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| Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Revellers play football at sunset during carnival celebrations on Ipanema beach |
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| Bilbao, Spain: A man wearing a medieval costume has a drink at a bar during carnival festivities |
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| Rangoon, Burma: Buddhist nuns pray during a farewell ceremony for Ashin Pyinyar Thiha, the head of the Shwenyawar monastery. Ashin Pyinyar Thiha was ordered out of his monastery by Buddhist elders who said he had given an inappropriate speech at an office belonging to pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party |
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| Beijing, China: Two girls reach for fresh strawberries at the five-day International Strawberry Symposium in the Chinese capital's Changping district, famed as a production base for the fruit in China |
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| Dakar, Senegal: Police in riot gear patrol a street in pursuit of anti-government protesters |
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| Parati, Brazil: A man holds up his mud-covered dog as another reveller takes a picture during the Bloco da Lama, or Mud Block carnival parade |
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| Paranaque, Philippines: A migratory egret waits for prey at the reclaimed area in Manila bay known as Freedom Island |
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| Gaza Strip: Children wave a Palestinian flag during a rally calling on Egyptian authorities to end the power crisis, near the Rafah border crossing with Egypt |
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| Newark, New Jersey, USA: A woman organises pictures of the late singer Whitney Houston for sale during her funeral service |
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| Tegucigalpa, Honduras: Workers in Comayaguela market carry a fire hose to help firefighters trying to extinguish a fire |
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| Jammu, Kashmir, India: A boy is made up to look like a demon before the start of a religious procession |
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| Amritsar, India: A child is administered polio drops by health workers at the Golden Temple. India celebrated a full year since its last reported case of polio last month |
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| Barranquilla, Colombia: A fire-breather performs during carnival celebrations |
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| Dandong, China: a man catches worms in the Yalu River |
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| Jammu, Kashmir, India: a monkey eats a banana given to it by a man on a road. The population of monkeys has increased and feeding them on roads has caused accidents and created problems with commuting |
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| Kathmandu, Nepal: a Buddhist monk holds a bowl asking for alms, as pigeons fly in the background at Boudhanath Stupa |
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| Paris, France: firefighters wave flares as they protest during a national strike day in defence of their labour agreements |
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| Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: a salesman sells costumes and accessories at a popular market |
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| Kolhapur, India: a wrestler rubs his hands with mud to prevent slipping due to sweat, during a traditional mud wrestling (Kushti) bout at the Akhaara centre |
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| Wadi Dayqah, Oman: men and women perform a traditional dance at the end of the second stage of the Tour of Oman cycling race |
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| Shanghai, China: an animal vendor rides with rabbits strapped on the back seat along a street |
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| Krakow, Poland: a horse-drawn carriage rides through heavy snowfall |
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| New York, US: A model is attended to backstage before the Fall 2012 Marchesa fashion show during fashion week |
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| Athens, Greece: an employee of the state-owned Labour Housing Organisation (OEK) allegedly threatens to jump off the company building, after the government decided to shut down the organisation and lay off its staff |
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| Karmiel, West Bank: a member of a Palestinian family carries a goat after Israeli bulldozers destroyed their tin shack, which had been set up on land adjacent to a Jewish settlement |
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| Madrid, Spain: a Spanish Gypsy boy tries to gets his father's attention while he watches an excavator demolish their home at the Puerta de Hierro neighbourhood |
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| Tripoli, Libya: a child rides a horse in Martyrs square one year after the anti-Gaddafi revolt erupted |