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1. Stellenbosch residents watch as fires coming from the nature reserve in the Cape Town region move towards the Coetzenburg Sports Field in Stellenbosch.

2. Adam and Andrea Lindberg travel to Cape Town's Robben Island on Valentine's Day to renew their vows after 6 years of marriage. They were one of the 14 couples married during the ninth Annual Valentine Wedding organised by the Robben Island Museum.

3. A man carries his child through an Old Cairo slum. Despite being one of the stronger economies in Northern Africa, much of the population lives in relative poverty.

4. One of the last remaining tree-sitters speaks on a cell phone as he prepares to descend. The Berkeley tree-sit, spurred by controversy over the construction of a new UC Berkeley athletic facility, lasted 647 days, making it the longest urban tree-sit in history.

5. Sisters Karene (left, age 3) and Thesie (age 6) Sewika in their family's tent at Blue Waters refugee camp. Almost a year after xenophobic attacks displaced much of South Africa's refugee population, many families still do not feel safe leaving the camp, despite it having officially been closed, and support services mostly cut off.

6. Vivi Moni, age 8, plays on a swing attached to a clothesline at Blue Waters refugee camp, where she lives with her two sisters.

7. A firefighter rests before moving up to the main blaze of a major fire in the Elgin Grouw hills outside Cape Town after setting a backburn to prevent the flames from reaching nearby residences.

8. Francina Jantjies, mother of 7-year-old murder victim Nadine Jantjies, nails in a cross at a rally in honor of her daughter in Wesbank, a suburb near Cape Town. Almost 1000 community members attended to show their support.

9. Daria Garina, a senior Public Health major, takes part in a human chain outside Wheeler Hall at UC Berkeley in Northern California. The protest was a reaction to fee increases and staff layoffs.

10. A mob of approximately 200 protesters burn garbage and vandalize property in downtown Berkeley, California before being dispersed by police.