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DODGING A BULLET: Lance Cpl. Andrew Koenig spoke to his mother Monday on a satellite phone borrowed from a reporter after he was struck by a bullet in the front of his helmet. "I thought I'd been shot in the head, but was somehow still alive," he said later. U.S. Marines and Afghan forces continued "Operation Moshtarak," meaning "joint operation," to retake the city of Marjah, Afghanistan, from Taliban forces. (Bryan Denton for The Wall Street Journal)
CARNIVAL CELEBRATIONS: A reveller of the Mocidade samba school participated in the second night of the Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome on Monday. (Bruno Domingos/Reuters)
PAYING TRIBUTE: Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem on Monday. (Ronen Zvulun/Reuters)
BEAUTIFUL SPACE: Back dropped by the blackness of space, space shuttle Endeavour was photographed by the Expedition 22 crew as the shuttle approached the International Space Station during STS-130 rendezvous and docking operations on Feb. 9. (Eyevine/ZUMApress.com)
IN NEED OF AID: Haitians awaited medical attention Monday at a Mission Rescue clinic next to a camp for the displaced in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A month after Haiti's devastating earthquake, doctors at the nonprofit say they are now suffering from a lack of volunteers, as many early responders have gone back to their home countries. They also said there is shortage of tents, tarps and food aid for displaced Haitians living in the nearby camps. (John Moore/GettyImages)
RESCUE TASK: A man carried a child from the site of a head-on collision between two commuter trains in a Brussels suburb during rush hour Monday. Eighteen people were killed, Belgian rail officials reported. (Thierry Roge/Reuters)
MAKING A MESS: Revellers in Galaxidi, Greece, 125 miles northwest of Athens, celebrated Clean Monday by participating in a colorful "flour war." This traditional festivity marks the end of carnival season and the start of the 40-day Lent period until the Orthodox Easter. (Yiorgos Karahalis/Reuters)
GROOMING: Dog owners put the finishing touches on three Briards on Monday during the first day of the Westminster Kennel Club's 134th annual dog show at Madison Square Garden in New York. Some 2,500 dogs competed in the event. (Justin Lane/EPA)
CANDLELIT HUTS: A visitor took photos of the candlelit miniature Kamakura, or snow huts, on Monday during the Kamakura Snow Festival in Japan. In the 400-year-old folk event, local children offer sweet sake and grilled rice cakes to visitors as they invite them into the snow huts to worship the god of water at an alter carved inside.(Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images)
A MOTHER GRIEVES: Dodo Kharazishvili, mother of Nodar Kumaritashvili, the Olympic luger who died in an training accident, is seen at home in Bakuriani, Georgia, on Tuesday. In a call home shortly before he was thrown from his luge and died, Mr. Kumaritashvili told his father that he was afraid of the new lightning-quick track in Whistler. (Shakh Aivazov/Associated Press)
FAINTED SOLDIER: Comrades helped a military honor guard soldier who fainted Tuesday while standing at attention during the funeral of U.S. Rep. John Murtha at Westmont Presbyterian Church in Johnstown, Pa. (Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press)
CRACKED IN HALF ROAD: A view of a road destroyed by a landslide Tuesday in the southern Italian town of Maierato. A landslide, thought to have been caused by heavy rains in the region, split a hillside in Maierato the previous day. About 200 residents of the town in the Vibo Valentia province have had to be evacuated, authorities said. (Belcastro Antonietta/EPA)
GETTING DOLLED-UP: A model has make-up applied backstage before the Marchesa Fall 2010 collection is modeled on Wednesday during New York's fashion week. (Stephen Chernin/Associated Press)
WINNER BY A SKI: Gold medalist Nikita Kriukov, left, and silver medalist Alexander Panzhinskiy, both of Russia, celebrated as they crossed the finish line to finish first and second in the Men's Individual Sprint Final on Wednesday. (Lars Baron/Bongarts/Getty Images)
PRESIDENTIAL BLACKBERRY: U.S. President Barack Obama picked up his BlackBerry after dropping it as he climbed the stairs to Air Force One on Thursday at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. President Obama was on his way to Colorado and Nevada for political fund-raisers. (Jason Reed/Reuters)
TEXAS PLANE CRASH: Smoke billowed from a seven-story building in Austin, Texas, after a pilot slammed his small plane into the building on Thursday, apparently killing himself and one agency employee. (Trey Jones/Associated Press)
STAYING DRY: A boy stood inside a makeshift tent Thursday after heavy rain during the night in Cite Soleil, Haiti. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)
TRAVELING DANGEROUSLY: A rail commuter stood on the front of a moving train in Soweto, South Africa, on Thursday. Many commuters in South Africa choose to travel dangerously. They try to perform death-defying routines on top and underneath movign trains, sometimes jumping on and off while risking electrocution by dodging bridges and high-voltage cables. (Themba Hadebe/Associated Press)
SMOKE IN THE AIR: Buddhists burned incense while praying at Yonghegong Lama Temple in Beijing Friday. U.S. President Barack Obama hosted exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, at the White House Thursday, drawing criticism from China. (Jason Lee/Reuters)
FUMIGATING: A soldier fumigated a suburb of San Salvador, El Salvador, Friday to prevent the spread of dengue by mosquitoes. Health officials have reported more than 1,000 cases of dengue since January. (Luis Galdamez/Reuters)
FLOODED OUT: A boy stood in front of his flooded house in Jarkarta, Indonesia, Friday. The overflowing Ciliwung River has caused at least 1,000 people to be displaced, according to local media. (Mast Irham/European Pressphoto Agency)
FLOATING AWAY: A woman floated during a class at a water festival in Eilat, Israel, Friday. The festival, created two years ago, celebrates water and how people interact with it. (Tara Todras-Whitehill/Associated Press)
SAINTLY SOUVENIRS: Souvenirs in the likeness of Brother Andre Bessette were displayed at a gift shop in Montreal Friday. Pope Benedict XVI approved sainthood for Brother Bessette, who died in 1937 and is known for performing miraculous cures. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via Associated Press)
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