Winona, Minn. — Winona State University student Craig Flaherty walks under low branches covered with snow on his way home from campus Monday. The National Weather Service reported at least 10.3 inches of snow fell in nearby Minnesota City.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Andrew Link / Winona Daily News

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Hartwick, N.Y. — From left, Holly Sell, 8, Hannah Sell, 16, and Natalie Sell, 12, work to repair their field of snowmen after the figures were damaged by warm weather. The sisters say they were inspired by a Sunday comic strip that showed an army of snowmen.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Benjamin Patton / The Daily Star

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East Los Angeles — Fernando Gutierrez applies yellow paint to the fence at Hugo's Transmission on Cesar Chavez Boulevard.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times

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Caracas, Venezuela — A supporter of Venezuela's acting President Nicolas Maduro stands with his face painted in the colors of his nation's flag outside the national electoral council. Inside, Maduro was registering his candidacy for president to replace the late President Hugo Chavez.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Rodrigo Abd / Associated Press

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Caracas, Venezuela — Venezuela's acting President Nicolas Maduro waves a Venezuelan flag over supporters after registering his candidacy for president to replace the late Hugo Chavez.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Ariana Cubillos / Associated Press

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Caracas, Venezuela — A supporter of Venezuela's acting President Nicolas Maduro she listens to him speak outside the national electoral council.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Rodrigo Abd / Associated Press

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Vatican City, Vatican — Visitors sit in front of St. Peter's Basilica.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images

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Valencia, Spain — Spanish apprentice bullfighter Vicente Soler loses his footing and ends up under the bull during the Las Fallas Bullfighting Festival.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: MANUEL BRUQUE / EPA

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Phoenix, Ariz. — Immigrant inmates are served milk at breakfast at the Maricopa County Tent City jail. The tent jail, run by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, houses undocumented immigrants.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: John Moore / Getty Images

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Rome — Nuns walk past a poster of Pope Benedict XVI hanging on a wall near Vatican City in Rome. Cardinals are set to enter the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Benedict XVI after he became the first pope in 600 years to resign from the role.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Joe Raedle / Getty Images

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Vatican City — Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet makes his way to Vatican City. The conclave is scheduled to start on Tuesday inside the Sistine Chapel and will be attended by 115 cardinals as they vote to select the 266th pope of the Catholic Church.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Joe Raedle / Getty Images

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Los Angeles — Swedish House Mafia performs at the Masquerade Motel during a two-day music festival at Los Angeles State Historic Park.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times

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Crawley, England — A couple walk their dog in the snow in Crawley. Snowfall is affecting Southern parts of the U.K. with severe weather warnings issued for London and southeast England.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Jordan Mansfield / Getty Images

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Paris — Bailrok from the U.S. performs before his victory over France's Swim in the Top Rock series during the "Juste Debout" (Just Standing) worldwide street-dance festival at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: PIERRE ANDRIEU / AFP / Getty Images

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Alrewas, England — Commemorative brass plaques are displayed on the Basra Wall memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum as the 10th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq approaches in Alrewas. The Basra Wall is a tribute to the 178 British soldiers and one Ministry of Defense civilian who died in combat operations in Iraq.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Matt Cardy / Getty Images

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Beijing — Delegates leave the Great Hall of the People after a session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Yu Zhengsheng was elected chairman of the National Committee of CPPCC on Monday.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Feng Li / Getty Images

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Sendai, Japan — A woman prays at a candle service marking the second anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. On March 11, 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Japan followed by a tsunami, triggering the biggest nuclear disaster worldwide since Chernobyl in 1986.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: KIMIMASA MAYAMA / EPA

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Sendai, Japan — Sayoko Shiroishi throws a bouquet of flowers into the ocean to commemorate her friends who died during the Japan earthquake and tsunami on the second anniversary of the event at a coast damaged by the disaster in Sendai.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Kiyoshi Ota / Bloomberg

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Lahore, Pakistan — Pakistani Christians search for salvageable belongings from the remains of their razed houses in Lahore. Pakistani Christians closed missionary schools on Monday in protest after a Muslim mob torched more than 100 Christian homes following allegations of blasphemy.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: ARIF ALI / AFP / Getty Images

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Denpasar, Indonesia — A Balinese young boy holds a bamboo torch during a parade on the eve of Nyepi Day, Balinese Day of Silence, in Denpasar. Balinese prepare to celebrate the Day of Silence or Nyepi on Tuesday. Nyepi marks the beginning of the Balinese Hindu Saka New Year, during which Hindu faithful observe a day of silence, fasting and meditation.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: MADE NAGI / EPA

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