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Feb 10, 2013
Feb 10, 2013 A civilian requests policemen permission to cross the barbed wire set up as road blockade on the second consecutive day of curfew imposed after the execution of Afzal Guru in Srinagar. - AP Photo/ Mukhtar khan |
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Feb 10, 2013
 
Feb 10, 2013 A civilian requests policemen permission to cross the barbed wire set up as road blockade on the second consecutive day of curfew imposed after the execution of Afzal Guru in Srinagar. - AP Photo/ Mukhtar khanFeb 10, 2013 Devotees walk across pontoon bridges to take a holy dip at Sangam during the Maha Kumbh festival, in Allahabad. - AP Photo /Manish SwarupFeb 10, 2013 Temple goers burn incense as they pray for health and fortune on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year at Yonghegong Lama Temple in Beijing. - AP Photo/Andy WongFeb 10, 2013 People mourn the death of their relatives in a stampede at Allahabad train station during the ongoing Kumbh Mela. - PTI PhotoFeb 10, 2013 Visitors take pictures of artists perform an acrobatic lion dance at the Ditan temple fair on the first day of Lunar New Year in Beijing. - AP Photo/Andy WongFeb 10, 2013 Actress Preity Zinta with Swami Chidanand Saraswati praying in the Ganga during the Maha Kumbh Mela in Allahabad. - PTI PhotoFeb 10, 2013 A dancer from the Unidos de Vila Maria samba school performs during a carnival parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil. - AP Photo/Andre PennerFeb 10, 2013 Sadhus, some covered in ash, walk in procession after bathing at Sangam during the Maha Kumbh festival, in Allahabad. - AP Photo/Kevin FrayerFeb 10, 2013 Chinese community in the city celebrate their New Year in Kolkata. - PTI Photo/Ashok BhaumikFeb 10, 2013 Dragon and lion dancers perform in celebration of Chinese New Year at Chinatown district of Binondo in Manila, Philippines. This year marks the Year of the Snake in the Chinese calendar. - AP Photo/Bullit MarquezFeb 10, 2013 Zhuang Zedong, 73, ’60s Chinese table-tennis wiz whose tie-up with a US player led to ‘ping-pong diplomacy’, Richard Nixon’s 1972 visit to China and eventual thawing
of Cold War relations. - Feb 10, 2013 Huge gathering of devotees at 'Rajender Prasad ghat' to take holy dip in the Ganga on the occassion of 'Mauni Amavasya', considered the most auspicious day during the Maha Kumbh Mela in Varanasi. - PTI PhotoFeb 10, 2013 The 15- member Indian Squad- MS Dhoni (Capt. & wk), Virender Sehwag, M. Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara; 2nd row from left- Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin; 3rd row from left- Pragyan Ojha, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ashok Dinda - picked up for the first two Tests against Australia. - PTI PhotoFeb 10, 2013 Students of St. Maaz High School performing martial arts at a rally in the old city of Hyderabad. - PTI PhotoFeb 10, 2013 Australian batswomen running between the wickets during their Women's World Cup match against Sri Lanka in Mumbai. - PTI Photo/Santosh HirlekarFeb 10, 2013 Security personnel patrolling during the second day of curfew imposed in the Kashmir Valley, following the execution of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, in Srinagar. - PTI PhotoFeb 10, 2013 Indian Air Force helicopters cross paths while performing an aerobatic flight on the last day of the Aero India 2013 at Yelahanka air base in Bangalore. - AP Photo/Aijaz RahiFeb 10, 2013 Visitors crowd near U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, a cargo plane, on the last day of the Aero India 2013 at Yelahanka air base in Bangalore. - AP Photo/Aijaz RahiFeb 10, 2013 Visitors watch Indian Air Force helicopters fly over on the last day of the Aero India 2013 at Yelahanka air base in Bangalore. - AP Photo/Aijaz RahiFeb 10, 2013 Naga sadhus from the Niranjani Akhada or sect, take out a procession to take a ritual dip at Sangam, the confluence of Hindu holy rivers Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, during the Maha Kumbh festival at Allahabad. - AP Photo/ Saurabh DasFeb 10, 2013 A Chinese man prays for health and fortune on the first day of the Lunar New Year at Yonghegong Lama Temple in Beijing. Millions across China are celebrating the arrival of the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Snake, marked with a week-long Spring Festival holiday. - AP Photo/Andy WongFeb 10, 2013 Chinese students walk in a procession with a dragon mask during Chinese New Year celebrations in Kolkata. - AP Photo/Bikas DasFeb 10, 2013 Millions of Hindu devotees arrive for a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of Hindu holy rivers Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, during the Maha Kumbh festival at Allahabad. - AP Photo /Rajesh Kumar SinghFeb 10, 2013 A man runs in water while bathing at Sangam, the confluence of Hindu holy rivers Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, during the Maha Kumbh festival at Allahabad. - AP Photo/ Saurabh DasFeb 10, 2013 Mounted policemen clear the way for the arrival of holy men for taking a holy dip, at 'Sangam', the confluence of Hindu holy rivers Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, as they take take a dip, during the Maha Kumbh festival at Allahabad. - AP Photo /Manish SwarupFeb 10, 2013 A Kashmiri woman reacts to camera as she crosses a street during the second consecutive day of curfew imposed after the execution of Afzal Guru convicted in a deadly 2001 attack on Parliament, in Srinagar. - AP Photo/ Mukhtar khanFeb 10, 2013 Hindu devotees walk across a pontoon bridge as they leave after a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati River, during the Maha Kumbh festival, in Allahabad. - AP Photo /Manish SwarupFeb 10, 2013 Nepalese Hindu women take holy dips at the Bagmati River during Madhav Narayan festival in Katmandu, Nepal. 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 ShresthaFeb 10, 2013 Heads of Hindu monasteries, bottom, return using pontoon after a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati River, during the Maha Kumbh festival, in Allahabad. - AP Photo /Manish SwarupFeb 10, 2013 CPI(M) activists display a cartoon lampooning West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee during a rally in Kolkata. - PTI Photo/Ashok BhaumikFeb 10, 2013 A book lover at a stall on the last day of the World Book Fair in New Delhi. - PTI Photo/Shahbaz KhanFeb 10, 2013 Activists of Pragatisheel Mahila Sangthan during a protest rally demanding to stop violence against women, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. - PTI Photo/Shahbaz KhanFeb 10, 2013 CPI(M) activists hold a rally in Kolkata. - PTI Photo/Ashok BhaumikFeb 10, 2013 CPI(M) activists display a placard during a rally in Kolkata. - PTI Photo/Ashok BhaumikFeb 10, 2013 Book lovers at a stall on the last day of the World Book Fair in New Delhi. - PTI Photo/Shahbaz KhanFeb 10, 2013 Devotees at a mass lunch organised by a trustee during 'Mauni Amavasaya,' considered most auspicious occassion, in Vrindavan. - PTI PhotoFeb 10, 2013 Carnival goers watch a dinosaur float during celebrations in Madrid, Spain. The carnival, which takes place across Spain just before Lent, is believed to owe its origins to pagan festivals. - AP/PTIFeb 10, 2013 Players of Ranchi Rhinos celebrate their victory after winning the final match of Hockey India League against Delhi Waveriders in Ranchi. - PTI PhotoFeb 10, 2013 Devotees waiting for trains at Allahabad railway station after taking holy dip in Mahakumbh on Mauni Amavasya. At least 10 people were killed and many others injured in a stampede at the station. - PTI PhotoFeb 10, 2013 A Naga Sadhu plays an instrument shaped like a snake before taking a predawn holy dip in the Ganges on the occassion of 'Mauni Amavasya', considered the most auspicious day during the Maha Kumbh Mela in Allahabad. - PTI Photo
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