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A vendor and a man jump from the top of one overcrowded train to another as thousands of Bangladeshi Muslims try to return home after attending the three-day Islamic Congregation on the banks of the River Turag in Tongi, outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. AP Photo

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A man walks across a frozen river in Benxi, northeastern China’s Liaoning province. AP Photo

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Colombia’s bullfighter Luis Bolivar prepares to kills a bull with his sword during a bullfight in the Santamaria bullring in Bogota, Colombia. AP Photo

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A Volkswagen Beetle toy is seen in front of Beetle cars during celebrations of the National Day of the Beetle in Sao Bernardo do Campo. Owners of Volkswagen Beetles come together during this annual event which celebrates the car’s history in Brazil’s automobile industry. REUTERS

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Children play outside their flooded houses in Muara Baru, North Jakarta. The area is flooded with sea water due to tidal flooding after a levee broke about a week ago. REUTERS

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Workers wearing protection suits cull chickens at a poultry farm where the bird flu virus had been found in Miyazaki, southern Japan. The Miyazaki prefectural government stepped up its efforts to fight bird flu on Monday, after it confirmed infections at a second local poultry farm and began culling about 410,000 chickens there the previous day. REUTERS

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A child jumps over a puddle at Fort Dimanche in Puerto Principe, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A prisoner’s worst fate was to be dragged off to Fort Dimanche — better known as Fort Death — a Port-au-Prince prison were inmates were routinely beaten and tortured, under former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier regime, survivors recall. AFP/Getty Images

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Indian soldiers march during the final full dress rehearsal for the Indian Republic Day parade in New Delhi. India will celebrate its 62nd Republic Day on January 26 with a large military parade. AFP/Getty Images

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Swiss skier Ronny Heer jumps in Chaux-Neuve, eastern France, during the jumping event of the 10th FIS World Cup Nordic Combined competition. AFP/Getty Images

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A reveller wearing a demon costume takes part in the traditional festival of “AtiarFoc” in Palma de Mallorca. Every year, performers wearing demon and devil costums walk in the streets scaring people with fire. AFP/Getty Images

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A group of performers from the Jinan Acrobatic Troupe perform at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. The 33-member troupe will perform in the territory over the Chinese New Year. AFP/Getty Images

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A man strolls down a stairway in London. REUTERS

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A large circle and geometric pattern believed to be created by a UFO have been found in a rice field in Krasakan hamlet in Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Indonesian Air Force chief Marshall Imam Sufaat on Monday instructed his staff to use a helicopter to take aerial photographs of crop circles discovered on Sunday in Krasakan hamlet, Sleman, with residents alleging them to be traces of a UFO. The crop circles are in a paddy field and resemble a geometric artwork, while the other parts of the field remain untouched. EPA

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An overview of the expansive Har Homa Jewish settlement in southern Jerusalem, Israel. The Qatari-based television network Al-Jazeera is presenting over 1,600 leaked documents they call the ‘Palestinian Papers’ which reveal that Palestinian negotiators several years ago were trying to broker a peace deal by offering Israel to keep almost all of their Jewish settlement in East Jerusalem as well as a large portion of the Old City, details the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says are taken out of proportion, and are not true. EPA

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Binibining Pilipinas beauty pageant applicants wait for their turn to introduce themselves before the screening committee at the Araneta center in Quezon City, Philippines. EPA

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Municipal workers remove snow from a barge anchored on the Neva River in St. Petersburg, Russia. AFP/Getty Images

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The skies are multicolored just after the sun has set in Redondo Beach, Calif. AP Photo

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A hot air ballon flies above the mountains during the 33rd International Hot Air Balloon week, in the skiing resort of Chateau d’Oex, in the Swiss Alps, Switzerland. Over 80 balloons from 15 countries are participating in the ballooning event in the Swiss mountain resort famous for ideal flight conditions due to an exceptional microclimate. EPA

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Spanish mounted bullfighter Pablo Hermoso de Mendoza makes his performance during a bullfight at La Santamaria bullring in Bogota, Colombia. AFP/Getty Images

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Wenlock and Mandeville the Olympic mascots are seen at the Toy Fair 2011 at Olympia Exhibition in London, England. WireImage

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A Fiat 500 gripped by an aluminum hand is seen in Italian artist Lorenzo Quinn’s sculpture Vroom Vroom in London. Quinn is the son of late actor Anthony Quinn. REUTERS

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A cyclist rides over Westminster bridge while Houses of Parliament and Big Ben are seen on the backround in London. EPA

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Police detain a man as informal settlers battle police and a government demolition crew in San Juan, Metro Manila. Local officials said 40 people were hurt after police and the government demolition crew clashed with residents in San Juan town on Tuesday. About 1,000 families lost their homes to the demolition due to an ongoing road project in the area. REUTERS

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Yemeni demonstrators chant slogans and wave their national flags during a rally calling for an end to the government of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa. AP Photo

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Smoke rises from Mt. Shinmoedake in the Kirishima mountain range in Japan’s southern island of Kyushu. The volcano erupted on January 26. AFP/Getty Images

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Swiss model Julia Saner walks near the Eiffel Tower as she arrives for a fashion show during the Haute Couture Fashion Week in Paris. REUTERS

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A model walks the runway during the Jean-Paul Gaultier show as part of the Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week. WireImage

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Egyptian protesters shout in front of anti-riot policemen, who block a bridge in Cairo. The Egyptian capital was the scene of violent chaos Friday when tens of thousands of anti-government protesters stoned and confronted police. AP Photo

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An undercover Israeli police officer and border police officers detain a Palestinian youth suspected of throwing stones during clashes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan. REUTERS

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Pedestrians walk past a large mound of snow in New York’s Times Square. AP Photo

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People crowd Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro as the temperature rises over 104 degrees for the second day in a row. AFP/Getty Images

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Fishermen work early in the morning in the seaside city of Port-de-Paix, Haiti. AP Photo

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The Indian Defence Ministry (left) and Home Ministry buildings are illuminated during the full-dress rehearsal for the “Beating the Retreat” ceremony in New Delhi. REUTERS

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Indonesian worshippers climb towards the crater of Mount Bromo in the East Java province. The worshippers gave offerings to the god of the mountain, praying for the safety of locals. AFP/Getty Images

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Hamas supporters burn a cut-out of Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad during a protest in Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. REUTERS

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Su Yen-Hsun from the Taiwan Research Center for Applied Science, Academia Sinica, holds up a sample of leaves mixed with gold nanoparticles and water during an interview with Reuters. REUTERS

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Members of the Chinese Wuhan theater troupe perform “Chasing Dream” during a press preview at the TIM Show Center in Istanbul, Turkey. REUTERS

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South Korean marines attend winter military training in Pyeongchang, located east of Seoul. REUTERS

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A catapult found near the U.S. border is parked in Agua Prieta, Mexico. In a brazen attempt reminiscent of a medieval siege, Mexican smugglers have tried to use hefty catapults to hurl drugs north over the U.S. border. REUTERS

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Skiers sit in a chair lift at the Mount Titlis ski region near the Swiss mountain resort of Engelberg. REUTERS

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A woman bathes as thousands crowd Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro. Temperatures rose over 104 degrees for the second day in a row. AFP/Getty Images

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A dancer performs during the inaugural parade of the Uruguayan carnival in Montevideo. The Uruguayan carnival is one of the longest of the world, starting in the end of January and finishing in the beginning of March. AFP/Getty Images

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Egyptian anti-government activists carry a wounded man during clashes with police in Cairo, Egypt. VIDEO: Dozens Injured in Egyptian Clash AP

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A protester stands in front of a burning barricade during a demonstration in Cairo. Police and demonstrators fought running battles on the streets of Cairo on Friday in a fourth day of unprecedented protests by tens of thousands of Egyptians demanding an end to President Hosni Mubarak’s three-decade rule. VIDEO: Dozens Injured in Egyptian Clash REUTERS

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Egyptian anti-riot police disperse protesters during fresh demonstrations that erupted following Friday prayers in Cairo, Egypt. Violent clashes marked a ‘Friday of rage’ in Egypt, as anti-government protesters sought to emulate their Tunisian counterparts in a bid to bring down Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year-old regime. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Cairo, Alexandria and other major cities demanding more democracy, better living conditions and a new government. At least two protesters were killed and scores injured in what was being described as Egypt’s worst unrest since 1977. EPA

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An Egyptian policeman escapes after protesters set fire to his vehicle during a protest in Cairo. The Egyptian capital Cairo was the scene of violent chaos Friday, when tens of thousands of anti-government protesters stoned and confronted police, who fired back with rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons. It was a major escalation in what was already the biggest challenge to authoritarian President Hosni Mubarak’s 30 year-rule. AP

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An Egyptian man is carried after he was injured during clashes with riot police in Cairo. AP

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An Egyptian demonstrator is engulfed in a cloud of tear gas in central Cairo. AFP/Getty Images

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Egyptian demonstrators burn a riot police vehicles during a protest in the northern city of Suez demanding the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. AFP/Getty Images

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An Egyptian demonstrator throws a fuel bomb at anti-riot police vehicles in the northern city of Suez as protests demanding the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak continue around the country. AFP/Getty Images

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Thousands of protestors gather in Tahrir Square despite a curfew in Cairo. Getty Images

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An Egyptian protester walks past burning vehicles inside the premises of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) headquarters after demonstrations erupted following Friday prayers in Cairo. EPA

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A model presents a creation by Colombia’s accessories brand “MB Bling” during the opening of the “Colombiatex” fashion show in Medellin. REUTERS

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