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Pakistani police officers surround the U.S. Consulate during rallies on Feb. 18 condemning Raymond Davis, a U.S. Embassy employee who shot dead two Pakistanis in Lahore in January. K.M.Chaudary/AP hide caption
Students cheer as President Obama delivers a speech at the University of Indonesia in Jakarta in November. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
An elderly Chinese construction worker smokes a cigarette while taking a break from work in Beijing. Muhammed Muheisen/AP hide caption
At a party outside Brisbane, Australia, nursing students sing i-Kiribati songs. Brian Reed for NPR hide caption
The crew of the whaling vessel Yushin Maru #3 uses their water cannons against Sea Shepherd's Delta team (foreground) in a Zodiac boat during clashes in the Southern Ocean. The photo was taken on Jan. 1 by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Gary Stokes/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A Sinking Nation
A woman smokes a cigarette in Beiijng. Federic J. Brown /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Jonathan Kos-Read, 37, has made his living playing the American in Chinese soap operas and other projects. Courtesy of Jonathan Kos-Read hide caption
A family enjoys a dip in the "chocolate spa" at the Hakone Yunessun spa resort in Hakone, 60 miles west of Tokyo. Each year, the Yunessun offers the special spa to mark Valentine's Day. Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images hide caption