News In Pictures

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US Marines stand on the edge of the flight deck of the USS Iwo Jima ship in Limon.


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A baby swims during a baby swimming contest held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. A total of 100 babies aged between 0 and 3 participated in the contest. -- PHOTO: REUTERS


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Dolls made from corn leaves are displayed during the annual corn festival at Santa Lucia church in Cuscatlan, 45 km (28 miles) north of San Salvador.


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An Argentine gaucho, or cowboy, competes during a rodeo in Jauregui, Argentina. -- PHOTO: AP

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Chinese students take part in a fire drill prior to the start of a new semester at Peking University in Beijing. -- PHOTO: AFP


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Gay rights supporters take part in a protest against Guadalajara's Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iniguez outside the cathedral in Guadalajara. -- PHOTO: REUTERS



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Fishermen take part in a procession during the annual Black Christ festival in Sisal, State of Yucatan.

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People gather at a street market outside a church during Saint Bartolome Day celebrations in San Bartolome Milpas Altas, some 35 km west of Guatemala city. -- PHOTO: AP
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A traditional Kandyan dancer performs in front of the Sri Dalada Maligawa (Temple of the Tooth) during the Esala Perahera festival in Kandy, about 120 km (75 miles) from central Colombo.


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The great tusker of the Sri Dalada Maligawa (Temple of the Tooth) carrying the scared tooth relic of Lord Buddha stands at the entrance of the temple during the Esala Perahera festival in Kandy, about 120 km (75 miles) from central Colombo.


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Workers remove chairs during the first day of the reconstruction of Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Maracana will be one of the twelve stadium used during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. -- PHOTO: REUTERS


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Aaron de Souza does a hand stand in Brook Andrew's installation called 'The Cell' at the Australian artist's solo exhibition in Sydney. The inflatable room decorated with Wiradjuri Aboriginal motifs was designed for introspection in all the 'inmates' who enter the disorientating space. -- PHOTO: AFP


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A pilot flies next to the Metropolitan Cathedral during the 2010 Super Race Brasil-Brasilia Hang Gliding Championship in Brasilia, Brazil. -- PHOTO: AP


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A cemetery employee carries a coffin containing a foetus during the first funeral for illegally aborted foetuses, near a mausoleum for them in Vina del Mar. The Catholic movement Vida Familia Sociedad (Life Family Society) last month founded what would be, according to the movement, the first mausoleum for illegally aborted foetuses. -- PHOTO: REUTERS


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People listen to a computer-controlled sound installation as they visit the train wagon 'Outside in (Blue)' of the 'sounding D' project at the main railway station in Dresden, eastern Germany.


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Zebras and wilderbeasts are seen in the Serengeti in Tanzania. Tanzania's Serengeti is a vast plain dotted with acacia trees and watering holes, where huge herds of wildebeest and zebra rumble across one of the world's biggest nature reserves during annual migrations. Tanzania's government, though, is planning to build a highway through the park, and conservationists are warning the road could destroy ancient migratory patterns and scar one of Africa's natural wonders. --PHOTO: AP


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A collection of puppets, including the original Kermit the Frog (2L), is donated to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, DC. Jane Henson donated 10 of her late husband Jim Henson's characters from 'Sam and Friends' to the museum including the original Kermit the Frog. --PHOTO: AFP

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A street performer holds a reflective steel ball as she sits in the Royal Mile during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland. --PHOTO: REUTERS

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The photograph shows a man standing beside a cart carrying his wife, four children and a baby by the road in Jakarta's exclusive district of Menteng waiting for alms from passing motorists.


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A boy wading through neck-deep polluted water, holds recyclable items that he found among the debris in the water after a fire at a slum in Navotas City in Metro Manila. Some 200 houses were damaged, leaving 300 families homeless. -- PHOTO: REUTERS


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