DAILY LIFE - February_2013.

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Tommy Edmonds and
Agnes Hill get the
dance floor to
themselves during a
Valentine's Day
dance at a senior
center in
Knoxville, Tenn., on
Feb. 14. (Saul
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An Iraqi bride sits in
her wedding car in
Baghdad on Feb. 7.
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Two girls offer prayers
to Cambodia's former
King Norodom
Sihanouk in Phnom
Penh on Feb. 4.
Sihanouk's body had
been lying in state at
the Royal Palace
after being flown
from Beijing where he
died Oct. 15 of a
heart attack at the
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A costume shop
employee, dressed to
advertise the shop, eats his
lunch ahead of the
upcoming Jewish holiday of
Purim, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on
Feb. 19. Israelis will mark
Purim on Feb. 24
remembering the Jews'
salvation from genocide in
ancient Persia, as recounted
in the Scroll of Esther with the
full text being read aloud
twice during the
celebration, in the evening
and again the following
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A motorcyclist passing a flag
bearer during a race in a
snow covered forest close to
Radashkovichi, some 55 km
north of Minsk on Feb. 9.
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Leo Pszeniczny
catches a tiny perch
while ice fishing on
Lake Erie on a chilly
winter day in
Buffalo, N.Y., on Feb.
14. He said he caught
just enough for dinner
yesterday and was
hoping to do the
same today. (David
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Two women stand under a fountain in
the so-called "Sonnenbad" (Sun bath)
swimming pool at temperatures just
below 0 degrees Celsius during the
opening of the pool for the new season
Karlsruhe, southern Germany on Feb. 22.
The pool is the first to re-open after
being closed for winter. (Uli
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Jim Dravage and his son Jimmy
play a game of ice hockey at
Frances Slocum State Park on Feb.
18 in Wyoming, Pa. (Mark
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A Chinese blacksmith
throws molten metal
against a cold stone
wall to create
sparks, during the
Lantern Festival which
traditionally marks the
end of the Lunar New
Year celebrations, in
Nuanquan, Hebei
province on Feb. 24. For
over 300 years, the
village which is famous
for its blacksmith
skills, has maintained
the tradition which they
considered a cheaper
alternative than buying
fireworks during the
Lantern Festival. (Mark
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Buddhist monks hold candles as
they walk around a Pagoda on
Makha Bhucha Day at the
Dhammakaya Temple in
Pathumthani province on Feb.
25. Makha Bhucha day is
observed in Thailand on the full
moon of the third lunar month
and commemorates the day
when 1,250 monks gathered to
be ordained by the Buddha.
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Pakistani Kushti wrestlers
warm up in the ring
before fighting as part
of their daily training, at
a wrestling club in
Lahore, Pakistan, on
Feb. 26. Kushti, an Indo-
Pakistani form of
wrestling, is several
thousand years old and
is a national sport in
Pakistan. (Muhammed
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A boy works at a
car wash in
Aleppo, Syria, on
Feb. 27.
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A Serbian Army soldier 14
stands guard during a
ceremony at the
monument of the
Unknown Soldier on
mount Avala near
Belgrade, on Feb. 15.
Serbia's Statehood Day is
a celebration of the 209th
anniversary of the first
Serbian uprising and the
creation of the modern
Serbian state. (Andrej
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Premont junior David
Arredondo sorts through
sombreros for the right fit as
members of Mariachi Estrella
from Premont High School
prepare to perform in the
Texas High School Mariachi
Competition on Feb. 9 in
San Antonio. (Michael
Zamora/Corpus Christi
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A road construction worker smiles as
she takes a break from work near
Mong Pan town in central Shan
state, Myanmar on Feb. 21. (Gemunu
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A small jet is silhouetted against the
rising moon on Feb. 25 in the skies
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Stacy Crain and Al
Giannini, both from
Rockford, Ill., walk
under Anish Kapoor's
stainless steel Cloud
Gate sculpture in
Chicago's Millennium
Park, as a winter storm
of rain and snow begins
on Feb. 26. Forecasters
expect the storm to
leave behind three to
six inches of snow in the
greater Chicago area.
(Charles Rex
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Rex Brodie and his dog "Ebby" play with a
flying disc on the athletic fields at Suffield
Academy in Suffield, Conn. in the late
afternoon sun on Feb. 6. (Don Treeger/The
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A swimmer dives
into the icy water
of the Houhai
Lake in central
Beijing, China, on
Feb. 16. (Petar
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A boogie boarder rides
a wave on the Banzai
Pipeline off Ehukai
Beach Park on the North
Shore of
O'ahu, Hawaii, on Feb.
18. (Frederic Larson via
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A cyclist flies through the trees as he jumps a
dirt mound at a bike park on Feb. 26 in
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A domesticated elephant halts at a traffic
intersection in New Delhi, India, on Feb. 20. 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.
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A Pakistani wood-cutter wears a
plastic sheet to protect himself
from the rain as he cuts
logs, which are in great
demand as fuel for cooking and
heating homes, in
Islamabad, Pakistan, on Feb. 22.
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Indian children play cricket amid smoke
emitting due to civic workers fumigating an
area following reports of Malaria in
Mumbai, India, on Feb.18. According to the
civic authorities, nearly 700 cases of Malaria
were recorded in the city in January, local
news reports said. (Rajanish
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Clowns on stilts pose for
photographs with people
as they celebrate Car Free
Day in Mumbai, India, on
Feb. 24. The event locally
organized for the third
consecutive year was held
aimed at cutting down on
pollution and giving
people an opportunity to
enjoy a traffic free
environment. (Rafiq
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A boy rides his bicycle along Reforma
Avenue which is covered by red dust
spread by a detergent company in
Mexico City on Feb. 24. Thousands of
cyclists, skaters, pedestrians and pets
take over Mexico City's Reforma
Avenue during "bicycle Sundays."
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A man enjoys fun in a
toboggan at a pool of
district of Puenta
Piedra, Lima, Peru, on
Feb. 9. Every weekend
during summer
hundreds of families visit
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Abdullah Gull, 12, who was
displaced with his family from
Pakistan's tribal areas due to
fighting between militants and
the army holds on to his
umbrella against the wind
while standing on a roadside
on the outskirts of
Islamabad, Pakistan, on Feb.
5. (Muhammed
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Ferris wheel attendants walk up the
inside of the wheel to make it spin
at a rural carnival in South Dagon
Township on Feb. 14 in
Yangon, Burma. The ferris wheel is
man powered and takes seven
men to spin it for their customers.
Myanmar is going through rapid
political and economic reforms
initiated by the countries first civilian
president Thein Sein after years of
military junta rule. (Chris
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Children react as a carnivorous
theropod known as the
Australovenator dinosaur walks
through crowds along the
Southbank, in London, on Feb. 18.
The dinosaur is one of many that
can be visited at the Earth's
Dinosaur Petting Zoo, visiting from
Australia, the creatures can be
touched and fed at the Southbank
Center. (Kirsty
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Alan Zepeda, 9, releases his kite into the
air underneath the San Jacinto
Monument on Feb. 17 in La Porte, Texas.
Alan and his family came out to the
monument to enjoy the beautiful sunny
weather with a picnic. (J. Patric
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Six-year-old Cadence
Kleinfeld spins while
playing with a Hula
Hoop at the
Ready, Set, Explore
event at the Susan
Byrnes Health Center
in York, Pa., on Feb.
2. (Jason Plotkin/York
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Connor
Ogle, 4, stands
among a group of
Seymour High
School students
who gathered to
cheer on their
basketball team
during a game in
Seymour, Tenn., on
Feb. 12. (Saul
Young/The Knoxville
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Abilene High School principal
Jennifer Raney hits assistant
principal Michael Trook with
a pie in the face during a
Patriotic Project pep rally on
Feb. 20 in Abilene, Texas.
Trook was selected by
students by collecting the
most donations when
buckets were passed during
lunches to raise money for a
local VFW post. (Nellie
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Skiers sit in a chairlift at the
Flumserberg skiing area in the
eastern Swiss Alps on Feb. 27.
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Three boys await the arrival of Unidentified Flying
Object (UFO) hunter Kim Carlsberg of UFO Sky Tours to
begin their search outside Sedona, Ariz. as darkness
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A man exercises moments before
swimming in the Mediterranean sea
in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Feb. 27. (Ariel
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A woman is
rescued from
flood waters by a
resident standing
on top of her car
during heavy rain
in Chalandri
suburb north of
Athens February
22, 2013. REUTERS/
John Kolesidis

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"Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius awaits the
start of court proceedings in the Pretoria
Magistrates court February 19, 2013.
Standing behind Oscar (3rd L), wearing a
scarf, is his sister Aimee and his brother
Carl (4th L). To his right in green, are
members of the ANC Women's
League. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

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A U.S. marine drinks the blood
of a cobra during a jungle
survival exercise with the Thai
Navy as part of the "Cobra
Gold 2013" joint military
exercise, at a military base in
Chon Buri province February
20, 2013. About 13,000 soldiers
from seven
countries, Thailand, U.S., Singap
ore, Indonesia, Japan, South
Korea and Malaysia are
participating in the 11-day
military exercise. REUTERS/Damir
Sagolj

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Boys play on the roof of
the entrance to a
football stadium in
Gao, Mali, February
20, 2013. REUTERS/Joe
Penney

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Members of the North Florida
Survival Group wait with their rifles
before heading out to perform
enemy contact drills during a field
training exercise in Old
Town, Florida, December 8, 2012.
The group trains children and adults
alike to handle weapons and
survive in the wild. The group
passionately supports the right of
U.S. citizens to bear arms and its
website states that it aims to teach
"patriots to survive in order to
protect and defend our
Constitution against all enemy
threats". REUTERS/Brian Blanco

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A model gets made
up backstage during
the Mercedes-Benz
Fashion Week in
Madrid February
20, 2013. REUTERS/Jua
n Medina

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An employee dressed in a
panda costume poses for
a photo during the soft
opening of a panda-
themed hotel at the foot
of Emei
Mountain, Southwest
China's Sichuan
province, February
25, 2013. According to
local media, the hotel is
the first panda-themed
hotel in the world and will
officially open in
May. REUTERS/China Daily

Justo Gabarri reacts as he takes a break from moving his family's belongings the
night before the demolition of an evangelical church, where they are living in, at
the Spanish gypsy settlement of Puerta de Hierro in Madrid February 25, 2013.
Gabarri's parents were one of 54 families that settled on the banks of the
Manzanares river, north of Madrid, in the 1960s. The dwellers were registered with
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the town hall and had access to public services. But for the past two years, they
have been subjected to evictions under Madrid's town planning board orders, on
the grounds that the dwellings are illegal. Gabarri, his wife and three children had
to move to what used to be the evangelical church of the settlement when their
own house was demolished in January 2011. They were one of the two last families
to live in what was left of the settlement, surrounded by the debris of the previously
demolished homes. REUTERS/Susana Vera

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Women, who are part of
the Sawt al-Haq (Voice
of Rights), stand with their
weapons as they
undergo military training
in Aleppo February
17, 2013. A group of
women are undergoing
military training to form
the Nazek Obeid group
as part of the Sawt al-
Haq battalion, which is
based on the frontline of
Aleppo's Sheikh Saeed
neighbourhood.REUTERS/
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Revelers from the
Nene de Vila Matilde
Samba School take
part in a carnival at
Anhembi
Sambadrome in Sao
Paulo February
9, 2013. REUTERS/Nach
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A soldier from the Somali National Army
(SNA) lies on a bed at an SNA infirmary
in Belet Weyne, about 315 km (196 miles)
from the capital Mogadishu, February
19, 2013, in this picture provided by the
African Union-United Nations Information
Support (AU-UN IST) team. According to
the AU-UN IST, the city, which is Somalia's
fifth largest, was first liberated from the
extremist group al Shabab in September
2011 by Ethiopian troops, but was taken
over by the Djiboutian contingent of the
African Union Mission in Somalia
(AMISOM) in September
2012. REUTERS/Tobin Jones/AU-UN IST
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Bratislav Stojanovic, a homeless
man, holds candles as he sits in a tomb
where he lives in southern Serbian town
of Nis February 9, 2013. Stojanovic, 43, a
Nis-born construction worker never had
a regular job. He first lived in
abandoned houses, but about 15 years
ago he settled in the old city
cemetery. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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A man prepares graves for
the burial of victims of
Saturday's bomb attack in a
Shi'ite Muslim area, in the
Pakistani city of Quetta
February 17, 2013. Pakistan's
unpopular
government, which is gearing
up for elections expected
within months, faced growing
anger on Sunday for failing to
deliver stability after the
sectarian bombing in the city
of Quetta killed 81
people. REUTERS/Naseer
Ahmed

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A Free Syrian
Army fighter sews
cloth in Aleppo
February
24, 2013. REUTERS
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Actress Jennifer Lawrence falls as
she walks up the steps to accept
the award for best actress for her
role in 'Silver Linings Playbook' at
the 85th Academy Awards in
Hollywood, California February
24, 2013. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

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Alain Robert of France, who is
known as "Spiderman", climbs up
the Habana Libre hotel as a youth
looks out a window in Havana
February 4, 2013. Robert, who
scales buildings all over the world
without safety
equipment, successfully climbed
the hotel which is 126 metres (413
feet) high. REUTERS/Ramon
Espinosa/Pool

Ronnie Chambers Jr. looks at his
mother Tahitah Myles (obscured) as
she collapses during the funeral for 55
his father Ronnie Chambers, 33, a
victim of gun violence, in Chicago
February 4, 2013. Shirley Chambers
of Chicago had four children -
three boys and a girl. Now they're
all gone. Her son, Ronnie
Chambers, was the last of the single
mother's children - all victims of gun
violence in Chicago over a period
of 18 years. REUTERS/John Gress

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President Barack Obama uses
a magnifying glass to play a
game with children in a pre-
kindergarten classroom at
College Heights early
childhood learning center in
Decatur February 14, 2013.
Obama flew to Georgia to
push his plan to ensure high-
quality preschool, unveiled
during his State of the Union
address this
week. REUTERS/Jason Reed

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Faithful hold a sign as Pope
Benedict XVI leads the
Sunday Angelus in Saint
Peter's Square at the
Vatican February 17, 2013.
Pope Benedict, speaking
before a larger than usual
crowd at his penultimate
Sunday address, asked the
faithful to pray for him and
for the next
pope. REUTERS/Alessandro
Bianchi

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A U.S. Army soldier with
Charlie
Company, 36th
Infantry Regiment, 1st
Armored Division blows
a bubble with his
chewing gum during a
mission near
Command Outpost
Pa'in Kalay in Maiwand
District, Kandahar
Province February
3, 2013. REUTERS/Andre
w Burton

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Prisoners jostle to enter
their ward after their
prison riot was quelled
at the Lira Central
Prison in Northern
Uganda February
13, 2013. The prisoners
rioted against the
long periods in
remand and
congestion in
wards, according to
local media. Lira
Central Prison was
built in the 1930s to
hold less than 100
prisoners but there are
currently 680, with
most of them on
remand awaiting trial.
Some prisoners have
already been on
remand for three
years, according to
the
report. REUTERS/Hudso
n Apunyo

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A nun waves her handkerchief from a
window as Pope Benedict XVI makes his
final address at
Castelgandolfo, February 28, 2013. Pope
Benedict slips quietly from the world
stage on Thursday after a private last
goodbye to his cardinals and a short
flight to a country palace to enter the
final phase of his life "hidden from the
world". REUTERS/Tony Gentile

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A picture shot through the window of
a house that has to be torn down as
it is within the perimeters of the
Olympic Park shows the Olympic
stadium for the Sochi 2014 Winter
Olympics at the Olympic Park in
Adler, near Sochi February 18, 2013.
Although many complexes and
venues in the Black Sea resort of
Sochi mostly resemble building sites
that are still under construction, there
is nothing to suggest any concern
over readiness. Construction will be
completed by August 2013
according to organizers. The Sochi
2014 Winter Olympics opens on
February 7, 2014. REUTERS/Kai
Pfaffenbach

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A Free Syrian Army
fighter carries
ammunition for a B-
10 recoilless gun in
the Haresta
neighborhood of
Damascus February
7, 2013. REUTERS/Gor
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A car drives through the snow at night near Vostochnaya meteorological station, some 500 km northeast of Yakutsk in the
Republic of Sakha, northeast Russia, January 20, 2013. The coldest temperatures in the northern hemisphere have been recorded
in Sakha, the location of the the Oymyakon valley, where according to the United Kingdom Met Office a temperature of -67.8
degrees Celsius (-90 degrees Fahrenheit) was registered in 1933 - the coldest on record in the northern hemisphere since the
beginning of the 20th century. Yet despite the harsh climate, people live in the valley, and the area is equipped with schools, a
post office, a bank, and even an airport runway (albeit open only in the summer).REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

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A devotee who is believed to be possessed by evil spirits shouts slogans as she runs in a state of trance around the courtyard of
Guru Deoji Maharaj temple during a ghost fair at Malajpur village in Betul district in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh
January 27, 2013. People from across India come to this fair to be exorcised of â€ ˜ evil spiritsâ€ ™ They are usually brought by
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relatives and they are most often women. The exorcism involves running around the temple courtyard to make the 'ghost' weak
then being beaten by a priest with a broom. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

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A man and a women talk
between the barrier that
divides their praying areas
before Friday prayers inside
the mosque at the Mississauga
Muslim Community Centre in
Mississauga, January 18, 2013.
Sufi cleric and leader of the
Minhaj-ul-Quran religious
organization, Muhammad
Tahirul Qadri, has held several
lectures at the Community
Centre, located just west
Toronto, Ontario. Qadri
recently returned to Pakistan
after living in Canada for
several years to lead a call for
reforms that has made him an
instant hit among Pakistanis
disillusioned with the
state. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

66

Riaz, three-year-old, sits
in an open suitcase
filled with clothes as his
mother wheels it along
the side of a highway in
Mumbai February
25, 2013. REUTERS/Vivek
Prakash

67

Commuters stand at the
open doorways of a
suburban train as they head
toward their destination in
Mumbai November 3, 2012.
Almost all rail operations in
India are handled by state-
owned organisation, Indian
Railways - one of the
biggest and busiest rail
networks in the world
operating 9,000 passenger
trains and transporting up to
20 million passengers every
day. Indian Railways Minister
Pawan Kumar Bansal will
unveil the railway budget
on February 26, amid
speculation that the
government could raise
fares for the second time in
two months to help mend
the networkâ€ ™ s
finances. REUTERS/Navesh
Chitraka

An empty papal throne is
pictured before the Ash
Wednesday mass at the St. 68
Peter's Basilica in the
Vatican February
13, 2013. REUTERS/Alessandr
o Bianchi

69
A municipal worker
captures a stray dog in
Ciudad Juarez February
5, 2013. Local authorities
believe that up to 100,000
stray dogs prowl the streets
of Ciudad Juarez, many of
them abandoned by the
estimated 200,000 residents
who fled the city at the
height of the drug-related
violence in 2010 and 2011.
Recently, local workers
have been picking up the
remains of between 40-60
dogs daily, with 4,970 dead
animals retrieved in
2012, according to the city's
head of clean-up efforts.
Authorities believe the dogs
died due to
starvation, extreme
temperatures, from being
struck by vehicles, or died
near their owner's former
homes while waiting in vain
for them to
return. REUTERS/Jose Luis
Gonzalez

70

A person jumps off the Wuhan
Yangtze River Bridge in Hubei
province, China, February
27, 2013. A young couple jumped
into the Yangtze River from the
bridge one after another in the
haze on Wednesday. According
to local media, police said the
couple was still missing and has a
low chance of

71

A man runs
through snow
after a
snowstorm in
the desert, near
Tabuk, 1,500 km
(932 miles) from
Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia, Februar
y
1, 2013. REUTERS
/Mohamed
Alhwaity

72

A pedestrian walks
into wind-driven snow
in
Boston, Massachusett
s February 8, 2013 at
the beginning of
what is forecasted to
be a major winter
snow
storm.REUTERS/Brian
Snyde

73

A man cycles past
damaged cars that are
piled up to be used as
cover from snipers in the
Khaldiyeh area of Homs
February
19, 2013. REUTERS/Yazan
Homsy

74

An elderly man is being helped
outside the headquarters of state
oil giant Pemex in Mexico City
January 31, 2013. A powerful
explosion rocked the Mexico City
headquarters of state oil giant
Pemex on Thursday, killing at
least 14 people and injuring 100
others.The blast hit the lower
floors of the downtown tower
block, throwing debris into the
streets and sending workers
running outside. Interior Minister
Miguel Angel Osorio Chong said
the blast killed at least 14 people
and injured 100. It was not yet
clear what caused the
explosion, and the death toll
could still rise, he
added. REUTERS/Alejandro Dias

75

A Malian soldier carrying
machine gun ammunition
jumps over a fence during
fighting with Islamists in
Gao, February 21, 2013.
French and Malian troops
fought Islamists on the streets
of Gao and a car bomb
exploded in Kidal, as fighting
showed little sign of abating
weeks before France plans to
start withdrawing some
forces. REUTERS/Joe Penney

76

An Ultra-Orthodox
Jewish boy
dressed in a
special costume
as a soldier for
Purim stands next
to a group of
adults in Bnei Brak
February 23, 2013.
Purim is a
celebration of the
Jews' salvation
from genocide in
ancient Persia, as
recounted in the
Book of
Esther. REUTERS/Nir
Elias

77

Models present creations
from the Donna Karan
Autumn/Winter 2013
collection during New
York Fashion Week in
New York, February
11, 2013. Photo taken
using multiple
exposures. REUTERS/Carl
o Allegri

78

French CRS riot police are covered with
paint during clashes with demonstrators
in front of tyre maker Goodyear Dunlop
France headquarters in Rueil
Malmaison, near Paris February 12, 2013.
U.S. tyremaker Goodyear confirmed last
month the project to close a French
plant near the northern city of
Amiens, which, if undertaken, would
lead to the layoff of 1,173 jobs. In a
company statement, Goodyear stated
that the plant closure is the only possible
option after five years of unsuccessful
negotiations. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

79

A mural on the Shankill road shows tributes to Britain's
Queen Elizabeth in West Belfast, February 21, 2013.
Historically most of the hundreds of murals across
Northern Ireland promoted either republican or loyalist
political beliefs, often glorifying paramilitary groups such
as the Irish Republican Army or the Ulster Volunteer
Force, or commemorating people who lost their lives in
paramilitary or military attacks. However, since the
paramilitary ceasefires some of the paintings have
become less sectarian, celebrating sporting successes
and cultural achievements. REUTERS/Cathal
McNaughton

80

Supporters wear hooded sweatshirts as they bow their heads in prayer during a candlelight vigil at the exact moment when teenager Trayvon Martin
was shot one year ago by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida February 26, 2013. The fatal encounter between
Martin and Zimmerman has thrown the spotlight on gun control and Florida's much criticized "Stand Your Ground" statute, also known as a "shoot first"
law, which was signed into law by former Governor Jeb Bush in 2005. The attendees symbolically wore hooded sweatshirts as Martin was wearing one at
the time of his death. REUTERS/Brian Blanco

81

Beyonce looks out at the photographers
as she comes backstage to pose with her
award for Best Traditional R&B
Performance for "Love On Top" at the 55th
annual Grammy Awards in Los
Angeles, California February
10, 2013. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

82

Dancer Siobhan Phelan from Ireland
performs in one of the heats during
the All Scotland Championships in Irish
Dancing at the Royal Concert Hall in
Glasgow, Scotland February
22, 2013. REUTERS/David Moir

83

Obscured by soap
bubbles, West Ham United's
Joe Cole celebrates after
scoring against Tottenham
Hotspur during their English
Premier League soccer match
at Upton Park stadium in east
London February
25, 2013. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh

84

An indigenous Venezuelan woman prays for
the health of President Hugo Chavez during
a meeting of indigenous communities in
Caracas February 21, 2013. Chavez made a
surprise return to Venezuela, more than two
months after cancer surgery in Cuba, to
continue treatment at home for the disease
that is jeopardizing his 14-year socialist
rule.REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

85

A Sumatran tiger plays with a pig before
killing it at the Sumatra Tiger Rescue Centre
compound, inside the Tambling Wildlife
Nature Conservation (TWNC) near Bandar
Lampung, the southern tip of Sumatra island
February 24, 2013. The rescue centre has
released five tigers since 2009 on the 45,000
hectares of the TWNC jungle while eight are
still under their care. One of the eight will be
released next year. Rizal, a tiger keeper, said
on a monthly basis the eight tigers eat a
total of 80 live pigs, each weighing between
10-12 kilograms. The Sumatran tiger is a rare
tiger subspecies that inhabits the Indonesian
island of Sumatra. About 440-600 Sumatran
tigers, which was classified as critically
endangered, were accounted for by the
International Union for Conservation of
Nature (IUCN) in 2008. The owner of
TWNC, Tomy Winata, said his
company, Artha Graha, has already
invested between $20-25 million in
TWNC, with monthly costs to sustain the
reserve at approximately

86

Two snakes are seen inside their compartment in
wooden cupboards labelled "Poisonous Snakes", at a
snake soup store in Hong Kong January 29, 2013.
There are scores of people in Hong Kong who have
through generations tamed snakes to make soup out
of them, a traditional cuisine believed to be good for
the health. Yet the people behind providing fresh
snakes for the savoury meal thought to speed up the
body's blood flow and keep it strong in the cold
winter months may be doomed, with young people
increasingly reluctant to take on a job they see as
hard and dirty. Picture taken January
29, 2013. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

87

A man watches as fireworks light up
the skyline of Shanghai in
celebration of Chinese New Year in
Shanghai early February 10, 2013.
The Lunar New Year, or Spring
Festival, begins on February 10 and
marks the start of the Year of the
Snake, according to the Chinese
zodiac. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

88

A villager goes through the process of eye
scanning for Unique Identification (UID)
database system at an enrolment centre at
Merta district in the desert Indian state of
Rajasthan February 21, 2013.In a more
ambitious version of programmes that have
slashed poverty in Brazil and Mexico, the Indian
government has begun to use the UID
database, known as Aadhaar, to make direct
cash transfers to the poor, in an attempt to cut
out frauds who siphon billions of dollars from
welfare schemes. REUTERS/Mansi Thapliyal

89

A board with butchers horsemeat
cuts hangs on the wall at Le Taxi
Jaune restaurant in Paris, February
14, 2013. If the thought of having
eaten Romanian cart horses in
mislabelled frozen lasagne is
making Britons choke, a loyal
minority in France laments a
dwindling appetite for a meat
they say is a tastier and healthier
alternative to beef. The French
now consume less than 300 grams
(0.66 lbs) per person per year, a
fifth of what they ate 30 years
ago and less than 1 percent of
the total meat they
consume. REUTERS/Christian
Hartmann

90

Shopkeeper Abderrahmane
Maiga stands in front of his
destroyed general shop in Gao
February 23, 2013. The shops
were destroyed during fighting
between Islamists and Malian
and French armies. REUTERS/Joe
Penney

91

Benjamin Schmitt, a supporter
of the foodsharing movement
searches food in a dumpster
behind a supermarket in
Berlin, January 31, 2013.
Foodsharing is a German
internet based platform where
individuals, retailers or
producers have the possibility
of offering surplus food to
consumers for
free. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

92

Britain's Prime Minister David
Cameron (4th R) walks inside
the premises of the holy Sikh
shrine of Golden temple in
the northern Indian city of
Amritsar February 20, 2013.
Cameron on Wednesday
became the first serving
prime minister to voice regret
about one of the British
Empire's bloodiest episodes
in India, the Jallianwala
Bagh massacre, and laid a
wreath at Amritsar, scene of
a notorious massacre of
unarmed
civilians. REUTERS/Stringer

93

A Palestinian protester
throws stones during
clashes with Israeli
soldiers in the West Bank
city of Hebron February
25, 2013 following the
funeral of Palestinian
prisoner Arafat Jaradat.
Jaradat's death in an
Israeli jail on Saturday
and a hunger strike by
four other Palestinian
inmates have raised
tension in the occupied
territory after repeated
clashes between stone-
throwers and Israeli
soldiers in recent
days. REUTERS/Mussa
Qawasma

94

People and police officers try
to recover charred bodies of
the driver and passengers by
cutting the wreckage of a
burnt taxi at the site of a
military aircraft crash in Sanaa
February 19, 2013. A Yemeni
fighter jet crashed in the
centre of the capital
Sanaa, killing at least six
people, medical sources
said. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

95

People relax in one of the
Blue Lagoon hot springs near
the town of
Grindavik, Iceland, February
14, 2013. REUTERS/Stoyan
Nenov

96

German Chancellor
Angela Merkel (L) talks
with Family Minister
Kristina Schroeder during
a session of the
Bundestag, the lower
house of parliament in
Berlin February
21, 2013. REUTERS/Thoma
s Peter

97

Actress Catherine Zeta-
Jones performs a song
from the movie
"Chicago" at the 85th
Academy Awards in
Hollywood, California, F
ebruary
24, 2013. REUTERS/Mario
Anzuoni

98

A French soldier
guards an outpost
with a FR-F2 sniper
rifle on the road to
the airport, where
French troops are
based, in Gao
February
12, 2013. REUTERS/Fr
ancois Rihouay

99

A protester jumps on a police
vehicle as it passes by an anti-
government protest in Cairo
February 22, 2013. President
Mohamed Mursi on Thursday
called parliamentary elections
that will begin on April 27 and
finish in late June, a four-stage
vote that the Islamist leader
hopes will conclude Egypt's
turbulent transition to
democracy. REUTERS/Mohamed
Abd El Ghany

100

Thai groom Sopon Sapaotong
(L), 41, and his bride Chutima
Imsuntear, 37, jump in a pond
during a wedding ceremony
ahead of Valentine's Day in
Prachin Buri province, east of
Bangkok February 13, 2013.
Three Thai couples took part in
the wedding ceremony
arranged by a Thai resort that
aimed to strengthen the
relationships of the couples by
doing fun
activities. REUTERS/Kerek
Wongsa

101

Jennifer Lawrence reacts as
she poses backstage with her
Oscar after winning the best
actress award for her role in
"Silver Linings Playbook" at the
85th Academy Awards in
Hollywood, California, February
24, 2013. Lawrence reacted to
some photographers telling her
to watch her step as she went
onto the
platform. REUTERS/Mike Blake

102

A child covers her face as she waits for
her mother voting at a polling station in
Rome February 24, 2013. Italians began
voting on Sunday in one of the most
closely watched elections in years, with
markets nervous about whether it can
produce a strong government to pull
Italy out of recession and help resolve
the euro zone debt crisis.REUTERS/Yara
Nardi

103

A surfer swims at Barra da Tijuca
beach in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, February
22, 2013. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

104

An undated artist's rendering of the proposed cruise ship Titanic
II, provided by the Blue Star Line as Australian billionaire Clive Palmer
unveiled plans for his dream ship during a news conference in New
York February 26, 2013. The cruise ship will be built by the CSC Jingling
Shipyard in China, and will sail from Southhampton, England to New
York on her maiden voyage in late 2016 according to
Palmer. REUTERS/Blue Star Line/Handout

105

Children play during a vigil
prayer service for Pope
Benedict XVI at Basilica de
Suyapa in
Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Fe
bruary
25, 2013. REUTERS/Jorge
Cabrera

pps by chieuquetoi, bachkien

106

A full moon rises behind the Empire State Building in New
York as a man watches in a park along the Hudson River
in Hoboken, New Jersey, February 25, 2013.REUTERS/Gary
Hersh

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