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city streets while protesting

Activists march through city streets while protesting a Wisconsin Republican fundraiser March 16, 2011 in Washington. The group was protesting Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and the state's legislature who recently removed state worker's collective bargaining rights as part of budget cuts.

Fireworks explode

Fireworks explode over the ancient Colosseum as part of the celebrations of Italy's 150-year anniversary as a unified state in central Rome on March 16, 2011.

'debt to settle with women'

A group of Uruguayan women rally through downtown Montevideo, where they denounced the sexual discrimination which persists in Uruguay and claimed that democracy in that country has a 'debt to settle with women', on 16 March 2011. The young girl wears lips were it reads 'your mouth is fundamental against all fundamentalists'.

Four-month-baby Yu Hatakeyama

Four-month-baby Yu Hatakeyama (L) smiles in the arms of his grandmother at a shelter for survivors of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at Rikuzentakada in Iwate prefecture on March 17, 2011. The official number of dead and missing after a devastating earthquake and tsunami that flattened Japan's northeast coast has passed 13,000, police said on March 17, but reports hinted at a much higher toll

A mother sits with her children

A mother sits with her children beside their burnt house after a Wednesday night fire razed around 1,200 houses at a slum area in Quezon City, Metro Manila March 17, 2011. Some 800 families were left homeless and investigators are still looking into what caused the fire, local media reported.

Symphony Orchestra

This YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011 handout photo taken on March 17, 2011 shows projections on the sails of the Sydney Opera House, as a preview test for the final YouTube Symphony Orchestra concerts. On March 20, the Sydney Opera House will be lit up during the final Symphony Orchestra concert of the multi-media performance which will be projected onto the Opera House sails and live streamed for a worldwide audience on YouTube

tourist prepares to surf at Kuta beach in Denpasar

this photo taken March 15, 2011, a tourist prepares to surf at Kuta beach in Denpasar in the world famous Indonesian resort island of Bali. Travellers could soon be able surf in Bali, shop in Singapore and eat spicy street food in Thailand before crossing into Cambodia and cruising the Mekong in Vietnam -- all on a single tourist visa.

Aerial view released 16 March 2011

Aerial view released 16 March 2011 shows only a few buildings are left standing in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture, Japan, 13 March 2011, after a tsunami flooded this northeastern Japanese coastal town. A powerful earthquake jolted Japan's northeastern prefectures 11 March 2011 followed by a tsunami, wreaking havoc on otherwise beautiful coastal towns and farmlands.

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Big Bang Theory" cast members, from left, Kaley Cuoco, Johnny Galecki and Simon Helberg pose together at the 19th annual "A Night at Sardi's" fundraiser benefitting the Alzheimer's Association, Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Textile workers demonstrate

Textile workers demonstrate in the city of Sale near the capital of Rabat February 8, 2011. Foreign-owned textile manufacturer Mornatex closed four factories in Sale, across a river from Rabat, in September. Some 1,500 people were made redundant, former workers say, after they were told by their bosses the financial crisis imposed the closure. Economic woes in European markets, Morocco's largest export destination, raised fears for the future of a sector which accounts for around 16 percent of exports. Picture taken February 8.

Italian Air Force aerobatic

The Italian Air Force aerobatic unit Frecce Tricolori spreads on March 17, 2011 green, white and red smoke, the colors of the Italian flag, to mark the 150th anniversary of Italy's unification in the center of Rome.

A giant "Tree Trunk"

A giant "Tree Trunk" hot air balloon (C), piloted by US balloonist Gary Moore, dominates the sky of the Malaysia's administrative capital of Putrajaya on March 17, 2011. Some 28 hot air balloons from over 14 countries participated in the 3rd Putrajaya International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta taking place March 17-20.

An aerial view of winter snows

An aerial view of winter snows covering tsunami devastated Minamisanriku town, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, 17 March 2011. A nine-magnitude earthquake and devastating tsunami rocked north-eastern Japan, killing well over 1,000 people, the government said. Radiation levels at a damaged nuclear power plant at Fukushima, 240 kilometres north of Tokyo, were rising well above the legal limits, top government spokesman Yukio Edano said. Reactors at the Fukushima I and II plants lost their cooling functions after power and backup generators were cut off by the quake on 11 March 2011.

People queue up to buy salt

People queue up to buy salt at a local market in Hong Kong Thursday, March 17, 2011. Hundreds of the Hong Kong people queue up to buy salt as they are worried that salt produced in the future would be polluted by radiation in Japan. They also believe salt can prevent the infection of radiation.

People stand in driving snow

People stand in driving snow as they queue for a bus to leave town in Sendai, Japan, Thursday, March 17, 2011. Sendai is one of Japan's northeast coast towns devastated by Friday's earthquake and tsunami it spawned.