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Week in photos: Feb. 11-15

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Yemeni activists stand blindfolded and shackled during a march marking the second anniversary of the revolution in Sanaa.

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Ellen Chmiel sits on the stoop of her Hattiesburg, Miss., home a day after a tornado touched down in town, crushing hundreds of homes and injuring over 60 people.

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Anastasia, an Amur tiger, hops over a stream at the Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire, England.

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Revellers enjoy a flour fight during the O Entroido festival in Laza, Spain.

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Workers remove a painting of Pope Benedict XVI from the press room following an address by Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela in Madrid on the day the pope shocked the Catholic world by announcing he'll resign.

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Members of the US military capture video as President Obama awards the Medal of Honor to former Army Staff Segeant Clinton Romesha at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House.

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A Hindu holy man sits crammed in the doorway of an overcrowded train Allahabad, where a stampede killed at least 36 pilgrims headed to the world's largest religious festival.

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This long exposure photo catches a production assistant setting up for the Vivienne Tam show during New York's fashion week.

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Protesters opposing President Mohamed Mursi and the Muslim Brotherhood face off with oncoming police vehicles near the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt.

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A southwest Connecticut cul de sac is buried in snow in the aftermath of the weekend's blizzard.

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A Chinese girl performs in an acrobatic show at the Dongyue Temple fair during the second day of Chinese New Year celebrations in Beijing.

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Marilyn Manson brings his particular brand of rock to the stage of the Shaw Conference Centre, in Edmonton, Canada.

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St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina takes batting practice during the team's first pitchers-and-catchers workout in Jupiter, Fla.

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Revellers parade through Tenerife, Canary Islands, during Carnival celebrations in the Spanish territory.

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A demonstrator faces off with French riot police during protests against job cuts at Goodyear Dunlop's Rueil Malmaison headquarters. Goodyear confirmed last month its plan to close a plant near Amiens, France.

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A trader at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, dons a Carnival outfit, an annual tradition at the market's headquarters.

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This shot captures just a handful of the record 4,483 hula-hoopers gyrating their way to the Guinness record book with seven minutes of hula hooping at Thammasat University stadium near Bangkok, Thailand.

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A worker adjusts the head of a giant figure of German Chancellor Angela Merkel near another of French President Francois Hollande in preparation for the carnival parade in Nice, France.

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Members of an anti-North Korea civic group tear a North Korean flag at a rally near the US embassy in Seoul, South Korea, against North Korea's reported testing of a nuclear bomb.

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A couple strolls though through Brooklyn's Prospect Park on a foggy afternoon in New York City.

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A TV news crew sets up at dusk outside St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, one day after Pope Benedict XVI announced he will resign.

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A homeless man sits in the tomb where he lives in the southern Serbian town of Nis.

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Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany wipes out during the national team event at the World Alpine Skiing Championships in Schladming, Austria.

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Syrians ride past the remains of a building in Kfar Nubul allegedly destroyed by government fighter jet.

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An interceptor missile is launched from the USS Lake Erie during a test by the Navy and the Missile Defense Agency in the mid-Pacific. It follows an alleged nuclear bomb test by North Korea earlier this week.

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An African penguin proudly holds a valentine given to it by biologist Crystal Crimbchin at The California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. The penguins will likely use the valentines as nesting material.

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A passenger train that derailed in Takasago, Japan, after slamming into a truck on Tuesday is lifted back into place by a crane. Sixteen people, including the train's driver, were injured in the collision.

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Hindu priests perform the evening Arti prayer during the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India.

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A model has her make-up done backstage at the Douglas Hannant show during New York's fashion week.

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South Korean protesters burn an effigy of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during an anti-North Korea rally in Seoul.

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Police officers sit at the funeral service for Riverside Officer Michael Crain outside Grove Community Church in Riverside, California. Crain and another officer were ambushed by former cop Christopher Dorner at a traffic light.

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A churchgoer receives ashes from Baltimore Archbishop William Lori's outstretched hand during an Ash Wednesday Mass.

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A woman strolls through snowy Djurgarden park in Stockholm, Sweden.

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A Bahraini girl waves the national flag during an anti-government rally in the village of Sanabis.

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Prasit Rangsitwong and Varutton Rangsitwong flee a giant ball of flowers as a part of their adventure-themed wedding in Prachinburi, Thailand.

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Josh Fontak, 9, of Princeton Junction, NJ, watches New York Mets players warm up during the team's first pitchers and catchers workout in Port St. Lucie, Fla.

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One of 11 couples married at the Mall of America Ice Castle on Valentine's Day smooch following their ceremony.

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Israeli soldiers clean the barrel of a mobile artillery unit after exercises in the Golan Heights, near Israel's border with Syria.

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President Obama plays a learning game with children at College Heights Early Childhood Learning Center in Decatur, Georgia, where he's promoting his economic and educational initiatives.

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Benfica's Melgarejo falls into the goal net after saving a final-minute shot by Leverkusen's Sidney Sam (left) during their Europa League match in Leverkusen, Germany.

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France's Tessa Worley speeds toward the finish on her way to winning the women's giant slalom at the Alpine skiing world championships in Schladming, Austria.

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Olive Ridley turtles return to the Bay of Bengal after laying their eggs at the Rushikulya river mouth beach near Bhubaneswar, India.

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Firefighters spray the smoldering wreckage of a Douglas A-4AR Fightinghawk that crashed close to the runway in Santiago del Estero, Argentina. Both pilots survived.

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A car set afire by anti-government protesters burns in the middle of a Budaiya, Bahrain, road amid rallies marking the two-year anniversary of the country's democratic uprising.

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New Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin is beset by microphones during a news conference at the team's training facility in Irving, Texas.

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An official adjusts the headset of India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during an agreement-signing ceremony with France's President Francois Hollande in New Delhi.

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Syrian rebels fire a mortar at government forces stationed at Kwiriss airport in Al-Bab, outside Aleppo.

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Cross-eyed lion Joco sits stoically in his enclosure at Zoopark in Erfurt, Germany.

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A man works on a "Rail Road - Big Ben" sculpture made from lemons and oranges ahead of the 80th Lemon Festival in Menton, France.

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South African Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius buries his face in his hands in a courtroom while being charged with murdering his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

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Italy's outgoing Prime Minister Mario Monti speaks during a meeting in Rome.

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Buddhist ascetics splash cold water over their body at the end of their 100-day austere Bhuddhism training to pray for peace in the world at Nose Myokenzan Betsuin temple in Tokyo.

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Canada's Chris Spring takes part in a men's bobsleigh training run at the Sanki Sliding Centre in Rzhanaya Polyana, Russia.

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Jockeys compete in a traditional camel race during the Sheikh Sultan Bin Zayed al-Nahyan Camel Festival, held at the Shweihan racecourse, in the outskirts of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

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A model walks in front of a huge sun as spectators watch from an arena-style set-up during the Marc Jacobs Fall 2013 fashion show in New York.

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Magnetic loops on the sun are seen in this NASA handout image captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.

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A Palestinian protester uses a slingshot to throw a stone at Israeli troops during clashes outside Ofer prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah.

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A Cambodian migrant worker is seen between thousands of sacks of rice at a warehouse in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.

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A boy pretends to lift red lanterns for Chinese New Year celebrations at a temple during the week-long holiday in Beijing.

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A gorilla holds her one-week-old baby at Hellabrunn Zoo in Munich, Germany.