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A Bangladeshi decorates the Shaheed Minar, or martyrs mausoleum, on International Mother Language Day in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Tuesday. Picture: AP Photo/Pavel Rahman
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Players compete for the ball during the Royal Shrovetide Football match in Ashbourne, England, on Tuesday. The Royal Shorvetide Football match occurs annually on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday in the town of Ashbourne. Picture: AP Photo/PA, Rui Vieira
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A Pakistani girl whose father is missing, sits inside a tent set up outside the Parliament by family members, who filed cases demanding the whereabouts of missing persons detained by the state's intelligence agency, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday. Picture: AP Photo/ ...
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A procession of Orthodox believers follow the priests holding the Theotokos of Pochayiv, an icon of the Virgin Mary, after the icon arrived at Manas airport near the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek on February 22. Picture: Reuters/Vladimir Pirogov
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Competitors cross the finishing line as they take part in the annual Pancake race in Olney, England, on Tuesday. Tradition records that in 1445, on Shrove Tuesday, the "Shriving Bell" rang out to signal the start of the church service, at which housewives ran to the chur ...
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A broker dressed as a pirate on occasion of carnival makes a phone call at the stock market in Frankfurt, Germany, on Tuesday. Picture: AP Photo/Michael Probst
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A black bear is seen in a cage before bile extraction at a bear farm in Hui'an, Fujian province, on February 22. Guizhentang, a Chinese manufacturer of bear bile products opened one of its bear farms to the media on Wednesday. Picture: Reuters/China Daily
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Artist Pete Majendie walks among his temporary art installation of 185 white painted chairs which represent the 185 lives lost in the February 22, 2011 earthquake. Picture: Reuters/Simon Baker
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A combination photo of coins commemorating the Olympic sports of skeleton (top L), freestyle skiiing (top R), snowboarding (bottom L) and ski jumping displayed during a presentation in Peter and Pawel Fortress in St. Petersburg on Tuesday. Picture: Reuters/Alexander Demi ...
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A copy of Leonardo Da Vinci's famous "Mona Lisa" painting is photographed after it was put on display at Madrid's El Prado Museum on Tuesday. The museum presented their findings and details of the restoration of the painting. Picture: Reuters/Sergio Perez
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Cameron Lucas (L) and Tyler Bishop-Ward release some of the 185 butterflies during a memorial service in Christchurch on February 22, to mark the 1st anniversary of the earthquake that killed 185 people. Picture: Reuters/Simon Baker
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An anti-government protestor carries another injured protestor during clashes with police in Senegal's capital ,Dakar, on Tuesday. Picture: REUTERS/Joe Penney
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Youths dressed as Smurfs have a break during the carnival parade in Torres Vedras, center Portugal, on Tuesday. Picture: AP Photo/ Francisco Seco
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Environment activists climb on to the National Gallery in London to unveil a banner against Shell drilling in the Arctic this summer, on Tuesday. Shell is hosting an event at the gallery this evening. Picture: AP Photo/Sang Tan
