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NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 25: A mother lifts her daughter to look at cupcake flavors at a 'Cupcake ATM' created by Sprinkles bakery on March 25, 2014 in New York City. The Cupcake ATM opened today, and while there were certain technical difficulties for the first day, lines of people waited to try out the new machine.
A mother lifts her daughter to look at cupcake flavors at the Sprinkles bakery Cupcake ATM in New York City. Getty Images
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A family member of a passenger onboard Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 cries on a bus before heading to the Malaysian embassy, outside Lido Hotel in Beijing, China.
A family member of a Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 passenger cries during a bus ride to the Malaysian embassy in Beijing. Reuters
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First Lady Michelle Obama gestures as she watches students practice Taichi at Chengdu No. 7 High School during her visit in Chengdu, China.
First Lady Michelle Obama gestures as she watches students practice Taichi at Chengdu No. 7 High School during her visit in Chengdu, China. Reuters
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People visit the art exhibition 'A Dream I Dreamed' by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Shanghai, March 25, 2014. Kusama was born in Nagano, Japan in 1929, today she is acknowledged as one of the most important living artist of Japan. The exhibition will be open until March 30, 2014. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
People visit the art exhibition ‘A Dream I Dreamed’ by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Shanghai, China. Reuters
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An employee rides a quad bike during an inspection of a solar power station on the outskirts of Simferopol, Ukraine.
An employee rides a quad bike during an inspection of a solar power station on the outskirts of Simferopol, Ukraine. Reuters
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A visitor looks at a sound and light show as part of the exhibition 'Klimt and Vienna, a Century of Gold and Colours', projected on the walls of the "Carrieres de Lumieres" site (Quarries of Lights) in Les Baux-de-Provence, March 25, 2014. The show uses multimedia to take visitors on a journey through 100 years of Viennese painting to the heart of the colourful works of Austrian painter Gustav Klimt and the artists he inspired. The exhibition runs from March 7, 2014 to January 4, 2015. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier (FRANCE - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) TEMPLATE OUT
A visitor takes in a sound and light show as part of the exhibition “Klimt and Vienna, a Century of Gold and Colours,” projected on the walls of the “Carrieres de Lumieres” site in Les Baux-de-Provence, France. Reuters
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A police officer takes up position during an operation at the Mare slums complex in Rio de Janeiro. Brazil will deploy federal troops to Rio de Janeiro to help quell a surge in violent crime following attacks by drug traffickers on police posts in three slums on the north side of the city.
A police officer takes up position during an operation at the Mare slums complex in Rio de Janeiro. Brazil will deploy federal troops to Rio de Janeiro to help quell a surge in violent crime following attacks by drug traffickers on police posts in three slums on the north side of the city. Reuters
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An Afghan special forces soldier, left, is kissed by an Afghan man after the commandos took over control of an election office after the Taliban launched an assault with a suicide bomber detonating his vehicle outside an election office in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, March 25, 2014. Gunmen stormed into the building, trapping dozens of employees inside and killing many people. A candidate for a seat on a provincial council was among those killed, along with an election worker, a civilian and a policeman. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
An Afghan man kisses an Afghan Special Forces soldier after the commandos took over control of an election office. The Taliban launched an assault with a suicide bomber detonating his vehicle outside the office in Kabul, Afghanistan, as gunmen stormed into the building, trapping dozens of employees inside and killing many people. AP Photo
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A Ukrainian marine reacts as his comrades leave the base in Feodosia, Crimea, Tuesday, March 25, 2014. In Crimea, Ukrainian soldiers piled onto buses and began their journey to Ukrainian territory on Tuesday, as former comrades saluted them from outside a base overrun by Russian forces. (AP Photo/Valeriy Kulyk)
A Ukrainian marine looks on as his comrades leave the base in Feodosia, Crimea. AP Photo
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Snohomish County Executive John Lovick wipes a tear during a briefing in downtown Arlington Monday, March 24, 2014. (AP Photo /The Herald, Annie Mulligan)
Snohomish County Executive John Lovick wipes a tear during a briefing about the Washington mudslide in downtown Arlington. AP Photo
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Workers dig through debris using heavy equipment in the mudslide near Oso, Washington March 25, 2014. Rescue workers searched through mucky rubble on Tuesday with hopes dwindling of finding any more survivors from among scores of people still missing from a devastating weekend mudslide in Washington state that killed at least 14. REUTERS/Ted S. Warren/Pool (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER)
Workers dig through debris using heavy equipment in the mudslide near Oso, Wash. Reuters
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A man walks with his dog in the Palais Royal garden, in Paris, Tuesday, March 25, 2014. The Palais Royal garden was built in 1634 for the Cardinal Richelieu by the architect Lemercier, who also built the Sorbonne university. (AP Photo/Thiabult Camus)
A man walks with his dog in the Palais Royal garden in Paris. AP Photo
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A carnation covered with snow sits at the Vietnams Veterans Memorial in Washington, Tuesday, March 25, 2014. The calendar may say it's spring, but the mid-Atlantic region is seeing snow again. The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisories for much of the region Tuesday. The advisories warn that periods of snow could make travel difficult, with slippery roads and reduced visibility. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
A carnation covered with snow sits at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Reuters
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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., left, and the committee's ranking member, Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Md., leave a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 25, 2014, after informing reporters about proposed changes to the National Security Agency’s program of sweeping up and storing vast amounts of data on Americans' phone calls. Details of the government's secret phone records collection program were disclosed last year by former NSA systems analyst Edward Snowden. Privacy advocates were outraged to learn that the government was holding onto phone records of innocent Americans for up to five years. Obama promised to make changes to the program in an effort to win back public support. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., left, and the committee’s ranking member, Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Md., leave a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington after informing reporters about proposed changes to the National Security Agency. AP Photo
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Thousands of juvenile salmon are sent into a holding tank in the Sacramento River in Rio Vista, California March 25, 2014. The salmon were trucked more than 200 miles (321 km) from a hatchery on the northern part of the river, as drought conditions in the state have made the river impassable to the young fish. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS)
Thousands of young salmon are sent into a holding tank in the Sacramento River in Rio Vista, Calif. The salmon were trucked more than 200 miles from a hatchery on the northern part of the river. Drought conditions in the state made the river impassable for young fish. Reuters
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Biologists move a fish holding tank into place in the Sacramento River in Rio Vista, California March 25, 2014. Millions or juvenile salmon were trucked more than 200 miles (321 km) from a hatchery on the northern part of the river, as drought conditions in the state have made the river impassable to the young fish. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS)
Biologists move a fish holding tank into place in the Sacramento River in Rio Vista, Calif., for young salmon. Reuters
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Firefighters work to extinguish a five-alarm blaze at a massive multi-story luxury apartment complex under construction in Houston March 25, 2014. No injuries have been reported in the blaze with scores of Houston Fire Department units dispatched to the scene along with nearly 200 personnel, fire officials and the mayor's office said. REUTERS/Donna Carson (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION)
Firefighters work to extinguish a five-alarm blaze at a massive multi-story luxury apartment complex under construction in Houston , Texas. No injuries have been reported.
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International Space Station (ISS) crew member Steven Swanson tests a space suit during pre-launch preparations at the cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
International Space Station crew member Steven Swanson tests a space suit during pre-launch preparations at the cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Reuters
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Hands reach out to receive a bucketful of water as vendors, police and firemen work together to put out a fire at La Terminal, the largest and most important market in Guatemala City, Tuesday, March 25, 2014. According to Cecilio Chacaj, spokesman for the fire department, the market fire started in the early morning hours destroying as many as 100 shops. Firefighters were struggling to manage the fire due to the lack of water hydrants in the area, located south of the historic city center. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Hands reach out to receive a bucket of water as vendors, police and firemen work together to put out a fire at La Terminal, the largest and most important market in Guatemala City, Guatemala. AP Photo
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The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-12M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station (ISS) blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, March 26, 2014. The Russian rocket carries astronaut Steven Swanson, Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-12M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station blasts off at the Russian-leased cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. AP Photo