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Sep 2, 2013

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Afghan jailer Ghulam Dastager Mayaar points to the hole which inmates used to escape from inside Kandahar’s main jail. Insurgents tunnelled into the main jail in Afghanistan’s volatile Kandahar province, freeing hundreds of prisoners, including many Taliban commanders, a serious setback for U.S. forces who hope to start withdrawing in coming months. REUTERS

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People walk after the wreath-laying ceremonies at the Australian National Memorial in Villers-Bretonneux, northern France, during Anzac Day. The ceremony marks the 93rd anniversary of the recapture of the village of Villers-Bretonneux on April 25, 1918. AP Photo

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Yemeni Hamas Mohammed, 5, looks on as she prays with female anti-government protestors during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen. AP Photo

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Residents’ belongings are seen at the collapsed portion of a building in Diyarbakir, Kurdish-dominated southeastern Turkey. 28 families living in the building were evacuated by authorities last week after cracks began to form, leaving all their belongings behind. A part of the building collapsed a day after the evacuation. REUTERS

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A girl is lifted up to a pull-up bar in the Erhohlungspark Marzahn public park in Berlin, Germany. REUTERS

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Pakistani Hindu devotees walk on a mud volcano to perform a ritual offering of coconuts before visiting Shri Hinglaj Mata Temple located in Balochistan province. Every year, thousands of Hindus from Pakistan and India gather to attend a four-day ritual at the Hinglaj Mata Temple in Balochistan. REUTERS

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A man takes cover in a concrete water pipe in a village close to the Thai-Cambodia border, where gunfights and shelling between rival troops erupted for a third day on Sunday. The fighting has killed at least 11 people on both sides since Friday in the worst bloodshed since the United Nations called for a ceasefire in February. REUTERS

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A worker stands before the sun at a construction project in Hefei, east China’s Anhui province. More Chinese cities saw the cost of new homes fall in March 2011, official data showed, leading to suggestions that government moves to cool the real estate market could be having an impact. AFP/Getty Images

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US and Japanese soldiers prepare to clear debris left by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami from the tracks around Rikuzenono Station in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture. Some 60 US and 30 Japanese soldiers took part in the clean up “Operation Soul Train.” AFP/Getty Images

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Slovak youths dressed in traditional costumes throw a girl into a creek as part of Easter celebrations in the village of Trencianska Tepla, north of Bratislava. Girls are doused with water and whipped in a custom believed to ensure a woman’s fertility and beauty. REUTERS

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An Afghan opium poppy farmer scores opium poppy buds in a field at Habibullah village in Khanashin District, Helmand province. Nearly a decade into the war in Afghanistan, opium poppies are still the major crop for many farmers and a big source of income for the Taliban despite expensive efforts to stamp out cultivation. AFP/Getty Images

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Volunteer marshals wait as unseen devotees pay their last respects to Hindu guru Sathya Sai Baba inside Prashanthi Nilayam at Puttaparthi village, north of Bangalore.Thousands of grieving devotees on April 25 filed past the body of Sathya Sai Baba, a hugely popular Indian guru who was followed by politicians, Bollywood actors and sport stars alike. AFP/Getty Images

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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama read a book titled “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom” to children during the annual Easter Egg Roll at the White House in Washington. Daughters Sasha and Malia are seen on the right as they listen on with their dog Bo. REUTERS

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Rafael Nadal of Spain raises the trophy after his victory over David Ferrer of Spain during a Open tennis final match in Barcelona, Spain. Nadal won 6-2, 6-4. AP Photo

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Orlando Magic guard Jameer Nelson goes up for a basket as Atlanta Hawks forward Josh Smith pursues in the first half of Game 4 of their NBA Playoffs Eastern Conference basketball game in Atlanta, Georgia. REUTERS

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Pedestrians wearing hats with British Union Jack flags walk through Hyde Park nearby Buckingham Palace in London, Britain. EPA

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A model performs with a snake before a presentation by Kazakhstan’s Kenje design house during Kazakhstan Fashion Week in Almaty. REUTERS

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People walk on a road in Vilonia, Ark., after a tornado hit the area late Monday. The storm system killed at least seven people, including three who drowned in floods in northwest Arkansas. AP Photo

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A protester holds a candle at an anti-nuclear rally in front of the headquarters of Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), the operator of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, in Tokyo. About 100 activists took part in the rally on the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. REUTERS

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Denver Nuggets guard Ty Lawson (3) goes up for a shot against Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook (0) during the second half in Game 4 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series in Denver. AP Photo

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A woman wearing a “No Nukes” mask and badges attends a candle light vigil marking the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine during an anti-nuclear protest in Tokyo in front of the headquarters of Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the tsunami-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture. AP Photo

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Candidates prepare for a group picture during the media presentation for the local franchise of the Miss Earth Philippines beauty pageant at a hotel pool in suburban Pasay city, Philippines. Forty-nine beauties from different cities and townships in the country are vying for the title and a chance to represent the country in the Miss Earth 2011 in Thailand, a contest with a cause to save Mother Earth, according to organizers. AP Photo

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An Afghan soldier patrols outside a gateway to Kabul’s airport following a shooting incident on Wednesday, in Afghanistan. An Afghan Army officer opened fire on foreign troops after an argument at the airport, the latest in a spate of deadly incidents that have occurred inside government or military installations. AP Photo

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A forest fire lights-up a mountain next to the southwestern village of Visp, Swizerland. REUTERS

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Workers block off the site of a huge sinkhole which occured overnight in Shiliuzhuang road, in Beijing. AFP/Getty Images

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Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford of Canada perform during the pairs short program competition at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Moscow. Radford took a hit to the face during their performance. REUTERS

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British Union Jack flags line Regents Street, one of the main shopping thoroughfares in London. Britain’s Prince William will marry his fiancee Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey in London, on April 29. AFP/Getty Images

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An Indian boy enjoys a swim in a river to beat the heat on a hot afternoon in the outskirts of Bhubaneswar city, in Orissa, India. EPA

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A royal enthusiast dressed with pictures of the royal family performs in the street in London. Prince William and Kate Middleton are due to get married on Friday, April 29. AP Photo

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Paige Hare, of New Zealand, competes in the Subaru Pro surfing competition in Taranaki, New Zealand. AP Photo

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A grab from a video downloaded from YouTube shows Syrian anti-government protesters tearing down a portrait of President Bashar al-Assad, in Hama during the “Day of Rage” demonstrations called by activists to pile pressure on Assad as his regime pressed a violent crackdwon on dissent. AFP/Getty Images

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A cherry blossom tree in full bloom is seen in Tamuramachi near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Kawauchimura, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. ZUMAPRESS.com

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Haitian children watch a garbage fire during a rain storm, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AP Photo

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The space shuttle Endeavour is seen on launch pad 39a as a storm passes by prior to the rollback of the Rotating Service Structure at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. AP Photo

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Britain’s Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge kiss on the balcony at Buckingham Palace, watched by bridemaids Grace van Cutsem, left, and Margarita Armstrong-Jones, after their wedding in Westminster Abbey, in central London. REUTERS

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A bus is seen in the Nile river after it fell off a high ledge , south of Cairo, Egypt. According to Egyptian security sources, 17 people were killed and three were injured. People from nearby villages were the first at the scene, and helped rescue survivors and pull bodies out of the water. EPA

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Libyans attend Friday prayers near the courthouse in Benghazi. REUTERS

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Palestinian youths throw stones towards a Jewish settler’s car during clashes between Palestinian stone-throwers and Israeli border police officers in the mostly Arab neighbourhood of Silwan in East Jerusalem. A Israeli police spokesperson said that the youths threw stones at the Jewish settler’s car as he drove near the outskirts of the neighbourhood breaking the window, the driver proceeded to fire three warning shots into the air. REUTERS

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