News In Pictures

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School children with tiger's ears headband gesture in front of a tiger poster during an event to encourage people to protect the endangered wild tiger species held at the National Animal Museum in Beijing, China on Saturday. -- AP
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South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (second from left) and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao inspect South Korean honour guard during a welcoming ceremony at the presidential Blue House in Seoul. Mr Wen came under pressure to join other nations in censuring North Korea for sinking a South Korean warship as Japan slapped new sanctions on Pyongyang. -- AFP
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A US Marine paints the face of a girl with camouflage as the US Marines conduct a public helicopter demonstration at Orchard Beach, Bronx, NY. The event was one of many held this week as New York City celebrates Fleet Week. -- AFP
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Former World Champion and current number 3 of the World Championship Tour (WCT) Peruvian surfer Sofia Mulanovich surfs a wave on top of a 'reed horse', an ancient cigar shaped boat still used in northern Peru, at San Bartolo beach in Lima. -- REUTERS
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Children play and laugh while carrying a mattress to a shelter for people who has been evacuated from in Cotalo, central Ecuador, after a volcano erupted. -- AP
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Midshipmen, both from the Navy and the Marine Corps, toss their hats into the air at the conclusion of the graduation ceremony at the United States Naval Academy. -- AFP
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A family member of South Korean Navy's senior chief petty officer Kang Jun, one of the deceased 46 navy sailors from the sunken naval ship Cheonan, leans on Kang's gravestone at the National Cemetery of South Korea in Daejeon, about 160 km south of Seoul. -- PHOTO: REUTERS.

Denise Riquelme, the owner of a shop of handmade crafts, paints reproductions of the World Cup soccer trophy in a neighborhood in Valparaiso city, about 121 km northwest of Santiago. Denise sells more than 4 trophies daily at $25 each, mainly to supporters of Chile's national soccer team. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Pigs feeding on waste dumped near the cooling towers of a coal power plant near the southern town of Bitola, 200 km from the capital Skopje. As a 12-day negotiation round starts in Bonn next month, the outgoing head of the UN's climate forum Yvo de Boer urged rich countries to make good on promises they made last December in Copenhagen to help rebuild trust after the storm-tossed summit. -- PHOTO: AFP



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[Sun Jian]

Emirati competitors sail in the Gulf during the Al-Gaffal 60 ft traditional dhow sailing race between the island of Sir Bu Nair,
near the Iranian coast, and the Gulf emirate of Dubai. --PHOTO: AFP

An aerial view shows a lake which formed following a landslide in Hunza district of northern Pakistan. Officials have warned that the lake is on the verge of breaking its banks and displacing thousands of people and that parts of the famous Karakoram highway leading to China could be washed away if the banks do burst. --PHOTO: AP

Overall leader Ivan Basso, second from right wearing the pink jersey of the leader, pedals with the pack amidst snow as they climb the Gavia pass, during the 20th and penultimate stage of the Giro d'Italia,tour of Italy cycling race, from Bormio to Ponte di Legno-Tonale. --PHOTO: AP


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A Canadian soldier with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment, works out in a make shift gym at his Forward Operation Base near Salavat, Panjwayi district, south-west of Kandahar, Afghanistan. --PHOTO: AP

Children playing soccer in KwaMashu township in Durban. Durban is one of nine South African cities hosting the 2010 Soccer World Cup,
which kicks off on June 11. --PHOTO: REUTERS

Karla Strella waits with other demonstrators for the start of a march through downtown to protest Arizona's controversial immigration law SB1070 in Phoenix, Arizona. Organizers were predicting 50,000 people would participate in the march. --PHOTO: AFP


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[Sun Jian]

The Tungurahua volcano throws ashes during an explosion in El Santuario, Ecuador. --PHOTO: AP

A member of a military band from the Armed Forces of the Philippines warms up in the memorial hall where the names of fallen U.S soldiers are recorded on the walls before Memorial Day ceremonies in the American Cemetery and Memorial located in Taguig City, Metro Manila. --PHOTO: REUTERS

More than 300 cyclists attempt to break a record for largest overnight cycling event at East Coast Park. --ST PHOTO: SAMUEL HE



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[Sun Jian]

The sun sets behind a runner competing in the Comrades Marathon in Durban. More than 18,000 runners participated in the ultra marathon which spans a distance of 89 km (55 miles) between the cities of Pietermaritzburg and Durban. --PHOTO: REUTERS

Four brave knights are seated on the back of the 'Ros Beiaard', a mythical horse everybody feared greatly, during the historical 'Ros Beiaard' parade in Dendermonde, Belgium. The 'Ros Beiaard' is ridden by the four 'Heemskinderen', 4 brothers, and the myth dates back to medieval literature. --PHOTO: AP

Belarusssian women, wearing traditional clothes celebrate a pagan holiday 'Rusalye' devoted to water nymphs in the village of Kamuni some 170 kilometres south from Minsk. --PHOTO: AFP


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A Colombian soldier holds his weapon while patrolling along a road in La Calera, near Bogota. Colombians voted on Sunday for a successor to President Alvaro Uribe in an election pitting a veteran government minister who waged war on leftist rebels against an eccentric former mayor vowing to battle corruption. --PHOTO: REUTERS

A general view shows fishing boats at the port of Gaza City as the impoverished territory prepared for the arrival of the 'Freedom Flotilla' in defiance of an Israeli embargo, carrying tonnes of aid supplies and hundreds of pro-Palestinian peace activists. --PHOTO: AFP

A visitor places his hand on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Memorial Day weekend in Washington. --PHOTO: REUTERS



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Military jets fly over the track prior to the IZOD IndyCar Series 94th running of the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana. --PHOTO: AFP

A man looks at a graffiti in a blind of an establishment in Barcelona. The platform 'Free Blinds' comes in contact with graffiti merchants to paint the shutters of their establishments. --PHOTO: AFP

Despite the warning signboard by NEA of Contamination in the water, this amateur angler was clearly unaware. However, there were no lingering oil odour in the air in Changi beach. --ST PHOTO: AIDAH RAUF


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A Dominican cheerleader cheers for her team during the fourth ODI between the West Indies and South Africa at Windsor Park in Roseau, Dominica. -- PHOTO: AFP

A dancer of Peking Opera performs during the 'Family Manor' show at the Al Hussein Cultural Centre in Amman. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Singapore's women's team and coach at the prize presentation ceremony after the women's final match of the table tennis world team championships in Moscow. Singapore women's team won the gold. -- PHOTO: AP


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A sinkhole created by tropical storm Agatha covers a street intersection in dowtown of Guatemala City. Torrential rains brought by the first tropical storm of the 2010 season pounded Central America and southern Mexico, triggering deadly landslides. -- PHOTO: AP

Mike Conway, of England, goes airborne before crashing into the fencing after colliding with Ryan Hunter-Reay (37) during Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis. -- PHOTO: AP

A youth carries mannequins as he evacuates a market due to the overflowing Choluteca River after heavy rains in Tegucigalpa. The aftermath of the storm Agatha have left some 86 dead in Central America but the authorities are worried about more deaths, to the constant reports of flooding and overflowing of rivers by heavy rains that fall in three countries in the region. -- PHOTO: REUTERS


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North Koreans attend a mass rally against South Korea's Lee Myung-bak government and the US at Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang, in this picture released by. China deflected pressure to censure North Korea at a regional summit on Sunday, instead urging its neighbours to calm tensions over the sinking of a warship and avoid any clash that could shake Asia. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Shuxiang, one of two giant pandas, selected as gift for the Macao special administrative region plays at the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding and Research Base in Chengdu. A pair of giant pandas has been selected as gift for the Macao Special Administration Region, the State Forestry Administration announced Saturday in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, the endangered species' hometown. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A Shawia girl sits on a carpet during a carpet festival in Berber village in the eastern city of Khenchela. Berber carpets, which take up to three months to make, are the most expensive in Algeria. The patterns on these carpets represent the identity of the Shawia culture. -- PHOTO: REUTERS


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Rachel Lackey wears a skeleton mask during a rally against BP PLC and the Gulf oil spill in Jackson Square in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Sunday. -- AP

Honda interim workers and workers (right) confront a group of people which claimed to be representatives of the workers union but were unrecognized by the workers at the front gate after the workers walked out for a strike from their plant manufacturing auto parts in Foshan at the southern Chinese Guangdong province. -- REUTERS

Convicted Indonesian Islamist Aris Susanto gestures behind bars after the court handed down eight years jail for sheltering terrorists involved in suicide bomb attacks on two luxury hotels last year, in Jakarta. -- AFP


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National Parks and Wildlife Service staff stand with inflatable humpback whales in front of the Sydney Opera House (top), as they help to launch the official start of the whale watching season in Sydney. -- AFP

A dressed-up woman stands between policemen during a demonstration to protest against French policy in Africa on Monday in Nice,
southeastern France. -- AFP

A demonstrator dressed up as the Goddess of Democracy stands outside a downtown shopping mall Monday, in Hong Kong. -- AP


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Around 2000 Evangelists gather in front of the Congress in Buenos Aires to protest against a law project for the gay marriage, that will begin to be discussed in the Senate. The banners read 'Defend our rights. We want to grow up with mom and dad' and 'Family'. -- AFP

An Indonesian student acts as Israel soldiers (left) pointing his gun to Palestine man (right)
during a protest against Israel's attack in Jakarta on Tuesday. -- AFP

South Korean War Veterans hold a picture of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il attached to mock gallows during a press conference in Seoul, South Korea. -- AP


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A man wearing a paper hat depicting the Mavi Marmara, the Turkish Gaza-bound aid ship which Israeli marines stormed on Monday, watches a demonstration against the Israeli storming, outside the US embassy in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A Pygmy Marmoset is seen in this undated handout photograph released by Symbio Wildlife Park, south of Sydney. Thieves broke into the park on Sunday night and stole a breeding pair of Cotton top Tamarins, their two babies, and four Pygmy marmosets. The zoo has posted an urgent plea on its Facebook page for help in returning the endangered monkeys. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A man walks along 'El Malecon', Havana's seafront boulevard. -- PHOTO: REUTERS


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Special Assault & Duty Team members from South Korean Army's Capital Defence Command conduct an anti-terrorism exercise in preparation of possible attacks during the upcoming G20 Summit in November, at a military base in Seoul on Tuesday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Dreyer & Reinbold Racing driver Mike Conway flies through the air after crashing with Andretti Autosport driver Ryan Hunter-Reay (right) during the 94th running of the Indianapolis 500 auto race in Indianapolis, Indiana on Sunday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A car sits among debris left by a deadly mudslide caused by Tropical Storm Agatha in the el Pedregal neighborhood of Amatitlan. Stunned victims of Agatha wept by destroyed homes and rescue crews dug bodies out of m&d in Guatemala on Monday after torrential rain killed at least 113 people across Central America. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Water flows around a model building during a wave test at the Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory on the Oregon State campus in Corvallis. Testing is now under way in the Tsunami Wave Basin at Oregon State University on a model of the proposed Cannon Beach city hall structure. The Oregon coastal town hopes to put its new City Hall on stilts and become the first US city to raise a municipal building to withstand the major earthquake and tsunami that scientists say are coming sooner rather than later. -- PHOTO: AP


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A worker works atop a giant sculpture of a soccer player, made of soft drink crates on the Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown ,Johannesburg.The square will be used as an entertainment park where World Cup Soccer matches will be screened on giant screens. -- PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS

South African football fans singing the national Anthem during the friendly match between South Africa vs Colombia at Soccer City Stadium in Soweto ahead of the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa. -- PHOTO: AFP

A visitor looks at a dummy representing former Colombian soccer player Carlos Valderrama at the exhibition 'World Cup's from A to Z', that shows the history of World Cup soccer tournaments in Sao Paulo. -- PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS


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[Yoshitsune Minamoto]

An Indian chief attends a protest outside the headquarters of the Justice Ministry in Brasilia. Indigenous groups protested against proposed changes in the internal structure of the Indian National Foundation, FUNAI. -- PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS

Bangladeshi boatmen row their boat through the polluted waters of the Buriganga channel on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. World Environment Day 2010 which falls Saturday calls for an urgent need to conserve the diversity of life on earth. -- PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS

Devotees pray at a roadside shrine in Katmandu, Nepal. -- PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS


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[Yoshitsune Minamoto]

A statue of Lord Bahubali, worshipped by India's Jainism religion, is transported on a vehicle on the national highway outside Mumbai. The 41 feet (12.5 metres) high statue, which has been sculpted out of a single block of 400 tonne granite by sculptor Ashok Gudigar, is on its way from southern India to Bhavnagar district in the western Indian state of Gujarat where it will be installed on a hilltop. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A Rainbow Lorikeet sits on the flower of a Banksia Ashbyi shrub in a Perth suburb. Hundreds of seemingly drunk parrots are falling out of trees and the sky in a northern Australian town, mystifying veterinary surgeons who are struggling to care for them. -- PHOTO: AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE

A model wears a design by Triya collection at the Fashion Rio Summer 2010/2011 event in Rio de Janeiro. -- PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS


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