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A Vietnamese man from the Pa Then minority group jumps into a fire during a ritual ceremony at the Vietnam Ethnic Minority Cultural Village, outside Hanoi February 20, 2013. The tribe with a population of 5,000, which resides in mountainous areas bordering China, organizes the annual fire-jumping ritual for adult men at the end of the harvest season. They believe that jumping into a fire without any protection will help them gain more special energy from God to challenge life's difficulties and fight evils.KHAM/Reuters

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A man stands atop a rock as he looks at a fishing trawler that ran aground at Sydney's Cronulla Beach February 20, 2013. Attempts to remove the trawler have so far been unsuccessful after it ran aground early on Monday morning, with four crewmen, all from Indonesia, being rescued, local media reported.DAVID GRAY/Reuters

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Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron visits the holy Sikh shrine of Golden temple in Amritsar February 20, 2013. Cameron on Wednesday became the first serving prime minister to voice regret about one of the British Empire's bloodiest episodes in India and laid a wreath at Amritsar, scene of a notorious massacre of unarmed civilians.MUNISH SHARMA/Reuters

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Joggers stand amid fog as sun rises in Kolkata February 20, 2013.RUPAK DE CHOWDHURI/Reuters

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A U.S. Marine drinks the blood of a cobra during a jungle survival exercise with the Thai Navy as part of the "Cobra Gold 2013" joint military exercise, at a military base in Chon Buri province February 20, 2013. About 13,000 soldiers from seven countries, Thailand, U.S., Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea and Malaysia are participating in the 11-day military exercise.DAMIR SAGOLJ/Reuters

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Butcher Sean Basey works behind a "no horsemeat" sign at Bates Butchers in Market Harborough, central England, February 20, 2013.DARREN STAPLES/Reuters

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Gao resident Almahdi Abderrahmane poses for a picture next to debris where jihadists and French and Malian forces fought at the former Islamic police headquarters in Gao February 20, 2013.JOE PENNEY/Reuters

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Security guard Oumar Tiemoko poses for a picture in front of the Askia Tomb in Gao February 20, 2013.JOE PENNEY/Reuters

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Israeli soldiers throw stun grenades and fire tear gas towards stone-throwing Palestinians during clashes at Hawara checkpoint near the West Bank city of Nablus February 20, 2013. The hunger strike of four Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails has fuelled anti-Israel protests in the occupied West Bank over the past several weeks.ABED OMAR QUSINI/Reuters

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An adult chimp plays with a young chimp at Chimp Haven in Keithville, La., Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. One hundred and eleven chimpanzees will be coming from a south Louisiana laboratory to Chimp Haven, the national sanctuary for chimpanzees retired from federal research.Gerald Herbert/The Associated Press

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Golf spectators look for cover as snow forces suspension of play during the first round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship golf tournament in Marana, Arizona February 20, 2013. Play was suspended at 1807 GMT because of driving rain and snow in the opening round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship on Wednesday.MATT SULLIVAN/Reuters

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Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Melky Cabrera, left, jokes around with teammates during baseball spring training in Dunedin, Fla., on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013.Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press

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A man walks into a business building in Tokyo February 20, 2013. Tight-fisted companies in Japan may prove the biggest obstacle in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plan to push the sluggish economy into higher gear as they intend to keep a firm lid on wage levels, a Reuters survey shows.Toru Hanai/Reuters

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