PIGGYBACK: A soldier evacuated an elderly woman from a flooded street in La Plata, Argentina, Wednesday. Massive flooding caused by torrential rains has killed dozens of people in and around Buenos Aires, officials said.
PIGGYBACK: A soldier evacuated an elderly woman from a flooded street in La Plata, Argentina, Wednesday. Massive flooding caused by torrential rains has killed dozens of people in and around Buenos Aires, officials said.
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REVOLVING DOOR: A security officer entered a legislative office building at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Wednesday. Hundreds of gun-rights advocates gathered at the statehouse as lawmakers debated a wide-ranging package of gun-control measures in the wake of the Sandy Hook school…
REVOLVING DOOR: A security officer entered a legislative office building at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Wednesday. Hundreds of gun-rights advocates gathered at the statehouse as lawmakers debated a wide-ranging package of gun-control measures in the wake of the Sandy Hook school shooting.
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LISTENING IN: A journalist recorded a joint news conference of Australian and Indonesian foreign and defense ministers after their bilateral meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday.
LISTENING IN: A journalist recorded a joint news conference of Australian and Indonesian foreign and defense ministers after their bilateral meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday.
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BROTHERLY LOVE: Men walked together before performing rituals of penance during the Danda festival, or the festival of self-punishments, in Ganjam, India, Wednesday. Devotees performed penitential rituals to appease Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction.
BROTHERLY LOVE: Men walked together before performing rituals of penance during the Danda festival, or the festival of self-punishments, in Ganjam, India, Wednesday. Devotees performed penitential rituals to appease Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction.
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TUNNEL VISION: A Delhi Metro Rail Corporation employee walked through a tunnel at an underground construction site for the Janpath metro station in New Delhi Wednesday.
TUNNEL VISION: A Delhi Metro Rail Corporation employee walked through a tunnel at an underground construction site for the Janpath metro station in New Delhi Wednesday.
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VOLCANO VIEW: This NASA photo, captured Tuesday by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield from on board the international space station, shows an inactive volcano in Fogo National Park on the Cape Verde island of Fogo, off the east coast of Africa.
VOLCANO VIEW: This NASA photo, captured Tuesday by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield from on board the international space station, shows an inactive volcano in Fogo National Park on the Cape Verde island of Fogo, off the east coast of Africa.
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MOUNTAIN HIGH: This aerial photograph shows Mount Everest and the Himalayan mountain range, northeast of Katmandu, Nepal, on Wednesday, on the 80th anniversary of the first manned flight over Mount Everest.
MOUNTAIN HIGH: This aerial photograph shows Mount Everest and the Himalayan mountain range, northeast of Katmandu, Nepal, on Wednesday, on the 80th anniversary of the first manned flight over Mount Everest.
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BALL OF FIRE: A security officer walked past a gas pipeline south of Ajdabiya, Libya, on Wednesday. Authorities are investigating the cause of the explosion that set it ablaze late Tuesday.
BALL OF FIRE: A security officer walked past a gas pipeline south of Ajdabiya, Libya, on Wednesday. Authorities are investigating the cause of the explosion that set it ablaze late Tuesday.
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SANCTUARY: A man entered a religious site known to Muslims as Haram Ash-Sharif and to Jewish people as Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City Wednesday.
SANCTUARY: A man entered a religious site known to Muslims as Haram Ash-Sharif and to Jewish people as Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City Wednesday.
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OUT OF PLACE: A member of the Free Syrian Army held his weapon as he sat on a sofa in the middle of a street in Deir ez-Zor, Syria, Tuesday.
OUT OF PLACE: A member of the Free Syrian Army held his weapon as he sat on a sofa in the middle of a street in Deir ez-Zor, Syria, Tuesday.
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SWIMMING AT SUNSET: A seabird swam during sunset at Xinghai Square in the port city of Dalian, Liaoning province, China, Tuesday.
SWIMMING AT SUNSET: A seabird swam during sunset at Xinghai Square in the port city of Dalian, Liaoning province, China, Tuesday.
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FRAMED: Musicians waited for the start of a ceremony, attended by European Commission President José Manuel Barroso and Czech President Miloš Zeman, to hoist the European Union flag at Prague Castle on Wednesday for the first time in almost a decade.
FRAMED: Musicians waited for the start of a ceremony, attended by European Commission President José Manuel Barroso and Czech President Miloš Zeman, to hoist the European Union flag at Prague Castle on Wednesday for the first time in almost a decade.
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FRAIL: A patient with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis lay in bed in an intensive-care room at Persahabatan Hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday.
FRAIL: A patient with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis lay in bed in an intensive-care room at Persahabatan Hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday.
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SNOW AND SKY: Clouds passed over the snow-covered landscape near Götemitz, on the Baltic Sea island of Rügen, Germany, Wednesday.
SNOW AND SKY: Clouds passed over the snow-covered landscape near Götemitz, on the Baltic Sea island of Rügen, Germany, Wednesday.
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SUSPENDED: Stock prices from an electronic board were reflected in raindrops on a window outside a brokerage house in Tokyo Wednesday. Japan’s Nikkei Stock Average rose to 12632.20—the biggest rise in nearly two months—as the Bank of Japan started its two-day policy meeting.
SUSPENDED: Stock prices from an electronic board were reflected in raindrops on a window outside a brokerage house in Tokyo Wednesday. Japan’s Nikkei Stock Average rose to 12632.20—the biggest rise in nearly two months—as the Bank of Japan started its two-day policy meeting.
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BICYCLE BOYS: Flags representing political groups flapped in the wind as boys rode past on bicycles in Tumpat, Malaysia, Wednesday. Prime Minister Najib Razak dissolved Parliament on Wednesday, paving the way for general elections.
BICYCLE BOYS: Flags representing political groups flapped in the wind as boys rode past on bicycles in Tumpat, Malaysia, Wednesday. Prime Minister Najib Razak dissolved Parliament on Wednesday, paving the way for general elections.
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FOR MADURO: Supporters of Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s acting president, cheered at a rally in Maracaibo, Venezuela, Tuesday. Mr. Maduro, whom Hugo Chávez chose as his successor before he died in March, kicked off his formal campaign by vowing to honor Mr. Chávez’s legacy.
FOR MADURO: Supporters of Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s acting president, cheered at a rally in Maracaibo, Venezuela, Tuesday. Mr. Maduro, whom Hugo Chávez chose as his successor before he died in March, kicked off his formal campaign by vowing to honor Mr. Chávez’s legacy.
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