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World
Feb 28, 2010

News in pictures on Sunday



A Chinese girl taking pictures of a display of lanterns in the form of terracotta warriors in Beijing. The Chinese Lantern Festival, known as Yuanxiao, marks the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar new year. -- PHOTO: AP




The Japanese team competes in the men's 2010 Winter Olympics speedskating team pursuit final D at the Olympic Oval in Richmond, outside Vancouver. -- PHOTO: AFP




Thick cloud and fog shrouds buildings in the Kowloon area of Hong Kong. As heavy snow blizzards are affecting parts of mainland China, a warm and humid maritime airstream is bringing foggy weather to the south China coastal areas and Hong Kong. -- PHOTO: AFP

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Indian men wearing ox's horns pose for a photographer as they celebrate 'Holi', the Indian festival of colours in Allahabad, India. The festival also marks the coming of Spring. -- PHOTO: AP




Performers donning masks, dance during a folk art performance celebrating the Lantern Festival, on the last day of Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations, in Yuxian County, Hebei province. -- PHOTO: REUTERS




A runner ties his costume during the Tokyo Marathon in Tokyo. -- PHOTO: AP

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Smoke from a burning building filled the sky in the outskirts of Santiago after a huge 8.8-magnitude earthquake. -- PHOTO: AFP




People looked at destroyed cars at the 'Puente Viejo' (old bridge) over the Biobio river, that links Concepcion and San Pedro de la Paz, 500km south of Santiago. -- PHOTO: AFP




A cyclist stood next to destroyed San Francisco church in Curico, 250km south of Santiago. -- PHOTO: AFP

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People walked along a highway with a collapsed bridge in the background in the outskirts of Santiago. -- PHOTO: AFP




Vehicles that were driving along a highway that collapsed during the earthquake near Santiago are seen overturned on the asphalt after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile early on Saturday. -- PHOTO: AP




Tourists are seen outside of a destroyed hotel in Vina del Mar after a huge 8.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Chile early on Saturday. -- PHOTO: AFP

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A collapsed bridge over the Claro river is seen near the town of Camarico, Chile, some 112 miles (180km) south of Santiago. -- PHOTO: AP




Damaged buildings were pictured in Santiago, after a huge 8.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Chile. -- PHOTO: AFP

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World
Mar 1, 2010

News in pictures on Monday



Dancers entertain guests at the Nelspruit soccer stadium South Africa, during a Fifa road trip ahead of this week's 100 day count down to the 2010 World Cup. -- PHOTO: AP




Models present creations as part of the Versus Fall/Winter 2010/11 women's collection during Milan Fashion Week. -- PHOTO: REUTERS




Students wave the South Korean national flag to celebrate the Independence Movement anniversary in Seoul. South Koreans marked the anniversary of the 1919 civilian uprising against Japanese colonial rule from 1910-1945. -- PHOTO: AFP

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Dancers perform during the closing ceremony at the BC Place in Vancouver, on the last day of the 2010 Winter Olympics. -- PHOTO: AFP




Mark Austin (left) leads his camels 'Luke' and baby camel 'April' through the city to the Immigration Museum in celebration of the new exhibition 'Australia's Muslim Cameleers: Pioneers of the Inland 1860s to 1930s' in Melbourne. -- PHOTO: AFP




Indian cricketer-turned-politician and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament Navjot Singh Sidhu (left) and his wife Navjot kaur (right) cover each other with coloured powder while celebrating Holi at the historical Durgiana Temple in Amritsar. Holi, the festival of colours, marks the onset of spring across India. -- PHOTO: AFP

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A child rests inside tomato pulp as part of Holi, also known as the festival of colours, in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. The tradition heralds the beginning of spring and is celebrated all over India. -- PHOTO: REUTERS




Hoppa, a four-year-old mixed breed dog born without front legs, uses a prosthetic device to walk outside in the central Israeli city of Tel Aviv. The device was invented especially for Hoppa by a animal-loving art student, who hopes his wheeling device will improve the lives of pets born with abnormalities or with amputated limbs. -- PHOTO: REUTERS




A Jewish settler stands on a horse with the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the background as he participates in the annual parade marking the Jewish holiday of Purim in the divided West Bank town of Hebron. The festival of Purim commemorates the rescue of Jews from genocide in ancient Persia. -- PHOTO: AP

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An Indian Air Force Embraer aircraft releases flares into the night sky during the Vayu Shakti 2010 exercise, in Pokhran, India. A total of 106 aircrafts participates in the day-dusk-night fire power demonstration by the Indian Air Force. -- PHOTO: AP




A casta breed cow and its veal are pictured at the international agricultural fair to be held until March 7 in Paris. Part trade fair and part family day out, the week-long jamboree is expected to draw half-a-million visitors to an exhibition centre in Paris and allow city dwellers to reconnect with French farming traditions. -- PHOTO: AFP




People release sky lanterns to celebrate the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival in Shifen, Taipei County. Believers gathered to release sky lanterns as a form of prayer for good luck and blessings. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

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Chinese villagers carry a kilometre-long paper dragon along a path to their village to observe a traditional Hakka ritual on the 15th day of the Lunar festival, in Liancheng, southeast China's Fujian province. Chinese marked the 15th day of the Lunar New Year as the last day of celebration. -- PHOTO: AFP




Fireworks explode over the 'Baie des Anges' at the last day of the Carnival in Nice, southeastern France. -- PHOTO: AFP