NEW LIFE: Medical workers took care of a newborn in a tent being used as a temporary hospital in Sichuan province, China, Tuesday. The baby’s parents arrived after a three-hour journey from their home after a deadly earthquake struck the province on Saturday.
NEW LIFE: Medical workers took care of a newborn in a tent being used as a temporary hospital in Sichuan province, China, Tuesday. The baby’s parents arrived after a three-hour journey from their home after a deadly earthquake struck the province on Saturday.
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A KEY VOTE: Lawmakers cheered after same-sex marriage passed 331-225 in the National Assembly in Paris Tuesday. Lawmakers also approved adoption by same-sex couples.
A KEY VOTE: Lawmakers cheered after same-sex marriage passed 331-225 in the National Assembly in Paris Tuesday. Lawmakers also approved adoption by same-sex couples.
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YOUNG DEMOCRACY: A child sat as adults in traditional attire lined up to vote in Bhutan’s second parliamentary election at a polling station in Rikhey, Bhutan, Tuesday. More than 60 candidates are competing for 20 elected seats in the 25-member upper house.
YOUNG DEMOCRACY: A child sat as adults in traditional attire lined up to vote in Bhutan’s second parliamentary election at a polling station in Rikhey, Bhutan, Tuesday. More than 60 candidates are competing for 20 elected seats in the 25-member upper house.
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CUT DOWN: A city worker cut down poisoned oak trees at Auburn University in Auburn, Ala., Tuesday. University of Alabama fan Harvey Updyke Jr. is serving a jail term after he used a powerful herbicide on the trees. Auburn fans traditionally cover the trees with toilet paper after a…
CUT DOWN: A city worker cut down poisoned oak trees at Auburn University in Auburn, Ala., Tuesday. University of Alabama fan Harvey Updyke Jr. is serving a jail term after he used a powerful herbicide on the trees. Auburn fans traditionally cover the trees with toilet paper after a big victory.
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IN PAIN: A rickshaw puller lay in a hospital after he was injured by a handmade bomb during a 36-hour strike called by the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday.
IN PAIN: A rickshaw puller lay in a hospital after he was injured by a handmade bomb during a 36-hour strike called by the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday.
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LAID TO REST: Military personnel carried the coffin of British World War I Lt. John Pritchard to his final resting place in Écoust-Saint-Mein, France, Tuesday. His remains were found in a field by a farmer in Bullecourt, France.
LAID TO REST: Military personnel carried the coffin of British World War I Lt. John Pritchard to his final resting place in Écoust-Saint-Mein, France, Tuesday. His remains were found in a field by a farmer in Bullecourt, France.
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TROUBLED WATERS: A Japanese fishing boat, bottom, and various Chinese and Japanese vessels sailed Tuesday in the East China Sea near disputed islands called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China. Beijing criticized a Japanese flotilla’s entry into the disputed waters.
TROUBLED WATERS: A Japanese fishing boat, bottom, and various Chinese and Japanese vessels sailed Tuesday in the East China Sea near disputed islands called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China. Beijing criticized a Japanese flotilla’s entry into the disputed waters.
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UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT: People stood near the remnants of a car bombing at the French Embassy in Tripoli, Libya, Tuesday. At least two French guards and a Libyan teenager were injured. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT: People stood near the remnants of a car bombing at the French Embassy in Tripoli, Libya, Tuesday. At least two French guards and a Libyan teenager were injured. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
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STACKING SANDBAGS: Aaron, left, and Evan Lipcaman caught sandbags near Perry, Illinois, Monday. U.S. Geological Survey field crews are measuring record flooding along Illinois rivers and streams and said Tuesday that more record levels are expected as flooding moves downstream.
STACKING SANDBAGS: Aaron, left, and Evan Lipcaman caught sandbags near Perry, Illinois, Monday. U.S. Geological Survey field crews are measuring record flooding along Illinois rivers and streams and said Tuesday that more record levels are expected as flooding moves downstream.
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JUMP! Children played Monday at the Jean-Marie Vincent camp for people displaced by the 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
JUMP! Children played Monday at the Jean-Marie Vincent camp for people displaced by the 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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FRESH CATCH: A fisherman, whose shadow is pictured, stood over the day’s catch at a beach in Galle, Sri Lanka, Tuesday.
FRESH CATCH: A fisherman, whose shadow is pictured, stood over the day’s catch at a beach in Galle, Sri Lanka, Tuesday.
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INTO THE LIGHT: A man walked out of a home for the elderly in Madrid Tuesday.
INTO THE LIGHT: A man walked out of a home for the elderly in Madrid Tuesday.
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DISPLACED: A girl who lost her home in the 2010 flooding in Pakistan lay on a bed Tuesday on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, near the rubble of her family’s new makeshift home. Authorities demolished the home because they said it was built illegally.
DISPLACED: A girl who lost her home in the 2010 flooding in Pakistan lay on a bed Tuesday on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, near the rubble of her family’s new makeshift home. Authorities demolished the home because they said it was built illegally.
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PAPERWORK OVERLOAD: Prosecutorial staff handled 6,000 pages of documents in the investigation of Djoko Susilo, the former chief of the Indonesian police traffic division, at his corruption trial in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday.
PAPERWORK OVERLOAD: Prosecutorial staff handled 6,000 pages of documents in the investigation of Djoko Susilo, the former chief of the Indonesian police traffic division, at his corruption trial in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday.
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HISTORICAL FIND: Farmer Didier Guerle stood Monday in Bullecourt, France, near World War I munitions that were found in his fields, which is where he also found the bodies of two British soldiers. Lt. John Pritchard and Pvt. Christopher Elphick were buried Tuesday with full military…
HISTORICAL FIND: Farmer Didier Guerle stood Monday in Bullecourt, France, near World War I munitions that were found in his fields, which is where he also found the bodies of two British soldiers. Lt. John Pritchard and Pvt. Christopher Elphick were buried Tuesday with full military honors. Two other bodies were found in the fields.
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