A general view of the valley and river in Musa Qala in Helmand province in Afghanistan on January 27, 2011. Taliban militants are waging a nine-year insurgency against 140,000 international troops stationed in Afghanistan.
Associated Press photographer Altaf Qadri really captures the essence of daily life in India.
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A villager rides a bullock cart in Kosi village, some 111 miles from Patna, India, on Monday, Jan. 24, 2011.
Altaf Qadri / AP
A young Indian girl looks on as her father carries her in village Kosi some 111 miles from Patna, India, on Monday, Jan. 24, 2011.
Altaf Qadri / AP
A polio awareness campaign poster is pasted on a small shop as a boy fetches water from a ground pump in Kosi village, some 111 miles from Patna, India, Monday, Jan. 24, 2011.
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A woman uses a stick to rinse her laundry in an ice hole at Siverskoye lake in the town of Kirillov about 300 miles north of Moscow, January 17, 2011.
While these pictures are somewhat similar in composition and were shot on the same day in the same city by the same photographer, they offer a very different feeling.
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A boy looks out onto the street from his residence in Old Town of Lahore, Pakistan, Dec. 12.
Mohsin Raza / Reuters
An elderly man takes cover from cold weather while begging in front of Lohari Gate in Lahore, Pakistan, Dec. 12.
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A flock of goats use an overhead bridge to cross a road in Lahore, Pakistan on Monday, Aug. 2, 2010.
I've been looking at pictures of the flooding in Pakistan all day. But then I came across this one of goats using a pedestrian bridge to cross a highway and it made me smile even after all the devastating flood photos.