A local of Piple VDC in Chitwan district manhandles his wife on Wednesday. Her crime? She went to work in a picnic of Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Ratnanagar.

Photographer: Dipendra Baduwal /eKantipur

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  Spain's driver Carlos Sainz steers his Volkswagen with co-driver Lucas Cruz during the stage 9 Copiapo to Copiapo of the 2011 Dakar Rally in the province of Atacama, Chile on Tuesday.
  
  Photographer: Xinhua /Martin Zabala

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  Some muslims visit the mausoleum of Imam Husayn in Karbala, Iraq, on Tuesday. The Shia religious observation Arbaeen falls on Jan. 25 this year.
  
  Photographer: Xinhua /Xu Yanyan

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  People participate a horse racing competition in Etogqian Qi, north China's Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region on Wednesday.
  
  Photographer: Xinhua /Zhang Ling

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  Photo taken on Tuesday shows an aerial view of Sapporo City in Hokkaido, Japan. Hokkaido is the northernmost one of Japan's four largest islands.
  
  Photographer: Xinhua /Ji Chunpeng

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  Dancers perform in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province on Tuesday.
  
  Photographer: Liang Qiang /Song Wen