March 24: Day in pics
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CPIM leader Asok Bhattacharjee adresses a CPIM meeting in Darjeeling. HT/Suman Baraily
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Indian cricket captain MS Dhoni speaks during a programme in Kolkata. PTI Photo
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Hindustan Times political editor Vinod Sharma receives honour as the alumni of Bhartia Vidhya Bhawan School of Mass Communication from justice Markendey Katju, chairman Press Council of India during the convocation of the institute in New Delhi. HT/Vipin Kumar
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McLaren locked out the front row of the starting grid for the second race in a row, as Michael Schumacher (right) was amongst the three fastest qualifiers for the first time since 2004 in Malaysian Grand Prix practice session. (AP Photo)
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Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi (2nd R) pushes his way past fans at the airport following his return to Karachi. Pakistan allrounder Shahid Afridi lashed out at fans at Karachi airport after his three-year-old daughter was hurt in a crush of autograph hunters, eye-witnesses and television reports said. The 32-year-old former captain lost his temper and hit fans who had descended on the airport to greet members of the Asia Cup winning national side, apparently after his daughter Ajwa was hurt. AFP PHOTO/Rizwan TABASSUM
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People assemble outside of City Hall in downtown St Louis, to rally for justice for Trayvon Martin, a black teenager who was slain in the town of Sanford, Fla, on Feb. 26 in a shooting that has set off a nationwide furor over race and justice. (AP/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Johnny Andrews)
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Pope Benedict XVI is welcomed by Mexican President Felipe Calderon and his wife Margarita Zavala, upon his arrival at Silao's international airport in Guanajuato, Mexico. AFP/Alberto Pizzoli
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Some tens of thousands of Buddhist monks arrive for a mass alms-offering ceremony in Bangkok's Chinatown. The ceremony was held to mark the 2,600th anniversary of the enlightenment of Lord Buddha. Reuters/Damir Sagolj
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A member of the Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno brotherhood known as "costaleros" adjusts the head dress of his friend before moving a weighted structure, traditionally known as "paso", from their brotherhood house to a church for the upcoming Holy Week processions in Ronda near Malaga, southern Spain. Reuters/Jon Nazca
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Red Bull-Renault driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany gives an autograph to a fan in the paddock area prior to the third practice session of Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix at the Sepang International Circuit in Sepang. AFP PHOTO / Prakash Singh
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (C) walks with officials as he arrives at Incheon Airport in Seoul on March 24, 2012, to attend the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit. Leaders from over 50 nations will attend the summit which is being held in the South Korean capital on March 26-27. AFP/Lee Jin-Man
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Mark Gillespie of New Zealand bowls on day two of the third and final five day international cricket Test match between New Zealand and South Africa at the Basin Reserve in Wellington. AFP/Marty Melville
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