An island erupts, an elephant gets a snack, a prime minister resigns

New York Islanders’ Anders Lee (27) tries to score past Philadelphia Flyers’ Steve Mason (35) and Sean Couturier (14) during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Feb. 5, in Philadelphia. New York won 3-2.

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Six-day-old baby giraffe Ikinya is pictured at the ‘Giraffe House’ in the Zoo and Botanic Garden of Budapest on February 6. The newborn animal was born on January 31 by his seven-year old mother, Ingrid, from Prague zoo.

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Kashmiri Muslims pray on a road outside Sufi saint Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani’s shrine in Srinagar, India, Friday, Feb. 6. Thousands of devotees thronged to the shrine Friday.

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A person looks at the Piton de la Fournaise volcano in eruption Thursday, Feb. 5, in the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion. This is the second eruption in the past year at Piton de la Fournaise after 3-years of quiet.

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People hold a banner reading ‘ people of Europe won’t be blackmailed, they will resist ‘ in front of the greek parliament in Athens on February 5 in support of the new anti-austerity government’s efforts to renegotiate Greece’s international loans. About 5,000 people gathered in Syntagma Square, police said, in front of the Greek parliament, the site of violent protests at the height of the Greek crisis in 2012. Many praised the government for “defending the interests” of the Greek people.

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Greek Minister Alexis Tsipras, right and his Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis look on during the vote for the president of Greece’s parliament in Athens, on Friday, Feb. 6. Barely 10 days after radical left-wing Syriza was swept to power in Athens, analysts expect a compromise over Greece’s debts to emerge, allowing it to remain a member of the 19-country eurozone. The finance ministers of the 19-country eurozone are to meet at a special meeting Wednesday on the eve of a summit of European Union leaders to discuss Greece’s debts.

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In this Jan. 21 photo, Eriko Sekiguchi, 36, stands at a crossroad in Tokyo. Often toiling 14 hours a day for a major trading company, including early morning meetings and after-hours, Sekiguchi used just eight of her 20 paid vacation days last year. Six of those days were for being sick.

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A woman wearing a picture of late South African president Nelson Mandela South African around her neck wait to to welcome Palestinian Liberation Front veteran Leila Khaled at the O.R. Tambo international Airport on February 6, in Johannesburg, South Africa. Palestinian liberation struggle icon Leila Khaled arrives in South Africa at the start of a 10-day visit that has angered pro-Israeli lobby groups.

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An Afghan man gives his son a massage as they take a bath at a public bath, or “hamam,” in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Feb. 6. The public baths are a tradition in the country, mostly found in larger cities and used by ordinary citizens including those who had their home boiler facilities damaged during its decade-long war. The use of a hamam bath costs less than a dollar for the public, and a person could pay extra to have a massage.

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Ireland’s lock Paul O’Connell trains during the captain’s run of his team on February 6 at the Olympic Stadium in Rome on the eve of the Rugby 6 Nations match Italy vs Ireland.

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Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi gives a speech during the new government swearing-in ceremony with Prime minister Habib Essid and his team taking an oath of office at Carthage Palace in Tunis on February 6. A secular-led coalition government that includes Islamists took office in Tunisia, three months after the North African state’s first free parliamentary elections.

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The orangutan cub “Rieke” is fed by a zoo keeper in Berlin on February 6. The three week old female is reared by staff at the zoo after its mother rejected it after giving birth on January 12.

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People visit the Chitose-Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival illuminated by colorful lights to produce a fantastic world in Chitose on February 6. The annual ice festival will be held until February 22.

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Asylum seekers along with their children stage a protest for their rights in Hong Kong on February 6, following the recent death of one of them during a fire that broke in a slum. Hong Kong may be one of Asia’s wealthiest banking and luxury hubs, but the picture is very different for hundreds of asylum seekers forced into slum-like conditions as they scrape a living in the city, say campaigners.

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An Indian passer-by feeds an elephant, which is hired for weddings and parties, on the banks of the river Yamuna in New Delhi on February 6.

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A Ghana’s supporters cheers his team ahead of the 2015 African Cup of Nations semi-final football match between Equatorial Guinea and Ghana in Malabo, on February 5.

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Klaus Brandner of Germany catches some air during his run in the 2015 World Alpine Ski Championships men’s Super G February 5 in Beaver Creek, Colorado.

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East Timor’s Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao talks to the media after attending a democracy seminar in Dili, East Timor, Friday, Feb. 6. East Timor independence hero Xanana Gusmao submitted his resignation as prime minister Friday, ahead of an expected restructuring of the government next week.

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A woman stands in an enclosed area at the Nyarugusu Refugee Camp in Tanzania, on November 20, 2014. In Nyarugusu, Tanzania’s last major refugee camp, the government and United Nations are trying to end a rootless life for generations of people living — and many born — in exile. In October, Tanzania said it was granting citizenship to some 200,000 refugees from neighbouring Burundi, a move hailed by the UN refugee agency UNHCR as “unprecedented”.

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Members of a band returning home from church after a performance pose at the Nyarugusu Refugee Camp in Tanzania, on November 21, 2014. In Nyarugusu, Tanzania’s last major refugee camp, the government and United Nations are trying to end a rootless life for generations of people living — and many born — in exile. In October, Tanzania said it was granting citizenship to some 200,000 refugees from neighbouring Burundi, a move hailed by the UN refugee agency UNHCR as “unprecedented”.

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Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv’s Us guard Marquez Haynez (R) scores a basket next to Galatasaray Liv Hospital’s Serbian center Zoran Ergec (L) during the Eurolague Top 16 group E basketball match Galatasaray Liv Hospital vs Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv on February 5 at Abdi Ipekci Arena in Istanbul.

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A man walks on the Ponte Coperto (Covered bridge), also known as Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge), a brick and stone arch bridge over the Ticino River, in Pavia, some 40 kilometers (24 miles) SE of Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6.

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The Canadian Coast Guard ice breaker Pierre Radisson plows through the ice under the Quebec bridge as extreme cold hits the region Friday, Feb. 6 in Quebec City.

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A resident rides his bicycle past a destroyed building in the town of Vuhlehirsk, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 6. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Holland are set to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin on Friday, one day after discussing peace proposals for Ukraine’s conflict with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.

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