Week in photos (Jan. 28-Feb. 1)
View a gallery of photos from the week of Jan. 28, 2013.
Section:Gallery
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Joaldunak, or cowbells, march as they take part on the Carnival of the Basque village of Zubieta, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. Every January, villagers from Zubieta parade to the neighbouring town of Ituren symbolizing the triumph of good over evil and involving the participation of residents wearing different masks, animal skins and brightly colored clothing with its own complex function and symbolism and becoming the living example of the survival of archaic cults to nature.
Daniel Olza Associated Press
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This photo released Tuesday Jan. 29, 2013, by Nazare Qualifica organization, US surfer Garrett McNamara rides a wave off Praia do Norte beach in Nazare, Portugal, on Monday Jan. 28, 2013. McNamara is said to have broken his own world record for the largest wave surfed when he caught this wave reported to be around 100ft, off the coast of Nazare on Monday. If the claims are verified, it will mean that McNamara, who was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts but whose family moved to Hawaii's North Shore when he was aged 11, has beaten his previous record, which was also set at Nazare, of 23.77 meters (78 feet) in November 2011.
To Mane Nazare Qualifica
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Curt Willis goes nose-to-nose with his Treeing Walker Coonhound during a news conference in New York, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. Treeing Walker Coonhounds are one of two breeds competing for the first time this year in the 137th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, which is scheduled to begin on Feb. 11.
Seth Wenig Associated Press
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Egyptian protesters celebrate the capture of a state security armored vehicle that demonstrators commandeered during clashes with security forces and brought to Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. Egypt's army chief warned Tuesday of the "the collapse of the state" if the political crisis roiling the nation for nearly a week continues, but said the armed forces will respect the right of Egyptians to protest. A protester waves the Egyptian national flag.
Amr Nabil Associated Press
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Retired Infantryman Brendan M. Marrocco sits with his two transplanted arms resting in his lap during a news conference Tuesday, Jan. 29. 2013 at Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore. Marrocco received a transplant of two arms from a deceased donor after losing all four limbs in a 2009 roadside bomb attack in Iraq.
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Cleopatra Pendelton cries as she talks with Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy before a news conference seeking help from the public in solving the murder of Pendelton's daughter Hadiya Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, in Chicago. Hadiya, 15, who had performed in President Barack Obama's inauguration festivities, was killed in a Chicago park as she talked with friends by a gunman who apparently was not even aiming at her. The city's 42nd slaying is part of Chicago's bloodiest January in more than a decade, following on the heels of 2012, which ended with more than 500 homicides for the first time since 2008. It also comes at a time when Obama, spurred by the Connecticut elementary school massacre in December, is actively pushing for tougher gun laws.
Charles Arbogast Associated Press
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Will Carter, 15, surveys the damage to his house upon arriving home from school following a tornado, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, in Adairsville, Ga.
David Goldman Associated Press
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Exiled Tibetans shout slogans as they take part in a rally during the Tibetan People's Solidarity Campaign in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. The four-day campaign that began Wednesday is being held to express solidarity with Tibetans inside Tibet and to raise awareness and seek international support for Tibet.
Altaf Qadri Associated Press
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A pedestrian walks past signage outside the Superdome where the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game between the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens will be played, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, in New Orleans.
Charlie Riedel Associated Press
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Kashmiri Muslims react as they offer prayers as the head priest, unseen, displays a relic of Islam's Prophet Muhammad at the Hazratbal shrine, the week after the Prophet's birth anniversary in Srinagar, India, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims thronged the Hazratbal shrine, which houses a relic believed to be a hair from the beard of Prophet Muhammad.
Kevin Frayer Associated Press
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San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh and Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh participate in a news conference for the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, in New Orleans.
Mark Humphrey Associated Press