Hot air balloons are pictured over the countryside of Geneva during the 6th edition of the Montgolfiades Geneva Hot Air Balloon festival in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron listens to Nobel laureate and newly elected parliamentarian Aung San Suu Kyi at her residence in Yangon.
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People gather for a mass protest in Tahrir square in Cairo. Thousands of Egyptians packed into Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday to protest against a run for the presidency by former intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, in an Islamist show of strength against Hosni Mubarak’s old guard.
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Alain Robert, who has been dubbed the “French Spiderman”, climbs 300 meters up The Torch hotel in Doha. Robert, who has been scaling tall buildings since the age of seven took 75 minutes to complete his first climb in Qatar of the hotel that was built for the 2006 Asian Games in the shape of an Olympic torch.
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Devin McEwan and teammate Casey Eichfeld compete in the Men’s C2 of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials for Whitewater Slalom at the U.S. National Whitewater Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin looks on through 3D glasses during his visit to Moscow’s Planetarium. Russia celebrated today Aviation and Cosmonautics Day, the anniversary of Yuri Gagarin making the first manned space flight in 1961.
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A man waits displaying his own made dolls to sell to tourists in Bridgetown. Historically, the economy of Barbados had been dependent on sugarcane cultivation and related activities, but in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s it has diversified into the manufacturing and tourism sectors. Barbados is the 51st richest country in the world in terms of GDP (Gross domestic product) per capita, has a well-developed mixed economy, and a moderately high standard of living. According to the World Bank, Barbados is classified as being in its 66 top High income economies of the world.
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A Chinese laborer working on scaffolding at a construction site in Hefei, in eastern China’s Anhui province. China said on April 13 its economy grew by 8.1 percent in the first three months of 2012, its slowest pace in nearly three years, as domestic demand fell and Europe’s woes curbed business activity.
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Students wait for the arrival of Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon before the inauguration of the Small Brothers school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Calderon is on a one-day visit to Haiti.
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German Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing drives along the pit lane during the first practice session at the Shanghai International circuit in Shanghai, China. The 2012 Chinese Formula One Grand Prix will take place on 15 April.
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A vendor smiles as he waits for customers in front of piles of Chinese cabbage at a vegetable wholesale market in Shenyang, Liaoning province.
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First Lady Michelle Obama reacts to the announcement that the military dependant teens in the audience would be getting gift certificates from JCPenney during her visit to Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla. Mrs. Obama visited Naval Air Station Jacksonville as part of the one-year anniversary of her “joining forces” program, which aims to help veterans and their families.
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Indian dancers perform the ‘Bhangra’, a Punjabi folk dance, in a wheat field as they celebrate Baisakhi festival in Jammu, India. Baisakhi is the harvest festival widely celebrated in northern India, especially in the Punjab area.
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Actors reenact the route Jesus took along the Via Dolorosa to his crucifixion during the Orthodox Church’s Good Friday celebrations in Bucharest April 13.
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The snowcapped mount Etna erupts not far from Zafferana Etnea village, in Italy. The south-eastern crater, born in 1971, has been the most active in the last few years. In the recent past lava flows have mainly damaged properties, but due to its slow speed lava has not killed human beings. So far Italian authorities have not issued any warning of dangers for houses and people.
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Vietnamese traffic police 2nd Lt. Nguyen Manh Phan clings on to the windshield wipers of a moving bus as he goes on a wild ride for nearly a kilometer (0.62 miles) after the rogue driver tried to avoid a ticket in Ba Vi District outside Hanoi, Vietnam. Phan ordered the bus driver to pull over the 39-seat passenger coach but the driver allegedly refused to show his paperwork and drove off, but not before Phan leaped onto the front. The driver eventually pulled over after being chased by police and residents. Even with the bus stopped, Phan stood calmly in front of it, still hanging on to the wipers.
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People riding on a motorbike react as a boy splashes water on them during a celebration of the Songkran water festival, the Thai New Year, in Bangkok.
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A model sits nude on a sofa during a performance at the press preview of Swiss artist Urs Fischer’s “Madame Fisscher” exhibition at Palazzo Grassi in Venice.
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