The world in photos
A dog looks on as men shovel snow from a cage at a stray dog shelter in a field outside Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. An animal protection association received help from volunteers and inmates from a Bucharest prison on Wednesday, to clear snow that was threatening the lives of the dogs in the shelter following days of snowstorms in southern Romania
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A woman uses her umbrella to shield herself from blowing snow in New York's Central Park, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. A blizzard is expected to drop 10 to 15 inches (25 to 38 cm) of snow on the metropolitan area Wednesday.
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White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs has the words "Eggs, Milk, Bread (crossed out), Hope, and Change" written in marker on his hand as he briefs reporters after President Barack Obama made an unannounced visit to the James Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin has been seen with hand written notes on her hands in recent public appearances.
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Space shuttle Endeavour lifts-off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Endeavour is carrying six astronauts who will deliver a room and observation deck to the International Space Station. A piece of foam insulation is seen falling to the right of the orbiter
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In this undated image made available by the Ministry of Defence in London, Wednesday Feb. 10, 2010, an Apache attack helicopter is inspected following operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan
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The Boeing 747-8 Freighter makes its first flight, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, in Everett, Wash.
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Visitors to New York's Central Park take pictures of the Bethesda fountain during a snow storm, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. (
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, wears eye protection goggles as he visits an exhibition of Iran's laser science, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Ahmadinejad ordered his country's atomic agency on Sunday to begin the production of higher enriched uranium, a move that's likely to deepen international skepticism about the country's real intentions on the crucial issue of enriched uranium.
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A public bus with a painting of President Barack Obama drives by women sweeping a street in Port-au-Prince, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010.
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In this photo provided by Petco, an Australian white tree frog that will soon be up for adoption is held by exotic animal specialist James Ditmore at a Petco store in Dallas, Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010. The store will have over 2000 animals up for adoption that were rescued from Global Exotics, an Arlington, Texas based international pet wholesaler.
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A woman shields her face from the wind during a winter storm in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010.
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Amnesty International campaigners wrapped in aluminum foil protest outside Vedanta Resources, central London, to highlight their claims of human rights abuses linked to Vedanta's aluminum refinery in Orissa, India. Monday Feb. 8, 2010.
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A Hindu holy man holds a sword during a procession as part of monthslong Hindu festival Kumbh Mela, in Haridwar, India, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. The festival, which is celebrated every three years, and rotates among four Indian holy cities is expected to attract more than 10 million people.
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Pedestrians walk in the snow down the middle of an empty Pennsylvania Avenue in downtown Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010, as snow continued to fall in the region.
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A trout fisherman casts his line in his boat at Langley Dam, England, as a fresh blast of wintry weather hit Britain, bringing more snow and icy conditions on Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010.
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Ricki Ghani, left, and Eric Brannon clear snow from sidewalks around Festival Hall Park in Racine, Wis. as snow sweeps across southeastern Wisconsin Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010.
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Billionaire Warren Buffett, left, and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson discuss the economy on stage at the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce annual meeting. in Omaha, Neb., Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Paulson, who led the Treasury during the height of 2008 economic meltdown, wrote a book about his experience called "On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System."
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A pedestrian walks down Pennsylvania Ave., in front of the White House as the snow continues to fall in the morning hours in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010.
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A Palestinian youth holds a stone in his hand as he walks past a burning barricade in Shuafat refugee camp in East Jerusalem, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Palestinians scuffled with Israeli security forces in the Shuafat refugee camp Tuesday, after an arrest operation triggered clashes in the camp the day before.
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The statue of President Abraham Lincoln sits at the Lincoln Memorial as the snow falls in Washington Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010.
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A U.S. soldier walks by an MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicles with the 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, at West of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010.
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This photo taken Sept. 11, 2001 by the New York City Police Department and obtained by ABC News, which claims to have obtained it under the Freedom of Information Act, shows smoke and ash engulfing the area around the World Trade Center in New York.
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People pass through the shadow of a rail bridge during a winter snow storm in Philadelphia, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010.
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Toyota Group Vice President Bob Carter is surrounded by the media after introducing the 2011 Toyota Avalon at the 2010 Chicago Auto Show on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010, in Chicago.
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Canadian Inuit dogs pull a sled using traditional harnesses Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010 in Iqaluit, Canada. Iqaluit, population 7,000, may seem an unlikely venue for a G-7 bull session about the global economy, but the host nation chose it in part to underscore a message about sovereignty over its part of the Arctic.
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President Barack Obama conducts the daily press briefing at the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010.
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A youth and a dog walk on a snow covered street during a snowstorm in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York on Wednesday Feb. 10, 2010.
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A bull eats straw put out for him during a winter storm in Marysville, Pa., Wednesday, Feb 10, 2010.
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Members of the European Parliament vote to elect the new European Commission Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. The EU assembly vote was 488 to 137, with 72 abstentions. Tuesday's vote at a plenary session in Strasbourg means Jose Manuel Barroso will start a second five-year term as European Commission president.
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U.S. Army soldiers of the 4th Battalion, 23th Infantry Regiment, 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division walk on a foot patrol in a village West of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, Southern Afghanistan, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010.
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