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Day in Photos: April 7, 2012

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French boxer Salim Larbi cries after a final knock-out at the end of his World Boxing Organization (WBO) interim championship match against Czech boxer Lukas Konecny in Brno, Czech Republic. Lukas Konecny won the match. The winner of this encounter will now compete against Russian boxing champion Baysangurov for the championship belt. AFP/Getty Images
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A United Airlines jet taking off from Newark Liberty International Airport flies in front of the moon. AP Photo
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Golf fans with matching pants attend the first round of the 76th Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club, Georgia. AFP/Getty Images
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Dancers perform the Dance of the Death during a Holy Week procession in Verges, northeastern Spain. Dancers dress in body stockings with sckeletons painted on them and carry symbols to stir the people and prepare them for a good death. AFP/Getty Images
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Model Tatiana Ri wearing a Gaowei + Xinzhan creation strikes a pose during a spring photo shoot by Michael GUICHARD and stylist Raquel Crispim at Allee des Sygnes in Paris, France. Michael GUICHARD
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Driver Khalifa Al-Mutaiwei and German co-driver Andreas Schulz race past camels in their X-raid Mini All4 on the fifth and final 287km leg of the 2012 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge in Dubai. AFP/Getty Images
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Britain’s Victoria Pendleton, (R) crashes during her semifinal against Australia’s Anna Meares in the women’s sprint at the Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne, Australia. AP Photo
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Tibetan Buddhist monks make ceremonial offerings to the Dalai Lama at the Chime Gatsal Ling monastery in Dharmsala, India. AP Photo
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11,541 red chairs are pictured along Titova street in Sarajevo as the city marks the 20th anniversary of the start of the Bosnian war. The anniversary finds the Balkan country still deeply divided, power shared between Serbs, Croats and Muslims in a single state ruled by ethnic quotas and united by the weakest of central governments. REUTERS
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Tiger Woods hits out of the sand on the 17th hole during the the 1st round of the 76th Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club on Augusta, Georgia. AFP/Getty Images
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Russian soldiers limber up before practice their marching technique for the victory day parade on the Palace square in St. Petersburg. Russia celebrates victory over Nazi Germany in 1945 on May 9. REUTERS
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Crew members of NEW LUCKY VII freighter are rescued by Japan’s maritime safety agency in the sea near Kagoshima Prefecture of Japan. Eleven of the 17 crew members on board a Hong Kong cargo ship which lost contact in waters off southern Japan two days ago were rescued by patrol vessels of Japanese Coast Guard. The cargo ship carrying timber was sailing from Papua New Guinea to China. ZUMAPRESS.com
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Workers from the Athens central groceries market clash with police officers during a rally in front of the Bank of Greece in Athens. Hundreds of workers protested outside the labour ministry and the Bank of Greece on Friday saying they have lost part of their savings in the national debt swap deal that formed a crucial part of Greece’s bailout. REUTERS
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An ultra-Orthodox Jew is seen through a heat mirage as he prays besides a fire burning leaven in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem, ahead of the Jewish holiday of Passover. Passover commemorates the flight of Jews from ancient Egypt, as described in the Exodus chapter of the Bible. According to the account, the Jews did not have time to prepare leavened bread before fleeing to the promised land. REUTERS
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A North Korean soldier, working as a guide, walks through a forest that is said to be a former camp site where the late North Korean leader Kim Il Sung overnight while leading a battle against the Japanese at the foot of Mount Paektu, North Korea. AP
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A truck is partially buried in a sand pit at Country Construction in Murray, N.Y. Police in upstate New York used a helicopter to locate the stolen 26-foot box truck. Officials say the truck was stolen last week from a business in Wayne County. The truck and several other stolen items were recovered. The owners of the land face possession of stolen property charges. AP Photo
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A man depicting Jesus holds a cross as he walks towards the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Good Friday in Jerusalem’s Old City. Christian worshippers retraced the route Jesus took along Via Dolorosa to his crucifixion in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. REUTERS
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Japanese fishing vessel, “Ryou-Un Maru”, shows significant signs of damage after U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Anancapa fired explosive ammunition into it, 180 miles west of the Southeast Alaskan coast . The U.S. Coast Guard opened fire on Thursday on a derelict Japanese fishing vessel washed out to sea by last year’s devastating tsunami in a bid to sink it and eliminate a threat to navigation. REUTERS