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Sep 2, 2013

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Germany’s bronze medalist Severin Freund falls at the end of the men’s team normal hill ski jump competition during the Nordic Skiing World Championships in Oslo. AFP/Getty Images

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Marine Corps Funeral Director Gunnery Sgt. William J. Dixon, delivers condolences to the Pyeatt family, from left, Cynthia Pyeatt, her husband Lon Pyeatt, and their daughter Emily Smalley, during funeral services for their son U.S. Marine Sgt. Lucas T. Pyeatt at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Pyeatt, 24, of West Chester, Ohio, was killed Feb. 5th while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. AP Photo

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A truck burns in Sohar, Oman. Protesters set a supermarket ablaze and gathered in several sites in a seaside town in Oman on Monday in a third consecutive day of unrest that has included deadly clashes in the strategic Gulf nation. Security forces sealed off main roads to Sohar northwest of the capital of Muscat, in attempts to isolate the protesters and keep crowds from swelling. AP Photo

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Policemen arrest an AFP photographer during clashes between police and protesters who were demanding the resignation of Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor, in Zagreb. Hundreds of anti-government protesters clashed with police in the Croatian capital, leaving 33 people injured while several dozen were detained. Anti-riot police used batons to disperse protesters who hurled flaming torches, stones, bricks and bottles at them. AFP/Getty Images

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Law enforcement officers forcibly remove a protestor who was on a ledge of the state Capitol building during a protest against proposed budget cuts at the state Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin. Wisconsin’s Republican Governor Scott Walker said on Sunday he would not back down in his confrontation with state public sector unions and repeated his threat to lay off state workers if the standoff continued. Tens of thousands of protesters marched against Walker’s plan in Wisconsin on Saturday and solidarity rallies for labor rights were held around the country. DARREN HAUCK/REUTERS

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Royal Australian Air Force F-18’s jet aircraft perform on the opening day of the Australian International Airshow and Aerospace and Defence Expo in Melbourne. 180,000 patrons are expected through the gates over the duration of the event staged at the Avalon Airfield some 80 km south-west of Melbourne. AFP/Getty Images

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A statue representing a mummy of an iceman named Otzi, discovered on 1991 in the Italian Schnal Valley glacier, is displayed at the Archeological Museu of Bolzano during an official presentation of the reconstrution. AFP/Getty Images

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NASA’s Space Shuttle “Endeavour” is lifted to mate with its External Tank and Solid Rocket Boosters while in in the Vehicle Assembly Building for final launch processing at the Kennedy Space Center. NASA is preparing Endeavour for her final mission, STS 134 which will fly to te International Space Station. Launch is currently scheduled for no earlier than April 19. UPI

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Vancouver Canucks’ Dan Hamhuis, (R), checks Columbus Blue Jackets’ Jakub Voracek, of the Czech Republic, during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia. AP Photo

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People gather at the site where a gas tanker exploded near the compound of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi in Tripoli, rattling nerves amid anti-regime protests in the oil-rich country. The cause of the blast was not immediately clear but there appeared to be no casualties. AFP/Getty Images

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Purdue guard Ryne Smith, (R), celebrates with guard Terone Johnson after hitting a 3-point basket against Illinois in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in West Lafayette, Ind.. Purdue defeated Illinois 75-67. AP Photo

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Journalists work amidst the fog, during the inauguration of the new lighting of the Christ the Redeemer monument during celebrations for the city’s 446th anniversary, atop the Corcovado hill in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The new LED lighting system, which includes 300 spotlights, is eco-friendly and multicoloured. AFP/Getty Images

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Astronaut Alvin Drew participates in a spacewalk as construction and maintenance continues on the International Space Station. REUTERS

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Paramilitary police march past the Monument to the People’s Heroes on Tiananmen Square, closed off to the general public, during ramped up security for China’s annual parliamentary session. The opening session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the parliamentary advisory body, was underway two days ahead of the National People’s Congress where thousands of delegates place their rubber stamp of approval on the policies of the ruling Communist Party. AFP/Getty Images

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A nomine for Queen of the Santa Cruz carnival shows off her outfit under the watchful eyes of the jury at Santa Cruz de Tenerife on the Spanish Canary island of Tenerife. AFP/Getty Images

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A woman crosses a street while using a mobile phone in Bern, Switzerland. REUTERS

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Iraqi riot police block the streets in Baghdad, as protesters head on foot into the center after officials imposed vehicle bans on major cities ahead of planned rallies over corruption, unemployment and poor public services. AFP/Getty Images

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Karima El Mahroug of Morocco, known by her stage name Ruby Rubacuori, center, attends the traditional Opera Ball in Vienna, Austria. REUTERS

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A man with a taped mouth is seen among journalists and their supporters as they march during a protest against the arrests of journalists in Ankara. Journalists in Turkey marched in protest on Friday after police arrested 10 reporters and writers, detentions that prompted the European Commission to warn the EU candidate country’s over its democratic credentials. REUTERS

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Two workers ride on a shoe-shaped electric car while their colleagues watch at a private shoes factory in Wenzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province. It is said that the three-meter-long battery-powered vehicle can travel 400 kilometers on a full charge with speeds of up to 30 kilometers per hour. ZUMAPRESS.com

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A Thai worker look at a toy-car racing track at a shopping mall in Bangkok. Thai inflation slowed marginally in February, the Commerce Ministry said, but economists predict an acceleration on the horizon as government price control measures come to an end. AFP/Getty Images

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Filip Roms of Finland of the Mad Croc F1 Team, left, and Matthew Palfreyman of England of the F1 Atlantic Team are airborn after colliding during the F-4S race in the UIM F-4S Powerboat Grand Prix of Qatar, in Doha Bay. Both drivers escaped unhurt. AFP/Getty Images

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Spectators watch as a drag queen poses on a stage on Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach before the running of the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras drag race. REUTERS

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Rebels hold a young man at gunpoint, who they accuse of being a loyalist to Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy, between the towns of Brega and Ras Lanuf. The prisoner’s fate was unclear. REUTERS

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A model presents a creation by British designer John Galliano for French fashion house Dior as part of his Fall-Winter 2011/2012 women’s ready-to-wear fashion collection during Paris Fashion Week. REUTERS

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