Day in Photos, February 23, 2013
![Servicemen of the Belarussian Interior Ministry take part in a competition at their base near the village of Okolitsa, some 30 km (19 miles) east of Minsk, to mark the Defender of the Fatherland Day.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e7558f58-681f-4b3c-b6f3-d35c253a2fef_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Servicemen of the Belarussian Interior Ministry take part in a competition at their base near the village of Okolitsa, some 30 km (19 miles) east of Minsk, to mark the Defender of the Fatherland Day.
![A picnic place in Parwan province, Afghanistan (Photo by Aman Aman/Afghanistan/VOA reader)](https://gdb.voanews.com/d441585e-96fe-4604-9a40-4e706ce206ea_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A picnic place in Parwan province, Afghanistan (Photo by Aman Aman/Afghanistan/VOA reader)
![With the Chicago skyline as a backdrop, the swirling waves of Lake Michigan are frozen near the Adler Planetarium after a winter storm in the greater Chicago area, USA, Feb. 22, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9cd64411-e809-4b92-a684-60a9d1dc8528_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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With the Chicago skyline as a backdrop, the swirling waves of Lake Michigan are frozen near the Adler Planetarium after a winter storm in the greater Chicago area, USA, Feb. 22, 2013.
![Residents examine the wreckage of a container truck that hit several houses in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia. Police said the truck driver appeared to have lost control when his brakes failed, and hit a minivan and dozens of motorcycles and a factory before crossing the road, hitting a number of cars and slamming into several houses.](https://gdb.voanews.com/636ea6a8-c297-42c7-bf79-72b5cf149281_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Residents examine the wreckage of a container truck that hit several houses in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia. Police said the truck driver appeared to have lost control when his brakes failed, and hit a minivan and dozens of motorcycles and a factory before crossing the road, hitting a number of cars and slamming into several houses.