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A man works on the last details of a decoration for carnival in Barranquilla, Colombia, 08 February 2013. The city's bicentenary and its status as American Capital of Culture for 2013 are the two main subjects for the carnival that starts this weekend.
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A group of men work in the last details of a decoration for the Barranquilla's Carnival in Barranquilla, Colombia.
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Competitors fly above the mountains in Roldanillo, Valle del Cauca department, Colombia, during the Paragliding World Cup Superfinal, on January 24, 2013. The competition is taking place for the first time in Colombia and involves the 140 world's best pilots from 32 countries.
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A horse grazes in a pasture in early morning fog caused by frost-producing overnight temperatures in Chia, on the outskirts of Bogota, Colombia, on Jan. 9. In Colombia's highlands, crops are prone to freeze damage in the first few months of the year when temperatures are high during the day but drop below zero at night.
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A worker inspects armored vests designed for children at the Miguel Caballero factory on the outskirts of Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013.
The Associated Press reports that Miguel Caballero, who has made armored vests for adults for more than 20 years, said he had never thought about making bulletproof goods for children.
That changed after the Dec. 14 slaying of 20 small children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn.
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Miguel Caballero, president of Miguel Caballero Company, uses a .38-caliber revolver to demonstrate the bulletproof quality of a leather jacket made at his factory.
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A nation mourns after the second deadliest school shooting in U.S. history left 20 children and six staff members dead at Sandy Hook Elementary.
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This frame grab, above, from a video released by the Colombian Army on Dec. 30, shows a landslide that ocurred on Dec. 29 along a road between the cities of Neiva and Florencia, in southwestern Colombia. The slide left at least two people dead, seven injured and vehicles buried in mud, officials and witnesses said. Army troops, police and Red Cross teams with heavy machinery and sniffer dogs are examining the site in search of bodies or survivors, said Jesus Gomez, a disaster relief official in the area. The stability of the slope itself is also being assessed to determine if it is safe for the rescue teams to work.
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Colombian soldiers and police officers stand next to the wreckage of vehicles while searching for victims of the landslide.
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General view of the Christmas lights in Medellin.
People attend the Christmas lights in the Medellin river on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2012. The Medellin's Christmas lights exhibition is one of the most impressive in Colombia.
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Two girls watch the Christmas lights.
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A girl plays next to the Christmas lights.
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As temperatures drop and snow begins to fall, take a look at beautiful light displays from around the globe.
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Miguel Restrepo, 62, looks up from his sewer home in Medellin, Colombia, Dec. 4, 2012.
Albeiro Lopera, Reuters — Former drug addict Miguel Restrepo, 62, has been living in an abandoned sewer with his wife and dog Blackie for 22 years. Their home, fitted with a kitchen, fan, television, chair and bed, is a 64.5-square-feet tunnel that leaks when it rains and requires a manhole cover.
In a video on the BBC website, Restrepo says that he lives better than the president of Colombia.
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Miguel Restrepo, 62, and wife Maria Garcia, left, prepare Christmas decorations outside their sewer home in Medellin, Colombia on Dec. 4
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Maria Garcia cooks in her sewer home in Medellin, Colombia, Dec. 4.
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Miguel Restrepo, left, rests with his wife Maria Garcia and their dog on a bed inside their sewer home in Medellin, Colombia, Dec. 4.
A Colombian man claims he has lived inside a sewer for more than 20 years. NBCNews.com's Alex Witt reports.
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A boy retrieves his bicycle from the rubble on Nov. 12 after his house was destroyed in an attack by the FARC rebels on a police station in the town of Suarez, in Colombia's Cauca state.
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels, currently in peace talks with Colombia's government, attacked a police station with homemade explosives, leaving 25 people injured, authorities said on Monday. More than 60 homes were damaged in the explosions, police Colonel Ricardo Alarcon said. Colombia's government and the FARC began talks in Oslo on Oct. 18 aimed at ending a half century of hostilities. However, no cease fire has been declared.
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Residents look at a home that authorities say was damaged by homemade grenades, allegedly thrown by rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, in Suarez, in Colombia's southern state of Cauca, on Nov. 12.
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A police officer, left, carries the remains of a homemade grenade allegedly thrown by rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, near a police station in Suarez in Colombia's southern state of Cauca, Nov. 12.
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A man stands in the middle of the rubble on Nov. 12 after an attack by FARC rebels on a police station destroyed his house, in the town of Suarez, in Colombia's Cauca state.
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A protester catches fire after trying to throw a molotov cocktail at riot policemen during the "week of indignation" — a protest against political reforms — in Bogota on Tuesday, October 30, 2012.
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Protesters take part in a march during the "week of indignation" in Bogota on Tuesday.
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Prison inmates participate in an annual beauty contest held during the week of festivities to celebrate La Virgen de las Mercedes (Our Lady of Mercy) at El Buen Pastor prison in Bogota on Friday, September 21, 2012.
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Prison inmates cheer fellow inmates.
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A Colombian policeman from an anti-drug unit guards packages of cocaine, part of a seizure of 1,825 kg worth $3 million, during a press conference in Rioacha, Colombia, on Sept. 16. The drug belonged to the "Los Urabenos" drug trafficking gang.
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A young boy practices his punches with Coach Alex Theran.
Coach Alex Theran gives instructions to a group of young boys at the Promises From My Neighborhood boxing school in the San Roque neighborhood in Barranquilla, Colombia, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. Theran, an amateur boxer born in Barranquilla, sponsors the gym where boys wanting to become boxers are trained free of charge.
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Boys exercise in front of a wall-sized mirror at the Promises From My Neighborhood boxing schoo.
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