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Images from around the world A look at some of the week’s best photographs from around the globe.
Feb. 23, 2013
A Belarus Interior Ministry serviceman throws a beam while taking part in a competition to mark the Defenders of Fatherland Day in Okolitsa.
VIKTOR DRACHEV
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AFP/Getty Images
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Feb. 23, 2013
French President Francois Hollande pets a cow during his visit of the 50th International Agriculture Fair of Paris at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris.
KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/POOL
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European Pressphoto Agency
Feb. 23, 2013
Public workers, small political parties and nonprofit organizations stage a protest against government austerity in Madrid. Nurses, doctors, students, miners and members of Spain's "indignant" movement against economic inequality joined in the so-called citizens' tide against the steep spending cuts and tax hikes imposed by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's conservative government to slash the public deficit. The day of protest coincides with the 31st anniversary of the failure of right-wing military coup that sought to crush Spain's young democracy and restore military rule.
BORJA SANCHEZ-TRILLO
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AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 23, 2013
Afghanistan university students study at a dormitory of Nangarhar University on the outskirts of Jalalabad. Fighting Taliban militants in Afghanistan consumes most of the country's resources. Rebuilding the educational system is not a political priority.
NOORULLAH SHIRZADA
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AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 22, 2013
An Austrian athlete, reflected in a puddle of rain, competes in the men's training race at the Sliding Center Sanki during the the Luge World Cup 2013 at Krasnaya Polyana resort, about 40 miles east of Sochi, Russia.
Alexander Zemlianichenko
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Associated Press
Feb. 22, 2013
As many as 2,000 dancers are competing in the 29th All Scotland Irish Dance Championship in Glasgow, Scotland. It is one of the world's largest Irish dancing competitions, drawing participants from as far as North America, Russia, Australia and South Africa.
Jeff J Mitchell
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Getty Images
Feb. 22, 2013
A groom and four brides sit outside the venue of a mass marriage ceremony in the Indian city of Ahmedabad. A total of 151 Muslim couples from various parts of Ahmedabad took their vows during the ceremony.
Amit Dave
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Reuters
Feb. 22, 2013
Relatives and others carry the coffin of Aijaz Ahmed, killed Thursday in an bombing in Hyderabad, India. The dual bomb attack killed more than a dozen people outside a movie theater and a bus station in Hyderabad.
Aijaz Rahi
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Associated Press
Feb. 22, 2013
People seek shelter upon hearing a plane dropping bombs during a protest against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo, Syria.
Muzaffar Salman
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Reuters
Feb. 22, 2013
Palestinians duck behind a water truck to avoid rubber bullets fired by Israeli border policemen during clashes next to an Israeli military prison near Ramallah in the West Bank. Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli security forces during a demonstration to show solidarity with Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.
Oliver Weiken
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European Pressphoto Agency
Feb. 21, 2013
A Malian soldier takes cover as another fires a rocket-propelled grenade in Gao, where French and Malian troops fought Islamists on the streets and fighting showed little sign of abating.
Joe Penney
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Reuters
Feb. 21, 2013
Syrian security agents carry away a body after a huge explosion that shook central Damascus, Syria, on Thursday. The car bomb exploded near the headquarters of the ruling Baath party and the Russian Embassy.
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Associated Press
Feb. 21, 2013
Venezuelan soccer fans cheer during a match against an Argentine team in Barquisimeto, Venezuela. The game was part of the Copa Libertadores (Liberators Cup), the most prestigious club tournament in South American soccer.
Fernando Llano
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Associated Press
Feb. 17, 2013
Thousands of Libyans celebrate the second anniversary of the Libyan uprising at Martyrs Square in Tripoli. The anniversary of the uprising comes as Libya's new rulers battle critics that are calling for a "new revolution" and accusing them of failing to usher in reforms.
Mahmud Turkia
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AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 20, 2013
A domesticated elephant walks beside a public bus in New Delhi. There are an estimated 28,000 wild elephants in India, along with thousands of domesticated ones that do everything from performing in shows to carrying heavy loads in the country's big cities.
Altaf Qadri
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Associated Press
Feb. 19, 2013
Horses clear a hurdle during the Family Fun Day Meeting 4th April Handicap Hurdle Race at Taunton Racecourse in England.
Harry Engels
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Getty Images
Feb. 18, 2013
An Afghan child plays on the barrel of a Soviet tank in the Behsood district of Jalalabad.
Rahmat Gul
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AP
Feb. 19, 2013
Palestinians use a car seat as a shield during a protest outside an Israeli military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah, where demonstrators clashed with Israeli soldiers. The rally was in support of four imprisoned Palestinians on a hunger strike, and hundreds of inmates said they were refusing food for the day in solidarity with the fasting inmates.
Bernat Armangue
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AP
Feb. 19, 2013
Juliana Pumacayo cries beside the coffin of her husband during a ceremony at a school in Cuzco, Peru. Authorities turned over to families 26 coffins containing the remains of people from various towns. Their body parts had been excavated from 250 graves since November. According to Peruvian officials, the victims, including women, children and village authorities, were killed by members of the Shining Path militant group and by the army between 1980 and 2000, and are among tens of thousands of Peruvians who died during the Maoist-inspired insurgency.
Martin Mejia
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AP
Feb. 19, 2013
People carry coffins containing the remains of people whose bodies were excavated to a church in Cuzco, Peru.
Martin Mejia
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AP
Feb. 19, 2013
Pakistani schoolgirls, displaced with their families from the country's tribal areas because of fighting between militants and the army, attend school in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad.
Muhammed Muheisen
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AP
Feb. 18, 2013
A girl screams as she is chased by a life-size Australovenator dinosaur as it wanders down the South Bank in London. The dinosaur is part of Erth's "Dinosaur Petting Zoo" show that will be on display at London's Royal Festival Hall until Feb. 20, after which it will travel to the United States.
Dan Kitwood
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Getty Images
Feb. 18, 2013
Pakistani Shiite Muslims gather around the coffins of bomb victims in Quetta. Thousands of women refused Monday to bury victims of a bloody bombing and strike that shut down Karachi, Pakistan's biggest city, as protesters across the country demanded protection for Shiites.
Banaras Khan
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Agence France-Presse via Getty Images
Feb. 18, 2013
An Iberia airline worker is pushed away by Spanish riot police during a strike at Madrid-Barajas Airport. Union workers clashed with police on the first day of a week-long strike over more than 3,800 pending job cuts at Spain's flagship airline.
Susana Vera
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Reuters
Feb. 17, 2013
Libyans release lanterns into the air at Nasr Square in Benghazi, Libya, during the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled longtime dictator Moammar Gaddafi.
Mohammad Hannon
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AP
Feb. 17, 2013
A model has her makeup applied before the Vivienne Westwood Red Label Autumn/Winter 2013 collection presentation during London Fashion Week.
Suzanne Plunkett
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Reuters
Feb. 17, 2013
Thousands of couples take part in a mass wedding ceremony at Cheongshim Peace World Center.
Chung Sung-Jun
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Getty Images
Feb. 17, 2013
A bride waits for her groom during a mass wedding ceremony of the Unification Church at Cheongshim Peace World Center. The Unification Church performed its first mass wedding in 1961 with 33 couples.
Kim Hong-ji
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Reuters
Feb. 17, 2013
Austrian Hanno Douschan, American Alex Deibold, Russian Andrey Boldykov and Australian Cameron Bolton compete in a Men's Snowboard Cross finals race during the snowboarding and free style World Cup test event near the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi. Austrian Alessandro Haemmerle won the race.
Javier Soriano
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AFP/Getty Images
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