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In Monson, Claire, 5, handed her father, Harry Rogers, something she found in the debris of their Monson home on Februray 11; a tornado struck the area last June.

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People went to St. Anthony Shrine on the outskirts of Downtown Crossing to receive ashes on Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent in the Catholic Church. Myles Toole, 12, of Kingston prayed affter getting ashes.

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Isabel Fronzaglia, 7, of Wellesley looked at a Thomas Sully painting “The Passage of the Delaware” at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston during school vacation week.

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An explosion on Pleasant Street in Winthrop sent at least one resident of a house to the hospital and left Sherian Hobson (sitting) and her daughter Quiana waiting at a neighbor’s as the fire was extinguished.

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Witness Kimani Washington was shown an ammunition clip by lawyer John Amabile on Feb. 22, as the Mattapan homicide trial continued.

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Deirdia Dostou, 32, took to the swings at Marine Park in South Boston on a warm day. "I really like swinging" she said. "You get to see a lot of things from up here."

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Florian Schabberbeiter of Austria went airborne in the FIS Cup competition at the Harris Hill ski jump in Brattleboro, Vt.

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Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir were framed through a net at the Boston Skating Club, which celebrates its 100th anniversary.

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As Red Sox DH David Ortiz (backround, center) signed autographs for a large group of fans in Fort Myers, Fla., on Thursday, one fan asked his son D'Angelo, who had been sitting on the grass waiting for his dad, if he would sign a ball for him, and the youngster obliged. As Red Sox DH David Ortiz (backround, center) signed autographs for a large group of fans in Fort Myers, Fla., on Thursday, one fan asked his son D'Angelo, who had been sitting on the grass waiting for his dad, if he would sign a ball for him, and the youngster obliged. The Boston Red Sox are conducting spring training workouts at the team's new 106-acre spring training and player development complex known as "JetBlue Park at Fenway South". (Globe Staff Photo/Jim Davis)

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It was reporting day for Red Sox pitchers and catchers February 19. The pitchers, including Josh Beckett (front), did drills together at the start of the day.

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New manager Bobby Valentine gave Red Sox left fielder Carl Crawford a big smile and a high five.

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Sox pitchers, including Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, and Clay Buchholz (left to right in upper left-hand corner) worked out.