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Leroy Jackson of Flint, Michigan, speaks to media on Capitol Hill after attending the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing to examine the ongoing situation in Flint. Michigan's top environmental regulator says that the state should have required the city of Flint to treat its water for corrosion-causing elements after elevated lead levels were first discovered in the city's water a year ago.
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An aerial view of snow-covered buildings in Xi'an, China. Heavy snow hit Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi province, this past Sunday.
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A Malaysian-Chinese woman poses for a photograph in front of the tallest outdoor Chinese lantern replica, standing at a hight of 72-feet, ahead of Lunar New Year of the Monkey celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. According to the Chinese Calendar, the Lunar New Year marks the Year of the Monkey, and is celebrated from the first day of the first month of the lunar year and ends with the Lantern Festival on the Fifteenth day.
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Members of the Shanxi Folk Dance and Music Troupe perform during a rehearsal before a show at the Orient Museum in Lisbon . The show is part of the Chinese New Year Celebrations program of Orient Museum in Lisbon.
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