A champ with a ban, a Super Bowl fan, two towns with presidential dynasties| Jan 30
The day in photos from around the world.
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St. Louis Blues left wing Jaden Schwartz threads the puck between two defenders and past Nashville Predators goaltender Carter Hutton to score during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Jan. 29, in St. Louis.
(AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Chris Lee)
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A man wearing a Spiderman costume walks outside the central market of Lima, Peru, Thursday, Jan. 29. The man disguised as a comic strip hero is a street vender who sells toys, such as rubber balls.
(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
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In this Monday, April 21, 2014 file photo, Rita Jeptoo of Kenya celebrates her win in the women’s division of the 118th Boston Marathon in Boston. Athletics Kenya said on Friday, Jan. 30, 2015 that it has banned marathon champion Rita Jeptoo two years for doping after traces of the banned blood-booster EPO were found in her out-of-competition test in Kenya on Sept. 25.
(AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
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In this Jan. 23 photo, Guillermo Luna Martinez, 36, carries freshly painted piñatas representing Disney’s Frozen snowman character Olaf downstairs to where his wife Elvia Vicente Albarran will use paper to craft the character’s eyes, teeth, and distinctive tuft of hair, at the family’s workshop in the Iztapalapa neighborhood of Mexico City. Though Luna and his wife have chosen to work in the family business, they plan to let their children, Guillermo, 10, and Melissa, 9, decide for themselves. “Who knows if the business will last forever,” said Luna, “I’d prefer that they study and get a career, for them to have a better future.”
(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
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Steve Bronson, from Tempe, Ariz., walks past Roman numerals for the NFL Super Bowl XLIX, Thursday, Jan. 29, in downtown Phoenix. The New England Patriots face the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX on Sunday in Glendale, Ariz.
(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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An unidentified lawmaker casts his vote at the lower chamber during a voting session for the election of the new Italian President in Rome, Friday, Jan. 30. Lawmakers failed to elect a new Italian president Thursday in balloting that tests Premier Matteo Renzi’s ability to rally his fractured party behind a candidate that is also acceptable to opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi, whose support he has courted for the government’s ambitious reform agenda. Even as the names on the hand-written ballots from the 1,009 electors were still being read aloud, it was clear that, as expected, no candidate had come remotely close to the two-thirds majority needed to elect a new head of state in the first three rounds.
(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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In this Jan. 27 photo, relatives and friends touch the face of Adriene Nascimento who was killed by a stray bullet, during her funeral at the Sao Joao Batista cemetery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Nascimento, a 21-year-old mother of two, died holding a child in her lap when a stray bullet came as police and gang members traded fire nearby.
(AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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Cassidy Long,17 Duchess of Pink Grapefruit takes a seat before the start of the 78th Annual Queen Citrianna Texas Fiesta Cornation at Neuhuas Complex at Mission High School in Mission, Texas Thursday at Jan. 29. The Texas Citrus Fiesta consists of a festival, a parade, and a royal pageant to crown King Citrus and Queen Citriana.
(AP Photo/The Monitor, Delcia Lopez)
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In this Dec. 17, 2014 photo, people cross the street at the intersection of Greenwich Avenue and Havemeyer Place in downtown Greenwich, Conn. The nation’s political center cuts directly between super-wealthy Greenwich and high-achieving Chappaqua, N.Y. Separated by just 13 miles, these sought-after suburbs lay claim to the two most powerful political families of the 21st century: the Bushes and the Clintons.
(AP Photo/Hearst Connecticut Media/Greenwich Time, Tyler Sizemore)
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A banner with a picture of Jordanian pilot, Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh, who is held by the Islamic State group militants, is being raised by workers near a tent prepared for receiving supporters, in Amman, Jordan, Friday, Jan. 30. The fates of a Japanese journalist and Jordanian military pilot were unknown Friday, a day after the latest purported deadline for a possible prisoner swap passed with no further word from the Islamic State group holding them captive.
(AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
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In this Jan. 21 photo, a sign indicating Visa credit cards are accepted is posted at a New York business. Visa’s quarterly profit rose 11 percent as consumer spending grew on the credit and debit card processor’s massive payment network, the company announced Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015.
(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)