The day in photos

The day in photos

Feb 12, 2015

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KUNMING, Feb. 11, 2015 Giant panda Sijia takes a stroll at the Yunnan Safari Park in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, Feb. 11, 2015. The city's temperature arrived at 20 degrees Celsius in recent days. (Xinhua/Lin Yiguang) (Credit Image: © Lin Yiguang/Xinhua/ZUMA Wire)

Giant panda Sijia strolls in Kunming, China. Lin Yiguang / Xinhua / Zuma Wire

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DURHAM, NC - FEBRUARY 11: Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, enters the Durham Countycourtroom for his first appearance in the shooting deaths of three University of North Carolina students in Durham, North Carolina on February 11, 2015. . Hicks has been charged with three counts of first degree murder with no bond. (Photo by Sara D. Davis/Getty Images)

Craig Stephen Hicks enters court for the shooting deaths of three University of North Carolina students in Durham, North Carolina Getty

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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 11: Flanked by government and non-government medical professionals, U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building February 11, 2015 in Washington, DC. Obama delivered remarks on the progress made to date and further action to take on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

President Barack Obama speaks in Washington. Getty Images

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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 11: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (R) awards FBI Special Agent Joseph Montoya with the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor during a ceremony with Attorney General Eric Holder (L) in the South Court Auditorium at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building February 11, 2015 in Washington, DC. According to the White House, Montoya is part of a hostage rescue team that saved a 5-year-old child who had been held by an armed and delusional suspect for six days in an underground bunker. The medal is the highest national award for valor by a public safety officer who exhibits 'exceptional courage, extraordinary decisiveness, presence of mind and unusual swiftness of action, regardless of his or her personal safety, in an attempt to save or protect human life.' (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Vice President Joe Biden and Attorney Gen. Eric Holder award FBI Special Agent Joseph Montoya with a Medal of Valor in Washington. Getty

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STEPHENVILLE, TX - FEBRUARY 11: Taya Kyle, wife of slain Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, arrives for the opening day of the capital murder trial of former Marine Cpl. Eddie Ray Routh at the Erath County Donald R. Jones Justice Center on February 11, 2015 in Stephenville, Texas. Eddie Ray Routh, 27, of Lancaster is charged with the 2013 deaths of former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield at a shooting range near Glen Rose, Texas. (Photo by Tom Fox-Pool/Getty Images)

Taya Kyle, wife of “American Sniper” Chris Kyle, testifies in a Stephenville, Texas, court about his murder. Getty

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NYPD officer Peter Liang leaves a Brooklyn court after being charged with manslaughter.

NYPD officer Peter Liang leaves a Brooklyn court after being charged with Getty

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Russian President, Vladimir Putin, left, gestures as German Chancellor, Angela Merkel and Ukrainian President, Petro Poroshenko, stand nearby during a meeting in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. Leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany are gathering for crucial talks in the hope of negotiating an end fighting between Russia-backed separatist and government forces in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Kirill Kudryavtsev, Pool)

Russian President, Vladimir Putin holds court in Minsk, Belarus. AP

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James Strawser, left, celebrates as attorneys announce that a federal judge set a hearing to consider a request to order Mobile County Probate Judge Don Davis to issues marriage licenses to same-sex couples, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, in Mobile, Ala. Davis refused to issue licenses for a second day. (AP Photo/Al.com, Sharon Steinmann)

Couples celebrate a potential order to issue same-sex marriage licenses in Mobile, Ala. AP

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Pakistani female police commandos attend a training session in Nowshera, near Peshawar Pakistan, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. Authorities formed a Special Combat Unit after Taliban militants stormed a Peshawar school on Dec. 16, 2014 and massacred 150 children and teachers. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

Female police commandos train in Nowshera, Pakistan. AP

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Navy cadets march during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Neva River embankment in St.Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. Victory Day, marking the 70th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany, Russia's most important secular holiday will be celebrated on May 9. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Navy cadets march in a Victory Day parade rehearsal in St.Petersburg, Russia. AP

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A woman dances displaying an Autumn/Winter design by Maria Cle Leal during the EGO for young designers at Madrid's Fashion Week in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015 . (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

A woman dances on a runway in Madrid. AP

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Commuters walk between piles of snow on a street in downtown Boston, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. The National Weather Service forecasts a weak weather system may bring 2 to 4 inches of new snow Thursday into Friday morning to the region, which already has seen record snowfalls this winter. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes)

Commuters trudge through snow in Boston. AP

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A worker makes red lanterns as orders hike ahead of the Spring Festival, at a workshop in Wenxian county, Henan province February 11, 2015. The Chinese Lunar New Year on Feb. 19 will welcome the Year of the Sheep (also known as the Year of the Goat or Ram). REUTERS/China Daily (CHINA - Tags: ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

A worker makes red lanterns for Chinese New Year in Henan, China. Reuters

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A Colombian flower grower selects a rose for a bouquet ahead of Valentine's Day in Subachoque, February 2, 2015. Colombia is the world's second-largest flower exporter behind the Netherlands. The Andean country exports around 500 million flowers to the U.S. for Valentine's Day, according to the Colombia Flower Growers Association. Picture taken February 2, 2015. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A flower grower picks a rose in Subachoque, Colombia. Reuters

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Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, gives a gesture of greeting as he arrives at a news conference at the Bella Sky Hotel in Copenhagen February 11, 2015. The Dalai Lama is on a two-day visit to Denmark. REUTERS/Claus Bech/Scanpix (DENMARK - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. DENMARK OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN DENMARK. NO COMMERCIAL SALES. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

The Dalai Lama bows in Copenhagen. Reuters

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epaselect epa04614399 Street vendors work on a roadside in Mumbai, India, 11 February 2015. According to the Ministry of Urban Development there are some 250'000 street vendors in Mumbai, however legislation enacted in 2014 to protect them has allegedly had little affect with bribes paid by vendors to members of local Government and police still widespread. EPA/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI

Street vendors work in Mumbai, India. EPA

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epaselect epa04614615 The sun sets over the Geneva Lake and the Swiss and French Alps mountains above Montreux, Southwestern Switzerland, Wednesday, February 11, 2015. EPA/LAURENT GILLIERON

The sun sets over Geneva, Switzerland., EPA

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Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn heads to court in Lille, France. Reuters

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The red pandas are sleeping on shelf in Zhengzhou, Henan, China on 10th February, 2015 (Photo by Top Photo) *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field ***

Red pandas nap in Henan, China. Sipa

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