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World number one Joey Chestnut (L) of the US and legendary Japanese eater Takeru Kobayashi (2nd R) compete during the CP Biggest Eater competition alongside local competitors in Singapore. Chestnut won after swallowing 380 wontons in eight minutes. - AFP
This TV grab taken form a Pakistani private Express News channel shows an arrested Pakistani civil engineer stands at the Airport Security Force (ASF) building in Karachi. - AFP
A Maoist activist runs with a tear gas canister towards Nepalese police during a demonstration in Katmandu, Nepal. - AP
A masked member of international group World Without Wars and Without Violence stands outside the Greek Parliament to stage a silence protest against both the economic austerity measures and the three victims of violence that died on Wednesday - AP
President Barack Obama receives an honorary Doctor of Law degree after speaking at graduation ceremonies at Hampton University, a historically black university, in Hampton. - AP
Moscow commemorates the 65th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany with fireworks. - AP
Chelsea reclaimed the English Premier League title in style on Sunday, a 8-0 win over Wigan ensuring they pipped Manchester United by a single point after racking up a record haul of 103 goals. - AFP
Red Bull's driver Mark Webber celebrates on the podium of the Circuit de Catalunya. The Australian driver Mark Webber won the race ahead of Ferrari's Spanish driver Fernando Alonso and Red Bull's German driver Sebastian Vettel. - AFP
Albert Mountanes of Spain celebrates his victory over Frederico Gil of Portugal (unseen) during their Estoril Open final tennis match at Jamor Stadium, outkirts of Lisbon. - AFP
Indigenous people wearing traditional costumes cast their votes at a polling centre in Baguio City, north of Manila, as national elections in the Philippines kicked off on May 10. - AFP
Philippine Liberal Party presidential candidate Benigno Aquino (R) queues up with his sisters as they wait for their turn to vote at a polling station in the village of Central, inside Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac City, Tarlac province north of Manila. - AFP
Jutaporn Prompan (L), one of the 'Red Shirt' leaders, makes an announcement on the main stage inside a fortified camp in Bangkok, Thailand. - AFP
A Thai pro-government supporter holds a placard during a demonstration to counter anti-government 'Red Shirt' protesters at Victory Monument in Bangkok. - AFP
A helicopter airlifts sling-load sand bags into place as they create a barrier in an attempt to protect an estuary from a massive oil spill in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. - AFP
Police and civil defence personnel gather at the site of a bus explosion in Iskandiriyah, 50 kilometres south of Baghdad, Iraq. - AFP
US President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden (L) hold an event to announce nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan (C) to the Supreme Court at the White House in Washington, DC. - AFP
Mining rescuers prepare equipment at the Raspadskaya mine, hit by explosions, in the city of Mezhdurechensk in the west Siberian region of Kemerovo, Russia. - AFP
Pakistani wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal and bowler Saeed Ajmal (R) celebrate after stumping South African batsman Johan Botha during their ICC World Twenty20 Super Eight match at the Beausejour Cricket Ground in Gros Islet, St Lucia. - AFP
Japan’s Kenichi Tago plays a shot against Nigeria's Fagbemi Olaoluwa during the preliminary round of the Thomas Cup badminton championship in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. - AFP
Rena Wang of the US plays a shot against Malaysia’s Wong Mew Choo during the preliminary round of the Uber Cup badminton championship in Kuala Lumpur. - AFP
Belgian cyclist Wouter Weylandt of team QuickStep (C) crosses the finish line to victory in the third stage of the 93rd Giro d'Italia, a stage from Amsterdam to Middelburg, Netherlands. - AFP
Asean Defence Ministers at a Joint Declaration at the 4th Asean Defence Ministers Meeting in Hanoi on the establishment of the ADMM-Plus. - Ministry Of Defence
A Thai 'Red Shirt' demonstrator stands next to a barricade inside a fortified camp in the central financial district in downtown Bangkok, Thailand. - AFP
Indonesia's former chief detective-turned corruption whistle-blower Susno Duadji (C) was taken into custody Tuesday for allegedly accepting bribes. - AFP
A heap of campaign banners are placed in a depot as metro Manila city authorities clean up candidates posters a day after Philippine's first automated election. - AFP
British Queen Elizabeth (R) greets Conservative party leader David Cameron for an audience at which she invited him to be Britain's next Prime Minister, at Buckingham Palace in central London. - AFP
New PM David Cameron (2nd L) and his wife Samantha arrive at 10 Downing Street, London, after an audience with Queen Elizabeth II. - AFP
Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks while posing for photos with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the Treaty Room of the State Department in Washington, DC. - AFP
Denmark's Camilla Serensen falls on the ground in an attempt to pick up a drop shot by Indonesia's Adriyanti Firdasari during the Uber Cup badminton championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. - AFP
Germany's Benjamin Becker returns the ball to Switzerland's Roger Ferderer during their match of the Madrid Masters at the Caja Magic sports complex in Madrid, Spain. - AFP
Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni(L) looks on as Sri Lankan cricketer Tillakaratne Dilshan plays a shot during the ICC World Twenty20 Super Eight match at the Beausejour Cricket Ground in Gros Islet, St Lucia. - AFP
Kobe Bryant (L) of the LA Lakers celebrates with teammate Jordan Farmar against the Utah Jazz during the Western Conference semi-finals of the 2010 NBA Playoffs in Salt Lake City, Utah. - AFP
A group of Chinese parents armed with sticks practice how to apprehend an attacker at a school in Jinjiang, southeast China's Fujian province, after several similar attacks on young children in schools. - AFP
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (in blue) waves to her supporters before she is proclaimed Congresswoman of 2nd district of Pampanga in San Fernando, Pampanga, north of Manila. - AFP
Thai soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint in central Bangkok. Thailand's "Red Shirt" protesters vow to "fight to the death" as authorities prepared to lay siege to their sprawling encampment. - AFP
A Libyan policeman walks amid the debris of an Afriqiyah Airways passenger plane which crashed during landing at Tripoli airport, Libya. - AFP
Actress Lin Peng arrives for the opening ceremony and screening of "Robin Hood" presented out of competition at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France. - AFP
PM David Cameron (4L), Deputy PM Nick Clegg (4R) and other Cabinet ministers at the first meeting of the National Security Council at 10 Downing Street, London. - AFP
Passengers wait for their flight to Morocco at the International Airport Tunis-Carthage in Tunis. Restrictions on flights to and from airports in Spain, Portugal and Morocco were lifted following days of disruption caused by volcanic ash cloud. - AFP
Workers clean a beach after tar balls washed up as efforts continue to contain BP's massive oil spill in South Pass, Louisiana. - AFP
Atletico Madrid's Simao Sabrosa (R) and Fulham's Danny Murphy vie for the ball during their final football match of the UEFA Europa League in Hamburg, northern Germany. - AFP
Denmark's Camilla Sorensen falls on the court in an attempt to collect a shot from Japan's Eriko Hirose during the Uber Cup badminton championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. - AFP
Britain's Andy Murray returns the ball to Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina during their match of the Madrid Masters at the Caja Magic sports complex in Madrid, Spain. - AFP
Boxing hero Manny Pacquiao plays billiards at his recreational centre in General Santos, on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, after winning a congressional seat. - AFP
Thai troops opened fire on 'Red Shirt' protesters during clashes in Bangkok that left five people dead. - AFP
A Thai red shirt demonstrator takes cover after soldiers open fire trying to disperse a crowd of people moving towards the red shirts' fortified camp in the central financial district of downtown Bangkok. - AFP
Chinese director Wang Xiaoshuai (C) poses with artistes Fan Bingbing (2ndL), Li Feier (2ndR), Qing Hao (L) and Zi Yi during a photocall of the film "Rizhao Chongqing" (Chongqing Blues) presented in competiton at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival in France. - AFP
Employees wearing piggy-backs displaying telecom services chat together in Manila's business district in Makati. Financial markets in the Philippines surge after the May 10 national election expected to see Benigno Aquino take on the presidency. - AFP
US sportswear giant Nike is facing protesters in Japan over plans to turn a small public park in Tokyo's fashion district into a "Nike Park" with a skating ramp and a climbing wall. - AFP
People attend a rally in central Bishkek as opponents of Kyrgyzstan's interim government seize local government buildings and airports in the two main southern cities. - AFP
Pedestrians walk behind a banner showing resigned pro-democracy lawmaker Tanya Chan campaigning for the upcoming legislative council by-election in Hong Kong on May 14. - AFP
US President Barack Obama (C) pays for buffalo wings at Duff's Famous Wings in Buffalo, New York. - AFP
England cricketer Kevin Pietersen (L) watched by Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara plays a shot during the ICC World Twenty20 first semi-final match at the Beausejour Cricket Ground in Gros Islet, St Lucia. - AFP
Indonesia's Adriyanto Firdasari returns a shot to China's Xin Wang in their singles semi-final in the Uber Cup badminton championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. - AFP
China's Li Na returns a shot to Ukraine's Alona Bondarenko during their match of the Madrid Masters at the Caja Magic sports complex in Madrid, Spain. - AFP
McLaren Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton drives at the Monaco street circuit during the first free practice session of the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix. - AFP
Indonesian anti-terror policemen from Densus 88 inspect seized weapons and equipment during a raid at a shop in Baki, Solo, in Central Java. - AFP
A Thai soldier aims his weapon through the bars of a fence during an operation to take control of an area around the fortified 'Red Shirt' anti-government protesters' camp in Bangkok. - AFP
Thai soldiers bind the hands of arrested 'Red shirt' anti-government protesters after clashes in Bangkok. - AFP
