
Qalandya checkpoint, West Bank — Israeli troops fire tear gas at Palestinian protesters during clashes at a protest against Israel's operations in Gaza Strip, at Qalandya checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Ramallah.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: ALAA BADARNEH / EPA
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Qalandya checkpoint, West Bank — A Palestinian protester runs with his clothes on fire after he tried to throw a Molotov cocktail at Israeli troops during clashes at a protest against Israel's operations in Gaza Strip, at Qalandya checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Ramallah.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: ALAA BADARNEH / EPA
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Gaza City, Gaza Strip — Palestinian medical workers wheel a wounded boy into al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City. Gaza militants targeted Tel Aviv on Friday with another rocket, defying Israeli warnings of a possible ground assault to follow its aerial bombardment of the Hamas-run strip.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: MAHMUD HAMS / AFP / Getty Images
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Beit Lahia, Gaza Strip — Palestinian Fares Sadallah, 11, cries as he sits outside his home, which was damaged following an Israeli air strike in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: MOHAMMED ABED / AFP / Getty Images
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Leh, Ladakh, India — A novice Buddhist monk of the Drukpa Tibetan Buddhist lineage enters the temple for prayers during the annual festival of sacred dances at the Hemis monastery in northern India.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Kevin Frayer / Associated Press
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Phnom Penh, Cambodia — A Cambodian police officer stands guard in a room outside the Peace Palace, venue for the 21st Assn. of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, in Phnom Penh.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: HOW HWEE YOUNG / EPA
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Yangon, Myanmar — A Burmese worker is seen in a flag shop surrounded by American flags as the city gets excited for the first visit of President Obama. Obama will become the first U.S. president to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Paula Bronstein / Getty Images
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Agujita, Mexico — A mine foreman at a coal mine in Agujita. According to the Mining Chamber of Mexico, the country produces 15 million tons of coal annually, with the bulk of the coal being used for power generation and steel production.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: YURI CORTEZ / AFP / Getty Images
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Zagreb, Croatia — War veterans celebrate during the live broadcast from the International War Crimes Tribunal in Zagreb's main square. Appeals judges at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal have overturned the convictions of two Croat generals, Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac, for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed against Serb civilians in a 1995 military blitz.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Nikola Solic / Associated Press
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Srinagar, India — Kashmiri Muslim women comfort a wailing woman during a funeral procession in Srinagar. An unidentified gunmen Thursday opened fire at a liquor shop on the banks of Dal Lake, killing one and injuring four more.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Dar Yasin / Associated Press
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London — A photographer takes pictures in front of a painting titled "Head of an Old Man" during an exhibition preview of work by contemporary artist Zeng Fanzhi in London.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Dan Kitwood / Getty Images
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Madrid — A man feeds a sparrow in the garden of El Prado museum in Madrid.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: DOMINIQUE FAGET / AFP / Getty Images
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Werder, German — Ice crystals are visible on a branch of a fir tree and future Christmas tree at a field of the Werder Fir tree farm in Werder, Germany.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: PATRICK PLEUL / EPA
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