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Images from around the world Here’s a look at some of the week’s best photographs from around the globe.
Feb. 14, 2013
St. Scholastica’s College students dance on their Manila campus during the kick-off of the global One Billion Rising campaign to end violence against women and children. Thousands of women, men and children in various cities and municipalities in the Philippines and around the world expressed their support for the campaign against poverty and violence against women by dancing in the streets, in school and other places.
Dennis M. Sabangan
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European Pressphoto Agency
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Feb. 14, 2013
Activists dance in an event to support One Billion Rising global campaign in New Delhi. Flash mobs and rallies with singing and dancing were organized across the country as part of the campaign, timed to coincide with Valentine's Day, to bring an end to violence against women.
Altaf Qadri
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AP
Feb. 14, 2013
A French soldier checks the passengers of a transport truck that arrived in Gao, northern Mali. Malian forces have stepped up security around the port and the main market in an effort to stop the infiltration of rebel fighters in the town.
Jerome Delay
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AP
Feb. 14, 2013
A French soldier watches a controlled explosion of ammunition found in houses in Gao, northern Mali.
Jerome Delay
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AP
Feb. 14, 2013
A French soldier checks the passengers of a transport truck that arrived in Gao, northern Mali.
Jerome Delay
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AP
Feb. 13, 2013
Young Tibetans-in-exile take part in a candlelight vigil n Kathmandu, Nepal, following the self-immolation by a monk, marking the 100th Tibetan to do so in protest against Chinese rule in Tibet.
Prakash Mathema
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AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 13, 2013
An Israeli settler prays among the rubble of his house, which was demolished by Israeli police in the outpost of Maale Rehavam, in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian West Bank. The house was built without authorization outside a larger state-sanctioned settlement.
Janos Chiala
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AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 13, 2013
A woman rides her horse in Djurgarden Park in Stockholm.
Jonathan Nackstrand
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AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 13, 2013
Groom Prasit Rangsiyawong, 29, kisses his bride, Varuttaon Rangsiyawong, 27, during a wedding ceremony in Prachin Buri province, east of Bangkok, Thailand. Three couples took part in a wedding ceremony arranged by a Thai resort that aims to strengthen couples’ relationships through fun activities.
Kerek Wongsa
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Reuters
Feb.12, 2013
A young boy wears a Momotxorro costume during the Alsasua carnival in Navarra, Spain. During the traditional Alsusua carnival local residents cover their clothes, arms and face with cow blood and parade in the village.
Rafa Rivas
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AFP/Getty Images
Feb.12, 2013
Demonstrators, some of them from the Platform of People Affected by Mortgages, a group campaigning to stop evictions, shout slogans against the government as the Spanish Parliament considers whether to admit a popular petition to change mortgage laws and halt evictions of those unable to pay mortgages to a vote in Madrid. The government agreed to consider changes to the law.
Daniel Ochoa De Olza
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AP
Feb.12, 2013
Women read copies of an extra edition of a Japanese newspaper in Tokyo reporting North Korea's nuclear test. North Korea said it successfully detonated a miniaturized nuclear device at a northeastern test site Tuesday, defying U.N. Security Council orders to shut down atomic activity or face more sanctions and international isolation.
Itsuo Inouye
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AP
Feb.12, 2013
Travelers driving from Niamey, Niger, line up to be searched at the entrance of Gao, Mali. Soldiers from Niger and Mali patrolled downtown Gao on foot, combing the sand footpaths through empty market stalls to prevent radical Islamic fighters from returning to this embattled city in northern Mali.
Jerome Delay
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AP
Feb. 10, 2013
Worshippers burn incense to pray for good fortune on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year at Dafo temple in Chongqing municipality. The New Year, or Spring Festival, begins Feb. 10 and marks the start of the Year of the Snake, according to the Chinese zodiac.
Shi Tou
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Reuters
Feb. 10, 2013
A man dressed up as a Middle Ages foot soldier is hit by an orange during an annual Carnival battle in the northern Italian town of Ivrea. For the event, men dressed up as a Middle Ages king’s guard ride in a horse-drawn carriage and pelt the foot soldiers with oranges in front of thousands, in a reenactment of a battle in which the townsfolk of Ivrea overthrew an evil king. Instead of swords and crossbows, the weapons of choice these days are oranges.
Stefano Rellandini
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Reuters
Feb. 10, 2013
Burkina Faso's Bakary Kone, second from right, challenges Nigeria's Victor Moses, left, as Kone’s teammates Mohamed Koffi, top, and Djakaridja Kone watch during their final African Nations Cup match in Johannesburg.
Siphiwe Sibeko
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Reuters
Feb. 10, 2013
An employee dressed as Batman advertises his costume shop in Tel Aviv ahead of the Jewish holiday of Purim. Israelis will mark Purim on Feb. 24, commemorating the Jews’ salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther. The full text is read aloud twice during the celebration, once in the evening and again the following morning.
Oded Balilty
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AP
Feb. 10, 2013
A woman holds up the corners of two saris to dry on the banks of the Sangam, the confluence of the Yamuna, Ganges and mythical Saraswati rivers, at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, India. Tens of millions of Hindus gathered Sunday for a holy bath in India's sacred Ganges on the most auspicious day of the world's largest religious festival. Ash-smeared saints led the ritual bathing before dawn, which is said to cleanse pilgrims of their sins, with millions following them into the swirling river waters at the festival site in northern India.
Roberto Schmidt
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AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 10, 2013
A Naga sadhu, or Hindu holy man, takes a dip in the Sangam, the confluence of Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Allahabad, India.
Saurabh Das
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AP
Feb. 10, 2013
Hindus take a holy dip in the waters of the Sangam, at the confluence of the Yamuna, Ganges and mythical Sarawati rivers, during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Allahabad, India.
Manan Vatsyayana
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AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 10, 2013
A man mourns with other family members beside the body of a relative who was killed in a stampede at the main railway station in Allahabad, India. At least 10 pilgrims attending the Maha Kumbh Mela were killed and more than 30 injured in the stampede on an overcrowded staircase, according to individuals with the Indian Railway Ministry.
Kevin Frayer
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AP
Feb. 10, 2013
Marion Rolland of France skis in the women's downhill race at the World Alpine Skiing Championships in Schladming, Austria.
Dominic Ebenbichler
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Reuters
Feb. 10, 2013
School buses are covered in snow after a winter storm in Hartford, Conn.
Jessica Hill
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AP
Feb. 10, 2013
A man stands beside a snow-and-ice-covered cross on the peak of Mount Saentis during sunny winter weather in the eastern Swiss Alps.
Arnd Wiegmann
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Reuters
Feb. 10, 2013
Carnival revellers dressed as peliqueiros run through a street in Spain's northwestern village of Laza. Peliqueiros, ancient tax collectors, pursued villagers through the streets, ringing their cowbells and hitting villagers with sticks.
Miguel Vidal
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Reuters
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