WORLD IN A SNAP | Interesting images from around the world
Cell phone call, college protests, beach sculpture (16 images)
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March
A mahout talks on a mobile phone as he walks through a busy street in Gauhati, India on Thursday. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
An elderly Iraqi woman who gave her name only as Umm Ali, 75, raises her inked finger after casting her vote at the Medical City hospital in which she works, in Baghdad, Iraq on Thursday. Early voting in Iraq for detainees, hospital patients and military and security personnel is taking place Thursday, ahead of the parliamentary elections on Sunday. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Oscar statuettes covered with plastic are placed at the entrance of Kodak Theater as fans and tourist get their pictures taken with them near the red carpet arrival area in preparation for the 82nd Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Courtyard on Thursday in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
Chinese military officers stand in a line to enter the Great Hall of the People to attend a session in Beijing, China on Thursday. China says it will boost its defense budget by 7.5 percent this year, the first time in more than 15 years it has announced less than a double-digit percentage increase. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
A Chinese military band conductor rehearses before the opening session of the annual National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People Friday on morning. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)
A pair of Yellow-spotted Bell Frogs float in the water in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales state of Australia. The species of frog thought to have been extinct for 30 years has been discovered in rural Australian farmland, officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service, David Hunter)
A man plays with a soccer ball as fellow earthquake survivors form a line to register as displaced families and receive help by the UN International Organization for Migration at the Cite Soleil slum of Port-au-Prince on Thursday. The earthquake that hit Haiti on Jan. 12 left more than a million people living in makeshift camps. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
A Pakistani boy kicks a sheep after the animal swiped a vegetable leaf from the boy's bicycle, in a neighborhood of Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Thursday. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
"Yeah it's overwhelming but what else can we do? Get jobs in offices and wake up for the daily commute" by Miik Green of Western Australia is displayed on the first day of the annual Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe outdoor art exhibition at Cottesloe Beach on Thursday in Perth, Australia. The event attracts around 110,000 visitors each year. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)
"Ccean fandango" by Andrew Kay of Western Australia is displayed on the first day of the annual Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe outdoor art exhibition at Cottesloe Beach in Perth, Australia. The 6th annual show features over 60 local, interstate and international artists. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)
Plumes of smoke rise from a raging fire at a textile factory that started shortly after a strong earthquake jolted the island on Thursday, in Tainan, southern Taiwan. A powerful 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked southern Taiwan on Thursday morning, causing widespread damage, and disrupting communications around the island. (AP Photo/National Airborne Service Corps)
Polar bears Knut, left, and Giovanna cuddle at their enclosure at the Berlin Zoo on Thursday in Berlin, Germany. Giovanna is on loan for several months from a zoo in Munich and she and Knut seem to be getting along well. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
College students carry signs as they walk down Washington Avenue for a rally calling for equitable funding of higher education, during Higher Ed Day on Thursday, in downtown Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photos/Montgomery Advertiser, Lloyd Gallman)
A student protestor dances in front of Oakland police officers in riot gear on Thursday, in Oakland, Calif. Demonstrations, marches, teach-ins and walkouts are planned nationwide Thursday in what is being called the "March 4th National Day of Action for Public Education." (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
Firefighters hose down a house after an airplane crashed into it in Louisa, Va. on Thursday. Officials with the Virginia State Police say the pilot of a twin-engine plane was killed when the aircraft crashed into the house. Authorities say the homeowner was able to escape the burning structure safely. (AP Photo/The Free Lance-Star, Mike Morones)
A collapsed building is seen in Concepcion , Chile on Thursday. An 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile early Saturday, causing widespread damage. (AP Photo/ Natacha Pisarenko)
