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Week in photos: May 6-10

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Swiss guards march prior to a swearing-in ceremony at the Vatican. The gathering is held each May 6 to commemorate the day in 1527 when 147 of their number died protecting Pope Clement VII.

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Islamic activists (right) block a road in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in hopes of forcing the government to enact an anti-blasphemy law.

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Swiss players surround their goalkeeper Martin Gerber ahead of their opening-round match against Canada at the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships in Stockholm.

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Winter swimmers wave from their chilly little island drifting on the Amur River in Heihe, China.

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Pakistani children pester an armed soldier standing guard at an entrance to an election rally is held in Quetta, Pakistan. The graffiti above the children warns 'Voting means death' as the country readies for national elections.

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Juventus' Kwadwo Asamoah gets a good taste of the turf after being tackeld by Palermo's Egidio Arevalo Rios match in Turin.

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Boat maker Audit Volmar, walks inside the skeleton of a craft he's building on the beach of Leogane, Haiti. Volmar sells the 30-footers to smugglers who take them to northern Haiti to find passengers.

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A farmer harvests wheat on a field in Kathmandu, Nepal.

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The pack pedals is treated to a scenic vista as it traverses the third stage of the Giro d'Italia race from Sorrento to Marina di Ascea, Italy.

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Liborio Solis of Venezuela takes a right from Japan's Kohei Kono during their WBA superfly title bout in Tokyo.

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A young man splashes a fleeing girl with water on a Lviv, Ukraine, street. The custom is an ancient spring rite of cleansing done traditionally on the first Monday after Orthodox Easter.

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An Israeli soldier boosts his compatriot into a Golan Heights home during training drills as concerns grow over the Jewish state's air raids in Syria.

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Protesters chase police during a protest, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, demanding the government implement an anti-blasphemy law.

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Fuzzy friends Vali, a 16-month-old chimp, and Bam Bam, a 5-month-old bear cub, snuggle during a break from playing together at the Myrtle Beach Safari park in South Carolina.

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A man walks on a sandbank in the Langstone Channel, near Portsmouth, Britain.

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Burning cars line a highway in Ecatepec, Mexico, near where a gas tanker exploded, killing at least 18 people and damaging several homes and cars.

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A statue of China's late Chairman Mao Zedong is seen through the haze and pollution in front of part of the Shenyang, China, skyline.

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Britain's Andy Murray reacts to a tough break during his match against Florian Mayer of Germany at the Mutua Madrid Open.

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Smoke from Mount Mayon spews into the sky in this view from the city of Legazpi, Philippines. Five hikers were killed by a boulder knocked loose in the eruption.

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Talk about trashing the place... Firefighters converge on the scene of a house fire ignited when a garbage truck careened off the road and into the East Hanover, NJ, home.

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A South Korean youngster covers her head with a school bag after her class fled to an underground shelter during air raid drills at Sohwa elementary school in Paju.

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Pat Stapula uses his canoe to reach dry land and check on neighbors along flooded Riverside Drive in Charlotte, N.C.

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Detroit's Damien Brunner (along with the Red Wings faithful) celebrates his game-wining overtime goal against the Anaheim Ducks during game four of their series in Detroit.

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A bicyclist rides through the streets of Manhattan amidst a downpour that sparked flash floods throughout the area.

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Kai, a 17-year-old sea lion who lives at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Valejo, Calif., inspects the the lens of photographer Seth Casteel.

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Afghan soldiers train at a facility outside Kabul.

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Lava streams down the side of Tungurahua -- seen from the village of Cotalo, Ecuador.

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Rescuers pull victims from the wreckage of a bus that plunged into the Beas River near Kullu, India. More than 30 were killed.

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Queen Elizabeth II leaves the Palace of Westminster after addressing the official State Opening of Parliament in London.

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A rescue worker stands on a destroyed stairway near the remains of the building of the pilots at the Port of Genoa, Italy, where at least seven were killed when after a container ship slammed into a control tower.

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Juventus coach Antonio Conte confronts his club's fans after the team's match against Atalanta was suspended for ten minutes due to clashes between fans.

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A protesting government employee yells from a police van after being arrested in Srinagar, India, demanding a greater regularization of temporary jobs and a salary hikes.

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Nearly 40,000 demonstrators gather at a soccer stadium in Kelana Jaya, Malaysia, in protest of Sunday's election results. Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim vowed he would expose cheating he says cost them the election.

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Israeli youngsters can be seen -- through an Israeli flag -- celebrating Jerusalem Day at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City.

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Pope Francis exchanges caps with a young girl on his way to the altar for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City.

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Spanish protestors shelter themselves from the rain with umbrellas calling for a halt to their nation's planned austerity measures and a new education lin Pamplona.

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Here's a shot of the sunrise over the South Pacific -- as photographed by Expedition 35 crew members aboard the International Space Station.

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As smoke and flames close on his position, a man prepares to leap from a window of a burning building in central Lahore, Pakistan.

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A Chilean student grasps a Santiago light pole to avoid being knocked over by riot police firing water cannons. The demonstrators are seeking improvements in education quality.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (center) watches the Victory Day parade flanked by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on the right and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in Moscow's Red Square.

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An Ultra Orthodox Jewish man harvests wheat ahead of Shavuot, a harvest holiday that also commemorates the story of Moses receiving the Ten Commandments.

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Actors Jeremy Howard (purple armband), Noel Fisher (orange) and Pete Ploszek (blue) are seen ensconced in motion-capture gear on the set of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" in New York.

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Cao Yuan of China splashes into the pool from the 10-meter platform during the preliminary rounds of the AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

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Children chase a truck that was distributing election flags during a political rally in Lahore, Pakistan, ahead of weekend elections.

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Indian bodybuilders display their wares during the Mr. India contest in Chennai.

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A massive European Union flag covers the area outside Romania's Parliament Building to mark EU Day in Bucharest.

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Syrian rebel fighters chat behind a barricade on a Aleppo road. The wall of fabric hangs across the street to deter sniper fire.