Activists from Greenpeace Indonesia wear radiation suits to commemorate the first anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, and to demand the government to drop their nuclear energy plans outside Indonesia’s Ministry of Research and Technology in Jarkarta.
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An Indian woman carries marigold flowers on her head on the outskirts of Jammu, India. Marigolds are widely used as strings of garland and for Hindu religious rituals.
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North Korean soldiers chant denunciations of South Korean President Lee Myung-bak at a North Korean military base on North Korea’s southwest coast, opposite South Korea’s Baengnyeong Island.
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Snow covers tornado damaged homes and the belongs of the victims in the small community of Henryville, Indiana. Calm weather gave dazed residents of storm-wracked towns a respite early on Sunday as they dug out from a chain of tornadoes that cut a swath of destruction from the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico, killing at least 39 people.
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President Obama enjoys a light moment with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. Reports state that the US President and Isaeli Prime Minister are at odds over how to deal with the possibility of a nuclear-armed Iran.
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Morning commuters are silhouetted as they walk through the main concourse of Grand Central Station.
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Polish railroad workers at the scene of a train crash in Szczekociny near Zawiercie (Silesia) in Poland. Reports state that two passenger trains crashed in Poland, injuring 57 passengers. At least 16 people died in the accident.
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A surfer takes advantage of large waves caused by hurricane Irina which is sitting some 200 nautical miles off Durban.
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Libyan men carry coffins of victims, discovered in a mass grave, at a funeral in Benghazi, Libya.
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Models pose in front of cars on the Abarth booth during the first media day of the Geneva Auto Show at the Palexpo in Geneva.
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Police carry one of about 40 Occupy the Capitol protesters arrested inside the state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif.
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A woman participates in a “Pink Slip” protest in Union Square in New York City. The protest, which supports those who have lost their jobs due to the recession started in 2007, asks others to recognize that “the next pink slip might be yours,” and to support the lobbying of congress to invest in US-based jobs.
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Malaysian rescue workers examine the wreckage of an over-turned passenger bus that was loaded with Indian holiday makers, near Genting Highlands resort. Two Indian tourists died and 22 other people were hurt when their bus overturned on a winding mountain road in western Malaysia.
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Spanish bullfighter Juan Jose Padilla aims his sword during a bullfight in the southwestern Spanish town of Olivenza. Padilla, who lost sight in one eye and has partial facial paralysis after a terrifying goring returned to the bullring Sunday, five months after his injury.
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Floodwaters cover North Wagga Wagga in Australia’s New South Wales state. Thousands of people fled their homes in Australia’s southeast as they waited to see whether a levee would hold against the surging Murrumbidgee River.
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A woman walks past an artwork titled “Tides Turn,” by local artist Peter Collins, in central Sydney.
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Charles Edward Anderson is chained to a tree to prevent it from being cut in the city of Curitiba, Parana, southern Brazil.
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South Korean special police force personnel rappel down a building during an anti-terrorism exercise ahead of Nuclear Security Summit at the summit venue in Seoul, South Korea.
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A voter casts his ballot for the Republican presidential primary in Montpelier, Vt.
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A Palestinian fishing boat sails during sunset in the west Gaza City.
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Indian devotees dressed as the Hindu Gods Krishna and Radha, center, pose at a temple in Amritsar. Holi, the festival of colors, marks the onset of spring across India.
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A police officer using a shield scuffles with protesters from the women’s group Gabriela, during a protest in front of the US embassy in Manila against increasing US military intervention in the country.
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A woman wearing zombie make-up and a wedding dress sit and speaks on the phone while waiting for a friend to join the 2012 Zombie Walk during the Purim festival in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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A cyclist lie on the ground at Paulista Avenue during a demonstration as part of the “Bicicletada Nacional” in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The demonstration against violence in traffic and better safety conditions for cyclists occurred simultaneously in 25 cities across Brazil.
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British citizen Jermaine Grant, 20, arrives at the Nairobi high court for his trial on charges of possessing explosive materials. Prosecutors last month said Grant and two others were found with various chemicals, batteries and switches, which they planned to use to make explosives.
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A Nepalese boy with a painted face jumps in the air as he celebrates “Holi,” the festival of colors, in Katmandu, Nepal. The festival also marks the coming of spring.
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A couple rides near a road submerged in flood waters in Wagga Wagga, Australia. The Murrumbidgee river is slowly receding after reaching 34 feet on March 6. Emergency services lifted the evacuation order for Wagga Wagga’s central business district (CBD) but it remains in place for several towns across the region.
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Brazilians use surfboards in the pond next to National Congress during a protest against the new Forestry Law being debated by the legislature in Brasilia. The demonstration is part of the national campaign titled “Mangroves make a difference,” which joins 163 different organizations to oppose the law.
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Police officers arrest faith leaders as they block the entrance outside Gov. Cuomo’s district office, protesting state tax incentives for corporations and proposed reductions in funding for social services in New York. Police made 14 arrests for trespassing.
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President Obama arrives to speak on the economy and fuel consumption after touring the Daimler Trucks North America Manufacturing plant in Mount Holly, North Carolina.
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A fan wearing a paper bag over his head gestures to another as they watch the Montreal Canadiens play against the Minnesota Wild during second period action in Montreal.
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A worker test drives a car in the shape of a heels on a road in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. The shoe is part of a ladies series of creations by Indian car designer Sudhakar Yadav to mark the International Women’s Day. The car can run at a maximum speed of 28 mph.
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Senior VP of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller announces a new pricing structure for the latest iPad during an Apple event in San Francisco. The new iPad features a sharper screen and a faster processor. Apple says the new display will be even sharper than the HD television set in the living room.
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Accident involving two trains in Caete metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. At least three drivers were injured.
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University students burn a car during a demonstration against the recently approved education law in Tegucigalpa.
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Sydneysider Paul Lavers salvages laundry from his flooded backyard after heavy rains caused flash flooding across Sydney.
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Indonesian men try to catch offerings thrown into the sea by Hindu worshippers during the ritual of Melasti on a beach in Gunung Kidul, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
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A Hindu priest Babulal jumps out of a fire to signify the burning of the demoness Holika during a ritual to mark the first day of the Holi spring festival at village Phalen, near the northern Indian city of Mathura.
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Women carry wood for cooking in Amarah, southeast of Baghdad, Iraq.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chat during their meeting in the mountain resort of Krasnaya Polyana.
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An Indian girl, her face smeared with colored powder, participates in Holi celebrations in Chennai, India. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, also heralds the coming of spring.
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Ultra Orthodox Jewish sisters Simcha, (L) and Miri dressed as dolls in a box wait for their mother to join in the celebration of the Purim festival in Bnei Brak, in Israel. The Jewish holiday of Purim celebrates the Jews’ salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Scroll of Esther.
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Book specialist Charlotte Riordan poses for a photograph with a magnifying glass over a 450-year-old letter written by Mary Queen of Scots during in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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A man is reflected on the glass facade of the Bonn Post Tower as he enters the headquarters of German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post DHL in Bonn.
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An Indian woman works at a brick factory on the outskirts of Jammu, India.
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Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird meets with Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi at her home in Yangon, Myanma. Suu Kyi received an honorary Canadian citizenship from Baird.
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Zoltan Kohari, known as the Slovak Batman, poses in his home in the town of Dunajska Streda, south of Bratislava. Kohari, who is 26 years old, lives alone in an abandoned building without water, heat or electricity. For local residents he became known as the hero in a Batman’s costume. While he has not fought crime yet, he does believe in justice and wants to help the police. In the mean time, Kohari, who is poor, does what he can to help the residents to make their daily life easier. In return, some of these residents give him food.
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The sun erupted with one of the largest solar flares of this solar cycle on March 6, 2012. This flare was categorized as an X5.4, making it the second largest flare — after an X6.9 on August 9, 2011.
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A young woman jumps at a special event to celebrate the Holi festival in Mumbai, India.
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Delegates of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) yawn and sleep in the gallery during explanations of the draft amendment to the Criminal Procedural Law in Beijing.
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Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama wears a ceremonial yellow hat as he gives a religious talk on the 15th day of the Tibetan New Year in Dharmsala, India.
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Pakistani Army soldier with the 20th Lancers Armored Regiment stands atop the 8000-foot mountain during a patrol near his outpost, Kalpani Base, in Pakistan’s Dir province on the Pakistan-Afghan border. Kalpani is on the front line in the 10-year war against militant Islamists, a war which allies Pakistan with the U.S. and NATO in an uneasy, distrustful partnership. Pakistan feels scapegoated for the coalition’s failures in Afghanistan. At the same time it’s accused of playing a double game, fighting the militants it chooses to fight while giving others safe havens and logistical support for their actions in Afghanistan.
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign stop at the Port of Pascagoula, Miss.
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Britain’s Jessica Ennis clears a hurdle in front of Ukraine’s Natallia Dobrynska during the 60m hurdles heat of the Women’s Pentathlonduring the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Istanbul, Turkey.
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A Greek youth performs skateboard tricks in Athens old town. Greek unemployment hit another record high and for the first time the number of young people without a job outnumbered those in work. For the first time on record, more people between 15-24 years were without a job than with one. Unemployment in that age group rose to 51.1 percent, twice as high as three years ago.
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Haiti’s President Michel Martelly shows his eight Haitian passports during a news conference at the National Palace in Port-au-Prince. Martelly held a hastily arranged news conference on Thursday to prove he is not a U.S. citizen in response to a mounting public campaign questioning his eligibility to hold office.
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An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy stands dressed in a costume during celebrations for the holiday of Purim at the Belz Hasidic dynasty synagogue in Jerusalem. Purim is a celebration of the Jews’ salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther.
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US Lindsey Vonn skis down to the course on her way to clock the fastest time during the first run of a women’s Alpine Ski World cup giant slalom competition in Are, Sweden.
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A ground crew member cleans the windshield of a Qantas passenger plane at Adelaide airport. Shares in Qantas fell on March 9, after the Australian airline dropped plans to form an Asian-based premium carrier with Malaysian Airlines because deal terms could not be agreed.
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Cossacks join hands to bounce a woman in the air at the annual folk festival to bid farewell to winter in the Siberian Cossack settlement of Sukhobuzimskoye in city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
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People walk by the 330 ton fishing vessel Kyotoku Maru No. 18 which was flung half mile) inland from Kesennuma port by the March 11 tsunami in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture. It has been nearly one year since a monstrous earthquake triggered a tsunami that roared across Japan’s northeastern coast, transforming once-pristine and thriving towns into waterlogged wastelands and sparking the world’s worst nuclear crisis in a quarter-century.
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A Pakistani vendor sells corn at a beach in Karachi, Pakistan.
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The northern lights or aurora borealis fill the western sky Friday, above the Russian Orthodox Saint Nicholas Memorial Chapel in Kenai, Alaska. The display of lights came in the aftermath of a solar storm that struck Earth on Thursday.
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A full moon is seen over the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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A villager runs barefoot through a bonfire to pray for good fortune in Binhe Village, Liezhou City of south China’s Guangdong Province. Local villagers step on fire to showcase their courage and pray for good luck in such a traditional activity.
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