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APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Cross Country S

Norway's team celebrates winning the gold after the women's cross-country team sprint at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Wednesday.

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APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Cross Country S

South Korea’s Yuna Kim performs in women's figure skating in hopes of defending her gold medal title in Sochi, Russia on Wednesday.

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APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Cross Country S

Andorra's Joan Sanchez crashes in the men's giant slalom at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Wednesday.

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APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Cross Country S

Volunteers walk through Olympic Park after it rained at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

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APTOPIX Ukraine Protests

Protesters throw and burn papers from the prosecutor's headquarters in Lviv, Ukraine early Wednesday.

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APTOPIX Ukraine Protest

Monuments to Kiev's founders burn as anti-government protesters clash with riot police in Kiev, Ukraine.

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Violence Escalates As Kiev Protests Continue

The Trade Unions Building, the de facto headquarters for anti-government protesters, burns in Kiev, Ukraine.

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Ukraine Protest

An anti-government protester finds cover during clashes with riot police outside Ukraine's parliament in Kiev.

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Ukraine Protest

An anti-government protester throws stones while fighting with police in Kiev, Ukraine on Wednesday.

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As Brutally Cold Winter Drags On, 80 Percent Of Lake Michigan Frozen

Ice covers the Lake Michigan shoreline in Chicago. The brutal winter has caused more than 88 percent of the Great Lakes to be covered in ice.

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APTOPIX Mideast Lebanon

A wounded man is carried away from an explosion near the Kuwaiti Embassy and Iran's cultural center in Beirut, Lebanon on Wednesday.

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APTOPIX Mideast Iran Dying Lake

Two men walk toward salt-covered rocks that once sat deep underwater in Lake Oroumieh, Iran.

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Prince Charles

Prince Charles wears a traditional Saudi uniform at the Janadriya Heritage and Culture Festival near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.

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Venezuela Protests

A protester wears a gas mask made from a plastic water bottle outside La Carlota airport in Caracas, Venezuela on Tuesday.

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APTOPIX Pakistan Daily Life

A roadside food vendor, internally displaced with his family, prepares sandwiches for customers outside Islamabad, Pakistan.

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Thailand Politics

Anti-government protesters demand Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra steps down in Bangkok, Thailand on Wednesday.

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Afghanistan Daily Life

Internally displaced children stand in a muddy yard in a poor neighborhood in Kabul, Afghanistan.

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Daffodils Emerge As The First Signs Of Spring Begin To Show

After severe flooding and one of the wettest winters on record in the UK, signs of spring arrived in Liverpool, England.