World in Pictures, March 12, 2013: Voting begins for a new pope, tensions mount in South Korea and The Queen signs the Commonwealth Charter (GALLERY)
Mar 12 2013 By Cheryl Mullin
TODAY’S World in Pictures features photographs of dawn breaking over the Vatican, as the Cardinals prepare to elect a new pope, South Korean soldiers working on their armoured vehicles during an exercise near the border village of Panmunjom and the Queen signing the Commonwealth Charter at a reception at Marlborough House, London last night.
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A nun walks inside St Peter's Square, at the Vatican as the Cardinals prepare to form the conclave that will elect the next pope
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South Korean soldiers work on their armored vehicles during an exercise near the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War. North Korea's young leader urged front-line troops to be on "maximum alert" for a potential war as a state-run newspaper said Pyongyang had carried out a threat to cancel the 1953 armistice that ended the conflict
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The Queen signs the Commonwealth Charter at a reception at Marlborough House, London
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Supporters of Venezuela's acting President Nicolas Maduro gather around a fountain outside the national electoral council as he registers his candidacy for president to replace late President Hugo Chavez in Caracas
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Walkers make their way past Alton railway station in Alton, Staffordshire. The station, situated on North Staffordshire's Churnet Valley line, was one of the many affected by the Beeching Report when it was published in 1963
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Locusts make their way from Egypt just before they land in Kerem Shalom near the border with Egypt, in southern Israel's Negev Desert
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Following a £500,000 donation to the Prince's Trust; Will.i.am launches his science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) initiative for disadvantaged youth, at the Science Museum in London
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Curator of Mammals at Chester Zoo, Tim Rowlands, is pictured at home in his study with the baby Dik Dik he is hand rearing, after it was abandoned by its mother
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