March 11, 2013

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Malta's newly sworn-in Prime Minister and Labour Party leader Joseph Muscat waves to the crowds from the balcony of the Presidential Palace in Valletta. The Labour Party won a national election, returning to power after 15 years in opposition.

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Winter weather returns to France. Strong winds create snowdrifts along the side of the road as cars and trucks make their way on a road in Vicogne between Doullens and Amiens.

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Gendarmes stand guard as visitors wait behind security barriers outside the courthouse in Silivri near Istanbul. The trial of nearly 300 people, who are charged with attempting to overthrow Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's Islamist-rooted government, resumed at Silivri prison complex.

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A girl runs past pinwheels arranged in the shape of the Korean peninsula at Imjingak Pavilion near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) which separates the two Koreas in Paju, north of Seoul. North Korea has cut off a Red Cross hotline with South Korea as it escalates its war of words against Seoul and Washington.