March 15, 2013
A worker places Hyundai car parts on a shelf on the production line at the company’s plant in Beijing.
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March 15, 2013
Lebanese police officers inspect the wreckage of a bus that overturned in an accident in Kahale, east of Beirut. At least eight people were killed and many others wounded when the bus, carrying Syrian nationals, overturned, according to the Lebanese Red Cross.
Hussam Shebaro
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March 14, 2013
Inter Milan forward Rodrigo Sebastian Palacio heads the ball during the European Cup football match between Inter Milan and Tottenham at the San Siro stadium in Milan.
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March 15, 2013
Golden retrievers await their turns in the Shanghai International Dog Show. Dog shows got their start in China about 15 years ago and are gaining popularity among a fast-growing sector of upper-class Chinese.
Carlos Barria
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Reuters
March 15, 2013
Singer Alice Cooper performs with a 22-pound boa constrictor during the Caprices Festival in Crans-Montana, Switzerland.
Olivier Maire
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European Pressphoto Agency
March 15, 2013
Activists of the Indian right-wing Shiv Sena party shout anti-Pakistan slogans during a protest in Jammu, India. The demonstrators, protesting against the Pakistani Parliament’s passage of a resolution condemning the hanging of a Kashmiri man, Mohammed Afzal Guru, demanded the return of Guru’s body to his family. Guru was hanged in New Delhi on Feb. 9 following his conviction in a deadly attack on India’s Parliament.
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March 15, 2013
Tourists cross a barbed-wire road block set up during a curfew in Srinagar, India. A strict curfew continues for the second day in most of Indian-controlled Kashmir on Friday, with thousands of troops fanning out across the region. The curfew was imposed a day after a civilian was shot and killed by government soldiers, leading to widespread protests and a militant attack that left five paramilitary soldiers dead.
Dar Yasin
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AP
March 15, 2013
Indian army soldiers spit fire as they perform the mallakhamb, a traditional Indian gymnastic sport, during a display of skills at Officers Training Academy in Chennai, India.
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March 15, 2013
Children play on a giant statue of the Hindu god Shiva near the Sangam in Allahabad. The Sanga is a holy bathing site during the Kumbh Mela, which runs from January till March and takes place every 12 years in Allahabad, while smaller events are held every three years in other locations around India.
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March 15, 2013
A delegate casts her vote during the fifth plenary meeting of the National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Li Keqiang was elected as China’s premier at the 12th National People's Congress, the country's top legislature.
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March 14, 2013
Members of the Axi tribe, dressed as their ancestors, dance during a ritual ceremony in Hongwan village of Mile county, in China’s Yunnan province. The Axi, a branch of the ethnic Li minority, hold an annual ritual festival worshipping the fire god Dengmu on the third day of the second Chinese lunar month. Axi people believe that Dengmu first made fire out of wood in their tribe thousands of years ago.
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