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Protests Continue In Kiev As Parliament Offers Amnesty To Protesters

A woman holds a crucifix in the faces of riot police as protesters refused to leave their barricades in Kiev, Ukraine on Thursday.

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China Celebrate The Lunar New Year Of The Horse

A tree is decorated with red lanterns ahead of the Chinese New Year on Friday in Beijing.

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Thousands Flock To Victoria Park Flower Market Ahead Of Chinese New Year Celebrations

People visit the flower market in Victoria Park on Thursday as Hong Kong prepares for the Chinese New Year.

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F1 Testing in Jerez - Day Three

A car races around a bend on the third day of 2014 Formula One preseason testing Thursday in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain.

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Wincanton Races

Tom Scudamore leads the pack on his way to win the Novices' Hurdle Race on Thursday at Wincanton Racecourse in England.

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APTOPIX India Hindu Festival

A Hindu devotee offers prayers to the god of sun on Mauni Amavasya — new moon day — Thursday in Allahabad, India.

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APTOPIX India Daily Life

Monkeys huddle together against the cold morning in New Delhi, India.

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Baby lion

A lion cub snarls at a GoPro camera mounted on a remote-controlled car in Kenya's Samburu National Reserve.

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Baby Lion

The cub curiously toys with the camera..

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Nepal Hindu Festival

Hindu women take water from the holy Bagmati River during the festival of Madhav Narayan on Thursday in Kathmandu, Nepal.

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China Celebrate The Lunar New Year Of The Horse

Security forces line up before the opening of the Spring Festival on Thursday at Beijing's Temple of Earth park.

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APTOPIX Greece Zoo

An eight-week-old lion cub bares his teeth at the Attica Zoological Park in Spata, Greece.

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Winter Weather North Carolina

Ice crystals glisten in the sunlight in Wake Forest, N.C., where temperatures reached single digits on Thursday.