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Sep 2, 2013

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Yemeni anti-government protesters shout slogans during a demonstration demanding the ouster of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sana’a, Yemen. EPA

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A Libyan rebel walks past a wrecked T-55 tank belonging to the forces of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, which were targeted a day earlier by a French air strike, in Shat al-Bedin. AFP/Getty Images

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A British Typhoon jet fighter of the Royal Air Force’s Number 3 Squadron takes off from Gioia del Colle air base near Bari, Southern Italy. AP

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Former Major League Baseball player Barry Bonds arrives for the first day of his perjury trial on March 21, 2011 in San Francisco, California. Getty Images

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Leeches are placed on the hands of a patient during a leech therapy session at a roadside in Srinagar. ZUMAPRESS.com

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev inspects riot police weapons and equipment at the Zubr special police base in Tshcholkovo outside Moscow, Russia. EPA

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Debris lies on the ground on March 21, 2011 in Asahi, Chiba, Japan. Getty Images

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Afghan horsemen compete for a goat carcass during a game of Buzkashi to celebrate Nowruz in Mazar-i Sharif on the Afghan New Year or Nowruz celebrations, in northern Afghanistan. AFP/Getty Images

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TOPSHOTS Traditionally dressed Kyrgyz dancers perform in the center of Bishkek during the annual celebration of Newroz (New Year) holiday. Newroz is an ancient Persian festival marking the first day of spring, which falls on March 21 and is celebrated in Central Asia. AFP/Getty Images

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Trenches are seen in Cuitlhauac, Mexico. Mexican soldiers found an arsenal and a training camp armed underground in the state of Veracruz. The site had an arsenal composed of 12,344 cartridges of different calibers, 191 magazines, 28 grenades, and over a dozen guns. AFP/Getty Images

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A woman farmer carries cucumbers from her field to sell in the markets in the northern Indian city of Allahabad. REUTERS

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Tourists enjoy a boat ride at the Puerto Princesa Subterrarean River National Park on the western Philippine island of Palawan. Tourist numbers to Puerto Princesa jumped from 12,000 in 1992 to 425,000 in 2010, and many more are expected as the area gains global fame — National Geographic named Palawan as one of its top 20 destinations this year. Government leaders, local communities and non-government organisations on Palawan, one of the Philippine’s most beautiful and biologically diverse islands, have been among the most enthusiastic adopters of eco-tourism in Asia. AFP/Getty Images

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Participants shout slogans during a rally in support of Ukrainian teachers in Kiev. Teachers demonstrated in the capital Tuesday to protest drastic cuts in education funding planned by the government. REUTERS

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Playboy models Victoria Eisermann, left, and Monica Harris pose in a bathtub to highlight the UK’s water consumption, during PETA World Water Day in front of the National Gallery, in Trafalgar Square, London. Getty Images

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Aerial view of the Columbia Generating Station inside the Hanford nuclear site in Hanford, Washington state. Some of America’s nuclear power plants loom near big city populations, or perch perilously close to earthquake fault lines. Others have aged past their expiration dates but keep churning anyway. President Barack Obama has demanded that the 104 nuclear reactors at 65 sites get a second look as scientists warn that current regulatory standards don’t protect the US public from the kind of atomic fallout facing quake-hit Japan. AFP/Getty Images

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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama attend their official state dinner offered by Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera at the government palace La Moneda in Santiago, Chile. AP Photo

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Circus Performers outside of the Houses of Parliament showing off there skills ahead of the Parliamentary reception on behalf of the Association of circus proprietors in London, England. ZUMAPRESS.com

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A car drives down Riverside Avenue as snow sticks to the trees throughout the Blue Water Area in Port Huron, Mich. AP Photo

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Wisconsin-Green Bay players celebrate a made free throw during the second half of an NCAA women’s college basketball tournament game against Michigan State in Wichita, Kan. Wisconsin-Green Bay defeated Michigan State 65-56. AP Photo

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Two unidentified US Navy sailors aboard the USS Batann, look out shortly before the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group pulled out of the Norfolk, Virgina, US Naval Base enroute to waters off Libya. The USS Bataan, an amphibious assault ship, deployed ahead of schedule to relieve other US ships in the waters off Libya. AFP/Getty Images

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Bolivian school children play before celebrations for national hero Eduardo Avaroa as part of the “Day of the Sea” commemorations in La Paz. Bolivia lost its coastline 132 years ago to Chile in the “Guerra del Pacifico” or War of the Pacific. REUTERS

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A wounded riot police officer is evacuated during riots with residents of the poor Oued Koreich district of. Residents are protesting a plan to destroy poor housing. Housing shortages and poverty are endemic, even though the country is a major gas exporter. AP Photo

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A police officer exhibits during a press conference a part of the fake US dollars worth $2.5 million that were seized by Colombian police in Cali, Colombia. Counterfeit dollars were divided in 100 dollar bills and found at a lithography downtown Cali where according to the authorities about two or three million counterfeit US dollars were made each week. EPA

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African Model Zainab Sheriff wears a a bikini worth $400,000 during the 32nd Istanbul Jewelry Fair. The bikini was prepared from 2.2 kg of 22 carat gold. It had decorated with 55 carat birilliant and 52 carat emerald. ZUMAPRESS.com

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A bird flies past a church steeple and a colorful sundog rising with the sun in the cold morning sky in Lansing, Mich. Sundogs form as sunlight is refracted by ice crystals in the atmosphere. AP Photo

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Co-founder of UN Cells, Bobby Yampolsky, poses with a mobile phone that his company made for Swiss luxury watchmaker Ulysse Nardin. It is claimed to be “the world’s first and fine luxury hybrid smart phone,” integrating a mechanical watch rotor into the telephone. With younger generations opting to use their mobile phones to tell time, the watch-making industry is being forced to go more high-tech to recapture consumers. AFP/Getty Images

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A Haitian woman walks down a street near the impoverished and densely populated Cite Soleil slum of Port-au-Prince. AFP/Getty Images

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A South Korean army K1A1 tank fires smoke shells during a live-fire drill in Pocheon. South Korea launched a major live-fire drill near the tense land border with North Korea in a show of strength marking the first anniversary of the sinking of one of its warships. AFP/Getty Images

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An army officer is carried by anti-government protesters as he joins them during a rally demanding the ouster of Yemen’s President’s Ali Abdullah Saleh at Sanaa University. Saleh said on Friday he was ready to cede power to prevent more bloodshed in Yemen but only to what he called “safe hands” as a massive “Day of Departure” street protest against him began. REUTERS

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A runner and a cheerleader in the Old City of Jerusalem during the first-ever International Jerusalem Marathon. Some 10,000 participants registered for the events that include a full marathon, a half-marathon and several runs to raise money for charities. EPA

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Krishna Bahadur Bashnet, 63, hangs on to a crane as he is rescued from the roof of the eight-story Quality Feed Industry building in the Balaju Industrial District of Kathmandu. According to the Nepalese Deputy Superintendent of the Police, the fire was caused by a welding accident at the building that was under construction, but no casualties were reported. REUTERS

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A Japan Self Defense Forces auxiliary ship tows a U.S. Navy barge filled with freshwater to be used to cool Tokyo Electric Power Co’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, in Tokyo harbour. REUTERS

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Models present creations by Colombian fashion brand Onda de Mar during the Plataforma K fashion week in Baranquilla. REUTERS

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