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| Beijing, China: A cleaner sweeps up before crowds arrive for the temple fair at Ditan Park |
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| Monte Carlo, Monaco: Lion tamer Vladislav Goncharov performs with a lion during the official award gala evening of the 36th International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo |
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| Naypyitaw, Burma: Women wash clothes at a river |
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| New Delhi, India: An Indian military band performs in front of the Presidential Palace |
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| Jaipur, India: Men offer prayers at Diggi Palace during the Jaipur literature festival |
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| Berlin, Germany: A 'carnival prince' wearing a hat marked 'President' waits to meet the German chancellor at a reception for carnival performers from around Germany |
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| Beijing, China: Performers dressed in Qing dynasty costumes skate on a frozen lake after a performance |
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| Florida, USA: Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich speaks during a campaign event in Sarasota |
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| Kathmandu, Nepal: Nepalese student activists participate in a torch rally |
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| London, UK: A woman dressed as the Star Wars character Princess Leia drives a radio controlled R2D2 at the 2012 London Toy Fair at Olympia Exhibition Centre |
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| Texas, USA: Gravestones at the Fort Sam Houston national cemetery in Houston |
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| Dora, Lebanon: Seagulls fly past an oil tanker |
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| Kampala, Uganda: Ugandan riot police gather as supporters of opposition leader Kizza Besigye protest against rising living costs |