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A worker inspects lettuce plants growing under artificial light and in a liquid solution at China's first computer-controlled greenhouse seedling factory located on the outskirts of Beijing. The factory will supply 15 million pesticide-free vegetable, fruit and flower seedlings per year to domestic growers.
-- PHOTO: REUTERS
Pro-North Korean protesters participate in a rally to oppose the North Korea sanctions in front of the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea.
-- PHOTO: AP
Margareth Abito lost her leg after stepping on a landmine, left over from the civil war in northern Uganda. Abito said that after losing her left leg, she felt useless and even considered suicide. Apart from close family members she gets no assistance. Disabled women have been largely ignored in war-ravaged northern Uganda. -- PHOTO: AFP
Riot police spray water at high school students during a protest in Valparaiso city, about 121 km northwest of Santiago. Students protested against changes to the public state education and are demanding that government increase their budget to fund universities. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
People demonstrate against insecurity and violence in the Venezuelan capital, in Caracas. According to a report by the National Institute of Statistics,
a gun was used in the great majority of the 19.133 murders committed in Venezuela in 2009. -- PHOTO: AFP
Stephanie Moser, second from right, hoops during a evening hooping class in Pittsburgh. Born of the Hula Hoops first made in the 1950s, hooping has become hip again, with clubs across the country bringing together hoop aficionados, exercise classes and DVDs incorporating hoops and even first lady Michelle Obama touting the toy as a way to fight childhood obesity. -- PHOTO: AP
Visitors walk past a Disney World sand sculpture during a Hollywood-themed exhibition of sand sculptures in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.
-- PHOTO: REUTERS
A man dives into the sea near Arpoador beach in Rio de Janeiro. The temperature reached 37 degrees Celsius (98.6 degrees Fahrenheit).
-- PHOTO: REUTERS
Two competitors take part in the First Red Bull Chivichana National Race, organized by the National Institute of Sport and Recreation (INDER),
in Loma Santa Maria, eastern beaches, 24 km from downtown Havana. -- PHOTO: AFP
Endangered green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) are sold ashore at Puerto Cabezas, along Nicaragua's Caribbean coast. Around five hundred turtles are sold for food per month in the port. The going rate for turtle meat is approximately $1.10 per pound (S$1.49). -- PHOTO: REUTERS
In this photo provided by Seaworld San Diego, Charly, a 14-year-old 1,150-pound male polar bear, chills following a snowy adventure at the park's Wild Arctic attraction. -- PHOTO: AP
Indigenous Miskitos pull ashore endangered green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) to be sold in Puerto Cabezas, along Nicaragua's Caribbean coast. Around five hundred turtles are sold for food per month in the port. The going rate for turtle meat is approximately $1.10 per pound. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Besse Cooper turns 114 years old in the Walton Regional Medical Center's skilled nursing facility in Monroe, Ga. Cooper was born Aug. 26, 1896, and the Gerontology Research Group, which certifies supercentenarians, lists her as the third oldest person in the world. -- PHOTO: AP
A girl is seen through falling water at a fountain in Bucharest, Romania. Temperatures reached 38 degree Centigrade in most parts of Romania and meterologists issued a warning of potential severe weather following the heat wave. -- PHOTO: AP
A dancer wearing a pig costume performs a 'Correfoc' (Run with fire) with pyrotechnics, in Berlin. The traditional Spanish 'Correfoc' was performed by Spanish arts group 'Diables d'Aregentona' as part of the Long Night of Museums, an event organized by multiple museums and cultural institutions in Berlin, in which the establishments remain open late into the night. -- PHOTO: AP
