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| Delhi, India: A child is administered polio drops by a mobile medical unit |
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| Lanslebourg, France: Dogs barks before the start of the seventh stage of the La Grande Odyssee sled dog race |
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| Belalp-Blatten, Switzerland: A group of skiers dressed as witches participate in "Hexenabfahrt" (downhill of the witches) |
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| Tokyo, Japan: A participant pours icy water over himself out of a wooden bucket for a purification ceremony during the Daikoku festival, at the Kanda Myojin shrine |
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| Copenhagen, Denmark: Queen Margrethe waves from a horse-drawn carriage |
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| Delhi, India: Tibetans surf the web at an internet cafe |
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| Guatemala City, Guatemala: Indigenous people attend the inauguration of Otto Perez Molina as the country's new president |
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| Gangasagar, India: An Indian Sadhu (Hindu holy man) takes a dip in the sea at the confluence of the River Ganges and the Bay of Bengal during Makar Sankranti |
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| Mexico City, Mexico: Japanese artist and calligrapher Sachiyo Kaneko paints during a performance in a park |
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| Bogota, Colombia: Matador Juan Viriato in a bullfight at the Santamaria bullring |
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| Lyon, France: People hold a banner during a demonstration of the Youth Nationalist Movement |
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| Dhaka, Bangladesh: Muslims climb up on to a train as they attend the Akheri Munajat (concluding prayers) on the third day of the second largest congregation |
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| Giglio, Italy: The Costa Concordia cruise ship keels after it was run aground |
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| Bucharest, Romania: Protestors negotiate with police on University Square |
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| Passau, Germany: Visitors stand inside a church made entirely of snow and ice |
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| Islamabad, Pakistan: A dressed monkey sits at a roadside to earn money from passersby for its owner |
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| Beijing, China: An instructor smashes a bottle over a female recruit's head during a training session for female bodyguards |
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| Pa-an, Burma: A girl awaits the release of her relative, a political prisoner |
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| Chengdu, China: A panda keeper feeds a four-month-old cub at a panda research base |
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| Islamabad, Pakistan: Children sit around a fire to warm themselves during a cold evening |