Monthly Archives: March 2013

Photo of the day – Mar. 30, 2013

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People are silhouetted as the sun rises during an Easter sunrise service in Scituate, Massachusetts March 31, 2013. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi

Photo of the day – Mar. 29, 2013

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A man cleaned a huge pan to prepare a nonalcoholic drink during celebrations of Hola Mohalla festival in Anandpur Sahib, India, Thursday. (Ajay Verma/Reuters)

Photo of the day – Mar. 28, 2013

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Pakistani schoolchildren attend their daily classes in a makeshift school set in a clay house, in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Threats from militant groups is one of many obstacles Pakistani girls and teachers face in getting and providing an education. Others include rampant poverty, harassment and the government’s failure to prioritize education spending. Both sexes have suffered from the lack of funding, but girls, who have lower rates of literacy and school attendance, are in a particularly perilous position. Muhammed Muheisen/AP

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Photo of the day – Mar. 27, 2013

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A gaúcho rode a horse during the annual celebration of Criolla Week in Montevideo, Uruguay. Throughout Easter Week, gauchos from all over Uruguay and neighboring Argentina and Brazil visit Montevideo to compete for the title of best rider. (Andres Stapff/Reuters)

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Photo of the day – Mar. 26, 2013

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An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man moved through the smoke as he burned leavened bread in Jerusalem on Monday, ahead of the Jewish holiday of Passover. (Ronen Zvulun/Reuters)

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Photo of the day – Mar. 25, 2013

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An opposition fighter scouted the positions of government forces from a damaged building in Aleppo’s Saif al-Dawla district in Syria Saturday. (Bulent Kilic/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

Photo of the day – Mar. 24, 2013

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Managua, Nicaragua: A female member of the Nicaraguan police special operations unit participates in the laying of the foundation stone ceremony at a new training centre for Central American anti-narcotics officers, built with Russia’s aid. Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images

Photo of the day – Mar. 23, 2013

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A woman washed plastic particles in a river in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday. A large swath of the Buriganga River has turned pitch-black with toxic waste, oil and chemicals flowing into it from industrial units. (Abir Abdullah/EPA)

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Photo of the day – Mar. 22, 2013

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A Hindu devotee looks on in a cloud of coloured powder inside a temple during “Lathmar Holi” at the village of Barsana in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh March 21, 2013. In a Holi tradition unique to Barsana and Nandgaon villages, men sing provocative songs to gain the attention of women, who then “beat” them with bamboo sticks called “lathis”. Holi, also known as the Festival of Colours, heralds the beginning of spring and is celebrated all over India. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash

Photo of the day – Mar. 21, 2013

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Muslim women rallied outside the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process in Pasig, Philippines, Wednesday, to express concern for the peace process between the government and a Muslim rebel group. (Aaron Favila/AP)