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Members of a Nepal Maoist faction stage anti-gov’t protest in Katmandu
Members of the splinter faction of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal Maoist shout slogans against the government during a general strike Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. The strike called to protest the decision to form an interim government led by the Supreme Court chief justice disrupted normal life…
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Pakistani arts students take part in a street painting competition in Lahore
Pakistani students paint a wall along a street in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore, March 6, 2013. More than 200 art students and youths participated in a street art painting competition run by a local youth organization with the aim of improving the city vista. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Sajjad>
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An Indian woman works as porter, a man’s job, at Bhavnagar railway station
An Indian woman working as a porter, traditionally a man’s job in India, transports the luggage of a passenger at the Bhavnagar railway station in Gujarat state, India, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. Bhavnagar’s tradition of women porters began in 1880 when the King of Bhavnagar, Krishna Pratapsingh, decided to employ…
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An Indian guard examines body of elephant killed by a speeding train near Alipurduar
An Indian forest guard walks past the body of an elephant that was killed after being hit by a speeding train at the Buxa Tiger Reserve, near Alipurduar in West Bengal state, India, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. <AP Photo/NEWSis>
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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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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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A Hindu holy man rests at a temple in Katmandu as its religious festival approaches
A Hindu Holy man rests at Pashupatinath Temple in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, March 4, 2013. Hindus across the world will be celebrating the Hindu religious festival of Mahashivratri, or night of Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction on March 10. A Hindu holy man mixes vermillion powder at the…
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Indian Hindu devotees take holy dips in Ganges river during their religious festival
An Indian woman devotee prays as marigold flowers and oil lamps offered by devotees float at Sangam, the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, during Maha Kumbh festival, in Allahabad, India, Monday, March 4, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims have been attending the Maha Kumbh festival, which…
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A bee is seen feeding on a flower at a park in Islamabad, Pakistan
Photo taken on March 3, 2013 shows a bee feeding on a flower in a public park in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Sadia Sehar>
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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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