A clergyman prays during an early morning mass at the historic al-Muharraq Monastery, a centuries-old site in the province of Assiut, Egypt.
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Vancouver’s Alex Burrows cracks Edmonton goalie Devan Dubnyk in the mask while trying to tip the puck into the net during what would turn out to be a 3-2 Canucks win in overtime.
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A Palestinian boy cries over the remains of his family’s home, demolished by the municipality in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina.
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The Ravens’ Torrey Smith hoists the Vince Lombardi Trophy as he and teammates ride in their Super Bowl victory parade through Baltimore.
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Researcher Bertolt Meyer, the model for the world’s first “bionic man,” Rex, poses with the humanoid at the Science Museum in London. Rex boasts prosthetic limbs, a functional artificial circulatory system, an artificial pancreas, kidney, spleen and trachea.
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Indian Hindu devotees walk through a dust storm at the Sangam in Allahabad, where celebrations of the Maha Kumbh festival continue.
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US skiier Lindsey Vonn is airlifted over Schladming, Austria, after crashing during the women’s Super G race at the World Alpine Skiing Championships.
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A hawker waits for customers from his perch atop the Great Wall of China in Mutianyu.
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A group of kindergarteners pour cold water on themselves during fitness classes at a school in Russia’s Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, where the air temperature sits at about 9.4 degrees Fahrenheit below zero.
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An employee inspects sculptures, one of them (left) depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at a factory that manufactures floats for the annual Purim parade in Holon.
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Lanterns brighten up a gloomy, polluted evening in Chongqing, China, ahead of Chinese new year celebrations.
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