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| Ishinomaki, Japan: Hikari Oyama plays with bubbles after she and her grandmother paid their respects at the memorial to victims of last year's tsunami at the Okawa Elementary School |
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| Bhaktapur, Nepal: Nepalese men chat to each other |
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| Birmingham, UK: bedlington terriers wait to be paraded on the final day of the Crufts dog show |
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| Mixco, Guatemala: Aroldo Juarez takes a shower in his home before being evacuated with his family to a shelter |
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| Kathmandu, Nepal: a Nepalese woman carries her child on her back as she works at a brick factory in Bungmati |
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| Agartala, India: a bird collects nectar as flowers bloom |
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| Allahabad, India: a bride is reflected in a mirror as she gets ready before a mass marriage ceremony for 25 couples |
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| Gaza Strip, Gaza: wounded Palestinian children in a hospital after an Israeli air strike |
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| Beijing, China: paramilitary policemen change guard in Tiananmen square |
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| Maloja, Switzerland: the annual Engadin cross-country skiing marathon in Switzerland |
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| Thun, Switzerland: contestants race through the mud during the Strongman Run competition |
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| Istanbul, Turkey: Darya Kilishina of Russia competes in the women's long jump final at the world indoor athletics championships |
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| Unalakleet, Alaska: Aaron Burmeister taking part in the Iditarod Trail sled dog race |
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| Jabalya, Gaza: a Palestinian man surveys a destroyed house |