Photos of the week (Jan. 24-28)
View a gallery of photos from around the world for the week of Jan. 24, 2011.
Section:Gallery
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Angry protesters burn a van belonging to Al-Jazeera in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Thousands of Sunnis waved flags, burned tires and torched a van belonging to Al-Jazeera on Tuesday during a "day of rage" to protest gains by the Shiite militant group Hezbollah, which now has enough support in parliament to control Lebanon's next government.
Str Str Associated Press
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A horse with a frost-covered face stands in a pasture on Monday, Jan. 24, 2011 in Calais, Vt. Bone-chilling cold has prompted schools around the northeast United States to delay openings and some canceled classes altogether on Monday.
Toby Talbot Associated Press
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Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Daniel Gibson, bottom, is comforted by the hand of teammate Ramon Sessions, top, after Gibson missed a 3-point shot at the end of the Cavaliers' 103-101 loss to the New Jersey Nets in an NBA basketball game Monday, Jan. 24, 2011 in Newark, N.J.
Julio Cortez Associated Press
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An Afghan woman walks past a man rebuilding a house in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Jan. 24, 2011.
Ahmad Nazar Associated Press
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A man carry luggage passes flowers at a site of a blast at Domodedovo airport near Moscow on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011, as others wait for a security check to enter. Security was tightened in Moscow on Tuesday, after a suicide bomber set off an explosion that ripped through Moscow's busiest airport on Monday.
Sergey Ponomarev Associated Press
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Jews sit in the Great Synagogue during a commemoration of those killed across Romania during a revolt led by members of the Iron Guard fascist party between Jan. 21-23, 1941, in Bucharest, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Only about 6,000 Jews live in Romania today down from 800,000 before World War II according to official Romanian statistics.
Vadim Ghirda Associated Press
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An Afghan man walks his camels in the desert near Marjah in the volatile Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011.
Kevin Frayer Associated Press
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An aquarium is seen at the opening in Aqua City, the new flagship marine-themed zone of the Hong Kong Ocean Park Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. The aquarium features some 5,000 marine animals of over 400 species.
Vincent Yu Associated Press
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Indian army soldiers of Sikh Light Infantry Regiment march during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. The day marks the anniversary of India's adoption of a democratic constitution.
Manish Swarup Associated Press
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Suspected Taliban fighters stand at a police station in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. Eleven Taliban fighters were arrested by Afghan police in a recent operation.
Rahmat Gul Associated Press
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Visitors view the Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, ahead of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. Thursday will mark the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is designated by the United Nations General Assembly to commemorate the victims of Holocaust. On Jan. 27, 1945 the largest Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, in Poland was liberated by Soviet Red Army.
Sebastian Scheiner Associated Press
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A man waits at a bus stop covered with frost in downtown Sofia, as the National Weather Service reported temperatures as low as minus 15 degrees Celsius, 59 degrees Fahrenheit in the morning, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. A flu epidemic has been declared in Bulgaria's capital, closing down schools for a period of a week, as well as special precautionary measures for citizens.
Valentina Petrova Associated Press
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A U.S. Coast Guard boat passes near a grand piano on a sandbar in Biscayne Bay, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 in Miami. The piano recently showed up on the sandbar, about 200 yards from condominiums on the shore. While officials aren't sure how it got there, they know it won't be going anywhere unless it becomes a hazard to wildlife or boaters.
Wilfredo Lee Associated Press
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Miami's Raphael Akpejiori, right, is fouled by North Carolina's John Henson (31) in the first half during an NCAA college basketball game in Coral Gables, Fla., Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011.
Lynne Sladky Associated Press
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A man walks along the Gleis 17 (Track 17) memorial with the name of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz at the train station Grunewald on the international Holocaust remembrance day in Berlin, Germany, on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. From Oct. 1941 until Feb. 1945 the train station was one of the major sites of deportations of Berlin's Jewish community.
Markus Schreiber Associated Press
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A tug boat sprays water at Laut Teduh 2 ferry that caught fire off Java island in Serang, Banten province, Indonesia, Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. The crowded ferry caught fire early Friday sending panicked passengers jumping into the sea, officials said.
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Anti-government protestors gather outside the ruling National Democratic Party headquarters, as it is engulfed by flames in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters poured into the streets of Egypt Friday, stoning and confronting police who fired back with rubber bullets and tear gas in the most violent and chaotic scenes yet in the challenge to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule.
Tara Todras-Whitehill Associated Press
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A cat hides under an umbrella left in front of a store, as snow falls in Macedonia's capital Skopje, Friday, Jan. 28. 2011.
Boris Grdanoski Associated Press