Nation & World
February 25, 2013 5:43 PM
Interesting photos from around the world Monday Feb. 25
A Hindu priest washes his face with sea water during a religious ceremony called Melasti on Ngobaran Beach in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. Melasti is performed a week ahead of Balinese Hindu's Day of Silence to purify the universe from bad influences, bad deeds and bad thoughts. (AP Photo/Gembong Nusantara)
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, back, and Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, foreground, speak during their meeting, Moscow, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
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Palestinian women mourn during the funeral of Arafat Jaradat in the West Bank town of Saeer, near Hebron, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. Thousands have attended the funeral procession of a 30-year-old Palestinian man who died under disputed circumstances in Israeli custody. Palestinian officials say autopsy results show Jaradat was tortured by Israeli interrogators, while Israeli officials say there's no conclusive cause of death yet and that more tests are needed. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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A Nepalese Hindu woman devotee dries her hair after taking a holy dip at the Hanumante River on the last day of the month-long Madhav Narayan festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. Unmarried Hindu women pray to meet and marry a good husband while the married women pray for the longevity of their husbands by observing a day long fast during the month long festival. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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A Bahraini anti-government protester walks on a street filled with bricks meant to slow down riot police vehicles during clashes in Manama, Bahrain, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. Protesters tried from several directions to reach the country's main public hospital, which is heavily guarded, to forcibly claim for burial the body of a 20-year-old who died Thursday from injuries sustained during earlier clashes with police. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
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Thousands of Indian Hindu devotees walk across pontoon bridges at Sangam, the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati on Maghi Purnima, or the full-moon day, considered an auspicious bathing day, during the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims have been attending the Maha Kumbh festival, which is one of the world's largest religious gatherings that lasts 55 days and falls every 12 years. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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A Nepalese Hindu devotee prays before taking a holy dip in the Hanumante River on the last day of the month-long Madhav Narayan festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. During the festival, unmarried Hindu women pray to meet and marry a good husband while the married women pray for the longevity of their husbands by observing a day long fast. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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A Syrian girl, Bushra al-Hassan, 4, injured from a government airstrike, cries at Jabal al-Zaweya village of Sarjeh, in Idlib, Syria, Monday Feb. 25, 2013. Syria is ready to hold talks with the armed opposition trying to topple President Bashar Assad, the country's foreign minister said Monday, in the government's most advanced offer yet to try to resolve the 2-year-old civil war through negotiations. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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South Korean rapper PSY performs before President Park Geun-hye's presidential inauguration ceremony at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. Park became South Korea's first female president Monday, returning to the presidential mansion where she grew up with her dictator father. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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A Southwest Airlines jet is silhouetted against the rising full moon as it takes of from Sky Harbor Airport Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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The sun rises in Seaside Heights, N.J., Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, behind the Jet Star Roller Coaster which has been sitting in the ocean after part of the Funtown Pier was destroyed during Superstorm Sandy. The private owners of the amusement pier that collapsed in Seaside Heightsare working with insurers to devise a plan to dismantle the ride and get it out of the ocean. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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A Palestinian woman prays during the funeral of Arafat Jaradat in the West Bank town of Saeer, near Hebron, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. Thousands have attended the funeral procession of a 30-year-old Palestinian man who died under disputed circumstances in Israeli custody. Palestinian officials say autopsy results show Jaradat was tortured by Israeli interrogators, while Israeli officials say there's no conclusive cause of death yet and that more tests are needed. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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Palestinian women mourn during the funeral of Arafat Jaradat in the West Bank town of Saeer, near Hebron, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. Thousands have attended the funeral procession of a 30-year-old Palestinian man who died under disputed circumstances in Israeli custody. Palestinian officials say autopsy results show Jaradat was tortured by Israeli interrogators, while Israeli officials say there's no conclusive cause of death yet and that more tests are needed. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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UNLV linebacker John Lotulelei runs a drill during the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
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Detroit Tigers' Austin Jackson, right, steals second base as Philadelphia Phillies' Chase Utley tries to handle the throw during the third inning of a spring training exhibition baseball game, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, in Clearwater, Fla. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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South Korea's new President Park Geun-hye salutes during her inauguration ceremony as the 18th South Korean president, at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. Park took office as South Korea's first female president Monday, returning to the presidential mansion she had known as the daughter of a dictator, and where she will respond to volatile North Korea, which tested a nuclear device two weeks ago. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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A fleet of pointus, fishing boats typical of southern France, decorated with locally grown flowers, parade during a naval battle of flowers, in the harbour of Villefranche sur Mer, southeastern France, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. The sailors file past the public and along the wharves, throwing flowers among the spectators. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
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South Korea's new President Park Geun-hye, front row center, sings the national anthem during her inauguration ceremony as the 18th South Korean president in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. Park took office as South Korea's first female president Monday, returning to the presidential mansion she had known as the daughter of a dictator, and where she will respond to volatile North Korea, which tested a nuclear device two weeks ago. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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