March 21, 2012

Posted March 21st, 2012 at 2:27 pm (UTC-4)
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Mexico Earthquake Aftershocks

Members of a family sleep outside their home in fear that aftershocks from Tuesday's magnitude-7.4 quake could cause their home to collapse in Pinotepa Nacional, Mexican state of Oaxaca, near the border with Guerrero. (AP)

 

Indonesia Fuel Protest

Smoke from burning tires blankets a student protester during a demonstration against the government's plan to raise fuel prices in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. (AP)

 

Ethiopia Migrants Yemen

Ethiopian migrants rest near a transit center where they are waiting for repatriation in the western Yemeni town of Haradh, on the border with Saudi Arabia. Some 12,000 migrants, mostly from the Horn of Africa, are stranded in Haradh, which they are using as a stepping stone to reach Saudi Arabia, according to the International Organization for Migration. (Reuters)

 

Syria Children Jordan

Syrian children who fled to Jordan with their families enjoy a day out at an amusement park in Amman. The activity was organized by an aid group to help the children acclimatize to life in their new environment. (Reuters)

 

Belgium Crash Funeral

The coffins of some of the victims of a bus crash in Switzerland are seen during a ceremony in Lommel, Belgium. A bus carrying a Belgian school party home from a ski trip crashed into the wall of a tunnel in Sierre, Switzerland, killing 28 people, 22 of them children on March 14.  (Reuters)

 

Burma Suu Kyi Supporters

Supporters of Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi wait for her arrival during an election campaign at Seikkan Township in Rangoon. (Reuters)

 

Shanghai China Aquarium

A visitor looks at jellyfish displayed at an aquarium in Shanghai, China. (AP)

 

Kyrgyz Nowruz Celebration

Wearing their traditional costumes Kyrgyz girls dance at Ala-Too Square in Bishkek during the annual celebration of Nowroz (New Year) holiday. Nowroz is an ancient Persian festival marking the first day of spring and is celebrated in Central Asia. (AFP)

 

Georgia Novruz Meal

People enjoy a meal on the street during the Nowruz celebration in the town of Marneuli, some 40 km south of Tbilisi, Georgia. (Reuters)

 

Albania Farmers Economy

An Albanian farmer washes his carrots in the village of Divjake, 30 km from the capital Tirana.  The crisis in neighboring Greece has caused many Albanian immigrants to return home to farm their land. (Reuters)

 

India Barber Rally

A man gets his face shaved at a roadside barber's shop as scores of protesters attend a rally in New Delhi, India. (AP)

 

France Sunrise

The sunrise as seen in a field of Godewaersvelde, northern France. (AFP)

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