March 6, 2013
![Cardinal Philippe Barbarin is surrounded by reporters after a cardinals' meeting at the Vatican. Cardinals from around the world have gathered inside the Vatican for their first round of meetings before the conclave to elect the next pope.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a550f79a-dac2-42b5-8b92-2863ee973fca_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Cardinal Philippe Barbarin is surrounded by reporters after a cardinals' meeting at the Vatican. Cardinals from around the world have gathered inside the Vatican for their first round of meetings before the conclave to elect the next pope.
![Two employees watch from the window of an office building as members of the Metro trade union march during a protest against low wages in Bucharest, Romania.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2cc65271-1959-4933-b81a-3eab866ee5cf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Two employees watch from the window of an office building as members of the Metro trade union march during a protest against low wages in Bucharest, Romania.
![Lava erupts at the New Sud-Est crater of Mt. Etna's volcano, near Catania, in Sicily, southern Italy.](https://gdb.voanews.com/389c98ad-fa8d-4e3a-ba42-6b93cdc6282f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Lava erupts at the New Sud-Est crater of Mt. Etna's volcano, near Catania, in Sicily, southern Italy.
![A participant takes part in a traditional south Indian bull-racing sport in the port city of Mangalore in the Indian state of Karnataka. (Photo by Rajarshi Chowdhury submitted to VOA Photo Contest)](https://gdb.voanews.com/f2a2dfe6-ae49-4d75-b579-028546e2fe6e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A participant takes part in a traditional south Indian bull-racing sport in the port city of Mangalore in the Indian state of Karnataka. (Photo by Rajarshi Chowdhury submitted to VOA Photo Contest)