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• Feb. 26: 'Slumdog Millionaire' child actor Rubina Ali, 9, is welcomed back on her return to her home at a slum in Bandra, in suburban Mumbai, India.
• Feb. 26: A child gets a haircut on a street in Hefei, Anhui province. It is believed to bring luck when one gets a haircut during the second day of the second Chinese lunar month.
• Feb. 26: A protester beats an effigy of Kiev Mayor Leonid Chernovetsky during a rally against Chernovetsky in Kiev. Demonstrators said Chernovetsky wants to raise bills and that will result in additional financial pressure for small businesses. Ukraine has been hit hard by the global financial crisis and is expected to fall deep into recession this year as the currency weakens and industry has all but ground to a halt.
• Feb. 26: Pope Benedict XVI meets members of Rome's clergy in front of an audience at the Vatican.
• Feb. 26: Israeli soldiers wear gas masks as they take part in a home front command army drill simulating a chemical missile attack at an army base near Tel Aviv. The Israeli military routinely carries out exercises to prepare emergency services for possible attacks.
• Feb. 26: A Syrian brown bear lays in the snow at the zoo in Servion, near Lausanne, Switzerland.
• Feb. 26: A supporter of Pakistani opposition leader Nawaz Sharif waves a party flag as protestors burn a police vehicle during a demonstration in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.