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Day in Photos: May 11, 2012

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Baboons climb on a Hyundai i30 hatchback at Knowsley Safari Park during a promotional event by the manufacturer to test the car’s durability, in Preston, England. REUTERS
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Members of the Mexican Delfines Mariachi dance group perform during the Diamond Jubilee Pageant in Windsor, England. AFP/Getty Images
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A aerial picture of Japan’s Mount Fuji, a national symbol and key tourist attraction, taken from a commercial jet plane flying over Yamanashi prefecture. Mount Fuji could collapse if a newly-discovered faultline under the mountain shifts, a government-commissioned report has warned. AFP/Getty Images
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President Obama waves after speaking at a campaign fundraiser at the Paramount Theater in Seattle, Washington. AFP/Getty Images
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Myanmar workers lay bricks for drying at a brick factory on the outskirts of Yangon. As Myanmar prepares for an economic resurgence following the end of decades of military rule, wide-eyed firms from all over Asia are competing for a piece of the potentially lucrative pie. AFP/Getty Images
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A Pakistani man works in a brick factory during the sunset in Gujranwala, Pakistan. AP Photo
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School children riding a bike wave on a street in Old Delhi, India. AFP/Getty Images
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People stand in the lobby of JPMorgan Chase headquarters in New York. JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States, said Thursday that it lost $2 billion in the past six weeks in a trading portfolio designed to hedge against risks the company takes with its own money. AP
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Pakistani boys swim in a water reservoir to cool off as the temperature rises, on the outskirts of Gujranwala, Pakistan. AP Photo
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Brazilian soldiers patrol for drug and gold smugglers along the Oiapoque River that separates Brazil’s northeastern border from French Guiana. Brazil’s Army began Operation Agate with the Federal Police, Customs, the National Aviation Agency, and the government’s environmental police force (IBAMA), along a large part of the northern border to combat smuggling and environmental crimes. REUTERS
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Pakistani children who fled their villages with their families due to fighting between security forces and militants in Pakistan’s tribal area of Bajur, enjoy a ride on a merry-go-round at a makeshift entertainment park set up in a slum area on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. AP Photo
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Supporters of a Guinea opposition party clash with police as they protest against president Alpha Conde in Conkry. AFP/Getty Images
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The artwork “Planet” by British artist Marc Quinn is on display at the entrance of the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco. EPA
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Residents paddle their makeshift boat to safety as fire engulfs houses at a slum community in Manila. At least 1000 houses were razed in the fire, the cause of which is yet unknown, leaving 5000 families homeless. REUTERS
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A woman stops to look at the realistic sculpture of the late al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden by artists Alberto Lorente, Manolo Castro and Julio Lorente titled “He” that is on display at the Superior Institute of Arts for the upcoming 11th Havana Biennial contemporary art exhibition in Havana, Cuba. AP Photo