In Pictures: Derby Day devotees, Kenyan style
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In Pictures: Duchess Kate's royal baby bump
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US parachutists attend a training session as part of the 'Cope Tiger 2010' joint Air Force exercise over Lop Buri province in Thailand, on March 3. About 1,600 soldiers from three countries, Thailand, the US, and Singapore, are participating in the two-week exercise. Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters
A life-size manequin of Babe Ruth looks to the sky from the middle of an exhibit at the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory in Louisville, Ky. Ed Reinke/AP
US President Barack Obama speaks about healthcare reform with healthcare workers in the East Room of the White House in Washington on March 3. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
Greg Dement kisses his daughter Elicia at a gun rally in Seattle, Wash., on Wednesday. Starbucks is sticking to its policy of letting customers carry guns where it is legal and has said it does not want to be put in the middle of a larger gun-control debate. Elaine Thompson/AP
A policeman yawns as his colleagues take a nap inside the parliament compound in Jakarta, Indonesia, on March 3. Beawiharta/Reuters
Thousands of supporters of the Kurdish opposition movement attend a rally led by the party's leader Nosherwan Mustafa (not shown) in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq, on Wednesday. Iraqis are due to go to the polls on March 7 for national elections. Yahya Ahmed/AP
German soccer players react at the end of their Algarve Cup final soccer match against the US on Wednesday in Faro, Portugal. The US defeated Germany 3-2. Miguel Angel Morenatti/AP
Darlene Garner (l.) and her partner, Candy Holmes, hold roses after the couple obtained their marriage license. Wednesday is the first day possible for gay couples to get licenses since the District of Columbia legalized gay marriage. Jacquelyn Martin/AP
A paramilitary policeman stops a toddler from crossing into a restricted area at Tiananmen Square on March 3. The annual sessions of China's top political advisory body and top legislature, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the National People's Congress, are to open respectively on Wednesday and Friday. Nir Elias/Reuters
A woman carries her child in a street after seawater flooded parts of Havana due to high tides and big waves on March 3 in Cuba. Desmond Boylan/Reuters
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Charles Rangel (D) of New York makes a statement on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday. Rangel has stepped down as chairman of the House Ways and Means committee following more than a year of calls for his resignation. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP
Rescue crews are at the scene of a helicopter crash near Soapstone Basin, Utah, where one of two US Coast Guard helicopters crashed into the mountain on Wednesday. The helicopter was returning from security detail at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia. Tom Smart/Deseret News/AP
A woman listens to UN Goodwill Ambassador US actress Mia Farrow (not shown) speak at a community meeting in Goz Beida, Chad, on March 2. Kate Holt/UNICEF/Reuters
People search for survivors after a landslide in eastern Uganda on Wednesday. The mudslides swamped the region late Monday and Tuesday after heavy rain pounded the mountainous region known as Bududa. Police, army soldiers and aid workers have been working to recover bodies in the remote villages, which officials said were a three-hour walk from a main highway. Stephen Wandera/AP
An earthquake survivor rests in a temporary shelter in Constitucion, Chile, on Wednesday. Four days after the 8.8-magnitude earthquake killed around 800 people in south-central Chile, rescue crews with sniffer dogs fanned out around Chile's ravaged cities and villages, searching for survivors inside the mountains of rubble, while police and troops have managed to quell looting and violence in the largest cities. Enrique Marcarian/Reuters
In Pictures: Derby Day devotees, Kenyan style
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/16
In Pictures: Dazzle like Beckham
In Pictures: Weather extremes 2013
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/15
In Pictures: Duchess Kate's royal baby bump
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/14
In Pictures: Keffiyeh is rebel chic
Accusations of blasphemy, a criminal offense under Egypt's new Islamist-backed constitution, have been leveled more frequently against writers, activists, and Christians in recent months.
The pale, young Christian woman sat handcuffed in the courtroom, accused of insulting Islam while teaching history of religions to fourth-graders. A team of Islamist lawyers with long beards sang in unison, "All except the Prophet Muhammad."
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