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Day in photos Mud healing, Apollo F1 engine parts recovered from the sea, Pterosaur fossils on display and more.
March 20, 2013
A man dives into a mud puddle, in order to receive healings and miracles, in Espinazo del Diablo (Devil's Backbone), Mexico. The tradition, dating back to 1921, is attributed to “Nino Fidencio,” a healer and clairvoyant during the Mexican Revolution era.
Miguel Sierra
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European Pressphoto Agency
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March 21, 2013
Kyrgyz youth take part in the traditional game “Kyz Kumay” (Kiss a girl) during New Year celebrations the Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bishkek. “Nowruz” (New Year in Farsi) is an ancient festival marking the first day of spring in Central Asia.
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March 21, 2013
Children play with toy guns from their gift bags during the first day of the Royal Easter Show in Sydney.
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March 21, 2013
An Afghan boy plays with toy guns during a gathering to celebrate the Afghan New Year in Kabul Afghanistan uses the Persian calendar, which runs from the vernal equinox. The calendar takes as its start date the time when the Prophet Mohammad moved from Mecca to Medina in 621 AD. The current Persian year is 1392.
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March 21, 2013
Afghanis visit the famous Blue Mosque as they celebrate the Persian New Year in Mazar e Sharif, Afghanistan. The Persian New Year has been celebrated for at least 3,000 years and is the most revered celebration in the greater Persian world, which includes the countries of Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Turkey and portions of western China and northern Iraq.
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March 21, 2013
President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, examine technological innovations at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.
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March 21, 2013
Police block Palestinian protesters during a rally against President Obama in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Obama is meeting Palestinian officials on the second day of his Mideast tour to emphasize the importance of reaching an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal.
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March 19, 2013
A turbine from an Apollo F-1 engine is seen in this handout photo from Bezos Expeditions taken on board a recovery ship off the coast of Florida. The Bezos Expedition used remote-operated vehicles at more than 14,000 feet below sea level to recover engines and components from the Apollo space program that took NASA astronauts to the moon.
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March 19, 2013
Amazon.com chief executive Jeff Bezos funded the expedition to recover the engine parts. Here, a thrust chamber from an Apollo F-1 engine is examined on board the recovery ship off the coast of Florida.
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March 20, 2013
Demonstrators hold signs to protest against the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Brooklyn.
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March 20, 2013
Elephants from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus line up under the Brooklyn Bridge. A different team from the circus is performing this week in Washington.
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March 20, 2013
Fossils and replicas of a Pterosaur of the "Tropeognathus Mesembrinus" species are displayed at the National Museum of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. This prehistoric species was discovered in the northern Brazilian states of Piaui, Ceara and Pernambuco. Brazilian paleontologists informed that this species lived in these regions 110 million years ago and that it is the largest individual of its kind found in the southern hemisphere.
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March 20, 2013
Children play inside a replica of a blue whale's heart during a media preview of "Whales: Giants of the Deep" at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The exhibit, which runs through the rest of the year, transports visitors to the underwater world of the mightiest animals on earth and explores the latest research about these marine mammals as well as the central role they have played for thousands of years in human cultures.
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March 20, 2013
Burmese villagers line up to fetch water at a lake in the Dala township, 9 miles south of Rangoon.
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March 20, 2013
A lion peeks out of a cage while being transported by police in Mexico City. The approximately five-month-old lion was confiscated at a pet store that had the animal on exhibition for sale, according to local media.
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March 21, 2013
Guests attend the national apology for forced adoptions at Parliament in Canberra, Australia. A government inquiry found as many as 250,000 babies were forcibly taken from their mothers.
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March 20, 2013
Alabama 3 band member Nick Reynolds and his family leave the London funeral of his father, Bruce Reynolds, the key planner behind the 1963 Great Train Robbery. Reynolds, who died at age 81 in February, was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 1969 for the robbery, which netted 2.6 million British pounds.
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March 21, 2013
Youths from Azerbaidjan celebrate during an event marking the International Day of Down Syndrome in Bucharest. The celebration aims to raise awareness among the population regarding people with Down syndrome and combat some wrong social perceptions, depriving these people of their right to an active life.
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March 20, 2013
First lady Michelle Obama talks with Jorge Ortiz during her visit to the Fisher House, located at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, during a pre-Easter celebration with military families and children.
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March 20, 2013
Protesters hold signs during a demonstration by federal employees outside the Labor Department in Washington, one of about 100 rallies that took place across the country as part of a mass demonstration organized by the American Federation of Government Employees to highlight the impact of across-the-board budget cuts known as sequestration.
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