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Locusts lands on a sand dune in Negev Desert, southern Israel, near the border with Egypt, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. A swarm of locusts crossed into Israel from neighboring Egypt Monday, raising fears that Israel could be hit with a biblical plague ahead of the Passover holiday. Israel sent out planes to spray pesticides over agricultural fields to prevent damage by the small swarm, which numbers about 2,000 locusts, said Dafna Yurista, a spokeswoman for the Agriculture Ministry. The ministry also set up an emergency hotline and asked Israelis to be vigilant in reporting locust sightings.
Ariel Schalit Associated Press
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Joel De la Rosa, from the Dominican Republic, sits on the lap of his host Steven Tuorto, of Titusville, N.J., as he meets nurse Patricia Chongtenn, at New York's Roosevelt Hospital, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. De la Rosa was brought to the United States with the help of the non-profit Healing The Children. He will be treated for a disfiguring lesion on the left side of his face to cure his lymphatic malformations.
Richard Drew Associated Press
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Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, right, listens to a speaker as an emotional husband Mark Kelly, left, hugs Giffords during a return to the site of a shooting that left her critically wounded to urge key senators to support expanded background checks for gun purchases, Wednesday, March 6, 2013, in Tucson, Ariz.
Ross Franklin Associated Press
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Dirt flies as Los Angeles Angels' Trent Oeltjen slides into second base trying to stretch a single into a double during the third inning of an exhibition baseball game against Italy, Wednesday, March 6, 2013, in Tempe, Ariz. Oeltjen was tagged out on the play.
Morry Gash Associated Press
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A great horned owl dangles from a kite string in a tree in Lincoln Park Wednesday evening, March 6, 2013, in Grand Forks, N.D. Bird experts, police officers and firefighters rescued the raptor.
Eric Hylden Grand Forks Herald
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Bolshoi soloist Pavel Dmitrichenko listens in a courtroom in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 7, 2013. The star dancer accused of masterminding the attack on the Bolshoi ballet chief acknowledged Thursday that he gave the go-ahead for the attack, but said he did not order anyone to throw acid on the artistic director's face. Dmitrichenko told a Moscow court that he had complained about ballet chief Sergei Filin to an acquaintance, who offered to "beat him up."
Alexander Zemlianichenko Associated Press
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Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone arrives for a meeting, at the Vatican, Thursday, March 7, 2013. The last cardinal who will participate in the conclave to elect Benedict XVI's successor as pope has arrived in Rome. Vietnamese Cardinal Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh Man attended the Thursday afternoon session of the pre-conclave meetings in a Vatican audience hall after his flight landed earlier in the day. He said nothing to reporters as he arrived. He was the last of the 115 cardinal electors to arrive in Rome, and his presence now means that the cardinals can set a date for the conclave.
Alessandra Tarantino Associated Press
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A Chinese hostess, who serves delegates of National People's Congress, supervises her colleagues posing for a souvenir photographs on Tiananmen Square during a plenary session of the NPC at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Friday, March 8, 2013. The outgoing head of China's legislature has praised the body for upholding the ruling Communist Party's leading role and for rejecting Western models of multiparty democracy.
Andy Wong Associated Press
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Young Indian men and women reflect the attitude of the society of closing their eyes to sexual abuse against women as they stage a street play against sexual abuse of women and ways to raise voice against it on International Women's Day, in New Delhi, India, Friday, March 8, 2013.
Saurabh Das Associated Press
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