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Sep 2, 2013

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Skiers are seen from a helicopter as they start into the 87th Vasaloppet long distance cross country ski race in Berga By near Saelen, Sweden. The traditional 56-mile ski race Vasaloppet from Berga By outside Salen to Mora is the oldest and biggest long distance cross-country ski race in the world. The race is named after former Swedish King Gustav Vasa who according to the legendary tale, in the year 1520 skied the 90 kilometers fleeing from Danish soldiers while raising a Swedish army. REUTERS

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People watch as an effigy of Lady Maslenitsa burns during celebrations of Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week in St. Petersburg, Russia. AP Photo

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“Empailles” (Straw man) wearing a costume made of a jute bag stuffed with straw and scary mask walk through the streets of Evolene during a traditional carnival procession. “Empailles” along with “Peluche” who wear costumes made of animal skins and masks invade the streets of the village and scare residents with their broomsticks or their bells during carnival. AFP/Getty Images

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A child of an army soldier hold his gun in the air as pro-Khadafy soldiers and supporters gather to celebrate in Green Square, Tripoli, Libya. Thousands of Moammar Khadafy’s supporters poured into the streets of Tripoli on Sunday morning, waving flags and firing their guns in the air in the Libyan leader’s main stronghold, claiming overnight military successes. AP Photo

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A model shows kimono designed by Japanese music star Yoshiki during the Asia Girls Explosion fashion event produced by the musician in Tokyo. AP Photo

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Colombian singer Shakira performs during a concert at the Pop Festival in Buenos Aires. AFP/Getty Images

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A group of children play football in a field on the outskirts the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. AFP/Getty Images

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This NASA image taken by a crew member onboard the International Space Station shows Space Shuttle Discovery after it undocked from the International Space Station. The crew of Discovery is in the final days of mission STS-133 and will attempt a return to Earth on March 9. UPI

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A model shows a creation from French designer Jean Charles De Castelbajac’s Fall-Winter ready-to-wear 2012 fashion collection, presented in Paris. AP Photo

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Young men covered in oil and ash stand on a street in San Martin Tilcajete, near Oaxaca. The men paint themselves to ward off evil spirits in this century-old tradition during a festival before Lent and Ash Wednesday. REUTERS

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The International Space Station is featured in this image photographed by an STS-133 crew member on space shuttle Discovery after the station and shuttle began their post-undocking relative separation. Discovery is on the verge of ending its nearly 27-year flying career. Landing is set for Wednesday. AP Photo

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Barcelona’s goalkeeper Victor Valdes celebrates a goal by his teamate Barcelona’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi during their Champions League round of 16, second leg football match FC Barcelona vs Arsenal at Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona. AFP/Getty Images

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Haitians celebrate carnival in Port-au-Prince, the first since last year’s devastating earthquake. Carnival was canceled across Haiti in the wake of the January 12, 2010 earthquake which killed 250,000 people and left 1.3 million homeless, but it’s back this year with many believing art has the potential to invigorate the tourism industry and restore the human spirit here. AFP/Getty Images

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Local residents walk past the wreckage of vehicles and buildings which were destroyed in a car bomb blast in Faisalabad. A car bomb planted by suspected Islamic militants exploded at a filling station in Pakistan’s Punjab province, killing at least 25 people and wounding 154 others. AFP/Getty Images

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Kelly Slater sliding his tail out in the pocket on his way to defeating Taj Burrow of Australia during the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast surfing tournament in Queensland. AFP/Getty Images

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A boy plays with his dog in a snow-covered park in Ankara. Blizzards caused intercity motorways and roads at the countryside in parts of Turkey to shut down as two days of uninterrupted snowfall in capital Ankara plunged the city’s traffic into chaos. REUTERS

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David C. Davis, 21, was halfway through a hair styling at an apartment in Stamford, Conn., when he grabbed scissors and slashed another man in the back. The Stamford Advocate reports that 21-year-old David Davis was arrested soon afterward when officers with a police dog found him in a nearby apartment. A police mug shot shows Davis with thick hair sticking up from only one side of his head. Authorities say the victim approached Davis in what he called “an aggressive manner.” He said he picked up the scissors in self-defense. AP Photo

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A Sea king helicopter rescues a volunteer from a caravan submerged in Bala Lake, north Wales during a simulated flood rescue. The exercise will link in to a large-scale emergency flood exercise, Exercise Watermark, which will take place across England and Wales to test national and regional responses to severe flooding from rivers, the sea, reservoirs, groundwater and surface water. AFP/Getty Images

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A military officer, center, inspects the honour guard before a ceremony to welcome Paraguay’s President Fernando Lugo at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi. REUTERS

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An Associated Press reporter demonstrates the camera on the Apple iPad 2 in San Francisco. AP Photo

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Tibet’s exiled Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama reads during a ceremony marking 52 years since he fled Tibet after a failed uprising against the Chinese, in the northern Indian hilltown of Dharamsala. The Dalai Lama said on Thursday he would step down as Tibet’s political leader, a move seen as transforming the government-in-exile into a more assertive and democratic body in the face of Chinese pressure. REUTERS

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A student is tossed into the air during celebrations after passing the entrance examination for a prestigious Tokyo University. Entrance exams are held in early spring as Japan’s academic year starts in April. They are the culmination of an intensely competitive school system and a highly stressful time for candidates, as graduating from a top college or university has long been a virtual guarantee of a well-paid job. AFP/Getty Images

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Gasoline is delivered to a station, in Oakland, Calif. Oil prices slipped below $104 a barrel on Thursday, but remained elevated, as well as highly volatile, in light of the ongoing battle for control of Libya. AP Photo

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The Pennsylvania farmhouse where police say seven children, including a 7-month-old girl, perished in a fast-moving fire Tuesday while their mother milked cows and their father dozed in a milk truck down the road is seen in Loysville, PA. AP Photo

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A veteran of Haiti’s former army leads civilian volunteers in military training in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Haiti has been without an army since 1995, when President Jean-Bertrand Aristide disbanded the military after he was deposed in a coup and then restored to power with the help of U.N. forces. The two candidates who will face off in Haiti’s presidential vote on March 20 say they support restoring the armed forces in some form. AP Photo

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Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi touches his face during a press conference following a cabinet meeting on the justice reforms, in Rome. Berlusconi has an adhesive bandage on his face after undergoing jaw surgery earlier this week. AP Photo

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A Yemeni child carried by an anti-government protestor waves his national flag during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen. Yemen’s embattled president proposed Thursday that the government draw up a new constitution guaranteeing the independence of the parliament and judiciary, but thousands of unsatisfied protesters poured into the streets after his speech to demand his ouster. The demonstrators have set up protest camps in the capital and the cities of Aden and Taiz, saying they won’t leave until U.S.-backed leader Ali Abdullah Saleh does. AP Photo

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Nepalese riot police officers detain a Tibetan exile during a rally to mark the anniversary of the failed 1959 uprising against the Chinese rule, in Kathmandu, Nepal. Nepalese police have broken up a protest of more than 1,000 Tibetan exiles demanding an end to the Chinese rule in their homeland. AP Photo

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Striking CGT workers of National Maritime Corsica-Mediterranean company spray French polices forces with water canons during an assault on the car ferry ” Kalliste” as authorities unblock the access of Marseille’s port. REUTERS

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Katja Schuhmann, employee of the Cofiserie Felicitas, presents a small selection of chocolate figurines made for Easter in Hornow, Germany. The company composed of about 50 employees produces hand-made chocolate treats for the Easter festival. EPA

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People play in front of a wave crashing into Beirut’s Corniche, a seaside promenade, as high winds sweep through Lebanon ahead of an impending storm. REUTERS

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US Marine Lance Corporal Shawnee Redbear of 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines Golf Company plays with a slingshot during a patrol with her male comrades and Afghan National Army soldiers in Basabad, Helmand Province. The US Marines deployed about 40 Female Marines in Helmand province and Nimruz for the Female Engagement Team (FET) programme to interact with Afghan civilians, specifically women and children. AFP/Getty Images

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A Bangladeshi refugee who fled the unrest in Libya waiting on the Egyptian side of the Salum border crossing. According to media sources, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that over 200,000 workers have fled from Libya, but there are over 1 million left in the country. EPA

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Egyptian Coptic Christians gather for the mass funeral of seven victims of sectarian clashes, at Samaan el-Kharaz Church in Manshiet Nasr shantytown in eastern Cairo. Thousands of Egyptian Christians attended the emotional funeral service on Thursday for seven people killed in the worst Christian-Muslim violence since Hosni Mubarak was toppled from power. Thirteen people died and 140 were wounded in the clashes that were touched off by anger among Copts over an arson attack on a church last week. REUTERS

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Women dressed in colourfull dresses pose at the booth of Mexico at the International Travel Trade Show ITB in Berlin, Germany. More than 11 000 exhibitors from 180 countries take part in the International Travel Trade Show. EPA

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A bartender pours a margarita from a bottle into a young woman’s mouth at a nightclub during Spring Break in Cancun, Mexico. Cancun is still a top foreign destination for Spring Break. AP Photo

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The space shuttle Discovery lands at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The space shuttle Discovery capped a successful 13-day spaceflight with a smooth landing in Florida, ending a 27-year flying career for NASA’s most-traveled spaceship. REUTERS

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A massive tsunami engulfs a residential area after the powerful earthquake in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. ZUMAPRESS.com

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Houses and buildings are seen washed away in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture by massive tsunami waves after the powerful quake . ZUMAPRESS.com

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A tsumani triggered by a powerful earthquake makes its way to sweep part of Sendai airport in northern Japan. The magnitude 8.9 earthquake slammed Japan’s eastern coast Friday, unleashing a 13-foot (4-meter) tsunami that swept boats, cars, buildings and tons of debris miles inland. AP Photo

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Opposition protesters take cover after being fired upon by police during an opposition march on Riffa, south of the capital Manama. Bahraini anti-riot police clashed with opposition protesters on the outskirts of Riffa after pro-government supporters were able to pass through police lines and attack the opposition march, leaving 774 people injured according to the health ministry, mainly due to tear-gas inhalation. EPA

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Fishermen unload a shark after a morning of fishing at the Corinto port in Nicaragua. By orders of the local port authority, fishermen began pulling their boats out of the sea as the Pacific seaboard readied for a possible tsunami raised by Japan’s magnitude-8.9 earthquake. AP Photo

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Soldiers stand next to a wrecked patrol car at a crime scene in the municipality of San Nicolas de los Garza, neighbouring Monterrey. Hitmen killed a municipal policeman in a drive-by shooting. REUTERS

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Buildings are submerged after an earthquake-triggered tsunami hit Yamamoto town in Miyagi prefecture, Japan. AP Photo

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Space shuttle Endeavour moves from the Vehicle Assembly Building to launch pad 39A to prepare for Mission STS-134 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. REUTERS

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Israelis play with snow in the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau the Jewish state captured from Syria during the1967 Arab-Israeli war, near the Druze village of Massade following snowfalls in the area. AFP/Getty Images

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The owner of a ceramic shop checks his damaged wares following the massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Tokyo. The huge earthquake shook Japan, unleashing a powerful tsunami that sent ships crashing into the shore and carried cars through the streets of coastal towns. AFP/Getty Images

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Smoke rises as a Libyan jet fighter drops a bomb on anti Libyan government fighters’ position on the outskirts of the eastern oil port town of Ras Lanuf as rebels battled troops loyal to Moamer Kadhafi outside Ras Lanuf a day after the regime recaptured the key oil town. AFP/Getty Images

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With the Pacific Ocean in front of them, sunbathers enjoy the Waikiki sunshine in Honolulu. A ferocious tsunami unleashed by Japan’s biggest recorded earthquake slammed into its eastern coast Friday, killing hundreds of people as it carried away ships, cars and homes, and triggered widespread fires that burned out of control. Hours later, the waves washed ashore on Hawaii and the U.S. West coast, where evacuations were ordered from California to Washington but little damage was reported. AP Photo

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Gay couples kiss during their ceremonial ‘wedding’ as they try to raise awareness of the issue of homosexual marriage, in Wuhan, in central China’s Hubei province. Homosexuality was considered a mental disorder in China until 2001. Today, gays face crushing social and family pressure and many remain in the closet as a result, despite gradual steps towards greater acceptance. AFP/Getty Images

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A dancer performs in Le Bourget, outside Paris, during the Eropolis erotic fair in Le Bourget, France. AFP/Getty Images

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