January 24, 2013
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Iranians take photos with their mobile phones of authorities carrying out the court-ordered amputation of the fingers of a convicted thief, not pictured, in a public square in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz. The 29-year-old man was convicted for being part of a 10-member gang that carried out burglaries in the city. He was sentenced to the amputation of three fingers, the confiscation of his property and three years in prison.
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View of a damaged bridge at the Iguacu Falls in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, following the overflowing of the Parana River.
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French military personnel and their vehicles are seen aboard a U.S. Air Force transport aircraft before departing for Mali from Istres airbase, near Marseille, southern France.
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Young monks are on the way to have their meal in the Changlie monastery in Aba prefecture, Sichuan province, China. (Tongqi Huang/China/VOA reader)