Images from This Week Around the World
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gestures during the "Windows Phone 7" presentation at the Mobile World congress in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Feb. 15, 2010. The Mobile World Congress will be held from Feb. 15-18.
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Masked revelers pose for pictures during the traditional carnival of Barranquilla, Colombia, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010.
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Switzerland's Stephane Lambiel performs his short program during the men's figure skating competition at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010.
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A dancer of Mocidade samba school performs during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Feb.15, 2010.
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Danny, a 3-year-old White Terrier, is groomed backstage during the 134th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010, in New York. There are 2,500 dogs competing at Madison Square Garden for the coveted title of best in show.
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In this photo taken on Nov. 4, 2007, the feet of King Tutankhamun are seen at the moving of the linen-wrapped mummy of King Tut from his stone sarcophagus in his underground tomb in the famed Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. Egypt's famed King Tutankhamun suffered from a cleft palate and club foot, likely forcing him to walk with a cane, and died from complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria, according to the most extensive study ever of his mummy.
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A Hindu holy man looks on from the banks of the River Ganges during the Kumbh Mela festival in Haridwar, India, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010. The Kumbh Mela, touted as the largest religious gathering in the world, is celebrated every three years, rotating among four Indian cities.
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Elaine Ignatius, who works in Langsam Library at the University of Cincinnati, walks to the bus stop Monday morning, after the announcement that the university would close at noon Monday Feb. 15, 2010. She was trying to make her way to the bus stop for a dental appointment from campus.
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An Ethiopian woman, a relative of a passenger of the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed into the sea on January 25, reacts at Rafik Hariri University Hospital as the Ethiopian consulate receive the recovered bodies of five nationals who were killed in the plane, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Saturday Feb. 13, 2010. The Ethiopia Airlines Boeing 737 crashed on Jan. 25, just minutes after take off from Beirut airport during a fierce thunderstorm and all 90 people on board died. According to lists released after the crash, 23 Ethiopian passengers were on the plane as well as seven crew members. It was not clear if all the crew were Ethiopians.
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An injured passenger on a stretcher is helped out of the wreckage by rescue workers in Buizingen, Belgium Monday, Feb. 15, 2010. Two commuter trains collided head-on at rush hour in a Brussels suburb Monday, killing 20 people, Belgian officials said.
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Shaun White of the USA reacts after his first heat run in the final in the men's snowboard halfpipe competition at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010.
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An Egyptian couple chat on the front of a ferry during a Nile cruise marking the Valentine's Day, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. (
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Ion Banner loses control on a giant wave during the first heat of the Mavericks surfing contest Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010, in Half Moon Bay, Calif
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Lady Gaga receives an award for International Female Artist at the Brit Awards 2010 at Earls Court exhibition center in London, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010.
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Gold medallist Sven Kramer of The Netherlands reacts after running into the stand to kiss his girlfriend after the 5,000 meters race at the Richmond Olympic Oval at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010.
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Bulgarian children play around a bonfire during celebrations on the first week of Lent, near the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, Saturday, Feb, 13, 2010. Bulgarians mark the Orthodox Christian holiday, during the first week of Lent, during which they chase away evil spirits with bonfire rituals.
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A boy walks underneath a 50-foot powerboat named the 50 Passion, made by Statement Marine, at the Miami International Boat Show in Miami Beach, Fla. Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. The boat features an air cushioned cockpit, helicopter turbine engines, speeds up 180 mph, and sells for $1.5 million.
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A helicopter drops a load of water on flames burning up a mountain in the outskirts of Bogota, Monday, Feb. 15, 2009. More than 40 hectares of native forest were destroyed by the fire in the last two days in Bogota.
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An Egyptian walks in front of a giant poster for the U.S dollar at an exchange office in Cairo, Egypt Monday, Feb. 14, 2010. The US dollar rose to a 9-month high against the euro Friday, Feb. 12, 2010, as worries about bank lending curbs in China and European debt woes drove investors to safe havens like the dollar.
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Kristen Puryear embraces her father Greg Taylor, after he was exonerated on murder charges by the N.C. Innocence Commission, and set free Wednesday, February 17, 2010 in Raleigh, NC.
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This combination of five photos shows five different competitors in the women's alpine skiing event as they crash in Whistler, British Columbia, Wednesday Feb. 17, 2010. Form top to bottom are: Great Britain's Chemmy Alcott, Chile's Noelle Barahona, Switzerland's Dominique Gisin, Daniela Merighetti of Italy and Sweden's Anja Paerson.
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A man pauses while digging for items to salvage from the debris of an earthquake destroyed building in downtown Port-au-Prince, Tuesday Feb. 16, 2010. Haiti was struck by a magnitude-7 earthquake last Jan. 12.
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Lindsey Vonn of the United States reacts in the finish area after completing the Women's downhill at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010.
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Patrick Plys, a father of Chris Plys who is a member of U.S. men's curling team, poses for photos in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010.
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With a rainbow seen in the background, seagulls fly by the USS Abraham Lincoln at Naval Station Everett in Everett, Wash. on Tuesday morning, Feb. 16, 2010. The Lincoln arrived in Monday after exercises off the California coast to re-certify its flight deck as part of preparations for its next deployment.
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A member of Beija Flor samba school performs on a float during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, early Monday, Feb.15, 2010.
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Mariam, 17, sister of Nodar Kumaritashvili, the Georgian luger killed in a practice run at the Olympics, cries over his body at their home in Bakuriani, Georgia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010. The body of the Georgian luger killed in a practice run at the Olympics has been brought to his hometown in the Caucasus Mountains for burial.
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A hand full of anti corruption demonstrators hold a chain during a protest in downtown Nairobi, Wednesday, Feb 17, 2010. A public dispute between the president and prime minister over how to tackle high-level corruption and the powers each of them has under the Constitution has deepened divisions within the coalition government formed to end the slaughter of more than 1,000 people between December 2007 and February 2008. On Sunday, Prime Minister Raila Odinga said he had suspended two Cabinet ministers after audits into the works of their ministries uncovered high-level corruption. Hours later, President Mwai Kibaki annulled those suspensions, arguing that Odinga had acted illegally.
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Gold medallist USA's Shani Davis reacts on the podium during the flower ceremony of the men's 1000 meters race at the Richmond Olympic Oval at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010.
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USA fans wave a flag during the first period of a preliminary round men's ice hockey game against Switzerland at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010.
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A semi truck hangs off a bridge on Indiana 67 and the Muncie bypass Wednesday Feb. 17, 2010 just outside Muncie, Ind. after crashing with a car. The Star Press reports that the driver of a car involved in the crash was seriously injured, while the truck driver was able to safely climb from the cab.
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A Chinese boy wears tiger headgear as he stands in front of the tiger toys on display at a temple fair on the second day of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Beijing, Monday, Feb. 15, 2010. Millions of Chinese celebrated the Lunar New Year of the Tiger which began on Sunday.
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USA's Bobby Ryan, center, celebrates after scoring against Switzerland goalie Jonas Hiller, left, during a men's ice hockey preliminary game at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010.
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The gold-tipped gloves of USA's Apolo Anton Ohnoat are seen before the fifth heat of the men's 1500m short track skating competition sy the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010.
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Jamie McMurray waves a checkered flag in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010.
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