Today in photos
A Pakistani boy crosses a polluted river in a shanty town in Islamabad, Pakistan. Farmers from the central Philippine provinces of Negros and Leyte, lie down as riot police disperse them using water cannons during a rally at the foot of the bridge leading to the Presidential Palace in Manila, Philippines. Sean Galpin carries his 3-month-old daughter, Lucy, at a relief center in Yea, north of Melbourne, Australia. View a slideshow of these images and more.
Section:Gallery
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A Pakistani boy crosses a polluted river in a shanty town in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009. Pakistan is facing a high poverty rate, with a majority of people living below the poverty line.
Emilio Morenatti Ap
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Lights glow in the minaret of a mosque, as the sun sets over the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009.
Muhammed Muheisen Ap
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Snow-covered Mount Fuji, Japan's highest mountain at 3,776 meters (12,388 feet), is seen from an airplane passing over Shizuoka prefecture (state), central Japan, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009. Every year about 200,000 Japanese and foreign tourists climb the volcano which last erupted in 1707.
Itsuo Inouye Ap
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President Barack Obama speaks in the Capitol Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009, during the Congressional ceremony celebrating Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday.
Gerald Herbert Ap
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Lincoln impersonator Chestor Damon waits to greet guests before a ceremony celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. Damon is a chaplain from Florida who has been playing Lincoln for 35 years.
Pablo Monsivais Ap
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Germany's Kathrin Hoelzl is hugged by her teammate Maria Riesch, foreground, after winning the Women's Giant Slalom race, at the World Alpine Ski Championships in Val d'Isere, France, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009.
Sergey Ponomarev Ap
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Germany's Kathrin Hoelzl speeds down the course on her way to winning the Women's Giant Slalom race, at the World Alpine Ski Championships in Val d'Isere, France, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009.
Luca Bruno Ap
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India's Dhruv helicopters perform at the 'Aero India 2009' in Yelahanka air base on the outskirts of Bangalore, India, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009. Aviation companies from around the world are participating in the five-day event that started Wednesday.
Aijaz Rahi Ap
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A woman cries help as riot police train their water cannons to disperse protesting farmers from the central Philippine provinces of Negros and Leyte at the foot of the bridge leading to the Presidential Palace in Manila, Philippines, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009. The farmers demand the extension of the Land Reform Law as well as the redistribution of more than a hundred hectares of farmland allegedly owned by the family of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's husband.
Aaron Favila Ap
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Farmers from the central Philippine provinces of Negros and Leyte, lie down as riot police disperse them using water cannons during a rally at the foot of the bridge leading to the Presidential Palace in Manila, Philippines, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009. The farmers demand the extension of the Land Reform Law as well as the redistribution of more than a hundred hectares of farmland allegedly owned by the family of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's husband.
Aaron Favila Ap
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Sean Galpin carries his 3-month-old daughter, Lucy, at a relief center in Yea, north of Melbourne, Australia Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009, where displaced people gather for support after the effects of wildfires. More than 400 fires ripped through Victoria on Saturday, destroying more than 1,000 houses, leaving some 5,000 people homeless, and scorching 1,100 square miles (2,850 square kilometers) of land.
Rick Rycroft Ap
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Blanca, a baby mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) born Feb. 1, rests in the lap of its mother, Bunny, at Rome's zoo, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009. Mandrills are endangered species facing extinction in the wild due to the destruction of their natural environment and to the hunting.
Alessandra Tarantino Ap
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Jim 'The Jackman", center, stands on top of his van covered with NASCAR banners and flags as he watches drivers practice laps Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla.
J Carter Ap
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Micah Stanek, in veil, and Mitch Day, of New York, walk away after they were turned down for marriage license at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau, Thursday Feb. 12, 2009. The protests, part of the 12th annual Freedom to Marry Week, were considered more important than ever this year because they come in the wake of California's Proposition 8 vote that overturned gay marriage and just as New Yorkers look to their state Senate to pass legislation that could lead to legalized gay marriage.
Richard Drew Ap