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Day in photos: April 27, 2012

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Visitors to Freeman’s auction house view a 13-star American Naval color flag in Philadelphia. AP
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People gather at the blast site of Thisday Newspaper’s office in Abuja, Nigeria. ZUMAPRESS.com
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Detroit Tigers slugger Delmon Young is escorted out of the Midtown North precinct and into a waiting squad car. Natan Dvir/New York Post
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Nigerian Chief of Staff of the Army, Oluseyi Petinrin, prior a meeting held in Bissau with the participation of his Guinean-Bissau counterpart, Antonio Indjai. West African leaders have agreed to send troops to Guinea-Bissau following the coup in the country. EPA
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Peering out at the world, a baby mongoose lemur clings tightly to its mother. ZUMAPRESS.com
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A doe jumps across a field in Germany. ZUMA24.com
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A young girl draped in the colors of the Bahraini flag takes a rest on the street during an opposition march. Thousands of pro-reform protesters demanded the introduction of democratic reforms and release of prisoners. EPA
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President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk on stage at Fort Stewart army base in Hinesville, Georgia. Getty Images
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Ashes and smoke are spewed from the Popocatepetl volcano while a man checks his cactus growing in Santiago Xalitzintla in Mexico. Residents at the foot of Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano no longer sleep soundly since the towering mountain roared back into action over a week ago. AFP/Getty Images
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Russia’s space agency ground personnel rolls a Soyuz capsule shortly after landing outside the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan. A Soyuz space capsule carrying Anton Shkaplerov, Anatoly Ivanishin and NASA’s Daniel Burbank touched down safely Friday on the sweeping steppes of central Kazakhstan, ending the men’s 163-day stay on the International Space Station. AP
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Bahraini anti-government protesters raise models of the Pearl Monument, which was located at the hub of last spring’s pro-democracy uprising and demolished by the government in its aftermath, during a march Friday. AP
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A model displays a creation by Belarussian designer Marina Davidova during the Belarus Fashion Week in Minsk. EPA
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The space shuttle Enterprise touches down at Kennedy Airport. ZUMAPRESS.com
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Space shuttle Enterprise, mounted atop a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier, is seen behind the Statue of Liberty. UPI
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A regatta kicks off the celebratory activities marking the Hemingway International Yacht Club’s upcoming 20th anniversary, in Havana, Cuba. AP