A new year: New disasters; new leaders; and a new chance at life for a man, a team and a turtle
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Fireworks explode over St. Basil Cathedral at Red Square
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Egyptian Muslims and Christians raise a copy of the Quran and a Cross
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Pete Postlethwaite and Anne Francis
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People use ropes to get from one area to another in Barrio Altavista in Caracas, Venezuela
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Seattle Seahawks’ Will Herring (54) celebrates along with Aaron Curry
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AP/Columbus Dispatch, Doral Chenoweth III
Ted Williams holds a sign advertising his smooth radio voice near a highway ramp in Columbus, Ohio
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Workmen put the finishing touches to a snow sculpture at the 12th Harbin Ice and Snow World display
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A commando of Pakistan’s elite force, Mumtaz Qadri, center, who allegedly killed Punjab’s governor Salman Taseer, sits in a police van
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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio holds up the gavel after receiving it from outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California
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Tzvika, an injured female turtle, walks with the aid of her newly attached wheels
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Michael Jackson’s sisters Rebbie, left, and Janet arrive for the preliminary hearing for Michael Jackson’s doctor
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A villager stands near her tent at a refugee shelter at Jumoyo village, near Indonesia’s Muntilan city
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Reuters/David Mdzinarishvili
Tsiuri Kakabadze (right), 80, performs during the “Super Grandmother and Super Grandfather” contest
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AP/Millard Public Schools
The son of a police detective opened fire at a Nebraska high school Jan. 5, 2011, fatally wounding the assistant principal
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Katy Perry speaks after being presented with the prizes at the 2011 People’s Choice Awards
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President Obama listens as his new White House chief of staff William Daley makes a statement
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Talk show host Oprah Winfrey is interviewed at the OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network launch cocktail reception
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Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill
