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The World in Photos This Week

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Indian personnel from the Jammu and Kashmir Armed Police participate in a parade at the Sheeri training centre, northwest of Srinagar, on Feb. 24.

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Anti-government demonstrators guard a government building near Independence Square on Feb. 23 in Kiev, Ukraine.

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Ghulam Hussain, father of Afghan National Army soldier, Amir Hussain, who was killed in a deadly Taliban attack, is assisted as he grieves at a ceremony at a military hospital in Kabul on Feb. 24.

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Dressed up members of Baglas puszta Roma minority celebrate Roma Carnival, near Kaposvar, on Feb. 22.

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A Greek Orthodox priest stands next to worshippers inside the Orthodox Christian monastery of the Temptation near the West Bank city of Jericho, on Feb. 22.

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Tourists sit and feed hundreds of rabbits at Okunoshima Island on Feb. 24 in Takehara, Japan. This island, often called Usagi Jima or "Rabbit Island," is famous for its rabbit population that has taken over the island and become a tourist attraction.

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Topless activists from the feminist movement Femen demonstrate against the situation in Ukraine and newly freed Ukrainian opposition icon Yulia Tymoshenko, who they claim is Russian President Vladimir Putin's new puppet, in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

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A Russian Communist holds up a portrait of former Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin during a rally marking "Defender of the Fatherland Day" in Moscow on Feb. 23.

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Indian Hindu priests from the Bihar district perform a ritual at the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and the mythical Saraswati rivers in Allahabad on Feb. 23.

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Participants take part in the Auckland Pride Parade along Ponsonby Road on Feb. 22 in Auckland, New Zealand. The Pride Parade celebrates the Rainbow Community -- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender in New Zealand.

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An emergency response volunteer carries a wounded child following an air strike attack by government forces on the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Feb. 22.

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Demonstrators protect themselves as they confront riot policemen during an anti-government protest next to a sign reading "Venezuela is not mute" in Caracas on Feb. 22. 

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Models display creations by cosmetology students during the international beauty festival of young designers in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on Feb. 21.

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People listen to speakers on a stage in the center of Independence Square following the announcement that Ukrainian MPs voted to oust President Viktor Yanukovych on Feb. 22 in Kiev, Ukraine.

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A photo shows section of the BP ETAP (Eastern Trough Area Project) oil platform in the North Sea, around 100 miles east of Aberdeen, Scotland on Feb. 24.

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Revelers embrace following a bloco (street) party during pre-Carnival festivities on Feb. 22 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Carnival officially begins on Feb. 28 but pre-festivities have already begun.

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Opponents gather during a demonstration on Feb. 22, in Nantes, western France, against the project to build an international airport in the French western city of Notre-Dame-des-Landes.

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A woman cooks in a tent in the Christian refugee camp of Mpoko airport, in Bangui, Central African Republic, on Feb. 22. Be sure to have a look at Marcus Bleasdale's photos of the shocking brutality that has plagued the country over the past year.

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