Photos: 'Francis': A name in good company

He's no longer Jorge Bergoglio, but Pope Francis. To be frank, the name has a long and storied history, putting the new pope in good company.

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Photos: Locusts in Holy Land

"Locusts that recently arrived from Egypt cling to a tree in Kmehin, Israel, on Wednesday, March 6. Tens of millions of locusts have overtaken Egyptian desert land in the past few days and are heading to Israel and Jordan, according the
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Photos: 2 years after Japan quake

"A police officer searches for remains in a wrecked vehicle at a beach in Namie, Japan, near the stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, on Monday, March 11, the second anniversary of the tsunami. Two years ago, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake unleashed a wall of water that killed nearly 16,000 people in northeast Japan and sparked the world's worst nuclear crisis in 25 years." border

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Photos: Showdown in Syria

"A Free Syrian Army fighter looks back as smoke rises during fighting between rebel fighters and forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on the outskirts of Aleppo on Saturday, March 2. Tensions in Syria flared in March 2011, escalating into a civil war that still rages today. This gallery contains the most compelling images taken since the start of the fighting." border

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