A villager runs barefoot through a bonfire to pray for good fortune in Binhe Village, Liezhou City of south China’s Guangdong Province. Local villagers step on fire to showcase their courage and pray for good luck in such a traditional activity.
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Activists from Greenpeace Indonesia wear radiation suits to commemorate the first anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, and to demand the government to drop their nuclear energy plans outside Indonesia’s Ministry of Research and Technology in Jarkarta.
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Resident Patricia Inoponis complains as she stands among the debris left by yesterday’s explosion at the Mpila district of Brazzaville. Congo issued a plea for international help Monday as soldiers began recovering bodies from an area devastated by huge explosions at a munitions depot that left more than 150 dead and 1,000 injured.
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Mexican matadora Hilda Tenorio makes a muleta pass on a San Judas Tadeo bull during a bullfight at the Plaza Mexico in Mexico City.
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Malaysian rescue workers examine the wreckage of an over-turned passenger bus that was loaded with Indian holiday makers, near Genting Highlands resort. Two Indian tourists died and 22 other people were hurt when their bus overturned on a winding mountain road in western Malaysia.
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An Indian woman carries marigold flowers on her head on the outskirts of Jammu, India. Marigolds are widely used as strings of garland and for Hindu religious rituals.
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A man jumps into the Mediterranean Sea at the American University beach in Beirut.
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North Korean soldiers chant denunciations of South Korean President Lee Myung-bak at a North Korean military base on North Korea’s southwest coast, opposite South Korea’s Baengnyeong Island.
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Snow covers tornado damaged homes and the belongs of the victims in the small community of Henryville, Indiana. Calm weather gave dazed residents of storm-wracked towns a respite early on Sunday as they dug out from a chain of tornadoes that cut a swath of destruction from the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico, killing at least 39 people.
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President Obama enjoys a light moment with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. Reports state that the US President and Isaeli Prime Minister are at odds over how to deal with the possibility of a nuclear-armed Iran.
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Morning commuters are silhouetted as they walk through the main concourse of Grand Central Station.
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Polish railroad workers at the scene of a train crash in Szczekociny near Zawiercie (Silesia) in Poland. Reports state that two passenger trains crashed in Poland, injuring 57 passengers. At least 16 people died in the accident.
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A surfer takes advantage of large waves caused by hurricane Irina which is sitting some 200 nautical miles off Durban.
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Spanish bullfighter Juan Jose Padilla aims his sword during a bullfight in the southwestern Spanish town of Olivenza. Padilla, who lost sight in one eye and has partial facial paralysis after a terrifying goring returned to the bullring Sunday, five months after his injury.
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Model walks the runway at the Swapnil Shinde show at Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2012 at the Grand Hyatt in Mumbai, India.
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