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A woman rides a bicycle past hundreds of election posters

A woman rides past hundreds of campaign posters near Kuala Lumpur, ahead of general elections in Malaysia next month.

A man and child flee the scene of an Israeli missile strike in Gaza City

In Gaza City, a man and a child flee the scene of an Israeli missile strike on the interior ministry.

A road in the southern Israeli town of Sderot is damaged by a rocket

In southern Israel, a road in the border town of Sderot is damaged by a rocket fired from Gaza.

Sweden's Jens Lundqvist eyes the ball during a table tennis match

Sweden's Jens Lundqvist eyes the ball during a table tennis match at championships in Guangzhou, China.

Mourners place photographs of the murdered leader of the national journalists' union, Shihab al-Tamimi, on a car

Mourners place a photograph of the murdered leader of Iraq's national journalists' union, Shihab al-Tamimi, on a windscreen during his funeral in Baghdad.

A Kenyan woman cradles her baby in an IDP camp in Naivasha, 90 kilometres northeast of the capital, Nairobi, February, 2008

A Kenyan woman, displaced in Kenya's post-electoral violence, cradles her baby at a camp near Kenya's lakeside town of Naivasha.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, and his wife Carla Bruni talk together during their visit to Gugulethu Aids institute near Cape Town, 28 February, 2008

French first couple Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni share a joke during a trip to South Africa.

Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama during a town hall meeting in Austin, Texas, 28 February, 2008

Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama discusses strengthening the US economy during a town hall meeting in Austin, Texas. The state holds a crucial primary next week.





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