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Day in Photos: May 17, 2012

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An sculpture cast from the body of British artist Antony Gormley can be seen atop a building in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil. The public exhibition titled “Event Horizon” uses 31 rooftops as a part of Gormley’s exhibition at Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil. AFP/Getty Images
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A detailed scale model of Osama bin Laden’s compund in Abbottabad Pakistan. AFP/Getty Images
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Riot police arrest a student during a march in Santiago to demand that President Sebastian Pinera’s government overhaul the education system to guarantee free, quality public education for all Chileans. AFP/Getty Images
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A village boy leads his goat past a parched pond on the outskirts of the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar. Huge swathes of rural farmland has turned dry as farmers await the annual monsoon rains which, according to the India Meteorological Department, are expected to be on time this year. AP Photo
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A model showcases hair sculptures created by hairstylists at the Audi Fashion Festival Show of Redken in Singapore. The annual festival showcases works of top and emerging designers as part of efforts to promote the city-state as a fashion hub. AP Photo
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People look on after the gantry of the Baltic Container Terminal fell down onto shipping containers at the waterfront in Gdynia, Poland. AFP/Getty Images
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Nik Wallenda performs a walk on a tightrope in the rain during training for his walk over Niagara Falls. AP Photo
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Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip drive into the Salthouse Dock on a converted amphibious landing craft now used for sightseeing tours in Liverpool. REUTERS
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Mejra Dzogaz prays near the graves of her two sons before the television broadcast of the court proceedings of former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic’s in Potocari, near Srebrenica. REUTERS
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A young boy jumps into the water as he cools off while scavenging for valuables in the holy Yamuna River, on a warm day in New Delhi, India. AP Photo
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People sun bathe on the beach during the 65th Cannes film festival in Cannes. AFP/Getty Images
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A man takes nap on one of oil tankers used to transport NATO fuel supplies to neighboring Afghanistan, in Karachi, Pakistan. AP Photo
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An Indian man gets his retina scanned as he enrolls for Aadhar, Indiaís unique identification project in Kolkata. The giant ID project, which aims to give everyone an identity record and number for the first time, involves recording retina scans, fingerprints and photographs of all 1.2 billion Indians. AP Photo
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Australia’s Mick Fanning competes during the quarterfinals of the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Billabong Rio Pro surfing competition off Barra da Tijuca beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. AP Photo
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Iron-cast life-size sculptures by British artist Antony Gormley hang from the ceiling of Centro Cultural Banco do Brazil in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil. AFP/Getty Images
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Elodie Clouvel of France attends a training session as she practices for the modern pentathlon competition at the training headquarters of INSEP (National Institute for Sport and Physical Education) in Vincennes near Paris. REUTERS