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Day in photos: Feb. 22, 2013

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An Egyptian child — stuffed into a red hood and a noose — is used as a prop by protestors during an anti-government rally outside Egypt’s high court in Cairo. AP
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Two women bask in the spray of a “sonnenbad” (sun bath) swimming pool in Karlsruhe, Germany, where temperatures are just below zero degrees celsius on the pool’s opening day. AFP/Getty Images
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Bangladeshi Islamists rage over “atheist bloggers” defaming the prophet Mohammed at a gathering inside the Baitul Mukarram national mosque in Dhaka. AFP/Getty Images
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A woman is rescued from flood waters by a man standing on top of her car during heavy rain in Chalandri, a suburb north of Athens, Greece. Reuters
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Surrounded by friends and family, the relative of a bombing victim mourns at the Yashoda Hospital in Hyderabad, India. Twin blasts in a bustling shopping area there killed at least 14 people. AFP/Getty Images
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A luger is reflected in a puddle of rain during a training run at the Luge World Cup 2013 in Krasnaya Polyana resort near Sochi, Russia. AP
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Members of the North Florida Survival Group prepare for enemy contact drills during a field training exercise in Old Town, Florida. The group trains children and adults alike to handle weapons and survive in the wild. Reuters
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A man — portraying the Hindu God Madhav Narayan — throws holy water in the direction of devotees as he’s toted around Thecho, Nepal, during the Madhav Narayan festival. Reuters
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‘Blade runner’ Oscar Pistorius — accused in the shooting death of his model girlfriend — is seen through a car windshield leaving court after being granted $113K bail. Reuters
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The Chicago Bulls’ Taj Gibson has his layup swatted by the Miami Heat’s Chris Bosh during the second half of their clash in Chicago. Reuters
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Syrians paw through rubble in search of survivors after what activists said was a Scud missile hit Aleppo’s Tariq al-Bab neighborhood. Reuters
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New York firefighters battle a blaze at an abandoned Bushwick, Brooklyn, house. No one was injured in the fire. EPA