An interceptor missile is launched from the USS Lake Erie during a test by the Navy and the Missile Defense Agency in the mid-Pacific. It follows an alleged nuclear bomb test by North Korea earlier this week.
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An African penguin proudly holds a valentine given to it by biologist Crystal Crimbchin at The California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. The penguins will likely use the valentines as nesting material.
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A passenger train that derailed in Takasago, Japan, after slamming into a truck on Tuesday is lifted back into place by a crane. Sixteen people, including the train’s driver, were injured in the collision.
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Hindu priests perform the evening Arti prayer during the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India.
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A model has her make-up done backstage at the Douglas Hannant show during New York’s fashion week.
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South Korean protesters burn an effigy of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during an anti-North Korea rally in Seoul.
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Police officers sit at the funeral service for Riverside Officer Michael Crain outside Grove Community Church in Riverside, California. Crain and another officer were ambushed by former cop Christopher Dorner at a traffic light.
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A churchgoer receives ashes from Baltimore Archbishop William Lori’s outstretched hand during an Ash Wednesday Mass.
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A woman strolls through snowy Djurgarden park in Stockholm, Sweden.
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A Bahraini girl waves the national flag during an anti-government rally in the village of Sanabis.
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Prasit Rangsitwong and Varutton Rangsitwong flee a giant ball of flowers as a part of their adventure-themed wedding in Prachinburi, Thailand.
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Josh Fontak, 9, of Princeton Junction, NJ, watches New York Mets players warm up during the team’s first pitchers and catchers workout in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
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