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• Feb. 11: An Iraqi soldier stands guard as a pipeline burns in the background after an explosion 30 kilometers (20 miles) northeast of Tikrit, Iraq.
• Feb. 11: Archbishop of the southwestern cities of Lourdes and Tarbes, Jacques Perrier, right, puts his hand on a sick young girl's forehead, in front of the Lourdes shrine, southwestern France, during a ceremony.
• Feb. 11: Palestinians in a taxi drive past a section of Israel's separation barrier at the Kalandiya checkpoint, between the outskirts of Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security, while Palestinians call it a land grab.
• Feb. 11: Iraqi police graduate stands at attention as national flags flutter above him, during a graduation ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq. Some 900 policemen graduated after a six week training course.
• Feb. 11: Pakistan election worker carries transparent ballot boxes in preparation for upcoming general election at an election commission office in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The violence underscored the deep tensions in Pakistan as the nation heads toward the Feb. 18 elections, which are meant to restore democracy after eight years of military rule.
• Feb. 11: A photo released by the "Tiergarten Nuernberg" zoo in Nuremberg, southern Germany, shows polar bear cub Flocke playing with at her new toy which was presented to her on Monday to mark her being two months old.
• Feb. 11: Aboriginals dance in front of Old Parliament House in Canberra, Australia. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Wednesday will formally say sorry to Aboriginal people for past administrations' policy of forcibly removing indigenous children from their families.