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Michelle Obama watches as her husband Barack Obama is officially sworn in for his second term by Chief Justice John Roberts, with her daughters Malia and Sasha beside her. (Larry Downing/AP)

The 57th Presidential Inauguration

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Jerry Dirks (r.) hugs her friend Earlene Langley after a tornado hit Driks' home just south of Carney, Okla., May 19, 2013. Ms. Dirks was in her cellar at the time the tornado hit. (Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman/AP)

Weather extremes 2013

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A man, dressed as Hindu goddess Kali, participates in a religious procession towards the Sangam as part of the Kumbh Mela festival in Allahabad, India, Jan. 6, 2013. (Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP)

The largest religious celebration on earth: India's Kumbh Mela

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Prince Charles drives a London Underground tube train Feb. 24, 2012. Britain's capital began celebrations this month for the 150th anniversary of the world's oldest underground passenger railway with reams of newsprint and plans for exhibitions, books, poetry, and a commemorative steam train ride. (Rex Features/AP)

The London Underground turns 150

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A male Sumatran tiger is kept in a cage while awaiting transfer from the Natural Resources Conservation Center in Aceh province to a safari park in West Java April 26, 2010. The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has warned that the Sumatran tiger could be extinct within a decade due to poaching and illegal logging. (Reuters)

Defending wildlife from poachers

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People dressed in costumes watch the prize draw for Spain's Christmas lottery known as 'El Gordo' or 'The Fat One' in Madrid, Dec. 22, 2012. Lucky winners of Spain’s cherished Christmas lottery, the world’s richest, celebrated, as initial indicators show more than a dozen locations where lucky tickets were sold, each picking up the maximum prize of euro 400,000 (529,840 US dollars), and some thousands of tickets yielding smaller prizes. (Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP)

Europeans searching for the safety zone

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Members of "gulabi gang," (pink gang), a women's vigilante group, shout slogans at a protest in New Delhi, India, Sept. 17, 2009. The group, so named after the pink dress that they wear, was formed in Uttar Pradesh State's Banda district. The women brandish sticks and fight for social issues. (Mustafa Quraishi/AP)

Silent no longer: India's women fight back

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US Marine Corps drill instructor yells at a recruit after wakeup attention detail in Parris Island, S.C., January 6, 2005. Recruits go through a twelve week training program to instill self-discipline and confidence, high moral standards, warrior spirit, basic military knowledge and individual skills, physical fitness and wellness as a way of life, respect and love of Country and Corps. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

True Grit: The US Marines

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A wild horse with blue eyes stands in a field in a wild horse sanctuary on the prairie in Lantry, S.D. Karen Sussman cares for more than 300 wild horses on her farm. Sussman, who is also a nurse, runs the International Society for the Protection of Mustangs & Burros on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation. She has four herds of mustangs she rescued from the slaughterhouse. (Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff)

The Best of the Monitor's Staff Photos 2012