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| Kiryat Malakhi, Israel: Israelis of Ethiopian origin attend a demonstration against racism |
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| Gaza city, Gaza: Hanan Abu Nada, a Palestinian lawyer, rides her horse at the Al-Furusia riding centre |
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| Beijing, China: A man writes Chinese characters on a footpath using water and a brush |
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| London, UK: British gymnast Daniel Keatings congratulates his teammate Daniel Purvis after his jump on the vault during the international gymnastics Olympics test and qualification event |
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| Delft, The Netherlands: Professors in their academic gowns attend the 170th anniversary celebration of the Dies Natalis |
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| Wuppertal, Germany: Hens at a chicken farm |
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| Rio De Janeiro, Brazil: A model displays a design by Acquastudio during the Fashion Rio Winter 2012 at Pier Mauá |
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| Mazar-i-Shraif, Afghanistan: Afghan boys play football at sunset |
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| Noida, India: A worker stands under covered elephant statues at the Ambedkar Park. India's Election Commission has ordered the covering up of statues, the symbol of the Bahujan Samaj Party |
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| Rome, Italy: Members of a circus attend Pope Benedict XVI's general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican |
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| Kathmandu, Nepal: A pigeon sleeping |
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| Dhaka, Bangladesh: Habib, eight, works at a metal workshop which makes propellers for ships at a shipbuilding yard next to Buriganga river |
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| Manila, Philippines: A firefighter carries a ladder while his colleagues douse the flames of a burning textiles and garments warehouse |
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| Rome, Italy: Members of the Chinese community in Italy light candles to honour a Chinese man and his daughter who were murdered in Rome |
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| New Delhi, India: People watch a laser light show on the India Gate Monument |
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| Leeuwarden, The Netherlands: Marjolein Kramer of the Museum of Nature Fryslan in Friesland prepares 'Astro the Rocketmouse'. The mouse died from injuries suffered on New Year's Eve when boys tied it on a rocket and fired it |