Week in Pictures: 31 - 6 January 2012
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Members of the Umkhonto We Sizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) salute in front of posters of former presidents of the African National Congress (ANC), Nelson Mandela (L) and Thabo Mbeki, during the ANC's centenary celebration in Bloemfontein Janua
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Members of the Nigerian Bar Association carry a banner as they walk along a street to protest a fuel subsidy removal, in Lagos January 5, 2012. Nigerian trade unions threatened on Wednesday to call a national strike and shut down large parts of the countr
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A woman bleeds after she swam into a frozen portion of the icy water during a winter swimming competition at Songhua River in Harbin, Heilongjiang province January 5, 2012. REUTERS/Sheng Li (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SPORT SWIMMING SOCIETY)
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Policemen beat up a protester during a rally against fuel subsidy removal on Ikorodu road in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos January 3, 2012. Hundreds of demonstrators in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos shut petrol stations, formed human barriers al