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Date: 2/10/2012 Album ID: 1412652
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News photos from around the world, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012.
Syrian children who claimed that their fathers killed by the Syrian security forces in Syria, paint their faces by the Syrian revolution flags with the Arabic words of Leave, as they attend a demonstration against the Syrian regime and to show their solidarity with the Syrian people, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, on Friday Feb. 10, 2012. A Syrian offensive aimed at crushing rebels in the battered city of Homs continued Friday, with soldiers who have been bombarding the city for the past six days making their first ground move to seize one of the most restive neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
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A veiled woman supporter of Islamic groups, uses her iPad to film a demonstration against the Syrian regime and to show their solidarity with the Syrian people, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, on Friday Feb. 10, 2012. A Syrian offensive aimed at crushing rebels in the battered city of Homs continued Friday, with soldiers who have been bombarding the city for the past six days making their first ground move to seize one of the most restive neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
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Syrian rebels march in a show of strength during a demonstration in Idlib, Syria, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. (AP Photo)
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A Tamil Hindu priest stands in the blood of goats and chickens that were sacrificed as part of a traditional ritual for the festival of Thaipusam outside a temple in New Delhi, India, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. Thaipusam, an annual festival that celebrates the victory of good over evil, marks the day when Goddess Parvati presented a weapon to Murugan, her son with Hindu God Shiva, to vanquish a demon army. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
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An artist from the Southern Indian state of Kerala performs the Koodiyattam, a traditional dance drama of Kerala, during Soorya Festival in Ahmadabad, India, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. The festival showcase Kerala's authentic art forms like Folk Music and Dances by renowned artists. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
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A Tamil Hindu priest has antiseptic powder on his face after a ceremonial steal rod was removed during a blessing ritual for the festival of Thaipusam outside a temple in New Delhi, India, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. Thaipusam, an annual festival that celebrates the victory of good over evil, marks the day when Goddess Parvati presented a weapon to Murugan, her son with Hindu God Shiva, to vanquish a demon army. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
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Riot police pass outside the main building of the bank of Greece during clashes in Athens, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. Thousands took to the streets of Athens as unions launched a two-day general strike against planned austerity measures on Friday, a day after Greece's crucial international bailout was put in limbo by its partners in the 17-nation eurozone.  (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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Riot police clash with demonstrators during a protest in Athens on Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. Thousands took to the streets of Athens as unions launched a two-day general strike against planned austerity measures a day after Greece's crucial international bailout was put in limbo by its partners in the 17-nation eurozone. Clashes broke out in Syntagma Square, outside Parliament, as dozens of hooded youths threw fire bombs and stones at police, who responded with tear gas. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)
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A woman looks inside the sculpture '11 Scheiben' (11 Glass Panes) during the press preview of the retrospective exhibition named 'Panorama' by German artist Gerhard Richter at the Neue Nationalgalarie  museum in Berlin Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. With the exhibition the museum celebrates the 80th birthday of the artist on Feb. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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Bulgarian Orthodox priests read prayers as people gather around candles stuck to jars of honey, arranged as a Holy Cross, during mass for the 'sanctification of honey' at the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin church in the town of Blagoevgrad, some 100 km (62 miles) south of the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, on Friday, Feb. 10, 2012.  Honey and beehives are sanctified by performing a ritual for health and rich harvest, marking the day of St. Haralampus, Orthodox patron saint of bee-keepers.  (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)
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A duck tries to grab a piece of bread from a group of swans at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds site in Fairburn Ings near Castleford, northern England, feed in a small area of open water as most of the lake is frozen as the severe winter weather continues in parts of the United Kingdom, Friday Feb. 10, 2012. Widespread disruption is expected on transport routes across England and Wales Friday following significant overnight snowfall and sub-zero temperatures that show little sign of relenting. (AP Photo/PA, John Giles)   UNITED KINGDOM OUT  NO SALES  NO ARCHIVE
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