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A hairstylist trims a volunteer's hair with an axe during a 'Barber Trash' show on the first day of the annual Ideal of Beauty spring festival in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, April 10, 2014. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY)

Close shave: A man gets a trim with an axe in Siberia on Thursday.

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D.C. Design House 2014: Pick your favorite space

Local designers revamped 29 spaces in this 1929 stone Colonial home. Which one’s your favorite?

Cherry blossoms reach peak bloom in D.C.

It’s prime viewing time for Washington’s famous trees from Japan.

Miley Cyrus performs at the Verizon Center

Miley Cyrus performs at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.

The A10: A much-loved warplane faces the ax

The A10 Thunderbolt II, also known as the Warthog, could be retired as a result of Pentagon budget cuts.

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Ice Castle in Midway, Utah, 2014. Every ice castle is built from 20 million pounds of ice by ice sculptor Brent Christensen. This winter Christensen built three: in Colorado, Utah and New Hampshire. ONE TIME USE ONLY. (Bryan Rowland/Courtesy of Ice Castles)

Creating ‘ice castles’

Brent Christensen has created artificial structures made entirely of ice, which he calls “ice castles,” in Colorado, Utah and New Hampshire.

Riders racing ostriches is a common sport in Africa. It's still not exactly clear how it arrived in Virginia City, Nevada - famed home of TV western Bonanza. (Photo by Sol Neelman) ONE TIME USE ONLY

The world’s weirdest sports

From ostrich racing in Nevada to sandboarding in the Sahara, photographer Sol Neelman has traveled the globe photographing nearly 200 of the world’s strangest sports.

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A search for answers at Woodson High

Fairfax County school tries to come to grips with six apparent student suicides in three years.

(Jay Diem / Eastern Shore News)

In Virginia’s Accomack County, a love that went up in flames

A rural community was burning down. What did a troubled romance have to do with it?

(David Gray / Reuters)

Animal views

Koala “selfies,” a moose going to school, baby zebras and rhinos and more fascinating creatures from around the world.

(Bill O'Leary / WASHINGTON POST)

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