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April 22, 2012
A snowboarder swims after failing to snowboard across a pool of water at the foot of a ski slope at the Bobrovy Log ski resort near Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. About 100 skiers and snowboarders took part in the fifth "Gornoluzhnik" amateur event to mark the end of the ski season.
Ilya Naymushin
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Reuters
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April 22, 2012
A snowboarder glides on the water as she tries to cross a pool of water at the foot of a ski slope, at the Bobrovy Log ski resort near Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.
Ilya Naymushin
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Reuters
April 22, 2012
A skier glides on the water at the Bobrovy Log ski resort.
Ilya Naymushin
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Reuters
April 22, 2012
An Indian boy takes a dip in the polluted waters of the Yamuna River in New Delhi.
Mustafa Quraishi
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AP
April 22, 2012
A participant poses during a competition for the 2012 best moustache of Brussels.
Francois Lenoir
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Reuters
April 22, 2012
A vintage Moskvich car (1957) is displayed at the Retro and Exotica Motor Show in Kiev, Ukraine.
Gleb Garanich
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Reuters
April 22, 2012
A classic car taking part in a rally passes fields of blossoming tulips near Noordwijk, western Netherlands.
Peter Dejong
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AP
April 22, 2012
Tulips blossom on a field in Schwaneberg near Magdeburg, Germany.
Carsten Koall
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April 22, 2012
Buddhist monks pray while promoting world peace at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple in Pathum Thani province, north of Bangkok.
Sukree Sukplang
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Reuters
April 22, 2012
Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, leads a call to prayer in support of the Orthodox Church at the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow.
Denis Sinyakov
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Reuters
April 20, 2012
U.S. pop diva Lady Gaga waves upon her arrival at Gimpo International airport in Seoul.
Yang Kang-sam
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AP
April 22, 2012
South Korean Christians pray during a service as they call for the cancellation of a concert of U.S. pop star Lady Gaga at a church in Seoul. Lady Gaga's April 27 concert in Seoul was banned to over-18s by the Korea Media Rating Board as the Gender Equality Ministry deemed one of her songs to be performed at the show "inappropriate" for minors.
Lee Jin-man
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AP
April 22, 2012
Men dressed as ancient Roman centurions parade along the Fori Imperiali avenue in front of ancient Colosseum on the occasion of the celebration of the birth of the city of Rome,.
Alessandra Tarantino
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AP
April 22, 2012
Men belonging to historical groups march dressed as ancient Romans during a parade to mark the anniversary of the legendary foundation of Rome in 753 B.C.
Filippo Monteforte
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AFP/Getty Images
April 23, 2012
An SPLA soldier walks in a market destroyed in an airstrike by the Sudanese air force in Rubkona near Bentiu. Sudanese warplanes carried out airstrikes on South Sudan on Monday, killing three people near the southern oil town of Bentiu, residents and military officials said, three days after South Sudan pulled out of a disputed oil field.
Goran Tomasevic
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Reuters
April 23, 2012
A woman runs along a road during an airstrike by the Sudanese air force in Rubkona.
Goran Tomasevic
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Reuters
April 23, 2012
An SPLA soldier looks at warplanes as he lies on the ground to take cover beside a road during an airstrike by the Sudanese air force in Rubkona.
Goran Tomasevic
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Reuters
April 23, 2012
Anti-riot policemen used their batons to hit a squatter after a violent attempt to demolish shanties in Sucat, Paranaque city, metro Manila, Philippines.
Romeo Ranoco
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Reuters
April 23, 2012
Anti-riot policemen used their batons to hit a squatter after a violent attempt to demolish shanties in Sucat, Philippines.
Romeo Ranoco
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Reuters
April 22, 2012
Anti-government protesters flash victory signs as they burn tires in Budaiya, west of Manama, Bahrain.
Hamad I. Mohammed
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Reuters
April 23, 2012
A firefighter sprays water on a burning fuel tanker in Kabul. The cause of the blaze is unknown and police are investigating.
Omar Sobhani
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Reuters
April 23, 2012
An activist of Bangladesh's main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party is reflected on the helmet of a police officer as she shouts slogans during a nationwide general strike in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Pavel Rahman
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AP
April 22, 2012
An elderly Pakistani man walks past the wreckage of a Bhoja Air Boeing 737, at the scene of a crash, on the outskirts of Islamabad. Pakistan buried victims of an airline crash near Islamabad that killed all 127 people on board, as investigators probed the causes of the fatal incident. The Bhoja Air flight from Karachi came down in fields near a village on the outskirts of the Pakistani capital on April 20 evening, in the city's second major fatal air crash in less than two years.
Aamir Qureshi
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AFP/Getty Images
April 22, 2012
Relatives mourn next to a coffin of a passenger killed in the Bhoja Air Boeing 737 accident, during a funeral in Karachi.
Asif Hassan
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AFP/Getty Images
April 22, 2012
A Chinese worker checks power lines in Haikou, south China's Hainan province.
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AFP/Getty Images
April 23, 2012
A model stands beside a “Haval E” car by Chinese manufacturer Great Wall Motors, at the Auto China 2012 car show in Beijing.
Ed Jones
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AFP/Getty Images
April 23, 2012
Former presidential candidate and U.S. senator John Edwards, center, arrives outside federal court with his daughter Cate, left, in Greensboro, N.C., for his trial on charges of violating federal campaign finance laws.
Chuck Burton
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AP
April 21, 2012
Rodney King, left, talks with journalist Patt Morrison during a discussion for his memoir entitled "The Riot Within: My Journey from Rebellion to Redemption" at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on the campus of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
Danny Moloshok
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Reuters
April 22, 2012
George Zimmerman, left, walks out of the intake building at the John E. Polk Correctional Facility with an unidentified man in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman posted bail on a $150,000 bond on a second-degree murder charge in the February shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla.
Brian Blanco
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AP
April 22, 2012
A man poses with the ”ExoHand,” a solution for future human-machine cooperation, at the Festo stand during a guided press tour at the "Hannover Messe" industrial trade fair in Hanover, Germany.
Morris Mac Matzen
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Reuters
April 22, 2012
Over the past three days, French street theater company Royal De Luxe performed “Sea Odyssey,” which follows a giant deep sea diver, a little giant girl and her dog Xolo, on the River Mersey in Liverpool, England.
Christopher Furlong
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Getty Images
April 23, 2012
A visitor looks at a monumental sculpture by artist Robert Therrien in the newly opened Metropolitan Arts Centre in Belfast.
Cathal McNaughton
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Reuters
April 22, 2012
Desirae Somers, Jesus Esparza and Crystal Escamilla, members of New Mexico State University's Atomic Aggies team, carry their rocket, the Crimson Comet, back to the staging area during NASA's student launch initiative at Bragg Farms in Toney, Ala.
Eric Schultz
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AP
April 22, 2012
The Madison West Rocket team, from Madison, Wis., desperately tries a last-minute repair before the countdown starts during NASA's student launch initiative at Bragg Farms in Toney, Ala. More than 500 students, representing 55 middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities in 29 states, will launch sophisticated rockets of their own design — complete with working science payloads — into the skies for the annual NASA Student Launch Initiative.
Eric Schultz
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AP
April 21, 2012
Jessica Darlene Maxwell curtsies toward the audience as she is introduced during the Debutante Cotillion Beautillion Militaire at Madison Park Church of God in Anderson, Ind. The event is the culmination of an eight-month program and serves as an introduction of the participants to the community.
Don Knight
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AP
April 22, 2012
A Cornish Rex cat touches noses with a referee during an international feline beauty competition in Bucharest, Romania.
Vadim Ghirda
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AP
April 22, 2012
Caydee Denney and John Coughlin of the United States perform during the gala exhibition at the ISU World Team Trophy figure skating competition in Tokyo.
Itsuo Inouye
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AP
April 22, 2012
A May apple grows in Moreland Hills, Ohio, on Earth Day.
Amy Sancetta
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AP
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