An Afghan boy walks with his cow at sunset in Mazar-i Sharif, capital of the Balkh province. Agriculture has traditionally driven the Central Asian nation’s economy, with wheat and cereal production being mainstays and quality fruits, especially pomegranates, apricots, grapes, melons and mullberries being exported to many countries.
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Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, and Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski chat during a news conference to announce “a major wireless industry agreement to combat cell phone theft and related crimes” at the Wilson Building in Washington, DC. The news conference was to announce initiatives to combat the growing robbery rate targeting smartphones and other cell phones.
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Sri Lankan Army soldiers participate in a traditional game during a Sinhala and Tamil New Year celebration in Colombo. The New Year dawns on April 14 and traditional fun and games are organized across the island to celebrate the occasion.
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A North Korean resident sits near a playground slide in the form of an elephant in Pyongyang, North Korea.
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Afghan mathematician Muhammad Sediq Afghan (C) sits in a wheelchair and grasps the front of a US military vehicle while blocking Zanbaq Square near US military Camp Eggar in Kabul. Sediq Afghan blocked a main square in the Afghan capital for US military vehicles in protest to what he claimed as “hitting my car intentionally.”
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Men carry cooking pots near the mine entrance during a rescue operation for nine trapped miners at the Cabeza de Negro gold-and-copper mine in Yauca del Rosario, Peru. Peruvian authorities say nine miners trapped inside a wildcat mine since April 5 are being supplied with sports drinks, soup and food while emergency responders work to free them.
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Bangladeshi women use their feet to scatter rice grain spread out to dry at a rice mill on the outskirts of Dhaka.
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A worker cleans an old Ford car filled with soil and plants at a street painted in yellow near Madou metro station in Brussels April 10, 2012. The street around the station will be transformed into a pedestrian area. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM – Tags: TRANSPORT SOCIETY)
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A young Afghan girl plays on swings near the Kart-e-sakhi shrine in Kabul. The position of women in Afghanistan has improved dramatically since the fall of the Taliban, with the number of girls in education soaring. But as the Americans and the Afghan government have pursued peace efforts with the Taliban, women are increasingly concerned that gains in their rights may be compromised in a bid to end the costly and deadly war.
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An Indian girl crosses a road in the rain in Hyderabad, India.
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Fire engulfs a textile factory in Gurgaon on the outskirts of New Delhi. No casualties have been reported and the cause of the fire is unknown.
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A lottery official (L) and the three anonymous winners of the Maryland portion of the Mega Millions lottery pose for a photo in Baltimore. Maryland Lottery officials say three public school employees are sharing the spoils of the record Mega Millions jackpot. The winning Maryland ticket is one of three nationally that split the $656 million jackpot.
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Crocuses bloom in the Tatras mountains, in Zakopane, southern Poland.
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A Canadian soldier from the 3rd Battalion Royal Canadian Regiment surveys the area during a mock assault on the Canine Village in Yuma, Ariz. Canadian soldiers were using the mock Iraqi village for training purposes, since the area is very similar to the desert in Afghanistan.
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German beach volleyball players Sara Goller (R), and Laura Ludwig, train for the London 2012 Olympics in Manhattan Beach, Calif.
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