March 4, 2013

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Masaai women line up at dawn to vote in a general election in Kumpa, Kenya. Kenyans went to the polls to begin casting votes in a nationwide election seen as the country's most important - and complicated - in its 50-year history.

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In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, cardinals attend a meeting at the Vatican. Cardinals from around the world have gathered for their first round of meetings before the conclave to elect the next pope.

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Afghan children watch burning expired medical items and food on the outskirts of Jalalabad.

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Chinese security personnel march outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. In a rare move, China on Monday declined to reveal its defense budget request for 2013.