Russian navy members march during a victory day parade rehearsal on the Dvortsovaya Square in St. Petersburg, with the city’s landmark Alexander’s Column in the background. Russia celebrates the 1945 victory over Nazi Germany on May 9.
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A young Georgian jumps over a bonfire during Chiakokonoba folk festival in Tbilisi. According to the legend, this ritual purifies the soul of the jumper of evil spirits. Some 12 people have been taken to hospital’s burns units after their jumps over bonfire.
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An Indian Sikh devotee takes a holy dip in the sarover (water tank) at the Sikh Shrine Golden Temple in Amritsar, on the eve of the Baisakhi festival. Baisakhi is an ancient harvest festival in the Punjab and Nepal region, which also marks the beginning of a new solar year and a new harvest season.
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Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel aboard a rubber boat monitor a whale shark or locally known as “Butanding” as it swam along Manila bay. According to press reports the three to four meter-long whale shark had a laceration on its dorsal fin, quoting coast guard personnel on the site.
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Former presidential candidate and Sen. John Edwards arrives outside federal court in Greensboro, N.C., where jury selection is scheduled to begin for his criminal trial. Edwards faces six criminal counts related to nearly $1 million in secret payments made by two campaign donors to help hide the married Democrat’s pregnant mistress as he sought the White House in 2008.
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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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Indian Hindu devotees carry holy water taken from the River Ganges as they walk towards their village in the countryside, while marking the festival of Shiva Gajan in the city of Kolkata, India.
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A man is silhouetted as he fishes on a pier at Uleelheu port in Banda Aceh.
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Men dressed as ancient gladiators stand during a protest in front of the entrance of Colosseum in Rome. Men who dress as ancient Roman centurians and ask for money to have picture taken by tourist at the Colosseum clashed with police on Thursday as authorities tried to enforce an eviction order.
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Serbian special police guard what is believed to be an impressionist masterpiece “Boy in a Red Waistcoat” by Paul Cezanne in Belgrade. Police in Serbia believe they have recovered an Impressionist masterpiece by Paul Cezanne worth at least $109 million that was stolen at gunpoint in one of the world’s biggest art heists four years ago.
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Occupy Wall Street protesters chant during a demonstration at the corner of Wall Street and Nassau Street, across the street from the New York Stock Exchange, in the Financial District in New York. Occupy Wall Street protesters have slept at the corner for the past three nights.
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A model poses on a new home-made heavy motorcycle powered by an 800cc engine designed and manufactured by Taiwan’s Dinli Metal Industrial Co. at the opening of the Motorcycle and Electricity Vehicle Show Taiwan at Taipei’s World Trade Centre.
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George Zimmerman stands with a Seminole County Deputy and his attorney Mark O’Mara during a court hearing in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of the 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
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Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” is hung for display at Sotheby’s Auction Rooms in London. The picture made with pastels is one of four versions of the composition, and dates from 1895. It will be auctioned in the Impressionist and Modern Art Sale in New York on May 2, with an estimated price of $80 million.
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President Obama plays with a super soaker water gun in a undisclosed location on this image posted on Twitter by Vice President Joe Biden.
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