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| Rangoon, Burma: a boy gets his head shaved before living the life of a Buddhist monk for seven days |
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| Wukan, China: a resident casts his vote on the second day of village elections in Guangdong province |
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| Nandgaon, India: villagers smeared with colours observe the Lathmar Holi festival at the Nandji temple |
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| Piner, Kentucky, US: horses stand in front of debris a day after a hurricane hit |
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| Paris, France: a model presents a creation by Comme des Garçons at its autumn-winter 2012 ready-to-wear show |
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| Szczechociny, Poland: emergency services work at the site of a train crash. At least 15 people were killed when two passenger trains collided head-on |
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| Jaffna, Sri Lanka: a Roman Catholic priest prays during the annual pilgrimage at St Anthony's church |
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| Anchorage, Alaska, US: dogs bark before the ceremonial start of the 40th Iditarod sled dog race |
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| Ishinomaki, Japan: a woman prays at a shrine set up to commemorate the victims of the Okowa elementary school who were killed during last year's tsunami |
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| Dhaka, Bangladesh: labourers carry bricks as they unload a cargo boat on the bank of the river Buriganga |
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| Troodos, Cyprus: people go sledging after heavy snowfall in a mountainous region of the Mediterranean island |
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| Navotas, Philippines: a fighting cock attacks his opponent |
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| Kathmandu, Nepal: a police officer inhales oxygen while searching for bodies inside the Kalimati vegetable market after a fire |
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| Krasnoyarsk, Russia: a participant is pulled by her Riesenschnauzer dog during the first Yenisei Meridian regional amateur dog sledding race on Tatyshev Island |
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| Suqa Holaha, Somalia: a tank belonging to African Union peacekeeping forces patrols the frontline during an offensive against al-Shabaab fighters |