Tracy Martin (2nd L) and Sybrina Fulton (2nd R), parents of Trayvon Martin, arrive at the courthouse along with lawyers Daryl Parks (L) land Benjamin Crump prior to George Zimmerman’s appearance before Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester Jr. for a bond hearing on second degree murder charges in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin at the Seminole County Courthouse in Sanford, Florida.
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Austrian gymnast and Olympic hopeful Caroline Weber warms-up during a training session in Vienna. Weber, 26, who practices six hours a day five days a week, will participate in the rhythmic gymnastics competition at the London 2012 Olympic games.
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NYPD Investigators carry pieces of concrete out of a basement of a building on the corner of Wooster Street and Prince Street in the Manhattan borough of New York, during a renewed investigation into the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan†Patz. Patz vanished after leaving his family’s home for a short walk to his school bus stop. NYPD spokesperson Paul Browne says the building being searched for his remains is about a block from where the family lived.
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Afghan Kuchi nomads ride a donkey near Herat city. The Kuchi people of Afghanistan are nomads who move to the northeast in the spring and summer months where it is cooler and there is plenty of food for their herds.
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Japanese swimmers compete in teams technical routine during the FINA Olympic Games Synchronized Swimming Qualification competition at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park in London.
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Student union members affiliated to the Nepal Student Union (NSU), set fire to a government-owned motorbike during their protest in Kathmandu.
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Philippine firemen extinguish a fire at an informal settlers housing in Manila. Around 150 families from an informal settlement area lost their homes.
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A giant puppet, part of a street theatre production entitled “Sea Odyssey” travels through the streets of Liverpool in north-west England. Two puppets, a man and a girl, his niece, will roam through the city’s streets looking for each other during the three day production. The free event, organized by French company Royal de Luxe is one of a series of events marking the 100th anniversary of the sinking of The Titanic.
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People attend Friday prayers in Tahrir square in Cairo. Tens of thousands of Egyptians demanded on Friday that their military rulers stick to a pledge to hand over power by mid-year after a row over who can run in the presidential election raised doubts about the army’s commitment to democracy.
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A model displays a creation by designer Asya Kutyan during a fashion contest for students of Russian designer Slava Zaitsev at the Slava Zaitsev fashion school in Moscow, Russia.
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Young Indian boys climb poles before jumping into a lake to keep cool in Kolkata. Temperatures rose to nearly 40 degrees in Kolkata and are set to rise over the next few days.
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A couple embraces as they stand in the middle of “Les Deux Plateaux” installation, more commonly referred to as the “Colonnes de Buren” (Buren’s Columns) designed by French conceptual artist Daniel Buren in the Palais royal gardens in Paris.
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George Zimmerman arrives shackled during a bond hearing in Sanford, Florida. Zimmerman surrendered his passport to a Florida court on Friday during a bail hearing over the shooting death of unarmed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, a case that has captivated the United States and prompted civil rights demonstrations around the country.
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President Barack Obama sits on the famed Rosa Parks bus at the Henry Ford Museum following an event in Dearborn, Michigan, on April 18. Rosa Parks refused to sit in the back of the bus on December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, and this led to a bus boycott by African Americans. The bus is now considered a shrine in the civil rights movement.
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Filipino model Sandra Seifert painted half of her body depicting the Earth’s oceans and continents holds a placard in a new advertisement for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Asia in the Makati’s financial district, south of Manila, Philippines. The ad in PETA’s statement reiterates how animal agriculture is one of the leading causes of climate change. And also urging people to “go vegetarian” and “save the planet.”
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