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Images from around the world Take a look at some of the week’s best photographs from around the globe.
March 9, 2013
Pakistani demonstrators torch Christians' belongings during a protest over blasphemy in a Christian neighborhood in Lahore. More than 3,000 Muslim protesters turned violent over derogatory remarks allegedly made by Sawan Masih, 28 against the prophet Muhammad in a Christian neighboorhood in Badami Bagh area.
Arif Ali
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AFP/Getty Images
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March 9, 2013
Members of the Vatican Fire Brigade set up the chimney on the Sistine Chapel. When the new pope is elected, white smoke will billow out.
Alessandro Bianchi
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Reuters
March 9, 2013
Uhuru Kenyatta, in Nairobi, displays the certificate from Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission declaring him the winner of Kenya's general election. The commission said Kenyatta won 50.07 percent of the vote, allowing him to avoid a runoff.
Will Boase
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AFP/Getty Images
March 9, 2013
Egyptians react after hearing a court verdict confirming death sentences against 21 people for their role in a deadly 2012 soccer riot in Port Said, Egypt.
Khalil Hamra
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AP
March 8, 2013
A Chinese hostess who serves delegates to the National People's Congress supervises her colleagues posing for a souvenir photographs on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square during a plenary session of the Congress at the Great Hall of the People.
Andy Wong
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AP
March 8, 2013
Under smoggy skies, delegates from the People's Liberation Army march from Tiananmen Square to the Great Hall of the People to attend a plenary session of the National People's Congress. Clearing urban air pollution is a major concern of the congress.
Feng Li
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Getty Images
March 8, 2013
Supporters of Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga watch election results on television in the Mathare slum in the capital of Nairobi. Kenyan officials said they were determined to complete the count Friday in a tight presidential race that has put Uhuru Kenyatta ahead of his main rival Odinga.
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Reuters
March 8, 2013
Egyptian women shout slogans in Cairo during a protest marking International Women’s Day.
Oliver Weiken
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European Pressphoto Agency
March 7, 2013
Palestinian mourners in Ramallah carry the body of Mohammed Asfour after he died from injuries sustained in a clash with Israeli troops during a demonstration. Asfour was taking part in a protest that erupted in February after a prisoner died in Israeli custody. Asfour, 22, was hit in the head by a rubber-coated bullet.
Abbas Momani
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Agence France-Presse via Getty Images
March 7, 2013
Malaysian demonstrators burn a poster of self-styled Philippine sultan Jamalul Kiram III during a protest outside the Philippine Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. Kiram landed on Borneo on Feb. 12 to assert a long-dormant territorial claim. Malaysia's defense minister demanded that Kiram and his fighters “surrender unconditionally.”
Najjua Zulkefli
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Agence France-Presse via Getty Images
March 7, 2013
Riot police contain a demonstration against layoffs at the Goodyear headquarters in Rueil Malmaison, west of Paris.
Remy de la Mauviniere
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Associated Press
March 6, 2013
Hugo Chavez’s coffin is driven through the streets of Caracas after it was taken from the military hospital where the Venezuelan president died of cancer. Authorities have not said where Chavez will be buried following his state funeral Friday.
Jorge Dan Lopez
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Reuters
March 6, 2013
Supporters of Venezuela's late president, Hugo Chavez, embrace as the coffin containing his body passes along the streets of Caracas to a military academy where it will remain until his funeral. Seven days of mourning were declared in Venezuela; all schools were suspended for the week; and friendly heads of state were expected for an elaborate state funeral Friday.
Rodrigo Abd
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Associated Press
March 5, 2013
A boy does a backflip into the Niger River in Gao, Mali.
Joe Penney
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Reuters
March 5, 2013
A man walks through the hallway of the Deutsche Post DHL headquarters before the logistics company’s annual balance news conference in Bonn, Germany.
Frank Augstein
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AP
March 5, 2013
A street cleaner on an electronic bike passes by People’s Liberation Army soldiers dressed as ushers while they stand guard in front of the Great Hall of the People before the opening session of the National People’s Congress in Beijing. China’s government promised its people Tuesday deficit-fueled spending to fight deep-seated corruption, improve the polluted environment and address other quality-of-life issues demanded by an increasingly vocal public.
Andy Wong
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AP
March 5, 2013
A poster of Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez is seen through a cross-shaped window, from inside the military hospital’s chapel, in Caracas. Chavez died Tuesday in the country’s capital of complications from an unspecified cancer in his pelvic area.
Ariana Cubillos
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AP
March 5, 2013
A supporter of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez prays in a chapel outside a military hospital in Caracas. Chavez died Tuesday in the country’s capital of complications from an unspecified cancer in his pelvic area.
Carlos Garcia Rawlins
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Reuters
March 5, 2013
Indian village women adjust their saris as protesters stage a rally demanding pensions for the elderly poor in New Delhi.
Altaf Qadri
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AP
March 4, 2013
Near the Kenyan town of Magadi, 50 miles south of Nairobi, Masai voters line up outside a polling station during the presidential and parliamentary elections.
Goran Tomasevic
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Reuters
March 4, 2013
A long queue in downtown Nairobi, the Kenyan capital. Many Kenyans lined up before dawn to vote Monday in the first election since a violent episode five years ago. A deadly police ambush occurred hours before polling started, marring the key ballot. The elections are seen as a crucial test for Kenya, with leaders vowing to avoid a repeat of the bloody post-poll violence in which over 1,100 people were killed.
Phil Moore
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Agence France-Presse via Getty Images
March 4, 2013
A presiding officer from the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission holds a ballot at the South C polling station in Nairobi.
Simon Maina
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Agence France-Presse via Getty Images
March 3, 2013
Belarusan soldiers pour cold water over themselves during a military show marking the Maslenitsa holiday on the outskirts of Minsk. Maslenitsa is a medieval pagan festival that celebrates the end of winter and the start of spring.
Victor Drachev
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Agence France-Presse via Getty Images
March 3, 2013
Spanish bullfighters and assistants wait to make the traditional entrance to the arena, or paseillo, before a bullfight in the southwestern Spanish town of Olivenza. Bullfighting is an ancient tradition in Spain, and the season runs from March to October.
Daniel Ochoa de Olza
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AP
March 3, 2013
Miguel Angel Silva aims his sword before killing a bull during a bullfight in the southwestern Spanish town of Olivenza.
Daniel Ochoa de Olza
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AP
March 4, 2013
A Syrian rebel aims his weapon during clashes with government forces in the streets near Aleppo's airport in northern Syria. Syria is locked in a nearly two-year-old conflict in which the United Nations estimates that more than 70,000 people have been killed.
Stephen J. Boitano
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Agence France-Presse via Getty Images
March 3, 2013
Hundreds of protesters take to the streets in Caracas, Venezuela, demanding that the government provide complete details about the health of their then-ailing president, Hugo Chavez. Chavez died two days later.
Fernando Llano
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AP
March 3, 2013
A demonstrator with his face painted in the colors of the Venezuelan flag attends a protest in Caracas, demanding the government provide complete details about the health of President Hugo Chavez.
Fernando Llano
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AP
March 3, 2013
Residents stand in front of a damaged building after a bomb blast in a Shiite Muslim area of Pakistan's commercial capital, Karachi, killed 25 people and wounded 50, according to police.
Akhtar Soomro
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Reuters
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