Enjoy amazing, funny and brave images of political unrest, religious and environmental feats of recent major world activities.
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| An Afghan man takes a shortcut by climbing a wall, at a hilltop in Kabul May 11, 2012. |
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| A 26-foot tall statue of Marilyn Monroe is separated for disassembly in Chicago, May 7, 2012. The sculpture "Forever Marilyn" by artist Seward Johnson, is based on a scene from the movie "Seven Year Itch" was taken down after being on display since last July. |
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| A runner makes his way along a trail on a butte in front of the "super Moon" at Papago Park in Phoenix, Arizona May 5, 2012. |
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Residents paddle their makeshift boat to safety as fire engulfs houses at a slum community in Manila, Philippines,
May 11, 2012. At least 1000 houses were razed in the fire, the cause of which is yet unknown,
leaving 5000 families homeless, local media reported. |
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Wrangler Shad Boardman rides into a pasture during Montana Horses' annual horse drive outside Three Forks,
Montana, May 6, 2012. The Mantle family, who own Montana Horses, held their last horse drive where they rounded
up approximately 300 horses and drove the herd 35 miles from their winter range to the Mantle ranch. The horses will be picked up by leasers to be used as pack and trail horses at dude ranches and national parks. |
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A sculpture of a dead Osama bin Laden called "He", created by Cuban artists Manolo Castro, Julio Lorente and Alberto
Lorente, sits on display at an art exhibition during the 11th Havana Biennial May 10, 2012. The Havana Biennial is a major
event for contemporary art, attracting artists and curators from all over the world and runs from May 11 to June 11, 2012. |
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Supporters of France's newly-elected President Francois Hollande react after the early results during a victory rally at
Place de la Bastille in Paris May 6, 2012. |
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People run carrying a burnt body at the site of an explosion in Damascus May 10, 2012. Dozens of people were killed or
wounded in two "terrorist explosions" which struck a southern district of the Syrian capital Damascus on Thursday,
state television said. |
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A dead Guanay Cormorant bird lies on Cerro Azul beach in Canete, Lima May 6, 2012. Peru's government declared a health
alert along its northern coastline on Saturday and urged residents and tourists to stay away from long stretches of beach,
as it investigates the unexplained deaths of hundreds of dolphins and pelicans. At least 1,200 birds, mostly pelicans, washed
up dead along a stretch of Peru's northern Pacific coastline in recent weeks, health officials said, after an estimated 800
dolphins died in the same area in recent months. |
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Members of the White House press type on their laptop computers in the dark as U.S.President Barack Obama speaks
to supporters at a fundraising reception at the Paramount Theater in Seattle May 10, 2012. |
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A boy tries to cross a damaged suspension bridge, after a flash flood caused by an avalanche in the Annapurna mountain
range on Saturday, in Kaski district, Nepal, May 6, 2012. At least 17 people, including three foreigners, are confirmed to have
died during the flood in Pokhara and adjoining villages in Kaski district, according to Police inspector Ravindra Nath Poudel of
Kaski District. |
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Orthodox Jews of the Satmar Hasidim celebrate the Jewish holiday of Lag BaOmer in the village of Kiryas Joel, New York,
May 9, 2012. Lag BaOmer marks the anniversary of the death of Talmudic sage Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai approximately
1900 years ago. Thousands of the Satmar, who are opposed on principle to the existence of the state of Israel, danced
near a bonfire into the night. |
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A Palestinian protester jumps as he throws back a tear gas canister fired by Israeli soldiers during clashes at a demonstration
held in solidarity with prisoners on hunger strike, outside Ofer prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah May 11, 2012.
Hundreds of Palestinians on hunger strike in Israeli jails said on Friday they would shun vitamin supplements and prison
clinics in an escalation of their mass protest against detention conditions. |
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Xian Xiyong, son of Li Jie'e, cries next to a police line after his mother jumped off a building and died at a demolition site of
Yangji village in Guangzhou, Guangdong province May 10, 2012. Li Jie'e, a resident of Yangji village, jumped off a building
and died on Thursday after her house was demolished on March 21, local media reported. |
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Cori Walters, 32, (R) hugs her daughter Hannah Walters, 6, at California Institute for Women state prison in Chino, California
May 5, 2012. An annual Mother's Day event, Get On The Bus, brings children in California to visit their mothers in prison.
Sixty percent of parents in state prison report being held over 100 miles (161 km) from their children. |
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An actress, playing the role of a priestess, releases a dove during the dress rehearsal for the torch lighting ceremony
of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the site of ancient Olympia in Greece May 9, 2012. The official lighting ceremony
for the London Games will take place on May 10. |
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Students stretch during a training session at a gymnastic course at Shenyang Sports School in Shenyang, Liaoning province
May 9, 2012. Some 60 students, between the ages of 6 to 15, undergo a nine-year gymnastic programme which includes
foundation courses and gymnastic training courses at Shenyang Sports School, and those who are outstanding may be
selected to join the national team, according to local media. |
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Cat 'Luca' sleeps in his basket as a waitress serves some food to customers in Vienna's first cat cafe May 7, 2012.
After three years of negotiations with city officials over hygiene issues, Austria opened its first cat cafe last Friday.
'Cafe Neko', "Neko" meaning cat in Japanese, was opened by Vienna resident Takako Ishimitsu, 47, from Japan. Customers
can stroke and interact with their five feline hosts, named Sonja, Thomas, Moritz, Luca and Momo, who all came from an
animal shelter and now freely roam about the cafe and take naps. |
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A model gets her makeup done backstage during Colombian designer Sandra Cabrales' lineup during the Circulo de Moda
fashion show in Bogota May 10, 2012. |
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A zombie lands in a pool of water on the "Run for Your Lives" 5K obstacle course race in Amesbury, Massachusetts
May 5, 2012. Runners face man-made and natural obstacles on the course, while being chased by zombies, who try to
take "health" flags off the runners belts. |
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