The world in photos
A member of the Bridge Crew watches over a fire line, Wednesday, in case the prescribed burn jumps the line and ignites on the other side of Kings Pinnacle in Crowders Mountain State Park in Gastonia, N.C.. Officials at Crowders Mountain State Park conducted the burn of more than 500 acres on Kings Pinnacle near the Gaston and Cleveland County line. The reasons for the burn was decades of forest refuse like leaf litter and downed trees can be a wild fire hazard and there are certain species of plants like bear oak that need fire to germinate.
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The Nexus One phone from Google Inc. is shown at a demo in Mountain View, Calif., Tuesday.
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President Barack Obama reacts after a putt at Mid-Pacific County Club in Kailua, Hawaii, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009.
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Pope Benedict XVI blesses faithful at the end of the New Year Mass celebrated in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Friday, Jan. 1, 2010.
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South Koreans shovel away snow in front of Duksu Palace in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Jan. 4, 2010. Thousands of workers in the South Korean capital are battling the city's heaviest snowfall in nine years. The snow has caused massive flight cancellations and seriously snarled road traffic.
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A fisherman weighs a fish near election campaign posters of Sri Lankan presidential candidate and former military chief Gen. Sarath Fonseka pasted on a wall in Vavuniya, about 230 kilometers (144 miles) north of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Jan. 4, 2010.
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Insect keeper Laura Childs looks up at a spiny stick insect during the annual stocktaking at London Zoo, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010. More than 750 different species are tallied up in the count.
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A Pakistani girl looks on as she lines up with other women to get a ration of rice during a donated food distribution in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010.
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Dairy cows graze in a frozen pasture in Cota, on the outskirts of Bogota, early Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010. Freezes affect crops during the dry season's first months of the year when temperatures in Colombia's highlands are high during the day but drop bellow zero at night.
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Crowds celebrate as balloons are released to mark the New Year at the Zojoji Temple, in Tokyo, seconds after midnight Friday, Jan. 1, 2010.
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Burj Khalifa , the world's tallest building during the official opening ceremony in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Jan. 4, 2010.
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One day ahead of the official inauguration, Burj Dubai the world's tallest building is seen, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010. Burj Dubai is over 800 metres (2,625 ft) tall and has more than 160 stores, the most of any building in the world. Besides an observation deck on its 124th floor affording 360-degree views of the entire city, Burj Dubai is home to the world's first Armani Hotel, luxury offices and residences, and a variety of other sophisticated leisure and entertainment facilities. Burj Dubai will ultimately be the place of residence, work and leisure for a community of up to 12,000 people.
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A man and a woman return to their village after the day's work on a bicycle as the sun sets marking the end of the year on the outskirts of Puri, India, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009
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Bulgarians sing and dance as a boy holds the holy cross in the river of Tundzha, as they celebrate Epiphany day in the town of Kalofer, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010 . The Eastern Orthodox priests throw a cross in the river and the men take it out. It is believed that those who dance in the river will be healthy throughout the year.
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An unidentified man leaps from the wharf into the frigid North Atlantic in Herring Cove, Canada on Friday, Jan. 1, 2010. About 100 people participated in the annual event in the fishing community near Halifax.
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Photographers line up to shoot LG's 6.9 mm screen after it was unveiled during the LG news conference at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
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A member of the Pierce Co. Sheriff's Dept. stands near the casket bearing the body of Pierce County Sheriff's Deputy Kent Mundell, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010, at a memorial ceremony in Tacoma, Wash. Mundell was shot Dec. 21, 2009, while responding to a domestic violence call, and died on Dec. 28, 2009, after being taken off life support.
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Pierce County Sheriff's Deputies fold the flag that covered the casket of slain Pierce County Sheriff's Deputy Kent Mundell, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010, during a memorial service, in Tacoma., Wash. Mundell was shot Dec. 21, 2009, while responding to a domestic violence call, and he died on Dec. 28, 2009, after being taken off life support.
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In this image provided by the U.K. Ministry of Defence, Shane Wilkinson drives his team of Siberian Huskies on an early morning training run on a snowy road near in Wilton, southern England Wednesday Jan. 6, 2010 . Britain endured more travel chaos Wednesday as snow blanketed much of the country, with airports shut, roads closed and train journeys canceled.
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Icicles are seen at a fountain in Duisburg, western Germany, on Tuesday Jan. 5, 2010, as subzero temperatures continue and weather forecasters predict heavy snowfall for the weekend all over Germany and other parts of Europe.
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