Yamada, Japan — Headlights illuminate a disaster area. The official toll of the dead and missing following the devastating earthquake and tsunami that flattened Japan's northeast coast has topped 11,000, with 3,676 confirmed dead.

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Fukushima, Japan — Teams of government specialists at emergency rescue headquarters analyze data on the leaked radiation from the nuclear complex damaged by last week's earthquake.

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Minami, Japan — Japan Self-Defense Force members carry a tsunami victim from Shizukawa Public Hospital.

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Riga, Latvia — A man holds a Latvian national flag during a procession commemorating the Latvian Waffen SS unit, also known as the Legionnaires, in Riga. The Legionnaires are being commemorated for fighting the Soviet occupation of Latvia but the Nazi connection has caused great controversy abroad, particularly in Russia.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: INTS KALNINS / Reuters

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Nandgaon, India — A man daubed in colors prays during the "Lathmar Holi," also known as the Festival of Colors, celebration near the northern Indian city of Mathura. This tradition heralds the beginning of spring and is celebrated all over India.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: K. K. Arora / Reuters

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Makassar, Indonesia — Chickens take a part in a "laughing" contest in Indonesia's South Sulawesi province. About 1,600 chickens were involved in the contest, judged for the most melodious crowing, which according to the event organizers sound like human laughter.

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Kiev, Ukraine — People hold a rally to protest against a Ukrainian initiative to cut social benefits for "liquidators," emergency workers who fought the blaze at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor.

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Sana, Yemen — Anti-government protesters rally to demand an end to President Ali Abdullah Saleh's rule outside Sana University.

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Arkalyk, Russia — The Russian Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft lands with with three astronauts on board in Kazakhstan. U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka and Alexander Kaleri returned from almost six months on board the International Space Station.

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Manama, Bahrain — A journalist is taken away by Gulf Cooperation Council forces, which moved into Pearl Square to rout anti-government protesters in Manama.

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Bucharest, Romania — A trade union member with a mask attends a protest in front of Romania's Parliament palace. Romania's parliament began debate Wednesday on a censure motion against the coalition government over IMF-backed labor reforms, a leftist opposition move with slim chances of success.

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Stockholm — Finland's Aino-Kaisa Saarinen passes the Royal Palace honor guard during the qualification race in the ladies World Cup Royal Palace Sprint.

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