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The President of the European Central Bank, Jean-Claude Trichet, reacts as he makes a phone call at the start of a Eurogroup meeting at the EU Council in Brussels. AP Photo

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Sultan Kosen of Turkey, who according to the Guinness World Record Association is the world’s tallest man, accompanied by members of the newly-created Cuba Amore Foundation, walks among students during a visit to the Cesareo Fernandez school in Havana. AP Photo

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Pedestrians walk on the Spitalgasse in Bern, Switzerland. REUTERS

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Mexican bullfighter Guadalupe Lopez performs at the Plaza Mexico bullring. Lopez is one of just three woman bullfighters in Mexico. AFP/Getty Images

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A woman who painted her face with the sign for radiation attends an anti-nuclear vigil in Duesseldorf, Germany. Several hundred people commemorated the victims of the earthquake catastrophe in Japan and protested against nuclear power. EPA

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Revellers parade through the streets of Basel, Switzerland. The traditional “Morgestraich” starting at 4 a.m. is one of the highlights of the Swiss carnival. AP Photo

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A model displays a creation by Indian designer Pria Kataria Puri during the fourth day of Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2011 in Mumbai. AFP/Getty Images

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A man plays a drum as he celebrates “Lath mar Holi”, also known as the Festival of Colours, at Barsana in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. This tradition heralds the beginning of spring and is celebrated all over India. REUTERS

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Mayor Michael Bloomberg leaves a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, where he proposed legislation on gun checks. AP Photo

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A fleeing Libyan rebel falls from a truck driving back to the coastal city of Benghazi as Libyan government forces, assaulting the key city of Ajdabiya, outflanked insurgents and cut the road north to the rebel capital of Benghazi. AFP/Getty Images

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Russian search and rescue specialists prepare their helicopters after arriving at Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, ahead of Wednesday’s planned landing of the Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft with Expedition 26 commander Scott Kelly and flight engineers Oleg Skripochka and Alexander Kaleri. AP Photo

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Destroyed vehicles lie near the rubble after the earthquake and tsunami devastated the area in Minamisanriku, Japan. Getty Images

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Norman Phillips, owner and operator of the Northwood Zoo and Animal Sanctuary, handles one of three grizzly bear cubs after bottle feeding them in Seagrave Ontario. REUTERS

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The Campidoglio Capitol Hill building is lit with green, white and red — the colors of the national flag — during celebrations in Rome to mark the 150th anniversary of Italy unification. AP

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Japanese citizens unload food and water from an HH-60H Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Black Knights of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 4, Kuro-Soki, Japan. EPA

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Smoke rises from an industrial area at Sendai Shiogama Port in Sendai Miyagino Ward, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Survivors and relief workers are struggling with shortages of water, food and fuel after an earthquake and tsunami hit Japan. EPA

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A passenger arriving from Japan is checked for possible radioactive contamination at Hong Kong International Airport. EPA

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Libyan government soldiers celebrate at the west gate of town of Ajdabiyah. Libya’s army pounded an opposition-held city in the country’s west and battled fighters trying to block its advance on a rebel bastion in the east on Wednesday amid flagging diplomatic efforts to end the bloodshed. REUTERS

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In this photo provided by NASA, Expedition 26 Commander Scott Kelly wears a blue wristband that has a peace symbol, a heart and the name “Gabby” to show his support for his sister-in-law, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, as he rests onboard a Russian search and rescue helicopter. AP

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French foreign minister Alain Juppe votes in favor of a Libyan resolution during a Security Council Meeting at U.N. headquarters in New York on March 17. REUTERS

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Headlights of vehicles stream along a landscape destroyed in Friday’s earthquake and tsunami in Minamisanriku town, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. AP Photo

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A Bahraini Shiite cleric chants slogans in a protest against Saudi and Bahraini leaders in front of the Saudi Embassy in Tehran as Iranian police officers protect the Embassy. AP Photo

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Brazilís President Dilma Rousseff receives an autographed guitar from Colombian singer Shakira at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil. AP Photo

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Men, who used to work in Libya and fled unrest in the country, play football in a refugee camp in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia. AP Photo

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(L-R) Butler players Shelvin Mack, Matt Howard, and Chase Stigall celebrate their 60-58 victory over Old Dominion in the Southeast regional second round NCAA tournament college basketball game at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. AP Photo

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The top part of the badly damaged No. 4 unit of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture. A nearly completed new power line could restore cooling systems in Japan’s tsunami-crippled nuclear power plant, its operator said Thursday, raising some hope of easing the crisis that has threatened a meltdown and already spawned dangerous radiation surges. AP Photo

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Thick while smoke billows from the No. 3 unit of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okumamachi Thursday afternoon. AP Photo

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Jenna Drenten of Atlanta reacts after kissing a New York firefighter as he marches in Savannah’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Georgia. AP Photo

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Britain’s Prince Charles sits between two members of the public as they pose for a photograph in a Megabooth-converted London taxi photo-booth, during the Ideal Home Exhibition in Earls Court. REUTERS

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Police officers look on as a road roller is used to destroy confiscated pornographic DVDs and pirated publications in China. REUTERS

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A security guard walks past the sculpture titled “A Girl” by Australian sculptor Ron Mueck during a preview of his exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MARCO) in Monterrey, Mexico. REUTERS

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President Barack Obama makes a tear gesture as he speaks during a Democratic National Committee event in Washington, D.C. AFP/Getty Images

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Iraqi firefighters extinguish a fire following a blast in Baghdad as three homemade bombs detonated simultaneously outside the homes of police officers, killing a woman and wounding three other people. AFP/Getty Images

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Anti-government protesters throw a fellow protester into the air during a rally demanding the ouster of Yemen’s President Saleh outside Sana’a University. REUTERS

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