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2012-02-05 09:33

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2012-02-05 08:23

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DEFIANT: Followers of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez attend a gathering in Mexico City to commemorate the 20th anniversary of a failed coup attempt. (Johan Ordonez, AFP)
TAKING ACTION: Park police and workers remove the possessions of members of Occupy DC from a square in Washington. (Brendan Smialowski, Getty Images/AFP)
SORRY SIGHT: A 7m humpback whale has been found dead on a beach in Meuvaines, west of Caen in western France. (Kenzo Tribouillard, AFP)
SERIOUS: A masked Egyptian protester wears shell casings in Cairo while standing in front of a mural during clashes with security forces. (Ahmed Gomaa, AP)
ANGRY: Protesters in Istanbul set a placard on fire, urging President Bashar al-Assad to leave his country as Syrians living in Turkey stage a protest.(AP)
ELOQUENT: The chairperson of the ANC’s National Disciplinary Committee of Appeal, Cyril Ramaphosa, informs the media in Johannesburg that all charges against Julius Malema have been upheld. (Moeletsi Mabe, AFP)
HARD WORK: Two Bosnian teenagers shovel snow in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo during Europe’s unrelenting cold snap. (Amel Emric, AP)
TRADITION: Nepalese Hindu women warm thelselves at a fire in Bhaktapur, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, after a mass bath during the Swasthani festival. (Prakash Mathema, AFP)
FORWARD AND ONWARD: Opposition demonstrators march during a massive protest in Moscow against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's rule. (Alexander Zemlianichenko, AP)
CRISIS: Egyptian protestors climb the outside of a building that caught fire during clashes with security forces near the Interior Ministry in Cairo. (Muhammed Muheisen, AP)
SURPRISED: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talks to a delegate at the Security Conference in Munich. (Frank Augstein, AP)

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