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Day in photos: Feb. 19, 2013

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A worker (clearly unworried about the growing dinosaur threat on the Jersey Shore) cleans debris from the storm-wrecked Funtown Pier in Seaside Heights, NJ. Getty Images
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A Palestinian cleans a cross-border tunnel in Rafah, between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip. Gaza’s Hamas government and local smugglers accused Egypt Tuesday of flooding the tunnels with sewage in order to halt a thriving smuggling trade. AP
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A camel braves the snowy Frankfurt, Germany, afternoon in its enclosure at the the Frankfurt Zoological Garden. AFP/Getty Images
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A man looks for help as he’s detained by police during a protest against high electricity prices in Sofia, Bulgaria. The rallies prompted Prime Minister Boiko Borisov to promise lower prices and punishment for foreign-owned power companies. Reuters
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Milwaukee Brewers players run a drill during a spring training workout in Phoenix. AP
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Military personnel and firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the site of a fighter jet crash in Sanaa, Yemen, that killed at least six people. Reuters
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Snow blankets the countryside near Rosa Khutor, one of the 2014 Winter Olympics venues, in the Black Sea city of Sochi, Russia. AFP/Getty Images
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A Shi’ite Muslim girl attends a protest in Lahore, Pakistan, against Saturday’s bombing in Quetta’s Shi’ite Muslim area. Pakistani Shi’ites furious over the attack, which killed 89, demanded protection from hardline Sunni groups. Reuters
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Security guard Du Jinqian makes snow birds on the steps in front of a bank where he works in Hangzhou, China. Getty Images
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Olympian Oscar Pistorius’s sister Aimee and brother Carl await the start of proceedings in the Pretoria Magistrates court as the accused sprinter was planning to apply for bail. Reuters
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Masked Palestinians use a car seat as a shield during a protest outside Ofer, an Israeli military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah. AP
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Lee Lazernick, right, snaps a photo of his mother Thelma, who he asked to pose with a customer’s rifle at All Around Pizza and Deli in Virginia Beach, Va. Customers at the pizza joint wearing weapons or who bring their concealed weapons permit are offered a 15 percent discount. AP