Gao, Mali — Malian youths restrain an alleged shop looter after arresting him in the northern city that is a key Islamist stronghold until it was retaken on Saturday by French and Malian troops in a major boost to the French-led offensive against the Al Qaeda-linked rebels.

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Gao, Mali — Unveiled Malian girls sing and play in the city.

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Santa Maria, Brazil — A woman weeps as she is comforted by a man during the funeral of Gustavo Goncalves, a victim of the Kiss nightclub fire in which 235 were killed.

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Berlin — Visitors walk among portraits of Berlin Jews and political opponents persecuted, and in many cases murdered or driven to suicide by the Nazis, in the exhibition "Diversity Destroyed." The exhibition coincides with the 80th anniversary of the assumption of power by the Nazis with the appointment of Adolf Hitler as Reichskanzler, or chancellor of the empire.

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Thessaloniki, Greece — Students play music during a protest in the northern Greek port city. Students from special-curricula state schools staged the protest against government cuts that have left them without transport and staff shortages.

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Athens — An injured protester lies on the street outside the Labor Ministry. Police were called in on Wednesday to dislodge around 30 Communist unionists from the ministry in a protest against new pension plan cuts.

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Hodenhagen, Germany — The molars of this white lion cub look pretty formidable as it greets photographers with a warning snarl at Serengeti-Park in Germany,. Four white lions and four white tigers were born to the zoo in October and November.

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Mumbai, India — An face-painted activist participates in a march for peace and communal harmony.

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Allahabad, India — Newly initiated "Naga Sadhus" perform rituals as an older Sadhu takes a picture on the bank of the Ganges River during the Maha Kumbh festival.

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Shanghai — A man poses with Arturo Di Modica's "The Bund Financial Bull" sculpture on the Bund at night. China's economic growth accelerated for the first time in two years as government efforts to revive demand drove a rebound in industrial output, retail sales and the housing market.

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Tawau, Malaysia — A young pygmy elephant walks near her dead mother in Gunung Rara Forest Reserve in Sabah state on Borneo Island. Ten Borneo pygmy elephants -- seven females and three males -- have been found dead in Gunung Rara Forest Reserve. The elephant was believed to have been poisoned.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: SABAH WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT

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Washington — Former U.S. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, retired Navy Capt. Mark Kelly, right, prepare to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence in Washington. Lawmakers are considering a number of bills to curb gun violence and also ways to improve the system of tracking people who are prohibited by law from owning a gun.

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