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A sheep with dyed pink wool grazes in a field near the village of Balintoy April 24, 2014. It has been painted pink to welcome the arrival of the Giro d'Italia cycle race whose race leader wears a pink jersey. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton (Northern Ireland - Tags: SOCIETY SPORT CYCLING ANIMALS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A sheep with dyed pink wool grazes in a field near the village of Balintoy, Northern Ireland.

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Denmark's Queen Margrethe II inspects honour guards during a welcoming ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing April 24, 2014. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY ROYALS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Denmark's Queen Margrethe II inspects honor guards during a welcoming ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China.

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REFILE - UPDATING THIRD SENTENCE A Ukrainian security force officer is deployed at a checkpoint set on fire and left by pro-Russian separatists near Slaviansk April 24, 2014. Ukrainian forces clashed with pro-Russian militants as they closed in on the separatist-held city of Slaviansk on Thursday, seizing rebel checkpoints and setting up roadblocks as helicopters circled overhead. Reuters journalists saw a Ukrainian detachment with five armoured personnel carriers take over the checkpoint on a road north of the city in late morning after it was abandoned by separatists who set tyres alight to cover their retreat. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A Ukrainian security force officer is deployed at a checkpoint set on fire and left by pro-Russian separatists near Slaviansk, Ukraine. Ukrainian forces clashed with pro-Russian militants as they closed in on the separatist-held city of Slaviansk on Thursday, seizing rebel checkpoints and setting up roadblocks as helicopters circled overhead.

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A woman attends a candlelight vigil in Ansan, to commemorate the victims of capsized passenger ship Sewol and to wish for the safe return of missing passengers, April 24, 2014. More than 300 people, most of them students and teachers from the Danwon High School, are dead or missing presumed dead after the April 16 disaster. The confirmed death toll on Thursday was 171. The Sewol ferry, weighing almost 7,000 tons, sank on a routine trip from the port of Incheon, near Seoul, to the southern holiday island of Jeju. Investigations are focused on human error and mechanical failure. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: DISASTER MARITIME TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A woman attends a candlelight vigil in Ansan, South Korea, to commemorate the victims of capsized passenger ship Sewol and to wish for the safe return of missing passengers.

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A polar bear cub (L) plays with its mother Uslada at the Leningrad Zoo in St. Petersburg, April 24, 2014. The four-month old polar bear cub, who made its first public appearance on Thursday , is yet to be named. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk (RUSSIA - Tags: ANIMALS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A polar bear cub plays with its mother Uslada at the Leningrad Zoo in St. Petersburg, Russia.

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Pink bicycles are positioned in a field near the village of Balintoy April 24, 2014. They have been painted pink to welcome the arrival of the Giro d'Italia cycle race whose race leader wears a pink jersey. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton (Northern Ireland - Tags: SOCIETY SPORT CYCLING)

Pink bicycles are positioned in a field near the village of Balintoy, Northern Ireland. They have been painted pink to welcome the arrival of the Giro d'Italia cycle race whose race leader wears a pink jersey.

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Artist Ludmila Kletz shows carved designs on eggshells during an exhibition in St. Petersburg, April 24, 2014. More than 30 works of chicken, goose and ostrich eggs were presented on Thursday. The artist uses miniature drills to carve the desings. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY)

Artist Ludmila Kletz shows carved designs on eggshells during an exhibition in St. Petersburg, Russia. More than 30 works of chicken, goose and ostrich eggs were presented on Thursday. The artist uses miniature drills to carve the designs.

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Nuns look on in St.Peter's square at the Vatican, April 24, 2014. Next Sunday, Pope Francis will canonize late Pope John Paul II, who reigned from 1978 to 2005, and Pope John XXIII, who was pontiff from 1958 to 1963 and called the Second Vatican Council, a landmark meeting that modernised the Church. REUTERS/Yara Nardi (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION)

Nuns look on in St.Peter's square at the Vatican. Next Sunday, Pope Francis will canonize late Pope John Paul II, who reigned from 1978 to 2005, and Pope John XXIII, who was pontiff from 1958 to 1963 and called the Second Vatican Council, a landmark meeting that modernized the Church.

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Girls pan for gold in a stream next to a local mine near the village of Game, about 230 kilometres north of the capital Bangui April 24, 2014. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Tags: BUSINESS COMMODITIES EMPLOYMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Girls pan for gold in a stream next to a local mine near the village of Game, Central African Republic.

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A woman holds up the small recipe book by Sri Lanka's iconic chef Publis Silva in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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A man places a poppy flower into the World War I Wall of Remembrance on ANZAC Day at the Australian National War Memorial in Canberra April 25, 2014. Australia and New Zealand on Friday marked the 99th anniversary of the first major military action involving Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War. ANZAC is an acronym for Australia and New Zealand Army Corps. REUTERS/Jason Reed (AUSTRALIA - Tags: MILITARY ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A man places a poppy flower into the World War I Wall of Remembrance on ANZAC Day at the Australian National War Memorial in Canberra, Australia on Friday.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 24: A security guard stands in front of 'OldSkool', by the street artist Banksy which has gone on show during the 'Stealing Banksy?' exhibition at the ME Hotel on The Strand on April 24, 2014 in London, England. The work is one of seven previously stolen pieces that the organisers of the exhibition, The Sincura Group, say they have found and restored and which will be auctioned on 28th April 2014. None of the artworks have as yet been verified and a statement on the artist's website suggests that he does not approve of the work being displayed in this manner. (Photo by Mary Turner/Getty Images)

A security guard stands in front of Banksy's "OldSkool" in the 'Stealing Banksy?' exhibition at the ME Hotel on The Strand in London.

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NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 24: People protest against the use of carriage horses at Central Park on April 24, 2014 in New York City. Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York, a Democrat, made a campaign pledge to ban carriages in Central Park. Many New Yorkers have been voicing their support for the horses and drivers despite the criticism from animal welfare agencies. Recently, animal welfare activists protested in front of actor Liam Neeson's home after he wrote a newspaper piece in support of the carriage horses. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

People protest against the use of carriage horses at Central Park.

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U.S. President Barack Obama and Japan's Empress Michiko attend a welcome ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Thursday, April 24, 2014. Facing fresh questions about his commitment to Asia, Obama will seek to convince Japan's leaders Thursday that he can deliver on his security and economic pledges, even as the crisis in Ukraine demands U.S. attention and resources elsewhere. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, Pool)

President Obama and Japan's Empress Michiko attend a welcome ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.

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U.S. Post Office employee Detra Parker chants during a protest outside a Staples store, Thursday, April 24, 2014, in Atlanta. Thousands of postal workers picketed outside Staples stores nationwide Thursday to protest a pilot program that allows the office supply chain to handle U.S. mail. The American Postal Workers Union fears layoffs and post office closings and says that unlike retail workers, postal workers "have taken an oath to protect the sanctity of the mail." (AP Photo/David Goldman)

U.S. Post Office employee Detra Parker chants during a protest outside a Staples store in Atlanta. Thousands of postal workers picketed outside Staples stores nationwide Thursday to protest a pilot program that allows the office supply chain to handle U.S. mail.

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A sculpture decorated with newspaper clippings is on display near the site where anti-government student protesters are camping out in Bolivar square in the Chacao municipality of Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, April 24, 2014. The opposition is resuming talks with President Nicolas Maduro's government on Thursday, aimed at defusing the nation's political crisis. It's the fourth face-to-face meeting this month and expected to focus on calls by the opposition for amnesty for jailed activists. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

A sculpture decorated with newspaper clippings is on display near the site where anti-government student protesters are camping out in Bolivar square in the Chacao municipality of Caracas, Venezuela.

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Baby gorilla Jengo, left, stands next to Diara and her mother Kumili at the zoo in Leipzig, Germany, Thursday, April 24, 2014. The baby gorilla Jengo was born on Dec. 2, 2013 and Diara was born during the night between March 10 and 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

Baby gorilla Jengo, left, stands next to Diara and her mother Kumili at the zoo in Leipzig, Germany.

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A boy runs in front of the "Serpent d'ocean" (Ocean snake) in Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, western France, April 24, 2014. Ocean Serpent is a giant aluminium sea serpent skeleton by the Chinese artist Huang Yong Ping. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe (FRANCE - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY TRAVEL)

A boy runs in front of the "Serpent d'ocean" (Ocean snake) in Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, western France.