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She did not apologize, saying it was "very practical" of her to stay up to date on the news

Land of Ruins

3 | SYRIA

A girl takes shelter amid the catacombs of Serjilla--an ancient Roman city in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib--after her family fled the fighting in a nearby town. Syrian rebels have launched a coordinated attack on the remaining military positions in the province manned by forces loyal to President Bashar Assad. According to reports, the effort is being spearheaded by Jabhat al-Nusra, an Islamist faction controversially listed as a terrorist group by the U.S. State Department.

ARGENTINA

'Do we know of any sanctions against those at the IMF who enriched themselves and blew up the world?'

CRISTINA FERNÁNDEZ DE KIRCHNER, Argentine President, during a 28-tweet rant after the International Monetary Fund censured her government for issuing faulty economic statistics

A Grim Milestone

4 | NEPAL

On Feb. 13, a young Tibetan monk living in exile in Kathmandu doused his body in gasoline and set himself alight. His fiery protest added to the toll of Tibetan self-immolations, which this month eclipsed 100 since 2009. The bulk have taken place within the borders of China, where ethnic Tibetans chafe against Beijing's authoritarian rule and complain of discrimination.

Trade Wars

5 | CHINA

Although China may have overtaken the U.S. as the largest trading nation in the world for the first time, that doesn't mean it's winning on every count.

CHINA VS. U.S.

WIN

$3.87 TRILLION

IMPORT/EXPORT VALUE

$3.82 TRILLION

$7.3 TRILLION

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT

$15.8 TRILLION

WIN

8.1%

EXPECTED ECONOMIC GROWTH*

*for 2013, according to the World Bank

2.4%