President Barack Obama pets his dog, Bo, outside the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.
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Rescuers search for the missing people after a passenger ship sank in the Xunjiang River in Guiping City, China. Twelve people have been confirmed dead and another eight remain missing.
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Swiss couple Olivier David Och and Daniela Widmer wave upon arrival at Islamabad airport following their release by Taliban militants, in Pakistan. The Swiss couple was seized by gunmen on July 2011 in the Loralai district after entering Pakistan from India, and planning to travel on to Iran and Turkey.
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An informal gold miner is roughed up by Peruvian riot policemen during clashes in the town of Puerto Maldonad in the Peruvian Amazon region. More than sixty people were arrested after at least three people were killed and 29 were injured, including seven police officers during a new eruption of protests against a new government decree that criminalizes illegal mining activity.
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The rapeseed plants are seen in full bloom and ready for harvest in the farms in Luoping, southwest China’s Yunnan province.
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Lindsey Vonn of the United States competes in the season’s last women’s Super G race at the Alpine ski World Cup finals in Schladming.
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Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich shakes hands with supporters after making a statement to reporters outside his Chicago home before reporting to federal prison in Colorado to serve a 14-year sentence for corruption.
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Ethnic Hungarian men wearing traditional outfits ride horses during celebrations of the anniversary of the 1848 revolution against the Hapsburgs, one of the most important royal houses of Europe, in Targu Secuiesc, Romania.
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A cleaner works with a self-made road sweeper in Dangyang, Hubei Province of China. The round iron plate turns when its axis moves.
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Anti-government protesters throw Molotov cocktails at riot police vehicles during a protest in Sitra village south of Manama. Hundreds of anti-government protesters took to the streets to protest against the regime.
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An East Timorese child runs as sea water hits the wall on Dili beach.
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An employee walks amid an installation of clay flowers by London-based Chilean artist Fernando Casasempere entitled “Out of Sync” at Somerset House in central London.
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French pole dancer Laurence Hilsum competes for the Women’s Division at the International Pole Championship in Hong Kong.
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British Prime Minister David Cameron (2R) stands with wife Samantha Cameron and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (L) at the World Trade Center Memorial in New York.
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