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Day in photos: March 5, 2013

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Anti-Mursi protesters launch a tear gas cannister back at riot cops during clashes in front of the national Security Directorate in Port Said. Reuters
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A banner bearing the face of Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez is seen from inside a military hospital’s chapel, in Caracas. The leftist revolutionary leader has died, the Venezuelan government announced. AP
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Tampa Bay’s Wil Myers rubs dirt into his hands between pitches during the fourth inning of an exhibition game against the Minnesota Twins. AP
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Georg Holm of Sigur Ros performs at the Apollo in Manchester, England. WireImage
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A Bahraini woman passes a wall plastered with pictures of Mahmoud al-Jazeeri, 20, during his funeral procession in Nabih Saleh. Al-Jazeeri died two weeks ago after being hit by a tear gas canister fired by riot police. AP
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Charlie Regenold, 5, gets a ride to his Minneapolis, Minn., bus stop from his dog Rodney. ZUMA Press
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Models present a cagey creation by Alexander McQueen fashion house at its Paris Fashion Week show. AP
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Locusts land on a dune in Israel’s Negev Desert, part of a larger swarm that crossed the border from Egypt the day before, touching off fears of a plague of biblical proportions. AP
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An Indian child, dressed as Hindu god Lord Shiva, plays in the sand at the Sangam in Allahabad. AFP/Getty Images
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Mourners embrace during a funeral for Rabbi Menachem Froman in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Tekoa. Froman was the town’s chief rabbi and a well-known advocate of peace with the Palestinians. Reuters
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Everitt Cisnado-Davis, 7, clambors through a model of a Glyptodont shell on display during the Extreme Mammals exhibition at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta. EPA
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An Indian forestry worker walks past the body of an elephant, struck by a train at the Buxa Tiger Reserve in West Bengal. AFP/Getty Images
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A fire lights up the night at the Naples, Italy, museum park. Four buildings were damaged by the blaze. AFP/Getty Images