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View a gallery of photos from around the world the week of Jan. 23, 2015.
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Kids do their homework inside the courtyard of an apartment building in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Cuba has so far offered a guardedly positive reception to President Barack Obama's loosening of the trade embargo on Cuba, saying it welcomes the full package of new economic ties on offer, but it insists it will maintain its one-party political system and centrally planned economy.
Ramon Espinosa Associated Press
Indigenous women from the Ixil and Quiche ethnic groups arrive for the trial of former police officer Pedro Garcia Arredondo in Guatemala City, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Arredondo was found guilty for the murder of 37 people who died in the 1980 attack and burning of Spain's embassy in Guatemala. According to testimony during the trial, civilians broke into the embassy on Jan. 31, 1980 to denounce alleged atrocities by the army in their communities during Guatemala's civil war.
Moises Castillo Associated Press
A TV news program reports two Japanese hostages held by the Islamic State group in Tokyo, Friday, Jan. 23, 2015. Militants affiliated with the Islamic State group have posted an online warning that the "countdown has begun" for the group to kill a pair of Japanese hostages.
Eugene Hoshiko Associated Press
Kenyan school pupils and activists challenge riot police during a protest against the removal of their school's playground, at the Langata Road Primary School, in Nairobi, Kenya Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Kenyan police tear-gassed schoolchildren demonstrating against the removal of their school's playground, the land of which has been allegedly grabbed by a powerful politician, according to a Kenyan human rights activist.
Brian Inganga Associated Press
An ancient Torah scroll is seen during a dedication ceremony at the Israeli Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015. The scroll that Israeli experts said was written 200 years ago has taken an unusual and mysterious journey from Baghdad to Jerusalem where it was greeted with candies and song in a jubilant dedication ceremony Thursday.
Sebastian Scheiner Associated Press
Palestinian passengers offer their passports and documents to check with border officers as they wait to cross the border to the Egyptian side at Rafah crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015. A Palestinian border official said Egypt opened its border crossing with Gaza on Tuesday for three days, offering temporary relief to Palestinians seeking to leave the coastal enclave.
Adel Hana Associated Press
A Nepalese woman devotee rests after taking a holy dip in the Bagmati River during month long Swasthani Bratakatha festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015. During this month-long festival, devotees recite Holy Scriptures dedicated to Hindu goddess Swasthani and Lord Shiva. Unmarried women pray to get a good husband while those married pray for the longevity of their husbands by observing a month-long fast.
Niranjan Shrestha Associated Press
Steven Young, president of the Atlantic City Chapter of the National Action Network, pauses during a news conference, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, in Bridgeton, N.J., after police dashboard camera footage was released from the Dec. 30, 2014 shooting of Jerame Reid during a traffic stop in Bridgeton.
Mel Evans Associated Press
This Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015 photo made with a long exposure shows the glow from a Noctiluca scintillans algal bloom along the seashore in Hong Kong. The luminescence, also called Sea Sparkle, is triggered by farm pollution that can be devastating to marine life and local fisheries, according to University of Georgia oceanographer Samantha Joye. Noctiluca itself does not produce neurotoxins like other similar organisms do. But its role as both prey and predator tends can eventually magnify the accumulation of toxins in the food chain, according to R. Eugene Turner at Louisiana State University.
Kin Cheung Associated Press
Zanzibari youth jump into the Indian Ocean from Forodhani Gardens park in the historical city of Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania, on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015.
Mosa'Ab Elshamy Associated Press
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