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Holi and fashion shows apart, the world also saw its share of protests in a few countries
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19/03/2012 12:00 AM
Image by : Adrees Latif / Reuters
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Image by : Adrees Latif / Reuters
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Morning commuters are silhouetted as they walk through the main concourse of the Grand Central Station in New York
Image by : Benoit Tessier / Reuters
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Image by : Benoit Tessier / Reuters
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A model presents a creation by designer Bill Gaytten as part of his Fall/Winter 2012-2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show for Dior during Paris fashion week
Image by : Fredy Builes / Reuters
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Image by : Fredy Builes / Reuters
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A woman takes cover behind riot police as protesters throw stones during a demonstration against what they say is the poor service of the TransMilenio bus rapid transit system in Bogota, Colombia
Image by : Jason Lee / Reuters
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Image by : Jason Lee / Reuters
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A girl looks out from behind a screen as she waits to perform during celebrations for the upcoming International Women's Day at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing
Image by : Goran Tomasevic / Reuters
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Image by : Goran Tomasevic / Reuters
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Men wait in front of a bakery to buy bread during winter in Al Qusayr, Syria
Image by : Adnan Abidi / Reuters
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Image by : Adnan Abidi / Reuters
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A man daubed in coloured powder lies on the ground as he celebrates "Lathmar Holi" at Nandgaon village in Uttar Pradesh
Image by : Victor Ruiz Caballero / Reuters
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Image by : Victor Ruiz Caballero / Reuters
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A protester in Santiago, Chile, is detained by riot police while protesting for fuel subsidies and special regional minimum salaries
Image by : Khaled Abdullah Ali Al Mahdi / Reuters
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Image by : Khaled Abdullah Ali Al Mahdi / Reuters
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An anti-government protester during a protest to demand that relatives of Yemen's former president Ali Abdullah Saleh be dismissed from senior posts in the army and police in Sanaa
The Krasna Horka castle is seen on fire in the village of Krasnohorske Podhradie near Roznava, eastern Slovakia
A Buddhist monk takes a bath inside a monastery in Yangon, Myanmar
Israeli soldiers (l) stand guard as a man dressed as a clown juggles during a parade for the Jewish holiday of Purim in the West Bank city of Hebron
Image by : Larry Downing / Reuters
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Image by : Larry Downing / Reuters
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US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron watch a basketball match at the University of Dayton Arena in Ohio
Image by : Daniel Munoz / Reuters
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Image by : Daniel Munoz / Reuters
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A couple rides near a road submerged in flood waters in Wagga Wagga, Australia
