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The most dramatic PHOTOS in the last 24 hours

Last updated on: January 24, 2013 09:43 IST

Rediff.com brings to you a collection of the most dramatic photographs from around the world in the last 24 hours

We start off with this snap of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton responding forcefully to intense questioning on the September attacks on US diplomatic sites in Benghazi, Libya, during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington

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The most dramatic PHOTOS in the last 24 hours

Last updated on: January 24, 2013 09:43 IST
Huskies pant during a training session at Feshiebridge, in Aviemore, Scotland. The Siberian Husky Club of Great Britain will hold its annual sled dog rally this weekend

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The most dramatic PHOTOS in the last 24 hours

Last updated on: January 24, 2013 09:43 IST
Followers of Yemen's al-Houthi Shi'ite group ride a motorcycle while carrying weapons, in the northwestern province of Saada

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The most dramatic PHOTOS in the last 24 hours

Last updated on: January 24, 2013 09:43 IST
Britain's Prince Harry (R) walks after disembarking from a Voyager transport aircraft at RAF Brize Norton, southern England January 23

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The most dramatic PHOTOS in the last 24 hours

Last updated on: January 24, 2013 09:43 IST
A man shows his ink-stained finger after voting at a polling station in Amman January 23. Jordanians voted on Wednesday in their first parliamentary elections since the Arab Spring revolts, but a boycott by the main Islamist party will ensure no repeat of an Egypt-style revolution via the ballot box

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The most dramatic PHOTOS in the last 24 hours

Last updated on: January 24, 2013 09:43 IST
A man walks along a street as he sells traditional Afghan soup on the outskirts of Kabul on January 23

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The most dramatic PHOTOS in the last 24 hours

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Lubna Hanash's sister mourns during Hanash's funeral in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. Israeli soldiers shot and killed Hanash, a 21-year-old Palestinian woman, near Hebron on Wednesday and wounded another local youth, Palestinian medics said. Asked about the incident, an Israeli army spokeswoman said Palestinians had thrown petrol bombs at soldiers, who then opened fire

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The most dramatic PHOTOS in the last 24 hours

Last updated on: January 24, 2013 09:43 IST
A visitor walks past a collaboration artwork between Hong Kong artist Eric So and Chinese artist Ai Wei Wei entitled Aibudao during media preview at Art Stage Singapore in Marina Bay Sands Convention and Exhibition center in Singapore on January 23. The collaboration between the two is a stylized sculpture of Ai Wei Wei featuring his flame-like hair as well as his round torso in a treatment familiar to Eric So's work. The third edition of the international art fair, with 131 galleries from 25 countries participating, will be opened to the public from January 24 to 27

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The most dramatic PHOTOS in the last 24 hours

Last updated on: January 24, 2013 09:43 IST
Buildings destroyed by Syrian air force air strikes are seen in Duma neighbourhood, Damascus

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The most dramatic PHOTOS in the last 24 hours

Last updated on: January 24, 2013 09:43 IST
A truck is encased in ice, after a warehouse fire in Chicago on January 23. Fire department officials said it is the biggest fire the department has had to battle in years and one-third of all Chicago firefighters were on the scene at one point or another trying to put out the flames. An Arctic blast continues to grip the US Midwest and Northeast Wednesday, with at least three deaths linked to the frigid weather, and fierce winds made some locations feel as cold as 50 degrees below zero Fahrenheit (minus 46 degrees Celsius).

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