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Sep 2, 2013

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Fans cooling off from the heat under the Mushroom Fountain during the 2011 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn. WireImage

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Sheena Chou, 28, protests against the early release of Johannes Mehserle outside the Department of Justice in Los Angeles. Mehserle, a white former transit police officer, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in a videotaped shooting death of unarmed black man, Oscar Grant, on New Year’s Day 2009. REUTERS

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A car stands in water on Ferry Road after two magnitude 6.0 and 5.5 earthquakes struck on in Christchurch, New Zealand. The aftershocks have followed four months after a major earthquake hit the city on February 22 killing 181 people. Getty Images

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The Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano spills a ash cloud during a eruption seem from Entre Lagos, Chile. EPA

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Farmers plant rice in the terrace in Xiuning County, Huangshan City, east China’s Anhui Province. ZUMAPRESS.com

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A Canadian soldier from the 6th Platoon, Bulldog Company, 1st Battalion, 22nd Royal Regiment, walks through a field of Marijuana plants during a patrol in the Panjwai district of Kandahar province southern Afghanistan. REUTERS

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Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) announces his resignation in Brooklyn, New York. The resignation comes ten days after the congressman admitted to sending lewd photos of himself on Twitter to multiple women. Getty Images

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Traditionally dressed Bavarians stand in front of the votive chapel during a memorial service for Bavarian King Ludwig II, in Berg, near Starnberg, southern Germany. King Ludwig II was found dead 125 years ago in the Starnberger. AP Photo

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A Yemeni army soldier lifted by anti-government protesters, shouts slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen. AP Photo

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A Syrian refugee walks in the tent compound in Boynuyogun, Turkey, near the Syrian border. According toTurkey’s Foreign Ministry the number of Syrians that fled their country seeking refuge in Turkey climbed to nearly 6.000, prompting Turkish authorities to start building a fourth tent compound in the border area. AP Photo

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A view from Chile’s Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano chain is seen during sunset at the mountain resort San Martin de Los Andes in Argentina’s Patagonia. REUTERS

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Residents look on as riot police patrol in Xintang near the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou. Riot police fired tear gas to disperse rampaging migrant workers in southern China protesting over the mistreatment of a pregnant street hawker by security guards. REUTERS

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A man clings to chains suspended from a bridge as he bathes in rapidly flowing waters of the Ganges river in Haridwar. Haridwar is considered one of the holiest cities in India by devout Hindus and the Ganges river, which flows through it, attracts millions of pilgrims every year who come to bathe in its waters in the belief that the ritual washes away their sins. REUTERS

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A basketball lands inside a net, attached to a portrait of Polina Annenkova, wife of Decembrist Ivan Annenkov, who was sent to Siberia after the Decembrist revolt in 1825, at the Museum of Modern Art in Krasnoyarsk. REUTERS

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A Chinese construction worker looks on as he stands in front of a billboard advertising a new real estate development project in Shanghai. AFP/Getty Images

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New Zealand’s Mount Taranaki has a warm glow lighting the snow peak as an ash cloud from a Chilean volcano drifts across the Pacific. AP Photo

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Two children inspect a small crab they found in the tideland at the North Sea island of Nordstrand, northern Germany. AFP/Getty Images

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Indian school children write English letters on slates at a government primary school in the outskirts of Hyderabad, on the opening day of the new academic year. AFP/Getty Images

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Candidate for the opposition Puea Thai party, Yingluck Shinawatra, center, receives garlands from supporters during a stop at a temple while on the electoral campaign trail in the Thai northern province of Chiang Mai. AFP/Getty Images

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Helpers of conceptual artist Frank Boelter carry a paper boat made of tetra pak liquid food packages in Leipzig, eastern Germany. By putting the 29-foot-long ship on the Karl-Heine canal, organizers of the action wanted to plead for the renaturation of urban fluvial topography. AFP/Getty Images

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The combo of pictures shows visitors to the wave-gothic meeting in Leipzig, eastern Germany. Organizers expect some 20,000 visitors from all over the world for the “dark” music and arts festival running from June 9 to 13, 2011. AFP/Getty Images

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A British photographer Terry Whittaker has travelled the UK and Ireland taking incredible shots of wild dolphins at play. This heart-warming shot shows one lone dolphin enjoying fun and games with swimmers and kayakers. Solent News/Splash News

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A cliff-top house is seen after its portion fell over a ledge in Sumner, near Christchurch, New Zealand, following an earthquake. A series of aftershocks rattled the quake-devastated city of Christchurch, pulling down one of the few buildings still standing in the center, sinking thousands of homes into darkness and forcing silt to bubble up from the ground. AP Photo

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A Goodyear blimp crashes near the venue of the Hessentag festival in Oberursel, Germany. The pilot Mike Nerandzic was killed but the three journalists on board managed to jump to safety when the airship caught fire as it was coming in to land. When the airship was just 19 feet above the ground, the pilot told his passengers to jump while he tried to land safely. Once the three journalists leapt clear of the blimp it then climbed back up to 120 feet, but flames were seen engulfing the ship soon after. EPA

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A participant marches for “SlutWalk” in Sydney, protesting for women to be able to wear whatever they like without fear of being sexually assaulted. SlutWalk began in Canada in April after a Toronto police official said that “women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized”. AFP/Getty Images

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An Indian woman works at a sunflower field at Kunwarpur village east of Allahabad, India. Sunflower oil is a widely used cooking ingredient. AP Photo

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Smoke and flames are seen at a building construction site in Taian City, east China’s Shandong Province. ZUMAPRESS.com

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Afghan children play on a hill in Kabul. REUTERS

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A Darth Vader actor waits for tourists who want to be photographed in front of the Brandenburg Gate during a thunderstorm in Berlin, Germany. AP Photo

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Spectators view a six-story building under construction, which collapsed in Nairobi, Kenya, killing at least two people and leaving 14 missing according to officials. The collapsed building is on Nairobi’s outskirts, near the international airport. AP Photo

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London firefighters try to tackle a large blaze on top of the 10-story hotel and flat block which is under refurbishment on The Strand, London. Plumes of thick black smoke have been seen billowing over central London after a fire broke out in a building on one of the capital’s most historic streets. EPA

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A car is seen fitting into a van, not much bigger in size, in a yard. Two Kazakh drivers managed to put the car into their small van and only raised attention because the doors of the van were slightly open. The co-driver hardly had any space in the car: he was squeezed between engine bonnet and his seat in this photo made available by Ratzeburg police department, in Bad Oldesloe, northern Germany. EPA

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A sailor, left, falls onto the wing of an Oracle Racing AC45 boat after it capsized during an exhibition race to promote the 34th Annual America’s Cup, in San Francisco Bay. REUTERS

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An elderly Yemeni anti-government protester holds a poster of Cuban revolutionary Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara during a rally demanding the immediate creation of a governing council to lead the country, in Sana’a, Yemen. EPA

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Anneka Tanaka-Svenska attends Day 1 of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse in Ascot, England. WireImage

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A model presents an outfit by Samuel Cirnansck during the 2011-2012 Spring-Summer collections of the Sao Paulo Fashion Week, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. AFP/Getty Images

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Syrian refugee children walk over bricks stored for road repairs, during a spontaneous protest against Syrian President Bashar Assad, in a camp in Yayladagi ,Turkey. AP Photo

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Wang Xiaokang, a 25-year-old IT worker, walks in his homemade Mark I outfit replica of one in the movie “Iron Man” in the company’s campus in Shanghai, China. Barcroft Media

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Afghan police officers duck for cover after a mortar hit the compound of the National Police Training Center during an inauguration ceremony in central Wardak province, Afghanistan. AP Photo

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Models prepare to present Cavalera’s Summer 2012 collection show during Sao Paulo Fashion week in Brazil. REUTERS

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Hindu married women perform rituals around a Banyan tree during the festival of Vat Savitri in Ahmadabad, India. Vat Savitri is celebrated on a full moon day where women tie cotton threads around a banyan tree and pray for the longevity of their husbands. AP Photo

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The World War II minesweeper USS Hazard, normally on dry ground while on display at Omaha’s Freedom Park, is once again in water, as the rising waters of the Missouri River flood the grounds. AP Photo

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Nepalese children watch a worker dig a well for water source in Katmandu, Nepal. Nepal has been in a water crisis during the yearly dry season. AP Photo

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A Hindu devotee performs “gatkha”, a traditional form of martial arts, during the Jal Yatra procession ahead of the 134th annual chariot procession, in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. REUTERS

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Shoes are displayed on a wall at a street stall in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos. REUTERS

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A Chinese boy swimming in the polluted sea by the rubbish-strewn beach along the sea coast in Anquan village, south China’s Hainan province. China suffers from widespread water pollution after years of unbridled economic growth. According to government data, more than 200 million Chinese currently do not have access to safe drinking water. AFP/Getty Images

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This photo released by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows a view of the galaxy Centaurus A. Hubble’s new observations are the most detailed ever made of this galaxy. AFP/Getty Images

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Statues of angels fixed at the St. Isaak’s Cathedral are silhouetted on the full moon in St.Petersburg, Russia. AP Photo

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A model presents a creation by the label Movimento during the Sao Paulo Fashion Week Summer 2011/12 at Ibirapuera Park, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. EPA

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A Vancouver Canucks fan screams in front of an overturned burning pickup truck in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia during riots after the Canucks lost Game 7 of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs to the Boston Bruins . The crowd of more than 100,000 Canadian hockey fans turned violent after the game. REUTERS

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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou gives a speech in parliament during an emergency meeting of Socialist lawmakers, in Athens. Papandreou vowed to stay on as prime minister, despite a party revolt that broke out Thursday against new austerity measures that have triggered violent street protests ad widespread discontent. AP Photo

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Radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir talks to reporters from behind bars of a holding cell before the start of his trial at a district court in Jakarta, Indonesia. AP Photo

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Dallas Mavericks fans cheer during the team’s victory parade in downtown Dallas. The Mavericks beat the Miami Heat to win the NBA championship. AP Photo

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Floodwaters from the Missouri River covering Highway 333 outside of town approach a levee, in Hamburg, Iowa. The water level continues to rise and officials say that it should crest sometime later this week. AP Photo

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A firefighter extinguishes a burnt out car, following an explosion, in Abuja, Nigeria. A suicide bombing in the parking lot of police headquarters in Nigeria’s capital Thursday has killed two people. AP Photo

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Scorekeeper Clint Siemens looks through the scoreboard along the second hole during the first round of the U.S. Open Championship golf tournament in Bethesda, Md. AP Photo

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A woman poses in her hat on Ladies Day, the third day of racing at Royal Ascot in southern England. REUTERS

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Hindu devotees gather for a “holy dip” in the Ganges River during the total lunar eclipse in the temple city of Varanasi. This eclipse is the first of 2011 and the longest in nearly 11 years. AFP/Getty Images

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Journalists film the ruins of The Wenzrik Hotel, an apparently empty hotel in the center of the Libyan captail Tripoli, which was demolished in a dawn raid by NATO warplanes. AFP/Getty Images

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Children dressed up as “smurfs” take part in a promotional event in the Andalusian village of Juzcar, near Malaga, southern Spain. The facades of the houses were painted blue as part of a global promotion for the Sony Picture film “The Smurfs” which will premiere in New York City on June 24. REUTERS

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Australian classical musician Shenzo Gregorio playing the electric violin while suspended under the dome of the historic Queen Victoria Building in Sydney. Shenzo played a range of complex classical compositions — all whilst suspended up to 82 feet high in the air — to entertain shoppers during the mid-year sales. AFP/Getty Images

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Rescue workers in diving suits try to rescue a car stuck in a road underpass in the city center of Turkish capital, Ankara, Turkey. AP Photo

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Anthony Weiner eaves a press conference after announcing his resignation in Brooklyn, New York. Weiner recently admitted to sending lewd pictures of himself over the internet to various women. EPA

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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive for the Congressional Picnic on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC. AFP/Getty Images

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People in their underwear crowd a Desigual fashion store during a marketing campaign for the summer sale in Berlin. The first hundred customers to turn up semi-naked were offered the chance to leave the store fully dressed for free in an attempt by the chain to draw attention and people to their summer sale in their premier shop in Berlin’s Tauentzienstrasse. AFP/Getty Images

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This amorous Vancouver couple got more action than their losing hockey team, and found romance in the midst of a post-Stanley cup riot. It’s not known what happened to the love birds, but almost 150 people were treated at hospitals after the Canucks lost to the Boston Bruins Thursday night. Getty Images

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A Muslim woman walks by the water fountain at the government office complex in Putrajaya, Malaysia. AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin

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People play in the sea against the backdrop of merchant ship MV Wisdom which ran aground at Chowpatty Beach in Mumbai, India. AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade

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A BMX rider competes in the Air in the Square BMX and Skateboard competition in Times Square in New York City. James Devaney/WireImage

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Defected army soldiers gesture supporting anti-government protestors as they attend a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen. AP Photo/Hani Mohammed

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A girl rests on a concrete column of the Holocaust memorial in Berlin. The memorial to the murdered Jews of Europe consists of 2,711 charcoal-grey rectangular pillars, which rise from the ground and form a tight grid through which visitors can wander. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz

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A police officer stands guard at a crime scene on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez. The body of a dead woman was found in between sandbanks and illegal dumping grounds on Thursday, according to local media. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

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The sun rises at the Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap province northwest of Phnom Penh. TANG CHHIN SOTHY/AFP/Getty Images

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A Chinese paramilitary policeman shows how to take down an attacker, at a demonstration in Beijing. China sees thousands of protests and other public disturbances each year, often linked to anger over official corruption, government abuses and the illegal seizure of land for development. AFP/Getty Images

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Flames are seen over homes in Sierra Vista, Ariz. The elements are coming together to create dangerous fire conditions in southern and southeastern Arizona. The biggest wildfire in state history is closing in on a half million acres burned. AP Photo/Arizona Daily Star/Greg Bryan

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South Korean Catholic nuns hold dove-shaped balloons during a special service for peace on the Korean Peninsula at Imjingak peace park near the inter-Korean border in Paju. About 20,000 South Korean Catholics attended in the service for the peace and reunification of the Korean peninsula. AFP PHOTO/JUNG YEON-JE

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President Obama greets kids after daughter Sasha’s 4th grade graduation on this image posted by the White House on Twitter. Pete Souza/The White House

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The figures of Soviet soldiers at the base of a Soviet Army monument, painted by an unknown artist, is pictured in Sofia. The figures were painted to resemble U.S. comic book heroes and characters from popular culture like Santa Claus and Ronald McDonald. The inscription below them reads: “Moving with the times”. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

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A Hindu priest holds a traditional oil lamp as he performs prayers on the banks of the River Ganges in Allahabad, India. AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh

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Children play near the finished giant wall stencil, “CHUUUTTT !!!” by French street artist Jef Aerosol on a six-story building in central Paris. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

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People enjoy a carnival ride at sunset during the Steamboat Festival on the riverfront in Peoria, Ill. AP Photo/Journal Star/Ron Johnso

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Andrew Lester of Australia competes during the Shark Island Challenge, near Cronulla in Sydney, Australia. Cameron Spencer/Getty Images

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Performers of the theatre group Fuerza Bruta (Brute Force) hang from a rope as they walk over a giant inflatable tent during the media rehearsal of their upcoming Wayra Tour show in Buenos Aires. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci

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A young boy watches the flood waters from the roof of his home in Laibin, southwest China’s Guangxi province. China was pounded by more summer rain forcing the evacuation of more than 55,000 people, state media reported, warning of further downpours, while the number of people confirmed killed in more than a week of floods and landslides triggered by the torrential rains had leapt past 100. AFP/Getty Images

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Uwe Wuenstel tastes a cockroach bred for consumption by the German company “Der Schabenkoenig” (The Cockroach King) at the “Maintier” pet fair in Frankfurt, western Germany. FRANK RUMPENHORST/AFP/Getty Imag

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Maria Kamiyama, winner of Miss Universe Japan 2011 pageant, poses during a swimsuit contest in Tokyo. The 24-year-old sales clerk from Osaka will represent Japan in the Miss Universe 2011 pageant in Sao Paulo, Brazil. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

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