March 15, 2013
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Israeli policemen stand guard at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City. Israeli police declared an age limit on Friday for Palestinians wanting to enter the Old City, only allowing males above the age of 50 and all females to enter.
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Guards run next to the hearse holding the body of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez during his funeral parade in Caracas. Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans were on the streets for parade amid opposition protests that the government was exploiting president's death for election purposes.
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South Korean army soldiers patrol along a barbed-wire fence at sunset near the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul. Busloads of tourists still show up to gawk at the world's most heavily fortified border.
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Tourists view newly-printed pictures of the newly-elected Pope Francis, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, at a souvenir shop near the Vatican in Rome.