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Day in photos: Jan. 30, 2013

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A damaged British Academy of Film and Television Arts award is placed in in a furnace to be recycled into new ones at a London foundry. The BAFTA Awards are scheduled for Feb. 10. Reuters
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A US Army Explosive Ordinance Disposal team member patrols a patch of farmland near Command Outpost AJK in Kandahar. Reuters
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Ukrainian nationalists march through the streets of the western city of Lviv to mark the anniversary of a 1918 battle against the Red Army. AFP/Getty Images
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A 3-month-old white tiger cub seems a bit put out by a zookeeper’s examination at the Serengeti wildlife park in Hodenhagen, Germany. AFP/Getty Images
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Free Syrian Army fighters take cover as a government tank shells their position during fighting in the Ain Tarma neighborhood of Damascus. Reuters
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School children dressed as Mahatma Gandhi assemble to mark the anniversary of his death in Chennai, India. Reuters
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Wind swirls fresh snow on a highway leading to (barely visible, at right) Denver, Colo. Reuters
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A South Korean rocket lifts off at the Naro Space Center in Goheung carrying a satellite into orbit from its own soil for the first time. AP
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Malian youths gang up on an alleged looter in the northern city of Gao. AFP/Getty Images
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Drivers and scooter riders traverse a flooded road in Jakarta, Indonesia. The capital continues to be hit by floods — due to surging tides and bad drainage — that have shut down electricity and displaced thousands. Robertus Pudyanto / Barcroft Media