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Day in Photos: May 26, 2011

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Customs House is illuminated with a theme called the Electric Canvas during the Sydney Vivid Light festival in Sydney, Australia. AP Photo

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A Palestinian woman waits near her belongings before crossing into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing, southern Gaza Strip. Egypt’s decision to end its blockade of Gaza by opening the only crossing to the Hamas-ruled Palestinian territory this weekend could ease the isolation of 1.4 million Palestinians there. AP Photo

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A car passes tornado-destroyed buildings and trees as clouds roll in Joplin, Mo. A tornado tore through much of the city Sunday, wiping out neighborhoods and killing at least 123 people. AP Photo

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Chilean students take part in a rally in downtown Santiago. Students marched through the streets to demand that the government change the public state education system. The banner reads “The University leaves us naked”. REUTERS

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy puts his hands upon his pregnant wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy as they greet leaders for dinner at the G8 Summit in Deauville. REUTERS

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Police detain protesters during clashes in Tbilisi. Georgian riot police used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons on Thursday to disperse several hundred opposition protesters demanding the resignation of President Mikheil Saakashvili. REUTERS

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A visitor walks past the artwork “Whenever the Rainbow Appears” by Danish artist Olafur Eliasson at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. REUTERS

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Rebel fighters take part in training in Giminis. The government of Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy has contacted foreign states offering an immediate ceasefire, but there was scepticism that the proposal could end the three-month-old conflict. REUTERS

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A labourer attaches iron rods to a column at the construction site of a flyover in Lahore, Pakistan. REUTERS

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China’s President Hu Jintao and North Korean leader Kim Jong-il shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Il visited Beijing, and Heilongjiang, Jilin and Jiangsu provinces during his unofficial visit to China from May 20-26. REUTERS

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Supporters of Peru’s presidential candidate Ollanta Humala push a campaign truck which got stuck in the sand outside a meeting on the outskirts of Lima. Right-wing lawmaker Keiko Fujimori holds a lead over left-wing Humala just two weeks before Peru’s June 5 presidential election, but pollsters say the race could still be won be either candidate REUTERS

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An woman poses next to an installation by US artist John Baldessari entitled ‘Beethoven’s Trumpet (With Ear)’ at the Saatchi Gallery in central London. Forming part of ‘The Shape of Things To Come: New Sculpture’ exhibition, it is to be displayed from May 27- October 16. AFP/Getty Images

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Models dressed in traditional arabic clothing pose behind one of the drivers before he sets off from Covent Garden in central London at the start of the Gumball 3000 Rally 2011. The rally sees owners of classic and high-end supercars drive from London to Istanbul, covering the 3000 miles over 7 days. AFP/Getty Images

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Ukrainian teenagers look at weapons at a military base in the town of Zhytomyr, west of Kiev. As part of a campaign to promote patriotic upbringing, Ukrainian NGO “Nobody except us” took a group of schoolchildren on a tour of a military paratrooper detachment camp. REUTERS

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Thomas Michel, a professor at Harvard Medical School, waits for the start of the 360th Commencement Exercises at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. REUTERS

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Julia poses in a tractor tyre during a photoshooting for the new “Bavarian and Austrian farmer wifes calendar” 2012 at a farm in Kadelshofen near Ulm, southern Germany. AFP/Getty Images

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