Venezuelan candidate Henrique Capriles greets supporters during a rally in Porlamar as the campaign to replace Hugo Chavez formally kicks off. Acting President Nicolas Maduro — Chavez’s hand-picked successor — is battling Capriles for the forthcoming April 14 vote.
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A Madame Tussauds sculptor works on the clay head of teen heartthrob Harry Styles of One Direction.
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An Afghan army soldier stands guard in a destroyed courthouse in Farah, after suicide bombers — disguised as Afghan soldiers — stormed a the building in a failed bid to free more than a dozen Taliban prisoners.
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An elderly woman faces off with a rooster on the streets of Beijing as worry grows over the deaths of three in China attributed to the H7N9 strain of bird flu.
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Michelle Obama — with help from fifth grader Emilo Vega of Florida — plants the White House kitchen garden on the South Lawn.
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Palestinian protesters take cover during skirmishes with Israeli soldiers in Hebron, West Bank. Thousands turned out for the funerals of three Palestinians, including two teenagers killed by Israeli army gunfire and a 64-year-old prisoner who died of cancer.
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Hundreds of onlookers and rescue workers search for survivors at the site of a collapsed residential building in Thane, India. At least nine people died and over 40 were injured.
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A protester wearing a Guy Fawkes mask stands outside the paint-smeared Finance Ministry in Athens during demonstrations by members of the ‘Independent Greeks’ party.
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Argentinian Arsenal players confront cops after losing to Atletico Mineiro in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The team paid a fine of nearly $20,000 to ensure charges weren’t brought against seven players accused of injuring several officers and a journalist.
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Dancer Oscar Chacon leads the company in a scene from the new production of Igor Stravinsky’s ‘The Rite of Spring’ at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow.
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A baseball fan snags a foul ball with his cap during the fifth inning of a 3-1 Kansas City win over the White Sox at Cellular Field in Chicago.
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