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World
Feb 17, 2010

News in pictures on Wednesday



Students use makeshift protective head gear and books to cover their heads during an earthquake drill at San Juan elementary school in Manila. Preparedness is the only defense that Filipinos have against earthquakes that occur 20 times a day on the average in the country since it lies on a zone of active faults and trenches, scientists and seismologists noted. -- PHOTO: REUTERS



An Indian vegetable vendor weighs onions for customers at a wholesale market in New Delhi. India's inflation has jumped to its highest level in more than a year due to soaring food prices, data showed, raising pressure to unwind stimulus measures that spurred economic recovery. -- PHOTO: AFP



Pakistani models present final looks of creations by local fashion institute 'Body Focus Museum' during a fashion show in Lahore, Pakistan. Lahore?s fashion scene received a great shot in the arm with the opening of the first ever fashion week, organised by the Pakistan Fashion Design Council (PFDC), at the Royal Palm. -- PHOTO: AP