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Images from around the world Here’s a look at some of the week’s best photographs.
Jan. 26, 2013
People try to catch money given away by well-wishers during a festival held at a temple on the outskirts of Rangoon, Burma, on the occasion of the full moon day of Pyar Tho, according to the country's lunar calendar.
YE AUNG THU
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AFP/Getty Images
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Jan. 26, 2013
Revelers dressed as Wonder Woman, center, and "The Simpsons" character Duffman, right, take part in the "Desliga da Justica" carnival block parade, a pre-Carnival celebration, in Rio de Janeiro. According to Rio's tourism office, Rio's street Carnival this year will consist of 492 block parties gathering 5 million carnival enthusiasts and requiring authorities to set up 16,500 public toilets around the city. The official Carnival runs from Feb. 9-12.
Felipe Dana
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AP
Jan. 26, 2013
A woman looks out of the bus window at a man climbing on the vehicle in Sevare, Mali.
ERIC GAILLARD
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Reuters
Jan. 26, 2013
Bangladeshi firefighters and volunteers work to douse a fire at a garment factory in Dhaka. The fire killed at least six female workers and injured another five, police and fire officials said. The latest fire occurred more than two months after a deadly fire killed 112 workers in another factory near the capital city, raising questions about the safety measures in Bangladesh's garment industry.
A.M. Ahad
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AP
Jan. 26, 2013
Families of the victims of the Ultras Al-Ahli football supporters react after the issuance of the death penalty for 21 accused in last year's Port Said football violence in Cairo. Egyptian security officials say a senior police officer and a policeman were shot dead in the Mediterranean city of Port Said after a judge sentenced 21 people to death in connection to one of the world's deadliest incidents of soccer violence.
Ahmed Abd El-Latef
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AP
Jan. 25, 2013
Supporters of detained opposition lawmakers protest in front of a court in Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bishkek, during the politicians' trial. Kamchybek Tashiev, the leader of the nationalist Ata-Zhurt party, was arrested last year along with two other lawmakers over their role in a protest demanding the nationalization of the Canadian-owned Kumtor mine.
VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO
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AFP/Getty Images
Jan. 25, 2013
Argentina’s President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner waves to supporters after announcing a building project at the government palace in Buenos Aires. Fernández will attend this weekend’s Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States and European Union in Chile.
Eduardo Di Baia
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AP
Jan. 25, 2013
Anti-government protesters perform the weekly Friday prayer in Ramadi, Iraq. The longest-running of the protests, in Ramadi, has cut off a key trade route linking Baghdad to Jordan and Syria for a month.
AZHAR SHALLAL
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AFP/Getty Images
Jan. 25, 2013
Indian Muslims take part in a procession to mark Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi, the birthday of the prophet Muhammad, in Mumbai.
PUNIT PARANJPE
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AFP/Getty Images
Jan. 25, 2013
Scavengers collect metals at a dump in Haina, Dominican Republic.
ERIKA SANTELICES
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AFP/Getty Images
Jan. 24, 2013
Egyptian protesters try to tear down a wall built to prevent them from reaching parliament and the Cabinet building near Tahrir Square in Cairo. Egypt’s black-clad riot police fired tear gas in dawn clashes with dozens of protesters. The violence, which was soothed hours later, comes on the eve of the second anniversary of Egypt’s uprising, which toppled longtime authoritarian president Hosni Mubarak.
Hussein Tallal
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AP
Jan. 24, 2013
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish women stand behind a curtain during the traditional Jewish wedding in Beit Shemesh, Israel, of the granddaughter of Satmar Rebbe of Williamsburg, NY, Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum of Brooklyn. The gauze curtain is used to separate men and women during the wedding.
Oded Balilty
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AP
Jan. 24, 2013
Simona Costache, bottom center, wife of Romanian engineer TIberiu Costache who was killed during the hostage crisis in Algeria, cries while leaning on his coffin during a religious service in Tatarani, Romania.The standoff at Algeria's remote In Amenas natural gas plant, resulted in 37 hostages and 29 militants killed.
Vadim Ghirda
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AP
Jan. 24, 2013
A Ghana supporter attends the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations soccer match between Ghana and Mali at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
Stephane de Sakutin
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AFP/Getty Images
Jan. 24, 2013
Members of India's military band rehearse for Beating Retreat ceremony at Raisina Hill, which houses India's most important ministries and the presidential palace in New Delhi. The ceremony is held annually on Jan. 29, marking the end of Republic Day celebrations.
Manish Swarup
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AP
Jan. 24, 2013
A circus artist performs with dogs during the opening of Ukraine's National Circus in Kiev.
Efrem Lukatsky
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AP
Jan. 23, 2013
Indian soldiers march down Rajpath during the final full dress rehearsal for the Indian Republic Day parade in New Delhi. India will celebrate the 64th Republic Day on Jan. 26 with a large military parade.
Raveendran
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AFP/Getty Images
Jan. 23, 2013
Indian Hindu pilgrims travel on boats to take a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, during the Maha Kumbh Mela in Allahabad. The Kumbh Mela in the Indian town of Allahabad will see up to 100 million worshippers gather over the next 55 days to take a ritual bath in the holy waters, believed to cleanse sins and bestow blessings.
Sanjay Kanojia
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AFP/Getty Images
Jan. 23, 2013
Indian Punjab police salute the statue of freedom fighter Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose in Amritsar as part of celebrations for the 116th anniversary of his birth. Bose was a prominent Indian nationalist leader who attempted to gain India's independence from British rule by force during the waning years of World War II.
Narinder Nanu
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AFP/Getty Images
Jan. 23, 2013
Members of the MS-13 gang gesture during the official act to name the city of Ilopango, a suburb of San Salvador, as a peace district for gang members. Gang leaders started the second phase of the gang truce to reduce crime in El Salvador.
Jose Cabezas
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AFP/Getty Images
Jan. 23, 2013
Children play with bubbles during events celebrating the 12th anniversary of the village of Kuetuvy in the Canindeyu department of Paraguay. The Ache are hunter-gatherers whose population of roughly 1,200 is distributed in five villages in eastern Paraguay. They also celebrated the recent success of their exports to the United States of shade-grown, organic yerba mate, a drink brewed from the leaves of the rain forest holly tree. In 2010, Paraguay’s Congress gave them formal title to the land.
Jorge Saenz
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AP
Jan. 23, 2013
Heavy rain clouds hang over Jakarta, Indonesia, as government weather bureau forecasts more rain while parts of the city remains submerged from flood waters. Indonesia's wet season last from February to March.
Romeo Gacad
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AFP/Getty Images
Jan. 22, 2013
Thai and foreign Buddhist monks light candles while chanting at Buddhamonthon in Nakorn Pathom, Thailand. More than 1,000 Buddhist monks from Dhammakaya temple lit candles in homage to Buddha.
Pornchai Kittiwongsakul
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AFP/Getty Images
Jan. 22, 2013
A man shouts during a protest in Nairobi with the words “Blood Ivory” painted across his face. Affiliates of an activist group called Kenyans United Against Poaching took to the streets to put pressure on the government to declare the rampant poaching of rhinos and elephants, now at unprecedented levels, a national disaster.
Tony Karumba
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AFP/Getty Images
Jan. 22, 2013
Head of the Bayit Yehudi party Naftali Bennett, center, arrives at his party's headquarters in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv, after the exit polls were announced. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's rightist Likud-Beitenu party came out on top in Israel's election Tuesday, exit polls said, but center-left parties made surprising gains, potentially complicating coalition building.
Ronen Zvulun
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Reuters
Jan. 22, 2013
A train sits beneath the carriage of another train after a crash at a station in Alfarelos, Portugal. Officials said a high-speed intercity train rear-ended a local train waiting to enter a station, derailing several carriages, leaving a pile of wreckage on Portugal’s main north-south line and slightly injuring 21 people.
Miguel Teixeira
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AP
Jan. 22, 2013
Umbrellas are displayed in front of Seoul City Hall in Seoul, South Korea. The display symbolizes Seoul public officials' intention to be an umbrella for South Korea's citizens.
Ahn Young-joon
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AP
Jan. 20, 2013
A man jogs near a snow-dusted Statue of Liberty in Paris. Several inches of snow fell in the French capital, halting some transportation and closing some public parks.
John Schults
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Reuters
Jan. 20, 2013
A flood victim shields herself while waiting for potable water to be delivered in Jakarta. Severe floods in Jakarta eased on Friday, a day after unusually heavy monsoon rains swamped parts of the Indonesian capital in waist-deep water and left more than 18,000 people homeless.
Beawiharta
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Reuters
Jan. 20, 2013
Jakarta resident Syamsuri is evacuated by Indonesia’s army as major floods hit North Jakarta. The death toll has risen to at least 21 since severe flooding struck the city.
Ulet Ifansasti
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Getty Images
Jan. 20, 2013
A snake charmer walks with his performing monkey, looking for customers on a beach in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Dinuka Liyanawatte
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Reuters
Jan. 20, 2013
Free Syrian Army fighters hold their weapons during heavy clashes with government forces in Aleppo, Syria. The revolt against President Bashar al-Assad began in March 2011 with peaceful protests but morphed into a civil war that has killed more than 60,000 people, according to a recent United Nations estimate.
Andoni Lubaki
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AP
Jan. 20, 2013
Fighters from a unit of the Free Syrian Army walk in a house destroyed by an airstrike in the Haresta neighborhood of Damascus, Syria.
Goran Tomasevic
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Reuters
Jan. 20, 2013
Iranians react to the execution of Alireza Mafiha and Mohammad Ali Sarvari, unseen, in Tehran. Iran executed the two men after posting a video on YouTube in December showing them robbing and assaulting a man with a machete on a street in Tehran. Judiciary chief Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani called it a “moharebeh” crime, which Iran’s legal code defines as “defiance of God,” or the state. Such crimes are punishable by hanging.
Ebrahim Noroozi
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AP
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