Darlene Etienne, 17, is treated at a French military field hospital after being rescued from a collapsed school building by a French search and rescue team in Port-au-Prince, Wednesday. Etienne was pulled out of the rubble 15 days after an earthquake hit the Caribbean capital.
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A Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) driven by Canadian soldiers from Task Force 3-09 Battle Group is seen silhouetted in front of the sun and moon at the start of operation Tazi, a village search and security operation in the Dand area of Kandahar Province.
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Panda cubs from the Wolong Giant Panda Reserve Center in Sichuan are seen at a Shanghai zoo, in China . Ten giant panda cubs, all born after the deadly earthquake that hit China’s Sichuan province in 2008, were sent to Shanghai to go on display during this year’s World Expo.
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Honduras’ ousted President Manuel Zelaya exits an airplane as he arrives to the San Isidro air base on the outskirts of Santo Domingo. Zelaya left his refuge in the Brazilian Embassy and flew into exile Wednesday, ending months of turmoil and his thwarted quest to be restored to power after a June 28 coup that drew international condemnation.
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Police stand next a suspect during an early morning police operation in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The new government of Porfirio Lobo began it’s first day ordering police raids in the capital city as a way to combat the high crime rates.
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A man runs with a box during sporadic looting in the aftermath of the Jan. 12 earthquake in Port-au-Prince.
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A Pakistani vendor sorts out oranges at a vegetable and fruit market in Lahore, Pakistan.
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Tourists wait to be evacuated in helicopter from the Machu Picchu Pueblo archeological site in Cuzco, Peru. Heavy rains and mudslides in Peru have blocked the train route to the ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, leaving nearly 2,000 tourists stranded.
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A winter sunset in downtown Moscow. Weather experts said this month was the coldest in Moscow in sixty years.
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A model wears creations by Spanish designer Lourdes Bermejo during the International Flamenco Fashion Show in Seville, Spain.
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The Panamanian flagged cargo ship ‘Rhea’ after it ran aground due to strong winds off Algeciras.
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A woman walks under an umbrella during heavy snowfall in Bregenz.
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Military doctors make their way across snow to see patients trapped by heavy snowfall on the outskirts of Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region. Seven patients, including two children, were transferred by helicopter to a hospital in Altay Prefecture for further treatment. The death toll from the continuing freezing temperatures and record snowfalls in northwestern China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region rose to 20.
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Residents ride their bicycles across a street amid heavy fog in Hefei, Anhui province.
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View of damages caused by the overflowed waters of Vilcanota river in the town of Aguas Calientes, Machu Picchu, Peru. Hundreds of tourists faced sleeping outdoors or in train carriages near Peru’s Incan citadel Machu Picchu as they wait to be airlifted out after flooding and mudslides stranded them.
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A woman sits inside her home as she smokes a cigar in Havana, Cuba.
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A soldier from the Royal Danish Guard lays on the floor after he fainted and collapsed during the arrival of the Royal families and their guests at the Christiansborg Palace in central Copenhagen, Denmark. The Queen Margrethe and Prince Consort Henrik was hosting their annual party for members of the Danish Parliament..
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A man walks in a building in Tokyo. Japan’s new government bond issuance may climb in the fiscal year to March 2012 from an already record amount planned for next fiscal year, media reported, days after Standard and Poor’s threatened to downgrade the country’s credit rating.
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Cadets show off their skills by hitting through burning wooden blocks during a passing out parade, upon completion of their basic training, at the Pakistan Rangers Sindh headquarters in Karachi. About 500 cadets successfully graduated to become rangers.
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Damaged buildings, including hotels, are flooded by the Vilcanota river in Machu Picchu town, in Cuzco. Hundreds of tourists faced sleeping outdoors or in train carriages near Peru’s Incan citadel Machu Picchu on Wednesday as they wait to be airlifted out after flooding and mudslides stranded them.
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