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Beijing art exhibit, N. Korean rocket fails, French Spider-Man, African Queen and more in the day in photos News and feature images from around the world.
April 13, 2012
A visitor looks at a work by South Korean artist Kang Hyung-Koo at the China International Gallery Exposition 2012 in Beijing.
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin looks through 3-D glasses during his visit to Moscow's Planetarium. Russia celebrated Aviation and Cosmonautics Day, the anniversary of Yuri Gagarin making the first manned space flight in 1961.
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April 13, 2012
Ferrari Formula One driver Felipe Massa of Brazil looks out of his rear vision mirror as his team works on his car during practice for the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai.
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April 12, 2012
German Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel, center, of the Red Bull Racing team is mobbed by fans as he signs autographs in the pit lane before the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai.
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April 13, 2012
South Koreans watch a TV screen at a train station in Seoul showing a graphic of North Korea's rocket launch. North Korea launched a long-range rocket that appears to have disintegrated soon after blastoff and fallen into the ocean, South Korean and Japanese authorities said.
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April 13, 2012
Self-propelled artillery tanks take part in a military exercise near the demilitarized zone separating North and South Korea in Paju, about 28 miles north of Seoul. A North Korean rocket exploded midair in the initial minutes of flight before falling in 20-odd pieces off South Korea's west coast, South Korea's defense ministry said.
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April 13, 2012
South Korean conservative activists set fire to a mock North Korean missile carrying an effigy of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un during a protest in Seoul. North Korea admitted that its long-range rocket launch had failed, disintegrating midair and plunging into the sea soon after liftoff in a major embarrassment for the reclusive state.
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April 12, 2012
Hindu devotees throw flammable powder onto a fire as they perform rituals to celebrate the Gajan Festival in Kolkata, India. The festival falls on the last day of the Bengali calendar, which also coincides with the birth of Lord Shiva, according to Hindu mythology.
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April 13, 2012
A Hindu devotee dressed as Lord Hanuman smokes a bidi during Gajan Festival celebrations in Kolkata, India.
Dibyangshu Sarkar
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April 12, 2012
Men dressed as Roman centurions who earn their living by posing with tourists gesture in front of the Colosseum during a protest where some of them climbed on the monument in Rome. The costumed centurions are asking for the right to work there after they were banned following a decision by local authorities.
Alberto Pizzoli
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April 13, 2012
A boy splashes water on people riding a motorbike during a celebration of the Songkran water festival, the Thai New Year, in Bangkok.
Sakchai Lalit
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AP
April 13, 2012
Revelers on a vehicle are sprayed with water as they celebrate Thingyan, Burma's annual water festival that ushers in the New Year, in Yangon.
Khin Maung Win
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April 12, 2012
George Zimmerman, center, is directed by a Seminole County deputy and his attorney Mark O'Mara during a court hearing in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
Gary W. Green
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AP
April 12, 2012
A view of a memorial sculpture titled "Hope for Peace" by artist Arman, near the Defense Ministry in Yarze, east of Beirut. The sculpture is made from tanks and various artillery parts used during the civil war, incorporated into concrete. On April 13, Lebanon marks the 37th anniversary of the start of the Lebanese Civil War, which ended in 1990.
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April 11, 2012
A V-22 Osprey prepares to land in a desert area in New Mexico during a training mission for a Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course.
Josh Peckler
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AP
April 11, 2012
A V-22 Osprey flies over a forested area in New Mexico during a training mission for a Weapons and Tactics Instructor course.
Josh Peckler
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April 12, 2012
Alain Robert, who has been dubbed the "French Spider-Man,” climbs 984 feet up the Torch hotel in Doha, Qatar. Robert, who has been scaling tall buildings since age 7, took 75 minutes to complete his first climb of the hotel, which was built for the 2006 Asian Games in the shape of an Olympic torch.
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April 12, 2012
French climber Alain Robert, also known as the "French Spider-Man," scales the Torch hotel in Doha, Qatar.
Fadi al-Assaad
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April 12, 2012
A worker from "APB BirdLife Belarus" takes measurements of carbon dioxide gas levels in a marsh near the village of Rozhno, 75 miles east of Minsk, Belarus, as part of a a project to restore peatlands.
Vasily Fedosenko
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April 12, 2012
Journalists sit near a screen displaying convicted Russian arms smuggler Viktor Bout in Moscow during a teleconference with Bout from his U.S. prison. The teleconference involved a video link between Moscow and a New York studio from which Bout’s wife, Alla, and lawyers arranged a direct five-minute phone conversation.
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April 12, 2012
Beatrice Munyenyezi, right, leaves federal court in Concord, N.H., after a judge released her. She awaits a second trial on whether she lied about her role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide to obtain U.S. citizenship. A federal jury deadlocked last month on whether Munyenyezi commandeered a roadblock during the genocide and designated Tutsis for rape and murder. She has been incarcerated since June 2010.
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April 13, 2012
British Prime Minister David Cameron listens to Nobel laureate and newly elected parliamentarian Aung San Suu Kyi at her residence in Yangon, Burma.
Damir Sagolj
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April 12, 2012
Students wait for the arrival of Mexican President Felipe Calderon before the inauguration of the Small Brothers school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Calderon was on a one-day visit to Haiti.
Ramon Espinosa
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AP
April 12, 2012
Garbage collectors look for recyclable waste at a municipal dump site in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. About 1,500 people work at the dump site, looking for metals, plastics, cardboard and paper. They earn about $4 per day, according to local media.
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April 12, 2012
A garbage collector gathers the intestines of chickens for food at a municipal dump site in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
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April 12, 2012
A girl walks on a street beside a wall painted with a mural of a bat in San Pedro Cholula near Mexico City. Ornate murals have been designed and painted by urban artists on the walls of houses in many areas in San Pedro Cholula.
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April 12, 2012
Marlon De Jesus of Ecuador's Emelec team is grabbed by teammate Enner Valencia as he celebrates after scoring against Paraguay's Olimpia during a Copa Libertadores soccer game in Asuncion, Paraguay. Emelec won 3-2.
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April 12, 2012
Orthodox Christians light candles at St. Nicholas church during a ceremony marking Jesus's crucifixion in Lakatamia, a suburb of Nicosia, Cyprus. Orthodox Christians are observing Holy Week before celebrating Easter on Sunday.
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Mari Milgrim, a teacher of Urasenke Tradition of Tea ceremony, serves tea to participants at a cherry tree planting ceremony, including Portland Mayor Sam Adams and Consulate General of Japan in Portland Takamichi Okabe, at Portland Japanese Garden as part of the nationwide centennial celebration of the National Cherry Blossom Festival.
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April 12, 2012
Cast members Liza Minnelli, left, and Joel Grey take part in a discussion at the world premiere of the 40th anniversary restoration of the film "Cabaret" during the opening night gala of the 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood. The film directed by Bob Fosse won eight Academy Awards in 1973, including best actress for Minnelli, best supporting actor for Grey and best director for Fosse.
Fred Prouser
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April 12, 2012
Surrounded by fans, Colombian singer Shakira, center, leaves after attending the inauguration of a child-care center in Cartagena, Colombia. Shakira will sing the national anthem of Colombia during the opening ceremony of the 6th Summit of the Americas in Cartagena on April 14.
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April 12, 2012
The African Queen, the original vessel from director John Huston's classic 1951 film by the same name, is steered by Steve Bogart, third from left, son of actor Humphrey Bogart, on a canal in Key Largo, Fla. Built in 1912, the 30-foot boat that carried Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn has been refurbished to provide visitors to the Florida Keys an opportunity to ride the cinema icon.
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April 12, 2012
Steve Bogart, son of actor Humphrey Bogart, steers the African Queen, the original vessel from director John Huston's classic 1951 film by the same name, on a canal in Key Largo, Fla.
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April 12, 2012
Derek Chambers of Belfast shows off a tattoo of the Titanic's White Star Line flag while on board the Titanic Memorial Cruise in the mid-Atlantic. The cruise is retracing the voyage from Southampton of the ill-fated Titanic liner, which hit an iceberg and sank 100 years ago on April 15, 1912.
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April 12, 2012
Commemorative Titanic stamps from Gambia, part of a collection of enthusiast Kenneth Mascarenhas, are seen on board the Titanic Memorial Cruise in the mid-Atlantic.
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April 12, 2012
Commemorative Titanic stamps from Central African Republic, part of a collection of enthusiast Kenneth Mascarenhas, are seen on board the Titanic Memorial Cruise in the mid-Atlantic.
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April 7, 2012
Cyrus Fakroddin and his pet goat Cocoa relax at their home in Summit, N.J. Cocoa is a 3-year-old Alpine Pygmy mixed goat. They frequently take trips into Manhattan to enjoy the city. Fakroddin has raised Cocoa since she was 2 months old and treats her like a human. He says that Cocoa can't sleep at night unless she has him in her sight. "Cocoa doesn't even know she is a goat and you see that in her, but she loves hanging out with people," Fakroddin said.
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April 7, 2012
Cyrus Fakroddin and his pet goat Cocoa ride the downtown C train in New York.
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April 12, 2012
Pedestrians pass a chain of bras that stretched across Union Square during a breast cancer awareness demonstration in New York City. The event was designed to help promote self breast exams. More than 600 new or "gently used" bras were donated for charity.
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April 12, 2012
A photographer captures images of the northern lights near an observatory outside Fairbanks, Alaska.
Mark Thiessen
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