Capsules filled with powdered human flesh is seen at the South Korea Customs office in Daejeon. South Korea has intensified a crackdown on the smuggling of capsules from China containing the powdered flesh of dead babies, seen by some as a cure for diseases.
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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, (L) and Kadima party leader Shaul Mofaz shake hands before holding a joint press conference announcing the new coalition government, in Jerusalem.
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A petitioner protesting about a land grab issue is detained by police outside the Chaoyang Hospital where blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng is being held, in Beijing.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier on the eve of Victory Day celebration in Moscow, Russia. Russia is marking the surrender of Nazi Germany in World War II on May 9th.
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A South Korean worker attaches a devotee’s name tag with their wishes on a lantern, in the preparation for the birthday celebration of Buddha, which falls on May 28, at Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea.
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Locals cool off in the waters of the Arabian Sea in Mumbai, India. Summer, or pre-monsoon season, usually lasting from April to June, brings high temperatures to around 100 degrees.
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Anti-government protesters march during a demonstration demanding that relatives of Yemen’s former president Ali Abdullah Saleh be dismissed from senior army and police posts in Sanaa.
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A worker paints a single-seater submarine designed by Zhang Wuyi and his fellow engineers at a shipyard in Wuhan, Hubei province. Zhang, a 37-year-old local farmer, who is interested in scientific inventions, has made six miniature submarines with several fellow engineers, one of which was sold to a businessman in Dalian at a price of 100,000 yuan ($15,855) last October.
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A woman walks past soldiers at the WWII memorial military cemetery in Minsk on the eve of Victory Day celebrations in Minsk. Belarus, Russia and some former Soviet Union countries will celebrate the 67th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in WWII on May 9.
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An Indian trader watches after a fire broke out at a wholesale fruit market in Jammu, India.
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A landless girl clings to her mother and cries while police arrest them during a clash in Kathmandu, Nepal. The Nepal government has started to vacate landless squatters who have been residing in various places in Kathmandu. Riot police arrested more than 20 landless people who tried to stop the vacation process and dozens were injured.
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Chinese acrobats perform during the Grand China National Acrobatic Circus in Quezon City, the Philippines.
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A prisoner rests his arms in the wall of his cell during a Mass for prisoners in the courtyard of La Esperanza penal center in San Salvador, El Salvador.
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Outgoing French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) and newly-elected president Francois Hollande attend a ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe to mark the anniversary of the end of World War II in Paris.
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A man and a child appear to perform a miracle by walking on water – but the illusion is actually caused by one of the world’s largest salt flats. The stunning illusion is created when rain floods the El Salar de Uyuni salt flat, in Bolivia.
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A satellite image shows a Delta in the Amazon River, Brazil. Twisting and turning these mesmerising patterns could easily be mistaken for a new collection of modern art. Seen from space, rivers including the Nile, the Ganges and the Yangtze, make paths resembling branching blood vessels, crossing entire continents until they reach the sea.
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Cheerleaders perform on center court in between matches at the Swatch FIVB World Tour Beijing Grand Slam in Beijing, China.
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President Obama uses an umbrella as he steps off Air Force One during his arrival at Albany International Airport in Albany, N.Y.
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