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Day in Photos: April 13, 2010

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Sri Lankan asylum seekers try to exit the port area via a secret exit, as they wait to be relocated from on and around their boat in Merak, Banten Province, Indonesia. The group of 181 asylum seekers have remained in Merak port for over 5 months since they were intercepted by the Indonesian navy in October after Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd asked Indonesia to stop them reaching Australian waters.

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An Indian woman walks away from a ghat after taking a holy dip in River Ganges, holy to Hindus, during the Kumbh Mela festival in Haridwar, India. Devout Hindus bathe in the Ganges during the festival, expected to attract more than 10 million people, with the belief that it will cleanse them of their sins and free them from the cycle of life and rebirth.

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India's Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) assistant commandants march during their passing out parade in the outskirts of Hyderabad, India. The CISF is a paramilitary security force which provides security cover to nuclear installations, space establishments, airports, seaports, power plants, sensitive Government buildings and heritage monuments in India.

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Kyrgyzstan's deposed President Kurmanbek Bakiyev gestures to his supporters before a rally in the town of Jalal-Abad in southern Kyrgyzstan. A leader of the self-declared interim government that has claimed power in Kyrgyzstan said Tuesday the deposed President must return to the capital or face arrest by special forces.

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A model wears a creation by Mexican designer Gianfranco Reni at the Mercedez Benz Fashion show in Mexico City.

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A female policeman secures the site near the wreckage of the Polish presidential plane, that crashed Saturday just outside Smolensk airport, western Russia. Polish President Lech Kaczynski, his wife and some of the country's most prominent military and civilian leaders died Saturday along with dozens of others when the presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing in thick fog near Smolensk in western Russia.

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A peacekeeper from the United Nations African Mission In Darfur, UNAMID keeps guard during a patrol at the refugee camp of Zamzam on the outskirts of the Darfur town of el Fasher, Sudan. The hybrid peacekeeping mission in Darfur said four soldiers are missing for the past 24 hours in South Darfur.

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First Lady Michelle Obama, walks with Haiti's President Rene Preval, Haiti's First Lady Elisabeth Debrosse, (R), and Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, (L), at the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince. First lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden made a surprise visit to the devastated Haitian capital Tuesday, joining a long list of political figures and celebrities who have toured the country.

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An Indian potter arranges newly-made earthen pots for drying in Allahabad. The demand for earthenware pots is very high in summer when they are used to store cool water for drinking.

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Boys play inside a water park to cool themselves on a hot day in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad.

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Police and residents help an injured flight attendant of a Merpati Boeing 737-300 after the plane skidded off on the runway in Rendani airport in Manokwari of the Indonesia's West Papua province. About 20 passengers were injured when the plane, carrying more than 100 passengers, skidded off the runway while landing due to bad weather conditions.

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A Merpati Boeing 737-300 lies skidded off on the runway in Rendani airport in Manokwari of the Indonesia's West Papua province. About 20 passengers were injured when the plane, carrying more than 100 passengers, skidded off the runway while landing due to bad weather conditions.

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A train that has been taken out of service and now serves as a temporary dorm sits at the site of China's first nuclear weapons base in Haiyan county, Qinghai province. China declassified its first nuclear weapons base in 2007 and has been inviting tourists to visit the site located in a remote part of the northwestern province of Qinghai.

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Pakistani cricket player Mohammad Asif arrives at a police station in Lahore, Pakistan. A court in Lahore ordered police to investigate after Pakistani actress Veena Malik allegedly claimed that Asif owed her 11.3 million rupees ($132,000).

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A boy sits amidst stones thrown by protesters to block a road during demonstrations in Haripur, located in Pakistan's restive North Western Frontier Province. Protests against the government's move to rename a province in Hazara division continue on the second consecutive day.

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Senegalese boys practice tradional wrestling know as Lutte in the 400 year old village of Ngor, Dakar, Senegal. Senegalese wrestling is a type of folk wrestling with the main objective to throw the opponent to the ground. Since the 1950s, Senegalese Wrestling, like its counterparts in other areas of West Africa, has become a major spectator sport and cultural event.

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Dal Lake in Srinagar, the summmer capital of Indian Kashmir. During the past few days, Kashmir has been experiencing intermittent rainfall, bringing pleasant change in the weather conditions.

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President Barack Obama greets Chinese President Hu Jintao upon his arrival for dinner during the Nuclear Security Summit at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.

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A model displays a creation by Mexican designer Gianfranco Reni during the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in Mexico City.

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A part of the shrapnel-riddled Martyrs' Statue is pictured in the Lebanese capital Beirut. The statue witnessed Lebanon's civil war before being dismatled and hidden until the conflict ended. It was later returned to its original place with the marks of war deliberately left on it as a reminder to Lebanese people about the atrocities of the war. Lebanon commemorates on April 13, 2010 the 35th anniversary of the start of the civil war which broke out the same day in 1975.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev point fingers at each other during the plenary session of the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, DC.