A worker checks what will be the first line to implement the European Train Control System in Profondeville, Belgium. The system halts trains that neglect a red light or exceed the maximum speed.
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A Bihari Hindu priest stands smeared with colored powder after the completion of a ritual in Allahbad, India.
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Red leaps to grab a shovel-full of snow tossed by owner Bill Groves of Mount Jackson, Va., as the DC area faces what could be its heaviest snowfall in two years.
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Supporters of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez mourn together as his coffin passes in the streets of Caracas. Chavez’s corpse was taken from the hospital where he died to a military academy where it will lie in state.
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Just another day in Port Said, Egypt, as locals cover their faces to avoid tear gas during clashes between protesters and riot police near the state security building.
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An up-close look at Rolls-Royce’s iconic mascot “the Spirit of Ecstacy” on the hood of the new Wraith model car displayed at its world premiere at the Geneva car show.
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A Somali woman sits on a bed with her son in a clinic at the Mogadishu headquarters of the Burundi contingent serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia.
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A month-old endangered Bornean Orangutan sleeps atop his mother Miri at their home in The Singapore Zoo.
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A visitor observes ‘Pope in the cage’ by artist Birgid Helmy during the 10th ‘art Karlsruhe’ fair in Karlsruhe, Germany.
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A llama seeks shelter near an abandoned school bus in Centreville, Va., as a blizzard pounded the mid-Atlantic.
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A police officer helps bomb-disposal expert Hank Houda adjust her protective suit during a training session at a police barracks in Algiers.
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An Emerald Dove is weighed — by being placed in a mug — during the annual bird health check at Chester Zoo in northern England.
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