Chinese New Year travellers wait for their train at Beijing West Railway Station on January 31.
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Tuesday, February 5th, 2013
Spring Festival is the most important holiday in the Chinese calendar and many people travel for days to reach their families living in far-flung parts of the country.
Tuesday, February 5th, 2013
Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl XLVII parade packs city streets after the team beat the San Francisco 49ers.
Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis enters M&T Bank Stadium with the Vince Lombardi Trophy during the team's Super Bowl parade on February 5, 2013, in Baltimore, Maryland. The Ravens captured their second Super Bowl by defeating the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday in New Orleans.
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Friday, January 25th, 2013
The observance of the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday — known as Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi — is celebrated by Muslim communities in countries throughout the world. Milad-un-Nabi is celebrated in the third month of the Islamic calendar, with origins believed to date back to the end of the 11th century.
A Pakistani boy walks under lights ahead of Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi (Birth of the Prophet) festivities in Karachi, Pakistan, on Jan. 23, 2013. Muslims across the world celebrated the birth of the Prophet Muhammad this week.
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013
One-third of the Chicago Fire Department’s on-duty personnel responded to the blaze Tuesday night.
Firefighters work to extinguish a massive blaze at a vacant warehouse on Jan. 23, 2013, in Chicago, Ill. More than 200 firefighters battled a five-alarm fire as temperatures were in the single digits.
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Saturday, January 19th, 2013
Inauguration preparations are in full force in Washington, DC this weekend, as the nation gears up for President Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony on Monday.
A gift shop displays presidential memorabilia as Washington prepares for President Barack Obama's second inauguration on January 19, 2013 in Washington, DC. The US capital is preparing for the second inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama, which will take place on January 21.
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Thursday, January 17th, 2013
The Indonesian capital is in a state of emergency after intense rains.
People wade through a flooded street in Jakarta.
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Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
Detroit Auto Show 2013: pictures tell the story
DETROIT, MI - JANUARY 14: Maserati unveiled the all-new Quattroporte during the media preview at the North American International Auto Show on January 14, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan. The auto show will be open to the public January 19-27.
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Monday, January 14th, 2013
On the one month anniversary of the deadly shooting in Newtown, Conn., grieving parents called for dialogue.
Parents of Sandy Hook Elementary massacre victims hold hands during a press conference on the one month anniversary of the Newtown elementary school massacre on January 14, 2013 in Newtown, Connecticut. Eleven families of Sandy Hook massacre victims came to the event one month after the shooting to give their support to Sandy Hook Promise, a new non-profit with the goal of preventing such tragedies in the future.
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Sunday, January 13th, 2013
Every 12 years, crowds of believers and dreadlocked holy men cleanse themselves in a sacred river — chock full of human waste. Where else? Welcome to Maha Kumbh Mela!
A Sadhu or holy man walks with his earthly posessions on the vast grounds which will receive the millions of Hindu devotees that will congregate here for the next couple of months to celebrate the Kumbh Mela, in Allahabad on January 13, 2013.
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Friday, January 11th, 2013
President Barack Obama inauguration ball to attract 35,000 on Jan. 21, 2013, in Washington, DC.
Pop artist Katy Perry performs at a campaign rally for U.S. President Barack Obama at the Delta Center on November 3, 2012 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Wisconsin is one of nine battleground states expected to determine the outcome of Tuesday's U.S. Presidential election.
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