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Day in photos: Feb. 18, 2011

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Spanish firefighters try to extinguish a fire that broke out at the Magic Palace theater in Torremolinos, in the southern province of Malaga, Spain. EPA
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Protestors crowd the State capitol building as members of the Wisconsin state government discuss the proposed bill by Republican Governor Scott Walker in Madison, Wisconsin. The proposal by Walker to curb the bargaining rights of public unions in order to make immediate budget savings has sparked outrage among union workers in the state. REUTERS
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President Obama joins a toast with Technology Business Leaders at a dinner in Woodside, California, Feb. 17. Pete Souza/The White House
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Buffalo roam the Black Hills in the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota. ZUMA Press
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U.S. Army and German soldiers attend to injured German soldiers at the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) base in Pul-e Khumri, south of Kunduz, Afghanistan. AP Photo
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Montreal Canadiens skater Ryan White, falls next to Edmonton Oilers’ Liam Reddox as Ryan Jones, not seen, scores on goalie Carey Price during the third period. AP Photo
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Relatives of Ali Massour Khodier, 22, who died during clashes between Bahraini anti-government and riot police on Thursday, mourn over his coffin during his funeral procession in Sitra village, Bahrain. AP Photo
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Tens of thousands of Egyptians pray and celebrate the fall of the regime of former President Hosni Mubarak, and to maintain pressure on the current military rulers, in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt. AP Photo
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Trainees in spacesuits assisted by scuba divers train in a pool at the Russian Cosmonauts Training Center at the Star City outside Moscow. Underwater training simulating conditions of weightlessness is part of space crew training. AP Photo
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Kashmiri Muslim devotees raise their hands for prayers as a head priest, unseen, displays a relic of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad at the Hazratbal shrine on the Friday following Eid Milad-un Nabi, marking the birth anniversary of the Prophet, in Srinagar, India. AP Photo
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Belarussian workers from the charity organization “Ecodom” stack harvested reeds on a frozen lake near the village of Stakhovts north of Minsk. The reeds will be used in summer in the construction of houses for migrants from the Chernobyl zone. REUTERS
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Carnival masks decorate a wall at a mask making factory in Sao Goncalo, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. Brazil carnival celebration starts March 4. AP Photo
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Traffic sits in a heavy snow storm after the Sea to Sky Highway was closed south of Squamish, British Columbia. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police closed the road for several hours after the storm and snow made driving treacherous on the mountain roads north of Vancouver. REUTERS
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Artisanal miners dig for gold in an open-pit concession near Dunkwa, western Ghana. REUTERS
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President Obama looks into Intel’s Transmission Electron Microscope during a tour of the semiconductor manufacturing facility at Intel Corporation in Hillsboro, Oregon. REUTERS
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Yemeni riot police charge towards anti-government demonstrators during a demonstration demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen. Anti-government demonstrators clashed with supporters of Yemen’s longtime ruler and riot police, who fired tear gas and shots in the air to disperse the crowd on what organizers called a “Friday of Rage” across the country. In the city of Taiz, what appeared to be a hand grenade was thrown at a group of protesters, seriously wounding at least eight people in the blast and stampede that followed. AP Photo
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A woman carries several wedding gowns through the racks during the annual “Running of the Brides” sale of designer wedding dresses at Filene’s Basement department store in New York. Brides bring a team of family and friends to help them gather and try on bargain priced dresses that normally retail for several times the sale price. AFP/Getty Images
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Felix Hawkins and his wife Chirley Hawkins lay out and enjoy the warm weather at White Rock Lake in Dallas. The couple have been married for 58 years. AP Photo