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South Asia
Indian villiagers perform a ritual celebrating Oriya New Year
A child is seen in a temple during the year end festival in Darjeeling, West Bengal state, India, April 14, 2013. <Xinhua/Tumpa Mondal> Indian villagers prostrate around a Hindu temple as they perform a ritual during Jhamu festival at Mendhasal village on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, India, Sunday, April 14,…
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South Asia
An Indian boy bathes from leaking pipe in water-deficient Gujarat state
An Indian boy bathes under a leaking water pipe on a highway in the Kutch district of Gujarat state, India, Wednesday, April 17, 2013. The Gujarat state government has declared water scarcity in 3,918 villages across 10 districts, local news reports said. An Indian woman fetches drinking water from a…
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South Asia
Female students make up majority in Pakistan’s medical schools
In this picture taken on Saturday, March 30, 2013, Pakistani female doctors help a disabled child at a rehabilitation center at the Dow Medical Institute for Health in Karachi, Pakistan. In a country better known for honor killings of women and low literacy rates for girls, Pakistan’s medical schools are…
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South Asia
Indians work on hand-knotted carpet in weaving industry hub Bhadohi
A man works on a handmade carpet in the factory of Bhadohi Carpets company in Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh, India, April 17, 2013. More than 500 carpet manufacturing factories dotted the city of Bhadohi, which made the city the home to the largest hand-knotted carpet weaving industry hubs in South Asia.…
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South Asia
A wild elephant family cross highway at Muthanga, India
In this April 15, 2013 image, a herd of wild elephants cross a highway after drinking from a stream near the Muthanga wild life sanctuary at Muthanga in Kerala state, India. <AP Photo>
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Yunus given honorable US Medal
The microfinance pioneer and Bangladeshi Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus received the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian award of the United States, in recognition of his efforts toward combating global poverty, a Bangladeshi newspaper The Daily Star reports. House Speaker John Boehner presented Yunus with the Congressional Gold Medal to…
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South Asia
40 killed and over 300 injured in 7.9-magnitude earthquake in southwest Pakistan
Pakistani earthquake survivors search for salvageable belongings from collapsed mud houses at earthquake hit area in southwest Pakistan’s Mashkel on April 17, 2013. At least 40 people were killed and over 300 others injured in a 7.9-magnitude earthquake that hits Pakistan on Tuesday afternoon, an official of National Disaster Management…
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East Asia
Tibetans carry out candlelit vigil for self-immolation by 20-year-old woman
Exile Tibetans carry flags and portraits of their spiritual leaders Dalai Lama, center and Panchen Lama, left during a candlelit vigil in Dharmsala, India, Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Exiles claim that another Tibetan, a 20-year-old woman, died after self-immolating in Eastern Tibet on Tuesday. <AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia>
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South Asia
Indian Chaplin fan-club members gesture at celebration of his birthday
Members and supporters of the Charlie Circle, a Charlie Chaplin fan-club, gesture after getting ready for the annual parade to celebrate the birthday of Charlie Chaplin in Adipur, Gujarat state, India, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. Canes in hand and bowler hats firmly in place, dozens of Charlie Chaplin impersonators tramped…
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South Asia
Pakistani people work at suicide blast site that killed 11 people
People work at the blast site in northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar on April 16, 2013. At least 11 people including five policemen were killed and 50 others injured as a suicide blast hits a political gathering in Peshawar on Tuesday night, local media reported. <Xinhua/Ahmad Sidique> An injured girl is carried…
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