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Radio telescope antennas of the ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) project, in the Atacama desert, some 1500 km north of Santiago, Chile. The ALMA, an international partnership project of Europe, North America and East Asia with the cooperation of Chile, is presently the largest astronomical project in the world.

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Cardinals attend a Mass for the election of a new pope celebrated by Cardinal Angelo Sodano inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican.

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Pupils line up for a meal at the local primary school in in Sendui village in Ngorongoro region of Tanzania. (Photo submitted to VOA Photo Contest)

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A girl is pictured through a broken window after clashes at Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp near the port city of Sidon in south Lebanon. Ten people were wounded and one killed during clashes between the Fatah movement and radical Islamists that started on March 11, 2013.