An artist glues trim onto a float being prepared in Rio de Janeiro on the eve of carnival celebrations.
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A US marine is shrouded in smoke as he participates in a winter military drill alongside South Korean soldiers in Pyeongchang.
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Artists perform during a ceremony marking a year until the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
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Two men row past the crowds on the shore of the Sangam during the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India.
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Free Syrian Army fighters flee up a dust-filled stairwell after firing on Syrian Army soldiers in Damascus.
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Four wax figures of Whitney Houston — each destined for a different museum — are unveiled by Madame Tussauds at a ceremony in New York.
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A worker scales a large salt pile as employees of the Eastern Salt Company in Chelsea, Mass., prepare for a weekend blizzard.
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Spaniards rally against cuts in the agricultural sector during a protest called by the Union of Small Farmers and Stockbreeders near European Union headquarters in Madrid.
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A Pakistani laborer climbs through a massive pile of recycled plastic in Lahore.
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An Afghan boy sells balloons in the streets of Kabul.
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Chino, a champion Afghan hound from Sweden who won best in breed in last year’s Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, takes a drink during a press conference for this year’s show.
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A Tunisian demonstrator hoists a computer keyboard like a gun during a demonstration in Tunis.
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