March 4, 2013
![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.](https://gdb.voanews.com/17248884-6b33-4b9d-9c47-523b53ba292d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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.
![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.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c971c364-f917-411b-92aa-6ba1629aaef2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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.
![Afghan children watch burning expired medical items and food on the outskirts of Jalalabad.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ae137b07-860c-498d-826d-cc96b3444bcc_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Afghan children watch burning expired medical items and food on the outskirts of Jalalabad.
![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.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ab42ae01-0944-42cc-a415-78750c65077a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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.