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Boston Red Sox players stretched in the outfield before the start of their exhibition season opener at JetBlue Park in Fort Myers.

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Blue Hills Ski area was full of kids from this week's school vacation.

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Hundreds of youths held a rally at Faneuil Hall in support of youth jobs funding, and then marched from there to the State House.

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Despite the inclement weather, Chinese New Year festivities took place all over Chinatown in Boston. People shoveled and swept off Beach Street for the Lion Dance Parades and for pedestrians.

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Boston Red Sox manager John Farrell (left) and Dustin Pedroia laughed before the start of their exhibition season opener at JetBlue Park.

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O'Bryant's Kiana Daley (top) and New Mission's Bianca Rice battled for a loose ball. O'Bryant and New Mission met in the Boston City League Championship Game at Madison Park High School.

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Nine-month-old John Yanovich of Weymouth ignored the lanes and went freestyle width-wise across the racing floor in the 4th Annual Diaper Derby. He was gently directed toward the finish by race organizer Laura Hendry, and though he never officially finished, he was in good spirits the whole time. The event took place at the South Shore Plaza in Braintree.

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North Andover's Danielle Coughlin reacted after time ran out in her first-place win over Winchester's Jordan Darby in the 106-pound class in the Division 2 state wrestling championship at Marshfield High School.

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Hans Pierre danced outside the open-call auditions for the next season of FOX's hit series SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE.

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The yellow stamen of a Camellia at the Lyman Estate Greenhouses, owned and operated by Historic New England.

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Elizabeth Lee braved the cold to shoot photos on the Charles River banks for her animation class at Harvard Grad School of Design.

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Chef Dr. Robert Dell'Amore sliced red and yellow peppers for a Kale salad during The Power of Food, a healthy eating and cooking workshop at The Blue Hills Boys and Girls club.

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Northeastern guard David Walker was fouled by James Madison University guard A.J. Davis as Walker tried to catch a pass at half court.

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Six year old Kyleigh Williams of Hyde Park got a close look at Frederick, who is one of the horses with the Boston Park Rangers during the ParkSCIENCE Children's Festival at Franklin Park.

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New US citizens applauded after they were sworn in during the citizenship ceremony at the Museum of African American History on Beacon Hill in Boston.

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Allie Gefteas, 10, of Canton, took a break from skiing to warm up with M&Ms and Sprite at Blue Hills Ski Area.