A pro-Syrian regime man tosses a couch into burning tires during a protest against Sunni Muslim Salafists who are supporting the Syrian opposition and are leading an open-ended sit-in in Sidon, Lebanon.
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A Palestinian woman waits to be given permission by Israeli border policemen to cross into Jerusalem at the Qalandia checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah. Palestinian Muslims are heading to Jerusalem to attend the second Friday prayers of the fasting month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound.
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Children play in a water fountain in front of the Berlin Dome after temperatures approached 100 degrees in parts of Germany.
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A man dressed as the ten-headed demon king Ravana dances as protesters rally to support India’s anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare in New Delhi, India.
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A taxi is attacked by other taxi drivers during a demonstration in Madrid. The taxi drivers are protesting the planned deregulation of the taxi sector.
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People are reflected in mirrors at the entrance of a shopping complex in Tokyo.
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Construction workers add the final touches to a Nelson Mandela statue which will form part of the museum that was recently opened in the Midlands Meander, South Africa on the spot where Mandela was arrested in 1962.
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A young participant performs at the annual Comics Festival and Game Fair in Hong Kong.
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President Obama signs the the United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act, which is aimed at helping to deepen the Unites States’ security cooperation with Israel.
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Iranian women pray outside Tehran University in Iran during the holy month of Ramadan.
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Alex Chamberlain and Lynn Schreifels perform during Arthur Murray Dance Center’s 100th Anniversary celebration at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota.
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Chinese residents standing on the river banks between the Yangtze and Huaihe rivers during sunset in Hefei, China.
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Indian Muslims pray at the Jama mosque on the first Friday of Ramadan in New Delhi, India. Muslims throughout the world are marking the holy month of Ramadan, where observants fast from dawn till dusk.
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Palestinian men pray in front of the Dome of the Rock on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City on the second Friday of the holy month of Ramadan.
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A general view of the the set depicting the English countryside during the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in London.
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Members of the University of Florida marching band perform during First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move-London” event at the Winfield House in London, hours before the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
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