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World
Feb 15, 2010

News in pictures on Monday



A man walks away from a Valentine's Day message he wrote in the sand at a beach at South Africa's Cape of Good Hope. -- PHOTO: REUTERS



A Palestinian woman is reflected in a mirror as she looks at a window of a shop, decorated for Valentine's Day, near Damascus gate inside Jerusalem's Old City. -- PHOTO: AP



A float called "Yes we can be ecologist", depicting US President Barack Obama, parades during the 126th edition of the Nice Carnival, in Nice, southern France. The carnival celebrates the theme "King of the Blue Planet". -- PHOTO: AP

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American challenger BMW Oracle BOR 90 sails during race 2 of the 33rd America's Cup off Valencia, Spain. -- PHOTO: AP



Luke Donald of England putting on the seventh hole during the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am at Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, California. -- PHOTO: AP



A vendor wears a mask with tigers on display to attract customers during a temple fair on the second day of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Beijing, Monday. Millions of Chinese celebrated the Lunar New Year of the Tiger which began on Sunday. -- PHOTO: AP

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The remains of Portugese Fernando Martins de Bulhoes, venerated as Anthony of Padua, are exhibited to faithfuls in San Antonio's Basilica in Padua. San Antonio, the patron saint of the northern Italian city of Padua and of many other cities in Portugal and in countries of the former Portuguese Empire, was last exposed to pilgrims in 1981 as faithfuls from all over the world came to pray with his remains. -- PHOTO: AFP



An Afghan girl looks on as US Marines with 1/3 Marines Weapons company patrol over farmland in the northeast of Marjah. Some 15,000 soldiers, including 4,400 Afghans, are taking part in Operation Moshtarak, which aims to clear militants from the Marjah and Nad Ali districts of the poppy-growing central Helmand River valley. -- PHOTO: AFP



Japanese buddhist monks splash cold water over themselves while chanting a sutra during an annual cold water ablution at Tokyo's Nose Myokenzan Betsuin Temple. The participants were celebrating the anniversary of Buddha's death. -- PHOTO: AFP

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A woman photographs a wall of Barbie dolls in the Mattel display at the annual Toy Fair, in New York. -- PHOTO: AFP



Alicia Keys performs at halftime of the NBA All-Star basketball game at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. -- PHOTO: AP



Spacewalker Robert Behnken works outside the International Space Station during Space Shuttle Discovery mission's second Eva (extravehicular activity) in this photo released by Nasa and taken on Feb 14, 2010. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

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A member of the Unidos da Tijuca samba school dances atop a float at the Sambodrome, during the first night of Rio de Janeiro's famed carnival parades, in Brazil. -- PHOTO: AFP



A model practises walking the runway before the start of the Fall 2010 Herve Leger by Max Azria show during New York Fashion Week. -- PHOTO: REUTERS



Chinese Taoist worshippers light joss-sticks as they pray beside the Dafo temple in southwest China's Chongqing municipality on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year. From Sydney to Pyongyang, fireworks, lion dances and prayers for good fortune ushered in the Year of the Tiger as a cold snap across China failed to dampen celebrations. -- PHOTO: AFP

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Usher rises from below the stage before the NBA All-Star basketball game at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. -- PHOTO: AP



A Canada supporter has the Canadian flag on her face as she watches the men's luge singles at the Whistler sliding centre during the Vancouver Winter Olympics. -- PHOTO: AFP



A stuffed toy kangaroo sits in the finish area of the moguls at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. -- PHOTO: AP

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The shadow of a hot air balloon is seen near The Temple of Ramesses III in the Madinat Habu complex on the west bank of Luxor, around 650 km south of Cairo. -- PHOTO: REUTERS



The Olympic flame is seen at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. -- PHOTO: AP