March 3, 2014

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Members of the African National Congress Women's League sing in front of the courthouse ahead of the trial of track star Oscar Pistorius in Pretoria.

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Attendants serve tea before the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

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Protesters picket the Chinese Consulate in Manila, Philippines, in the dispute over Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea.

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Thai Muslim villagers prepare birds and cages for a bird-singing contest in Yala province in southern Thailand, March 2, 2014.