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Syrian refugees from Homs sit with their children in a safe house in Arsaal, Lebanon, March 28, 2012. Sunni Muslims who have fled Syria described a go...

Syrian refugees from Homs warm themselves over an oven in the living room of a safe house in Arsaal, Lebanon, March 28, 2012. Sunni Muslims who have f...

Syrian refugees from Homs in front of blankets acting as makeshift curtains in a barbershop they have taken over as a safe house in Saad Nayen, Lebano...

Refugees who fled violence in Syria walk down a road in Al Qaa, Lebanon, March 27, 2012. Sunni Muslims who have fled Syria described a government crac...

Jamal Abu Khaled, who recently fled the violence in his hometown of Homs, Syria walks down a field with his daughter in Arsaal, Lebanon, March 28, 201...

Refugees who fled violence in Syria in a makeshift tent camp in Al Qaa, Lebanon, March 24, 2012. Sunni Muslims who have fled Syria described a governm...

Refugees who fled the violence in Syria at a makeshift tent camp in Al Qaa, Lebanon, March 27, 2012. Sunni Muslims who have fled Syria described a gov...

Refugees who fled violence in Syria prepare bread in a makeshift tent camp in Al Qaa, Lebanon, March 24, 2012. Sunni Muslims who have fled Syria descr...

Refugees who fled violence in Syria in a makeshift tent camp in Al Qaa, Lebanon, March 24, 2012. Sunni Muslims who have fled Syria described a governm...

A woman from the Ukraine is prepared at a photo shoot for the magazine Ala, in Istanbul, March 12, 2012. Ala, called the "Vogue of the veiled" in the...

A Syrian refugee from Homs walks with her child in a safe house in Arsaal, Lebanon, March 28, 2012. Sunni Muslims who have fled Syria described a gove...

Hulya Aslan, the editor for the magazine Ala, at her office in Istanbul, March 14, 2012. Ala, called the "Vogue of the veiled" in the Turkish news med...

A Moldovan model is prepared at a photo shoot for the magazine Ala, in Istanbul, March 12, 2012. Ala, called the "Vogue of the veiled" in the Turkish...

Mehmet Volkan, co-founder of the magazine Ala, at his office in Istanbul, March 14, 2012. Ala, called the "Vogue of the veiled" in the Turkish news me...

Hulya Aslan, the editor for the magazine Ala, at her office in Istanbul, March 14, 2012. Ala, called the "Vogue of the veiled" in the Turkish news med...

A Moldovan model poses at a photo shoot for the magazine Ala, in Istanbul, March 12, 2012. Ala, called the "Vogue of the veiled" in the Turkish news m...

From left: Drita D'avanzo, Angela Raiola and Carla Facciolo, of "Mob Wives," at the Drunken Monkey in Staten Island, N.Y., Jan. 27, 2012. The reality-...

Ivo Zdarsky holding a photo of himself around the time he escaped from Czechoslovakia in a handmade aircraft 27 years ago, in Lucin, Utah, March 6, 20...

Renee Graziano, of "Mob Wives," at the in Staten Island, N.Y., Jan. 27, 2012. The reality-TV show "Mob Wives," offers a glimpse into the lifestyle of...

Renee Graziano, Ramona Rizzo, and Karen Gravano, of "Mob Wives," in Staten Island, N.Y., Jan. 27, 2012. The reality-TV show "Mob Wives," offers a glim...

Ivo Zdarsky, who escaped from Czechoslovakia in a handmade aircraft 27 years ago, inside his home in Lucin, Utah, March 6, 2012. Zdarsky lives in an a...

Ivo Zdarsky, who escaped from Czechoslovakia in a handmade aircraft 27 years ago, with one of the guns he uses to hunt badgers, in Lucin, Utah, March...

Ivo Zdarsky, who escaped from Czechoslovakia in a handmade aircraft 27 years ago, in front of an experimental aircraft he designed that could function...

The home of Ivo Zdarsky, who escaped from Czechoslovakia in a handmade aircraft 27 years ago, in Lucin, Utah, March 6, 2012. Zdarsky lives in an aircr...

Kuk Harrell, a vocal producer, working on Justin Bieber's upcoming album, "Believe," at Conway Recording Studios, in Los Angeles, March 27, 2012. As a...

Kuk Harrell, a vocal producer, at Conway Recording Studios where he's working on Justin Bieber's upcoming album, "Believe," in Los Angeles, March 27,...

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), center, speaks with Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton, parents of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, during a for...

Tibetans, some carrying images of Jampa Yeshi, who set himself on fire at a demonstration Monday, march in protest of the impending visit of Chinese P...

Anna Netrebko in the opera "Manon" at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, March 23, 2012. "Manon," first produced in 1884, with its title role of an a...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks at the NuVasive offices in San Diego, March 26,...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks at the NuVasive offices in San Diego, March 26,...

Preparations are made prior to a speech by former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, at the NuVas...

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks outside the Supreme Court in Washington, March...

Sweets on display at Natu Sweets at Sunder Nagar Market in New Delhi, March 10, 2012. For a veteran traveler to this compelling, confounding country,...

A woman shops at Anokhi inside the Santushti Shopping Complex in New Delhi, March 10, 2012. For a veteran traveler to this compelling, confounding cou...

A woman at prayer outside Nizamuddin Dargah in New Delhi, March 11, 2012. For a veteran traveler to this compelling, confounding country, one week in...

Small statues on display inside Orissa state emporium in New Delhi, March 10, 2012. For a veteran traveler to this compelling, confounding country, on...

Humayun's Tomb in New Delhi, March 10, 2012. For a veteran traveler to this compelling, confounding country, one week in India might not be enough tim...

Men sit on a wall at Baba Kharak Singh Marg, a street of government-sponsored emporiums in New Delhi, March 10, 2012. For a veteran traveler to this c...

A man prays at a saint's grave at Nizamuddin Dargah in the early morning in New Delhi, March 11, 2012. For a veteran traveler to this compelling, conf...

Clocks for sale at Sunder Nagar Bazaar in New Delhi, March 10, 2012. For a veteran traveler to this compelling, confounding country, one week in India...

Frames and bags for sale in New Delhi, March 10, 2012. For a veteran traveler to this compelling, confounding country, one week in India might not be...

Men talk at Nizamuddin Darga in New Delhi, March 11, 2012. For a veteran traveler to this compelling, confounding country, one week in India might not...

Activists opposed to abortion and President Obama's health care law lay flowers outside the Supreme Court in Washington, March 25, 2012. The three day...

A member of a crowd holds a rosary as people gather outside of the Supreme Court as part of "Encircle the Court in Prayer," led by Christian organizat...

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, addresses the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference in Camp H...

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, addresses the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference in Camp H...

Refugees who fled violence in Syria prepare bread in a makeshift tent camp in Al Qaa, Lebanon, March 24, 2012. Sunni Muslims who have fled Syria descr...

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks at Tulane University during a campaign stop in New...

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