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West Asia
Swarms of locust from Egypt cover various green fields in southern Israel
Swarms of locust fly near Kadesh Barnea, Israel, on March 5, 2013. The swarms of locust came from Egypt on Monday, covering various green fields and areas in southern Israel, mainly near the borders between Israel and Egypt. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Jini>
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South Asia
A Pakistani boy sleeps in a brick factory paying him less than $3 cents a day
A Pakistani child sleeps on the ground between the bricks, while his mother, not pictured, works in a brick factory on the outskirts of Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. According to workers at the factory, adults earn 350 Rupees ($3.57 cents), while children earn 250 Rupees ($2.55 cents), per…
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South East Asia
People cross flooded area on a boat in East Jakarta amid rising water level in the region
People use a boat to across the flooded area in Cawang, East Jakarta, Indonesia, March 5, 2013. The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) on Tuesday warned that Jakarta could experience another big flood this week, as many areas in the city have already been swamped after the water level at…
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South Asia
Policewomen counter a strike called over death penalty on Muslim leader in Dhaka
Bangladeshi women police officers stand guard in front of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) office during a nationwide strike called by BNP in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. In the past one week over 60 people died in Bangladesh in the mayhem over the death penalty given to Delwar…
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East Asia
Xi Jinping, Hu Jintao stand side by side at the opening of NPC in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People
The first session of the 12th National People’s Congress (NPC) opens at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Li Gang> Communist Party chief Xi Jinping, right, Chinese President Hu Jintao, left, and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrive for the opening session of…
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South East Asia
A monkey rests it’s hands on a man’s arm waiting to be fed at a park in Kuala Lumpur
A monkey rests it’s hands on a man’s arm as it waits to be fed at a park in a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, March 4, 2013. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Mark Baker>
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East Asia
A young lady comes to a job fair offering some 28,000 jobs in Harbin, China
A job seeker looks on as she comes to a job fair offering some 28,000 job posts in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, March 3, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Wang Kai>
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South Asia
Rescuers search for survivors after a section of a bridge collapsed in Kolkata, India
Rescue workers of the Disaster Management Group conduct search operations at the site where a section of a bridge collapsed early morning in Kolkata, India, Sunday, March 3, 2013. Three persons traveling in a truck that was passing through the bridge were seriously injured in the accident. <AP Photo/Bikas Das/NEWSis>
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South East Asia
Injured people taken to an ambulance in Sabah, Malaysia, where 5 policemen were killed in an ambush
Security personnel carry the injured to an ambulance at a village where a shootout occured at Semporna in Sabah, Malaysia, on March 2, 2013. At least 5 policemen were killed in an ambush in Malaysia’s Sabah state as gunmen were spotted outside the village where standoff continued between security forces…
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East Asia
A woman carries her children to safety after an earthquake in Yunnan, China
Local resident Yang Yuying carries her children as she walks past a piece of collapsed wall after a 5.5-magnitude earthquake in Eryuan County of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, on March 3, 2013. The number of people confirmed injured by a 5.5-magnitude earthquake that hit southwest China’s…
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