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Day in photos: March 12, 2013

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Locals can be seen through a broken window at the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon after clashes between Fatah and radical Islamists that killed one and left 10 injured. Reuters
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The St. Louis Cardinals’ J.R. Towles collapses in pain in front of Yankees catcher Chris Stewart after fouling a ball off his own foot during a spring training game in Tampa, Fla., AP
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Hindu devotees pelt each other with turmeric powder as an offering to the god Khandoba during celebrations of Somavati Amavasya at the Jejuri temple in Pune, India. ‘ AP
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A saleswoman is held at knife point inside a supermarket in Zhengzhou, China. The hostage-taker set her free after his relatives persuaded him to give up. AFP/Getty Images
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Napo, a Mandrill, seems bored with the afternoon at his enclosure at the zoo in Dresden, Germany. AFP/Getty Images
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Brooklyn’s Brook Lopez defends against the 76ers’ Spencer Hawes during the second half of a 106-97 Philly win. AP
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un waves as his boat is shoved off on its way to the Wolnae Islet Defence Detachment, near the western end of the front line, as his country prepares a massive military exercise. Reuters
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Harry Styles of British boy band One Direction gets measured for a wax model by employees of Madam Tussauds in London. London News Pictures/Rex / Rex U
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Adriano Ferreira Martins of Qatar’s El-Jaish tells the viewers at home to hush as he celebrates a goal against Iran’s Tractorsazi Tabriz in the Asian Champions League. Reuters
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People help a driver move his bus after activists from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party set fire to it during a nationwide strike in Dhaka. The strike was called in response to the Monday arrests of 200 party leaders. Reuters
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A horse shows what it thinks about the late-winter snow in its paddock near Hanover, Germany. ZUMA Press