An Amur tiger walks across a passageway after a news conference at the Philadelphia Zoo. The see-through mesh pathway called Big Cat Crossing is part of a national trend called animal rotation that zoos use to enrich the experience of both creatures and guests.
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A model shows a vivid yellow 100.09-carat diamond and a 103.46-carat diamond ring during an auction preview at Sotheby’s in Geneva. These items are expected to reach between $15 million and $25 million and from $3.5 million to $5 million when they go on sale May 13.
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Pope Francis is greeted by a very affectionate member of the flock during the general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.
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A birdhouse is included with the “Crazy House,” built completely upside down, in the village of Affoldern, Germany, near the Edersee lake. Three friends came up with the idea to build the tourist attraction, which cost about $278,000 and took some six weeks to complete.
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Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Danish Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard before their meeting at the State Department in Washington.
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A federal policeman wearing a mask attends a protest in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, demanding wage increases and better working conditions.
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A man with balloons attached to his helmet poses for a picture as pro-Russia activists hold a rally near the headquarters of the regional interior ministry to demand the resignation of its head, Anatoly Naumenko, in Luhansk, Ukraine.
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An Afghan soldier keeps watch after a helicopter takes off near the landslide site in the Argo district of Badakhshan province. Aid agencies have rushed supplies to more than 4,000 displaced by the landslide in the village of Aab Bareek last Friday.
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is pictured on a mock “missing persons” poster in the city. Ford, who said last month he would take time off to get treatment for an alcohol problem, described rehab as “amazing” and said he would return in time for the upcoming city election.
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An entrant soars during the annual Balkan paragliding competition over Vlore, Albania.
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Egypt’s leftist presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi shakes hands with supporters before a rally in Banha. Egyptians will vote in presidential elections May 26 and 27.
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A prairie warbler rests in Prospect Park in Brooklyn. Hundreds of “birders” are congregating in Prospect Park and Manhattan’s Central Park for the migration of birds that occurs each spring. New York City is located at a geographic nexus of the Atlantic flyway bird migration route, which results in over 200 species of birds frequenting the metropolitan area.
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Graffiti adorns a fence around the construction site of the new headquarters of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany. The graffiti was created by German street artist Case. The bank allowed artists to create the graffiti during the construction period.
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Mango, a 19-year-old male Syrian brown bear, rests on a bed as zoo veterinarians and staff prepare him for surgery in the Ramat Gan Zoological Center’s animal hospital near Tel Aviv, Israel. The 550-pound bear will have a herniated disc in his back repaired after it was discovered in an X-ray.
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A boy stands under an open water line to beat the heat in Islamabad, Pakistan, where temperatures reached 97 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Russian Tu-95 strategic bombers fly over Red Square during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade May 9, which will celebrate the 1945 victory in World War II.
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Voters queue before dawn in the mining town of Bekkersdal, South Africa. A polling station was burned down overnight, but a tent was erected to vote at in the morning. Elections are expected to see the ruling African National Congress return to power despite a vigorous challenge from opposition parties seeking to capitalize on discontent over corruption and economic inequality.
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A bouquet of flowers adorns the burnt-out shell of a car following clashes between pro-Russia gunmen and the Ukrainian army near Slovyansk, Ukraine.
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Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra offers a traditional greeting before addressing reporters in Bangkok. A Thai court found Yingluck guilty of violating the constitution Wednesday and said she had to step down, throwing the country into further political turmoil, although ministers not implicated in her case can remain in office.
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A “sadhu” (Hindu holy man) shows his ink-marked finger after casting his vote at a polling station at Ayodhya in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
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The 2014 NFL Draft prospects line up on the awning of Radio City Music Hall for a photograph. The draft, which takes place there, starts Thursday.
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President Barack Obama tours tornado-damaged areas of Vilonia, Ark., and talks with Daniel Smith and his sons, Garrison and Gabriel Dority.
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A girl carries a mat as she flees with her family following violence between Muslim and Christian militias near the town of Grimari, Central African Republic.
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Kevin Edson cries during a hearing as he stands beside his attorney, Shannon Lopez, in municipal court in Boston. Edson, accused of a bomb hoax near the Boston Marathon finish line on the anniversary of the 2013 bombing, was found mentally competent for trial after being evaluated at a state hospital following his April 15 arrest.
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