Liberia — A government soldier takes his turn defending the Via Town bridge in Liberia, where the fighting continues despite continued demands for a ceasefire.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times
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Bosque del Apache NWR NM, US — Sandhill cranes wade in a Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge marsh, safe from predatory coyotes and bobcats. Thousands of birds spend the winter months at the man-made refuge in New Mexico.
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Teotihuacan, Mexico — A lone Central American youth rides atop a freight train as it heads into a fog bank near Teotihuacan, Mexico. Next stop, Lecheria, on the outskirts of Mexico City. This is a major migratory transportation route for undocumented Central Americans struggling to reach the U.S. border.
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Chiang Mai Thailand — A boxer takes a break between rounds during a Muay Thai boxing match in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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CHANDELEUR ISLANDS GULF OF MEXICO — Boaters make their way along the edge of the oil slick about a quarter mile from the east shore of the Chandeleur Islands in the Gulf of Mexico. Oil can be seen less than a quarter of a mile off the east side of the Chandeleur Islands, and also on the west side. Small patches of the oil have already hit parts of the land on Chandeleur Island.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times
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As the first light entered a window above the altar of the 4th century church each morning, Palestinians sought the rituals of normal life, such as brewing hot tea. They used camper stoves or candle wax burning in pots to hot water. Wires overhead hold gilded lamps, which the Palestinians rigged to recharge their mobile phones until electricity was cut off by the Israeli military. Those inside used the phones to talk to family members, friends and journalists. The church became quite chilly at night. In the foreground, a man cocooned in blankets discoverd in the Casanova hotel, which is linked to the church complex. Trips to the hotel were treacherous, as they required passage through a courtyard under surveillance by Israeli soldiers, an automated sniper crane and a reconnaissance blimp.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times
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La Canada CA, USA — U.S. Forest Service firefighters watch as the Station fire burns along Angeles Crest Highway in La Canada Flintridge.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times
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Beverly Hills CA, USA — Brad Pitt, who stars in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," is photographed at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills on Dec. 7, 2008.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times
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Cairo Egypt — Anti-regime protesters continued to occupy Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo on Feb. 6, 2011. The atmosphere was more festive than in days past as enormous crowds filled the square. Egypt's youth and the influence of the Internet were on full display.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times
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Mecca Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia — Muslim pilgrims from all over the world crowd inside all three levels of Mecca's massive Grand Mosque and flood the surrounding streets in the final days before the Hajj in December 2007.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times
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Dana Point CA, USA — A surfer spends Martin Luther King Day waiting for a wave as a golden sunset streams through a tree amid warm temperatures at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times
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Hollywood CA, USA — Angelina Jolie is winning rave reviews for her performance in the film "A Mighty Heart." Photographed in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel's Marilyn Monroe Suite on Nov. 15, 2007.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times
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Studio City California, USA — Actor Jason Schwartzman gears up for another season of "Bored to Death" on HBO. He was photographed in Studio City on Sept. 15, 2010.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times
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LOS ANGELES CA, USA — Jessica Alvarado, 15, fixes her Quinceanera dress on her special day next to a candlelight vigil where tamale vendor, Cosme Gonzalez, 46, was found shot at 325 South Witmar St. He later died at a hospital.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles CA, USA — Paris Hilton recently recorded a pop music CD and is refashioning herself as a musical diva. Photographed at her house in Los Angeles.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times
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CARMEL USA — Clint Eastwood is photographed at the Mission Ranch Hotel on Aug. 27, 2010.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times
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A diver spalshes into the water during training for the 2004 Olympics in Athens.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times
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Midway Atoll — White terns, albatross and several other species of birds make Midway Atoll their home as it makes a perfect nesting location with its remote Pacific Ocean location. However, danger lurks beyond the beauty with plastic trash inadvertantly being consumed by nesting birds and ghost netting ensnaring endangered marine mammals.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles CA, USA — A rainbow rises over downtown Los Angeles during a winter storm.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles CA, USA — Abbey Road Revisited? -- Nuns make their way up Via Conciliazione toward St. Peters to attend a Mass for Pope John Paul II in 2005.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times
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Monrovia Liberia — Ester Burges, 6, Sarrah Barbar, 7, and Sabay Ndebe, 5, bathe themselves from a bucket of cold water. Despite taking baths, many of the children are inflicted with scabies and other skin ailments. The Hannah B. Williams Royal Institute is an orphanage for Liberian children.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles CA, USA — An aerial view of Los Angeles.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times
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Ethiopia — Milckyase, 5, who is malnourished, stands in an orange tent at the Morocho Therapeutic Feeding Center, outside Awasa, Ethiopia. Milckyase's father said he is a coffee farmer and it took them one day to reach the center on foot. Children like Milckyase suffering from malnutrition are at high risk of skin infections, malaria and pneumonia. Malnutrition can potentially affect her future learning capability and the development of her internal organs. The tents for acute patients are usually filled with silent children, as the children are too weak to cry. Save the Children runs Morocho Therapeutic Feeding Center.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times
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Brightly colored butterflyfish scavenge for food in the coral reef below the over-water bungalows at the Bora Bora Hotel, one of the first exclusive hotels on the island. Expensive hotels dot the landscape, most with posh over-water rooms designed to look like Polynesian homes on stilts with air conditioning, Jacuzzis and pools on the decks, on the island of Bora Bora and its surrounding reef, Motus.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times
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German ski jumper Pascal Bodmer flies through the air during the individual qualification round at Whistler Olympic Park.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times
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Yosemite Ca, USA — Springtime in the Yosemite Valley: The delicate petals of the dogwood are covered with raindrops near the Ahwahnee Hotel.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times
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U2's Bono is photographed at the Chateau Marmont hotel in October 2009.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times
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Kobe Bryant celebrates his three-pointer against the Nuggets in Game 2 of the NBA Playoffs at Staples Center.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times
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Huntington Beach California, USA — Santa Ana winds create dramatic golden spray off a small wave at sunset as a surfer glides down the face at the Huntington Beach Pier.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times
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Pullman WA, USA — From left, USC's Daniel Harper, DaJohn Harris, Kyle Moore, Stanley Havili and Patrick Turner march out to the field before a game with Washington State in Pullman.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times
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A forerunner makes a jump in preparation for the men's aerials qualification in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times
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Port-Au-Prince Haiti — Daphkalia Brignol, 8, suffered a head injury after a door fell on her head and trapped her during an earthquake in Haiti.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times
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Sri Lanka — Misiline Nona, 86, is a refugee now living in the Wijitharama Buddist Temple in Dewata, which is located 2.7 kilometers from Galle in southern Sri Lanka. She lost her daughter in the tsunami that devastated this small community.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times
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Cairo Egypt — Fighting and clashes broke out in Cairo's Tahrir Square between Hosni Mubarak supporters and opponents. There were hundreds of injuries as the clashes went on for hours. An injured man is taken to a makeshift clinic off of Tahrir Square.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times
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BARATARIA BAY LOUISIANA, — Globs of oil hang from the beak of a pelican on the beach at East Grand Terre Island in Barataria Bay, La.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times
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Port au Prince CA, US — Put out of his home after the 7.0 earthquake, Rudeson Laurent, 10, takes a drink of water after brushing his teeth on a burning pile of trash inside the Daihatsu tent camp on the outskirts of Port au Prince, Haiti, in January 2010.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times
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Darien Province, Panama — An Embera man in Union Embera plays a wooden flute, his hands dyed with blue "Jagua," an Embera tradition in Panama.
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Los Angeles CA, USA — Jamie Foxx stars as Nathanial Ayers, a Julliard-trained homeless musician in the new film "The Soloist" at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles on Oct. 14, 2008.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times
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Beijing China — Men in lighted suits fill up the track during a performance during the opening ceremonies at the Beijing National Stadium for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times
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A refugee from Libya waits for officials to allow traffic to proceed into Egypt at the border town of Saloum on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. Thousands of people streamed out of Libya in the early morning hours to escape escalating tensions between protesters seeking the overthrow of Muammar Khadafi and forces loyal to the Libyan dictator.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times
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Baghdad's National Olympic Comittee building is in full flames after looters set it on fire in 2003.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times
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Children try out the Pinwall in the "Perception" area of the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana on Feb. 9, 2011.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times
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BEVERLY HILLES CA, USA — Chloe Sevigny is photographed in Beverly Hills.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times
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Givens Dorgil, 29, holds his grandmother's hand with his own hand covered in a glove to protect him from contracting cholera as well. His grandmother, Virginia Sencilna, 67, became ill and was taken to Au Secours Hospital in Gonaives, Haiti, for treatment.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times
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Garrett Weber-Gale, left, and Michael Phelps celebrate with Jason Lezak at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times
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