Today in pictures (March 26)
Pictures from around the world for Wednesday, March 26.
Section:Gallery
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Competitors warm up between sessions during the World Track Cycling Championships at the Manchester Velodrome, Manchester, England, Wednesday March 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Jon Super) ORG XMIT: MJS108
Jon Super The Spokesman-Review
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Smoke billows from a fire in a propane tank in the collapsed building, center, in Aalesund, Norway, Wednesday March 26, 2008. A rock slide wrecked a six-story apartment building in a Norwegian coastal city early Wednesday and rescuers feared five missing people have been killed. Fifteen people were taken to a hospital, police said. The search for survivors was hampered by two later rock slides that hit the crumpled structure, partly built into a steep hillside in Aalesund, about 350 kilometers (220 miles) northwest of Oslo. (AP Photo/Norwegian 330 Air Force Squardon via SCANPIX) ORG XMIT: OSL809
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Cherry blossoms are in bloom at sunrise across from the Jefferson Memorial in Washington on Wednesday March 26, 2008. The trees are predicted to be in peak bloom from March 27 through April 3, 2008, according to the park service's chief horticulturist, Rob DeFeo. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ORG XMIT: DCJM101
Jacquelyn Martin The Spokesman-Review
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Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, center, and Prince Philip, right, share a joke as she and her husband French President Nicolas Sarkosy, left, watch the ceremonial welcome at Windsor Castle, Windsor, England, Wednesday March 26, 2008. President Sarkozy began the first state visit to Britain by a French president in 12 years on Wednesday. During the 36-hour trip he will be a guest of Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle, hold talks with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and address members of both Houses of Parliament. (AP Photo/Lewis Whyld/pool) ORG XMIT: LON106
Lewis Whyld The Spokesman-Review
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An Indian rag picker uses his bare hands to collect lubricant oil for recycling at an automobile yard on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Wednesday, March 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Channi Anand) ORG XMIT: JMU104
Channi Anand The Spokesman-Review
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Former South African President Nelson Mandela poses for a photo, as he congratulates the Soweto Gospel Choir for winning their second consecutive Grammy Award, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday March 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) ORG XMIT: XTH101
Themba Hadebe The Spokesman-Review
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Residents sit on their staircase in Anjouan, Comoros, Wednesday, March 26 2008. Most of the capital of the rebel-held island off the southeast coast of Africa was calm on Wednesday, a day after the Comoros government seized control of it, as troops continued to search for the renegade colonel who has been seeking the island's independence. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) ORG XMIT: XJD113
Jerome Delay The Spokesman-Review
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A horse practices in front of a backdrop of the Burj Dubai, the world's tallest tower surrounded by smoke caused by an explosion at a fireworks factory, at Godolphin horse club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, March 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili) ORG XMIT: XKJ102
Kamran Jebreili The Spokesman-Review
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A Tibetan woman grimaces while singing the Tibetan national anthem along with others at the end of a candle light vigil to protest against China's crackdown on Tibetan protesters, at a prayer meeting in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday March 26, 2008. (AP Photo/ Saurabh Das) ORG XMIT: XSD107
Saurabh Das The Spokesman-Review
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An opposition rally is reflected in sunglasses of a man in downtown Tbilisi, Georgia, Wednesday, March 26, 2008. Opposition supporters rallied outside the headquarters of the Independent TV channel Imedi, denouncing the government's plans to take over the channel. The banner reads "I am not afraid".(AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov) ORG XMIT: MOSB101
Shakh Aivazov The Spokesman-Review
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Billings pilot Alan Kasemodel circles over a Rocky Mountain College student, top right in red, who crashed his plane in the Pryor Mountains, near Billings Mont., Tuesday evening, March 25, 2008. The student pilot whose plane crashed into a snowy mountainside during a training flight survived overnight by wrapping himself in a tarp and then hiked out a mile through waist-deep snow to meet rescuers, authorities said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Billings Gazette, Larry Mayer) ** KTVQ-TV OUT, KULR-TV OUT, TV OUT MANDATORY CREDIT ** ORG XMIT: MTBIL101
Larry Mayer The Spokesman-Review
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Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., adjusts his collar as he is introduced to members and guests of the Los Angeles Worlds Affairs Council, Wednesday, March 26, 2008, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) ORG XMIT: CAMA103
Mary Altaffer The Spokesman-Review