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Sep 2, 2013

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An Afghan protestor beats a burning effigy of President Obama during a rally in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Afghan protests against the burning of a Koran in Florida entered a third day with a demonstration in the major eastern city Sunday, while the Taliban called on people to rise up, blaming government forces for any violence. AP Photo

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Two children walk amongst tombstones on the eve of Qing Ming, or Tomb Sweeping Day, in Jinjiang city in southeast China’s Fujian province. AP Photo

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An Indian dressed up at a procession celebrates ‘Gudi Padwa’ or the Maharashtrian new year in Mumbai. Gudi Padwa is the Hindu new year for the people of India’s state of Maharashtra, that falls on the first day of the month of Chaitra according to the lunar calendar and is celebrated by dancing and singing on the occasion of Thanksgiving. AFP/Getty Images

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Cu Huy Ha Vu is escorted by policemen after his trial at a court in Vietnam. Vu, a legal scholar who sued Vietnam’s prime minister and called for an end to one-party rule, was sentenced on Monday to seven years in prison in one of the Communist country’s most important political trials in years. The Hanoi People’s Court convicted Vu, the 53-year-old son of a Vietnamese revolutionary leader, of spreading propaganda against the state. REUTERS

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A woman takes photos by the Kunming Lake at the Summer Palace in Beijing. The Summer Palace is an archetypal Chinese garden, built during the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234) and extended continously during the succeeding reigns of feudal emperors. AFP/Getty Images

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A model showcases 2(x)ist underwear at day four of the men’s fashion week event at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore’s casino complex Marina Bay Sands. Singapore is the first Asian city to host the men’s fashion week 2011 after fashion capitals of Paris and Milan. AFP/Getty Images

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Mexican tattoo artist Maria Jose Cristerna, known as ‘Mujer Vampiro’ (Vampire Woman), attends a photo opportunity during the “Expo Tatuaje” international tattoo expo in Monterrey. REUTERS

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A view of what the Curitiba City Hall is calling the world’s longest articulated bus, as it was presented to the press before going into service on the city’s public transportation grid, in Curitiba. The bus, made in Brazil by Volvo with a Neobus chassis, has a capacity of 250 passengers, is 92 ft long, 8.5 ft wide, and powered with biodiesel made from soybeans. REUTERS

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Libyan rebels shell pro-Khadafy positions just outside Brega, Libya. Libyan government forces on Tuesday unleashed a withering bombardment of the rebels outside a key oil town pushing them back, even as the regime said Moammar Khadafy might consider some reforms but would not step down. AP Photo

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As a second strong front moves through northwest Alabama, utility crews work to replace power poles shattered by the first initial wave of storms south of Towncreek, Ala. AP Photo

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Saudi border guard are put through their paces during their graduation at a camp close to the Saudi capital Riyadh, as some 578 border guards were honoured by Prince Mohammed Bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, assistance to the interior minister for security affairs. AFP/Getty Images

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Competitors cross the palm grove of Jdaid during the third stage of the 26th edition of the “Marathon des Sables”, (Sand Marathon), some 600 miles south of Ouarzazate in Morocco. The Desert Marathon is considered the hardest in the world with some 840 participants walking and running 150 miles over 7 days in the Moroccan Sahara desert. AFP/Getty Images

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People gather during an anti-Berlusconi protest in front of the Pantheon in Rome. On Tuesday, the lower house of parliament, which is controlled by Berlusconi’s conservative allies, approved a motion asking Italy’s Constitutional Court to rule on who should try the premier on trial on charges he paid for sex with an underage prostitute, then tried to use his influence to cover it up. In Rome, Berlusconi critics plan an all-night vigil against what they say is the premier’s attack on democracy. AP Photo

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Dancers from Mexico’s National Dance Company perform a dress rehearsal of Sleeping Beauty at Chapultepec Castle in Mexico City. AP Photo

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Bystanders gather to watch as a policeman takes a closer look at an injured man lying on the road beside his electric bicycle in Beijing. China’s roads are among the world’s most dangerous, with traffic laws and safety widely flouted leaving almost 70,000 people dead from road accidents in 2009, or around 190 fatalities a day, according to police statistics. It was not known whether the cyclist was hit by a vehicle which fled the scene, or if he collapsed on his own, but an ambulance arrived moments later to take the injured man away. AFP/Getty Images

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A fire fighter walks away from a warehouse for plastic granules that is on fire in Peine, Germany. ZUMAPRESS.com

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Texas A&M head coach Gary Blair reacts after cutting the net after his team’s 76-70 win over Notre Dame in the women’s NCAA Final Four college basketball championship game in Indianapolis. AP Photo

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A woman is screened for radiation contamination at a makeshift inspection center set by a local disaster countermeasures office in Tamura city, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan. Tamura city is partly within the zone around the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, where officials have told residents to stay indoors. AP Photo

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Palestinians walk along a destroyed street in the northern West Bank village of Al-Aqabeh. The Israeli Civil Administration said the road and three houses in the village were destroyed because they were illegally built in a military training area. AP Photo

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People enjoy the warm spring weather in the Champs de Mars Park in front of the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, France. EPA

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Racegoers cheer during Aintree Ladies Day at the Grand National horse race meeting at Aintree racecourse in Liverpool, England. AP Photo

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Police officers watch as a car traveling 25 miles-per-hour driven by Lt. Dale Smith of the South Carolina Police Training Academy, Traffic Division, hits a crash test dummy in Enfield, Conn. Officers from across the state and Massachusetts participated in a weeklong training program geared to hone their skills in accident reconstruction. AP Photo

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A Sharia law official whips a man convicted of unlawful contact between unmarried man and woman with a rattan stick during a public caning in Jantho, Aceh province, Indonesia. A version of Islamic law was introduced in the province in 2001 as part of negotiations to end the 29-year war between separatist rebels and the military. The law bans gambling, drinking alcohol and makes it compulsory for women to wear headscarves. AP Photo

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Republican forces soldiers loyal to Alassane Ouattara drive past local residents who ventured out looking for water and supplies, near a republican forces operating base in the Youpougon neighborhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Ivory Coast’s democratically elected leader said his forces won’t capture the entrenched strongman who remained holed up Friday in an underground bunker at the presidential residence, and instead will focus on normalizing life in the besieged city. AP Photo

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A young boy enjoys the sunshine on Brighton’s beach, southern England. AP Photo

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A group of Japanese police officers wearing white suits to protect themselves from radiation carries a victim as another group carries another body in the background while searching for missing people in Minami Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern. Hundreds of Japanese police and soldiers have been mobilized in a major search operation inside the deserted evacuation zone within the 20 kilometer radius from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors. AP Photo

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A Libyan rebel fighter, holding a rocket launcher, shouts religious slogans after gunshots were heard as fellow comrades offer prayers in the background in Ajdabia, Libya. Rebel fighters sent scouts Friday toward the contested oil port of Brega to seek clues on whether pro-government forces took advantage of a mistaken NATO airstrike that pounded opposition tanks and sent survivors into retreat. AP Photo

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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff listens to the leader of the Irish band U2, Bono, during a meeting at Alvorada Palace in Brasilia. U2 will play this weekend in Sao Paulo, as part of their 360º World Tour. AFP/Getty Images

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Giant Egyptian, left and right, and Syrian, bottom, national flags are carried by the crowds during a demonstration day called “Friday of purgation and Trial” in Tahrir square, Cairo, Egypt. Thousands of Egyptians gathered in central Cairo’s Tahrir square on April 8 to underscore their unfulfilled demands, including trials for senior figures in the ousted administration. EPA

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Excavating machines and banners are displayed on the plot land destined to become the world’s sixth Disney amusement park, in Shanghai. Following years of negotiations between the US company and Chinese authorities, the Shanghai Disneyland would be the US entertainment giant’s third theme park in Asia, after those in Tokyo and Hong Kong. AFP/Getty Images

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Palestinians try to extinguish a fire following an Israeli air raid on a tunnel that is used to smuggle fuel into Gaza from Egypt, in Rafah in southern Gaza. UPI

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An aerial view shows Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant is seen at Miyagi Prefecture. Water leaked out of spent fuel pools at the Onagawa nuclear plant in northeast Japan after a strong aftershock rocked the region late on Thursday, but there was no change in the radiation levels outside the plant, operator Tohoku Electric Power said on Friday. REUTERS

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A resident douses a fire at a burning shanty in Tambo, Paranaque city, metro Manila. No casualties were reported but at least 420 families lost their homes and a total of 300 houses, built close to each other and made of light materials, were burned. REUTERS

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People enjoy the hot weather on the River Wear in Durham, England. AP Photo

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Women suntan on Samil beach in Vigo, northwest Spain. Hot air blowing in from Africa has raised temperatures to record highs for this time of year in northwest Spain. REUTERS

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Argentine model Sofia Zamolo presents a creation from the Claudio Cosano collection, combined with body painting, during the Buenos Aires High Fashion event. REUTERS

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