Today in photos
Every year the city of Valencia celebrates the ancient "Las Fallas" fiesta, a noisy week that is full of fireworks and processions in honor of Saint Joseph. Afghan horsemen play Afghanistan's national sport Buzkashi in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. And U.S. Army soldiers stroll past two bronze busts of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in the Green Zone in Baghdad. View a slideshow of these images and more.
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Firemen control the fire of a burning falla during the traditional Fallas festival in Valencia, Spain, in the early hours of Friday, March 20, 2009. Every year the city of Valencia celebrates the ancient "Las Fallas" fiesta, a noisy week that is full of fireworks and processions in honor of Saint Joseph that ends in the midnight of March 19, burning large paper mache satiric figures displayed around the streets of the city.
Alberto Saiz Ap
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The fire of a burning falla is reflected on a fireman's helmet during the traditional Fallas festival in Valencia, Spain, in the early hours of Friday, March 20, 2009. Every year the city of Valencia celebrates the ancient "Las Fallas" fiesta, a noisy week that is full of fireworks and processions in honor of Saint Joseph that ends in the midnight of March 19, burning large paper mache satiric figures displayed around the streets of the city.
Alberto Saiz Ap
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A fireman controls the fire of a burning falla during the traditional Fallas festival in Valencia, Spain, in the early hours of Friday, March 20, 2009. Every year the city of Valencia celebrates the ancient "Las Fallas" fiesta, a noisy week that is full of fireworks and processions in honor of Saint Joseph that ends in the midnight of March 19, burning large paper mache satiric figures displayed around the streets of the city.
Alberto Saiz Ap
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Fireworks explode next to satirical sculptures during the traditional Fallas festival in Valencia, Spain, on Thursday, March 19, 2009. Every year the city of Valencia celebrates the ancient "Las Fallas" fiesta, a noisy week that is full of fireworks and processions in honor of Saint Joseph that ends in the midnight of March 19, burning large satiric figures displayed around the streets of the city.
Alberto Saiz Ap
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U.S. Army soldiers stroll past two bronze busts of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in the Green Zone in Baghdad, Friday, March 20, 2009, on the sixth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. The war began with a missile and bombing attack on south Baghdad before dawn on March 20, 2003.
Hadi Mizban Ap
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Afghan horsemen play Afghanistan's national sport Buzkashi in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, March 20, 2009. Buzkashi is the national sport of Afghanistan, which literally translated means "goat grabbing." In Buzkashi, a headless carcass is placed in the center of a circle and surrounded by the players of two opposing teams. The object of the game is to get control of the carcass and bring it to the scoring area.
Rafiq Maqbool Ap
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Afghan horsemen play Afghanistan's national sport Buzkashi in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, March 20, 2009. Buzkashi is the national sport of Afghanistan, which literally translated means "goat grabbing." In Buzkashi, a headless carcass is placed in the center of a circle and surrounded by the players of two opposing teams. The object of the game is to get control of the carcass and bring it to the scoring area.
Rafiq Maqbool Ap
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Afghan horsemen play Afghanistan's national sport Buzkashi in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, March 20, 2009. Buzkashi is the national sport of Afghanistan, which literally translated means "goat grabbing". In Buzkashi, a headless carcass is placed in the center of a circle and surrounded by the players of two opposing teams. The object of the game is to get control of the carcass and bring it to the scoring area.
Rafiq Maqbool Ap
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Despina, 89, a Greek orthodox nun, is seen by candles at Apostolos Andreas monastery at Turkish occupied area northern Cyprus, about 150 kilometers (93 miles) east from capital Nicosia, Thursday, March 19, 2009.
Petros Karadjias Ap
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A rickshaw puller pedals on a busy road as rain falls in Hyderabad, India, Friday March 20, 2009. World Water Day will be observed on March 22.
Mahesh A Ap
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In this photo made available Friday March 20, 2009 a homestead and crops near the border town of Oshikango, Namibia, lay under flood waters in the northern part of the country Wednesday, March 18, 2009. The United Nations says 92 people have died and over 200,000 are affected in some of the worst flooding this largely desert country has seen for decades.
Dirk Heinrich Ap
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Sri Lankan workers unload raw bricks to be put in a furnace for hardening to complete at a brick kiln in the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, March 20, 2009.
Eranga Jayawardena Ap
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A boy drinks water from a roadside tap in Amritsar, India, Friday, March 20, 2009, ahead of World Water Day. There is no direct supply of potable water at homes in most of the poor neighborhoods and people have to depend on regulated supply of water from public taps erected on roadsides, with a single tap catering to hundreds of households.
Altaf Qadri Ap
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A woman carrying bread rolls on her head walks past a poster of Pope Benedict XVI in Luanda, Angola, Friday March 20, 2009. As Pope Benedict XVI makes his first pilgrimage to the continent this week the church faces enormous challenges. Yet the church has ballooned in the last century from under 2 million to nearly 140 milion making it the most fertile ground in the world for Catholicism.
Themba Hadebe Ap
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Workers Bill Garbers, left, Jack Melton, back and Mike Jump remove the bronze statue of legendary Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry from it's base in front of Gate one at Texas Stadium in Irving, Texas, Friday, March 20, 2009. The statue will be placed in storage and later placed at the new Dallas Cowboys stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Donna Mcwilliam Ap