Today in Photos, January 30
30 Jan 2013
An Iranian Zoroastrian plays a flute as he leads the priests walking to set the firewoods ablaze during the annual Zoroastrian Sadeh festival in a suburb of Tehran, on Wednesday. Sadeh, is an ancient Persian festival that is celebrated by setting a huge bonfire to honour fire and to defeat the forces of darkness, frost, and cold. Sadeh means "hundred" and refers to one hundred days and nights past the end of summer. Photo: AFP
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![]( "An Iranian Zoroastrian plays a flute as he leads the priests walking to set the firewoods ablaze during the annual Zoroastrian Sadeh festival in a suburb of Tehran, on Wednesday. Sadeh, is an ancient Persian festival that is celebrated by setting a huge bonfire to honour fire and to defeat the forces of darkness, frost, and cold. Sadeh means \"hundred\" and refers to one hundred days and nights past the end of summer. Photo: AFP")
Photos30 Jan 2013 -
![]( "Cultural relief - A wall relief that is part of \"The Wonders of Ancient Mesopotamia\" exhibition at the Museum of History in Tsim Sha Tsui. The relief \"attack on an enemy town\" shows an Assyrian assault on a town probably in Turkey in 738 to 737BC. The exhibition which opens on Wednesday will be in Hong Kong until May 13. Photo: Sam Wong")
Photos29 Jan 2013 -
![]( "Beach beast - People stand by the remains of a beached 18 metres long whale on Friday found early in the morning at the Predidents beach in the Sables d'Olonne, western France. Photo: AFP")
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![]( "An expert examines a watch made by A. Lange & Söhne. Photo: SCMP")
Lifestyle25 Jan 2013 -
![]( "China's Li Na celebrates after victory in her women's singles semi-final match against Russia's Maria Sharapova on the eleventh day of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Thursday. Photo: AFP")
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![]( "Down and out - Serena Williams of the US reacts after winning a point against Sloane Stephens of the US during their women's singles match on day ten of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Wednesday. The teenager Stephens eventually won and ended Williams’ bid for a historic calendar-year grand slam. Photo: AFP")
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![]( "It's a pig of a day: a resident walks with a pet pig on a hazy day in Beijing January 22, 2013. Photo: AFP")
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![]( "A man stands next to a white painted bronze sculpture of a baby titled \"Planet\" by British artist Marc Quinn at Garden by the Bay in Singapore on Monday. The sculpture, which was unveiled last Friday for permanent display at the gardens, is a depiction of the artist's infant son. Photo: AFP")
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![]( "A man walks past a sculpture in a central business district in Beijing. China's economy grew at its slowest pace in 13 years in 2012, the government said on Friday, but an uptick in the final quarter pointed to better news ahead for a prime driver of the tepid global recovery. Photo: AFP")
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