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Photos: Around the world, Catholics mark Ash Wednesday

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Ash Wednesday
A priest from a Catholic church, Vicar Sandor Sebok, marks the forehead of a girl with ash, at a church in the town of Fot, in Hungary on February 22, 2012.
ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP/Getty Images
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Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI holds a host wafer during the Mass for Ash Wednesday in Rome's Santa Sabina church on February 22, 2012.
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Ash Wednesday
A priest from a Catholic church, Vicar Sandor Sebok, marks the forehead of a girl with ash, at a church in the town of Fot, in Hungary on February 22, 2012.
ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP/Getty Images
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Indian Catholic students
An Indian Catholic students offer prayers during an Ash Wednesday service at Saint Mary's Church in Secunderabad,the twin city of Hyderabad on February 22, 2012.
NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images