Aleppo, Syria — Opponents of the Syrian government demonstrate in the neighborhood of Bustan Al-Qasr in Aleppo. Rebel forces have dug in to the north, east and south of Damascus, Syria's capital, and government troops have largely pulled back to a well-defended core, including the city center and loyal bastions to the west.

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Aleppo, Syria — A Syrian child show injuries said to have been incurred during bombing by military warplanes.

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Rome, Italy — A placard of former Pope Benedict XVI stands watch as pedestrians pass by.

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Dusseldorf, Germany — Carnival figure-maker Jacques Tilly, left, and train manager Herman Schmitz push a likeness of former Pope Benedict XVI down a street.

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Kew, England — Raindrops hang on to irises at the Royal Botanic Gardens.

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Berlin, Germany — Protesters scuffle with police at the East Side Gallery, which is the longest still-standing portion of the former Berlin Wall, following efforts by a construction company to remove a 30-foot long section in order to build apartments.

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Bangkok, Thailand — A photograph taken through magnifying glass shows Dutch artist Leon Keer working on a 3-D painting as part of the Living Art Festival 2013.

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Melbourne, Australia — An aerobatics team performs during the Australian International Airshow.

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Kadji, Mali — Malian soldiers guard handcuffed prisoners after they arrived by boat in Kadji, on the Niger river in northern Mali.

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Johannesburg South Africa — A still from a video made available by The Daily Sun shows Mido Macia, 27, a taxi driver and Mozambican national, as he is dragged behind a police van. Macia later died in police custody.

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Ofer, West Bank — A masked Palestinian kicks a burning tire during a support rally for Palestinian prisoners.

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Srinagar, India — Kashmiri Muslim devotees pray at a shrine to Sufi saint Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani on his yearly commemoration day.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Dar Yasin / Associated Press

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Sibolangit, Indonesia — A pangolin -- sometimes called a scaly anteater -- is released into the wild by conservation officials in North Sumatra. The animal is part of 128 pangolins confiscated by customs officers from a smuggler's boat off Sumatra island.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Jefri Tarigan / Associated Press

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