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South Asia
Fishing at Kochi lake in Kerala, southern India
Fishermen throw fishing net from a small boat at Kochi lake in India’s southern state of Kerala, April 1, 2013. Fishermen catch fish in a boat at Kochi lake in India’s southern state of Kerala, April 1, 2013. <Xinhua/Stringer>
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West Asia
With new Palestinian rules, men were banned from teaching at girls’ schools
Palestinian students take part in a class at an al-Qahera elementary mixed school in Gaza City, on April 2, 2013. New rules from the Education Ministry of the Islamist Hamas movement would bar men from teaching at girls’ schools and mandate separate classes for boys and girls from the age…
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South Asia
Pakistani Christians live in a slum having neither running water nor sewage disposal
A Pakistani Christian boy living in a slum, stands outside his home, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, April 1, 2013. Slums which are built on illegal lands have neither running water or sewage disposal. Pakistani Christians living in a slum, gather around a water point to collect water,…
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South East Asia
A girl reads at the International Children’s Book Day fair in Bangkok
A girl reads a book at an book exposition in Bangkok, Thailand, April 2, 2013. A book exposition was held here on Tuesday, the International Children’s Book Day, attracting lots of local children to read their favorite books. <Xinhua/Gao Jianjun>
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West Asia
The refugee school funded by Angelina Jolie opens in Afghanistan
A teacher teaches local language at a refugee school in Afghanistan’s Parwan province, April 3, 2013. Angelina Jolie, a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, funded this school where most students are girls who started to enjoy the right to education after Taliban government collapsed. Students…
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East Asia
A North Korean vehicle carries a missile during a mass military parade
In this Sunday, April 15, 2012 file photo, a North Korean vehicle carrying a missile passes by during a mass military parade in Pyongyang’s Kim Il Sung Square to celebrate the centenary of the birth of the late North Korean founder Kim Il Sung. North Korea has moved a missile…
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East Asia
Red Cross officials and students plant trees in NK’s reforesting campaign
Red Cross officials and North Korean students dig holes on a mountain to plant young trees during an event by the Red Cross Society in Ryongchol-ri, Kujang County, North Phyongan Province, North Korea, Thursday, April 4, 2013. North Koreans have been carrying out tree-planting campaigns in line with leader Kim…
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South Asia
Rescue workers look for trapped people at a collapsed building in Mumbai
People gather as rescue workers look for trapped people after a building collapsed in Thane, Mumbai, India, Thursday, April 4, 2013. At least thirty persons were killed and twenty missing, according to a Press Trust of India report. <AP Photo>
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South East Asia
Indonesian children collect waste goods as an aid program announced
Children collect waste goods of Eva Sindoro which burned out a few weeks ago at Sunda Kelapa Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 4, 2013. Australia will give Indonesia an additional 99 million Australian dollar over the next two years to help boost the its flagship poverty reduction program, Australian Foreign…
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West Asia
Bahraini women gesture toward anti-government protesters below
Bahraini women gesture toward anti-government protesters below, unseen, from a window while watching clashes with riot police in Diraz, Bahrain, on Thursday, April 4, 2013. Clashes erupted after a politically charged mourning procession for a man who died earlier in the week. <AP Photo/Hasan Jamali>
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