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A man hangs lanterns to prepare for the celebration of the upcoming May 10 birthday of the Buddha at the Chogye temple in Seoul, South Korea on March 29. About one-third of South Korea's 48 million people are Buddhists.
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An image taken by GeoEye's IKONOS satellite shows military aircraft burning on the runway of an airfield in Misrata, Libya in this satellite image taken March 23, 2011 and released to Reuters on March 28, 2011.
See more images from Libya on PhotoBlog and in our slideshow.
A cargo ship called Asia Symphony is left stranded after being lifted up onto the promenade of the docks by the March 11 quake and tsunami at the port of Kamaishi town in Iwate prefecture, northeastern Japan on Tuesday, March 22, 2011. (Koki Uemura / Sankei Shimbun / MSN Japan)
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A cargo ship called Asia Symphony is left stranded after being lifted up onto the promenade of the docks by the March 11 quake and tsunami at the port of Kamaishi town.
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Hazardous materials experts begin checking along the CSX railroad track off Center Street where a train derailed in Newton Falls, Ohio Monday, March 28, 2011. Fourteen freight cars derailed and authorities in northeast Ohio evacuated a neighborhood within 500 feet as a precaution as crews checked for any chemical leak.
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This May 3, 2009 file photo provided by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife shows wolf coordinator Russ Morgan with a wolf as it recovers from anesthesia used during a radio-collaring effort in Northeastern Oregon. The Oregon Cattlemen's Association is pressing a package of bills in the Oregon Legislature to allow ranchers to shoot wolves attacking livestock, and pay ranchers for sheep and cattle lost to wolves.
Seeing a wolf this close to a person helps to show how big wolves can be. There's some more information about the bills concerning wolves in the Oregon legislature on this page.
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Children chase some ducks under blooming cherry trees along the Tidal Basin March 28, 2011 in Washington, DC.
Cherry blossoms are blooming in Washington. Here's a story about how they were established there.
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Afghan labourers walk in front of a mural in the old city of Kabul on March 28. From the dusty battlefields of Afghanistan to the skies over Libya, NATO is now engaged in two conflicts with no endgame in sight, posing a test for a war-weary alliance divided over the latest campaign.
What do you think the mural on this wall means?
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American saxophonist Dave Koz performs live at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival in Cape Town, South Africa.on Saturday, March 26.
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Sandra Cordeiro from Angola performs live at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival on Saturday,
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Phillip Bailey Jr. of American funk band, Earth Wind And Fire performing live during the Cape Town International Jazz Festival on Friday.
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Drummer Cindy Blackman from the US performs during the International Jazz Festival in Cape Town on Saturday.
More on the 12th annual two-day festival here: Cape Town jazz fest draws brass, Wind
Notice that, unlike in his past, illegal scaling of buildings in places from Paris to Sydney and Hong Kong, the French 'Spiderman' is using a rope and harness to climb this mammoth 2,717 foot-tall skyscraper, and the event is actually being organized by the tower's owner, who has an ambulance and stretcher at the ready.
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Women take photos of French climber Alain Robert, nicknamed 'Spiderman', as he makes his way up the world's tallest tower of Burj Khalifa in the Gulf Emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on March 28. Alain Robert, the 48-years-old climber, started his climb up the 828 metre high tower, expecting to take about six or seven hours to complete. Robert has been climbing since he was 12 years-old and to date has climbed over 120 buildings.
What do you think - does having the event organized and safety measures put in place an obvious no-brainer, or does it make this feat too promotional and less daring? Read the full story here.
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French Spider man Alain Robert climbs up Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest tower in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on March 28. Just before sunset Monday, a French skyscraper climber who calls himself "Spiderman" started to pull his way up the side of the world's tallest tower in Dubai.
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French climber Alain Robert scales the 828 meter World's tallest tower Burj Khalifa in Dubai on March 28. French 'Spiderman' Robert is world famous for illegally climbing tall buildings across the world.
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A ferris wheel remains abandoned in the empty town of Pripyat near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on Friday, March 25, 2011, in Pripyat, Ukraine. The 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster is next month. On April 26, 1986, a series of explosions destroyed Chernobyl's reactor No. 4 station causing a nuclear meltdown as firefighters tackled a blaze that burned for 10 days and sent a plume of radiation around the world in the worst-ever civil nuclear disaster.
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A house remains abandoned near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on Friday in Pripyat.
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Personal articles are seen in the empty town of Pripyat near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on Friday in Pripyat.
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A housing unit remains abandoned in the empty town of Pripyat near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on Friday in Pripyat.
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Operating staff work at the control center of the 1st and 2nd nuclear reactor block in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on Friday in Chernobyl, Ukraine.
Full story here.
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A Syrian man, right, reacts next to his brother who was seriously wounded during violence between security forces and armed groups in Latakia, northwest of Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, March 27. Syria has been rocked by more than a week of demonstrations that began in the drought-parched southern agricultural city of Daraa and exploded nationwide on Friday, with security forces opening fire on demonstrators in at least six places and killing dozens.
AP photojournalist Hussein Malla shares his experience photographing inside Assad Hospital after the clashes in Syria this weekend.
LATAKIA, Syria — It was mostly quiet inside Assad Hospital when I went there to shoot pictures of people wounded in street violence. But people were angry. And one man’s shouts broke through the relative calm: “By God we will not forgive them! We will take revenge!” The man, who refused to give his name, was distraught over the condition of his brother, who lay in a coma after being shot in the neck. I always feel uneasy when I’m shooting inside a hospital, but I didn’t feel like an intruder this time because this anguished man, unlike others in the hospital, didn’t mind my presence. Under the circumstances, I think he simply didn’t care who was there.
Read the latest here - Eyewitness: Gunfire, tear gas in Syrian City.
Two panoramic images, shot from the same spot in the Akihabara district of central Tokyo, show the usual look of the famed electronics and anime shopping area and how it has changed since the 9.0 earthquake that hit Japan on March 11. The first image, made March 19, 2011, shows most of the lights off, and only a few people are seen on the streets. Central Tokyo did not incur major damage from the earthquake, but most electric signs on commercial buildings throughout the city have been turned off in response to a nationwide shortage of electricity.
The second image, taken Nov. 19, 2010, shows a normal weekend evening in the district, with bright neon lights and people walking on sidewalks and narrow alleys lined with shops. (Shigeru Okada, VR factory / Sanke Shimbun)
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City lights and billboards are turned off in Tokyo's Shibuya fashion district on March 24, 2011.
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Schenectady firefighters Randy Pierre, left, and Capt. Carman Pantalone battle a house fire on Stanley Street in Schenectady, N.Y., after flames broke out shortly before 5:30 a.m. Monday, March 28.
Officials in upstate New York say one woman was burned and another woman and child had to jump from a second-story window during a pre-dawn house fire.
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Officials say one woman suffered burns and another woman and a child were forced to jump from a second-story window to escape the flames.
The unidentified injured woman was flown to the burn unit at Westchester Hospital. The woman and the 4-year-old child who jumped from the house in Schenectady were taken to a local hospital.
The victims' conditions were not immediately available.
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Schenectady firefighters extinguish the smoldering shell of the home early Monday morning.
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Schenectady firefighters Josh Donavan, left, and Capt. Timothy Tietz, extinguish remains from a tower.
Officials say the fire struck just before 5:30 a.m. Monday and destroyed the house in the industrial city about 10 miles west of Albany.
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Demonstrators hold candles and signs at the 32nd annual vigil in remembrance of the disaster at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant on March 28 in Middletown, Pennsylvania. The gathering to remember the accident, in which Unit #1's core melted down on March 28, 1979, is dedicated to the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
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The Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant is seen in the early morning hours of March 28.
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Demonstrators hold candles and signs at the 32nd annual vigil in remembrance of the disaster at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant on March 28.
Read a report on the differences between the Three Mile Island and Fukushima nuclear crises.
A notorious South African jail where Nelson Mandela spent six years as an inmate is rehabilitating criminals by giving them the responsibility to rear parrots and other birds. The Correctional Bird Project at Cape Town's Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison tasks inmates to take care of chicks and young birds before they are sold as tame pets to bird lovers.
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A parrot sits on the hand of a prisoner participating in the "Correctional Bird Project" at the Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town, South Africa on March 18.
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Prisoners talk in a corridor at the Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town, near walls painted with murals of parrots.
According to photographer Stephane de Sakutin, the program fields constant requests from prisoners wanting to join and places are limited to around a dozen prisoners who undergo training and must adhere to a ban on gangsterism, smoking, swearing, and drugs. In return, the inmates are given privileges like single cells.
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A prisoner participating in the "Correctional Bird Project" talks to his Senegal parrot at the Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town.
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A prisoner participating in the "Correctional Bird Project" at the Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town feeds a parrot chick.
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Flames engulf the historic Howard Griffin building on South Grand Street in Monroe, La., on March 27. Smoke and flames could be seen for miles as Monroe firefighters battled to bring it under control Sunday night.
Dozens of firefighters tackled a blaze at the Howard Griffin building in Monroe, La. late on Sunday. The local newspaper has more details.
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From left: Virginia Commonwealth's Jamie Skeen reacts to action against Kansas, Sunday, March 27. Kentucky Wildcats' Josh Harrellson celebrates after a basket against the North Carolina Tar Heels, Sunday. Ronald Nored #5 of the Butler Bulldogs reacts during overtime against the Florida Gators on Saturday. Connecticut Huskies' Kemba Walker celebrates after the Huskies defeated the Arizona Wildcats on Saturday.
Who saw this coming?
Full story here.
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Shania Twain waves to fans as she walks to the stage to be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at the 2011 JUNO Awards in Toronto on Sunday, March 27.
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A pine tree stands amid the tsunami devastated area in Rikuzentakaka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, on Sunday, March 27.
According to the AP, this was the only remaining pine tree, among several tens of thousands of other pine trees forming Takata seaside pine forest, after the March 11 tsunami washed away all the others, local media said.
Read the latest news on Japan here: Japanese nuke plant downplayed tsunami risk
Slideshow here: Japan's earthquake and tsunami
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A group of Falmouth, Maine firefighters ski down a slope on their way to the starting line before competing in the 21st Annual Firefighter's Fundraising Race on Sunday, March 27, at the Sunday River ski resort in Newry, Maine. Teams of five wearing firefighting gear carried a 50-foot hose while negotiating a giant slalom race course. The race benefits the Maine Handicapped Skiing program.
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Kansas Jayhawks guard Tyshawn Taylor has to pass off as Virginia Commonwealth Rams forward Toby Veal defends during their NCAA Southwest Regional college basketball game on Sunday, March 27.
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Virginia Commonwealth Rams' forward Juvonte Reddic (5) celebrates defeating the Kansas Jayhawks with teammates Ed Nixon (50), Rob Brandenberg (23) and Toby Veal (31) during their NCAA Southwest Regional college basketball game on Sunday.
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A Virginia Commonwealth fan jumps from a vehicle parked on Broad Street in Richmond, Va., amidst a wild celebration after VCU defeated Kansas in the Southwest regional final game in the NCAA college basketball tournament on Sunday.
Full story here.
Slideshow of the best tournament images here.
According to the AP: Hundreds turned out for the funeral of a slain Georgia police officer whose killing prompted a days-long manhunt for a suspect who surrendered live television. WSB-TV reports that an honor guard lined the streets of Athens on Sunday as the body of Officer Christian was escorted to the city's Classic Center. Police say 33-year-old Jamie Hood fatally shot Christian on Tuesday, when he also shot and seriously wounded Officer Tony Howard.
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Athens-Clarke County police chief Jack Lumpkin becomes emotional as he speaks during a memorial service for Athens-Clarke County senior police officer Elmer "Buddy" Christian, Sunday, on March 27, 2011 in Athens, Ga.
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A Dekalb County sheriff's deputy holds a program during a memorial service for Athens-Clarke County senior police officer Elmer "Buddy" Christian, on Sunday, March 27, 2011 in Athens, Ga.
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Melissa Christian, center, is escorted out of a memorial service for her husband Athens-Clarke County senior police officer Elmer "Buddy" Christian on Sunday, March 27, 2011 in Athens, Ga.
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Athens-Clarke County senior police officer Elmer "Buddy" Christian's casket is loaded into a hearse after a memorial service, on Sunday, March 27, 2011 in Athens, Ga.
Last week marked the centennial of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York, which left 146 workers dead and one of the worst industrial accidents in U.S. history.
In the aftermath of the tragic fire, significant legislation was enacted which ensured that workplaces must include safety features for the benefit of a company's employees.
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Women participate in a commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire in New York, on Sunday, March 27, 2011.
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Family members and attendees hold up shirts bearing the names of victims at a ceremony at the site of theTriangle Shirtwaist Factory fire March 25, 2011 in New York City.
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(left) Firefighters work to douse the flames at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in the Asch building at the corner of Greene Street and Washington Place, on March 25, 1911 in New York City. Workers were locked into the factory during their shifts, preventing escape. New Yorkers watched in horror from below as workers leapt to their deaths from the windows above. (Right) People walk past the Asch building the day before the 100th anniversary of the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire which killed 146 immigrant workers, most of them young women, on March 24, 2011 in New York City. Public outcry over the tragedy led to nationwide debate on workers rights and safety regulations and helped pave the way for strong workers unions.
According to the AP, several thousand Orthodox Christian fundamentalists marched through central Athens to protest a government plan to issue new electronic ID cards they say would include the number 666, or the "number of the beast," hidden in a design.
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A Greek Orthodox nun holds a cutout of Christ on the Cross during a rally against proposed new ID cards in Athens on Sunday, March 27 2011.
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Greek orthodox priests and nuns attend a rally in Athens, March 27, 2011.
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A Greek Orthodox nun prays using prayer beads during a rally against proposed new ID cards in Athens on Sunday, March 27 2011.
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Greek Orthodox nuns use a loudspeaker to shout slogans during a rally against proposed new ID cards in Athens on Sunday, March 27 2011.
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A model presents a creation made with recycled materials during Ecofashion 2011 in Cali, Colombia on March 26, 2011.
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