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| Beijing, China: A woman performs morning exercises with fans at Ditan park |
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| Chianocco, Italy: Riot police stand guard during a sit-in protest against the construction of a high-speed train line that will link Turin and Lyon |
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| Dakar, Senegal: Supporters of the presidential candidate Macky Sall attack and beat a supporter of the incumbent president, Abdoulaye Wade |
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| Mexico City, Mexico: An activist hangs a placard from a sculpture of Mexican hero Leonardo Bravo during a campaign called Breathing Shouldn't Be Something For Heroes, drawing attention to the problems of pollution |
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| Whitley Bay, England: American artist Yvette Mattern's Global Rainbow, which celebrates Martin Luther King Day, lights up the north-east coastline to herald the 2012 Olympic Games |
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| Khartoum, Sudan: A member of the national weightlifting team prepares to compete with other athletes for a place in the Olympic team |
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| Allahabad, India: A police officer checks forms as unemployed Indian women crowd the employment exchange office |
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| Amman, Jordan: A bee collects pollen from an almond blossom |
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| Tokyo, Japan: A miko, or shrine maiden, walks as snow falls at the Meiji Shrine |
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| Harveyville, Kansas, US: The damage and wreckage left after a tornado passed through the town |
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| Paris, France: A model stumbles during French designer Anthony Vaccarello's show at Paris Fashion Week |
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| Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: A worker runs for cover during a torrential downpour at a construction site |
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| Punta Arenas, Chile: One of two British cruise ships refused entry to an Argentinian port because they had berthed in the Falklands arrives in southern Chile |
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| Tehran, Iran: Iranians pray next to the graves of their loved ones at the Beheshte Zahra cemetery |