March 12, 2014
![Emergency workers respond to the scene of an explosion that leveled two apartment buildings in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York.](https://gdb.voanews.com/76768437-db07-48e5-9070-9fae293f5899_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Emergency workers respond to the scene of an explosion that leveled two apartment buildings in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York.
![Fireworks thrown by anti-government protesters explode behind riot police near Taksim square in Istanbul. The protest is triggered by the death of a teenager who was wounded in street clashes last summer.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3a64960b-d51c-4582-92ed-94211f7a6abb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Fireworks thrown by anti-government protesters explode behind riot police near Taksim square in Istanbul. The protest is triggered by the death of a teenager who was wounded in street clashes last summer.
![Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy arrive for the premiere of Disney's 'Muppets Most Wanted' at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California, March 11, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1f122eb4-f3a2-4aad-9589-44441389b0ea_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy arrive for the premiere of Disney's 'Muppets Most Wanted' at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California, March 11, 2014.
![Yao Ming, former NBA basketball star and a delegate to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, looks at his phone during the closing ceremony in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, China.](https://gdb.voanews.com/cb68b642-c7af-42a0-993d-b26fdbd7ef2b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Yao Ming, former NBA basketball star and a delegate to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, looks at his phone during the closing ceremony in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, China.