Weathered oil is seen near the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico from a leaking pipeline that resulted from last week’s explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig.
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2 of 20
A United States Army soldier walks through a wheat field while patrolling with A Troop, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment of the 5th Stryker Brigade in the Maiwand District of Kandahar Province.
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3 of 20
Ukrainian opposition and pro-presidential lawmakers fight during ratification of the Black Sea Fleet deal with Russia, in parliament in Kiev, Ukraine. Ukraine’s parliament has voted to extend Russia’s lease of a Crimean naval port for the Black Sea Fleet in a chaotic session during which eggs and smoke bombs were thrown. The countries’ presidents agreed last week to extend the Russian navy’s use of the Sevastopol port for another 25 years after the old lease expires in 2017.
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4 of 20
Fabrice Tourre, executive director, Goldman Sachs Structured Products Group Trading, prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Investigations subcommittee.
AP
5 of 20
Performers undertake a rehearsal for the upcoming Shanghai World Expo in Beijing. Along with daily parades, fireworks and other festivities, the Shanghai World Expo’s 192 participating countries are contributing to a six-month calendar of music, dance and stage shows..
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6 of 20
Kayla 4, of Nottingham enjoys the flowers in St James’s park in London, England.
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7 of 20
Artists of the vaudeville show “Made in Berlin” pose for the photographer in front of a mockup of the Reichstag building in the Modellpark Berlin-Brandenburg in Berlin.
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8 of 20
A general view of the Marina Bay Sands casino gaming hall in Singapore. Singapore threw open the doors of its second casino, giving a fresh boost to the city’s tourism sector and raising its profile as a playground for the world’s high-rollers.
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9 of 20
An aerial view of rescuers using excavators to remove rubble and search for buried cars and victims at the site of a landslide that covered the full width of a motorway near the northern port city of Keelung. Rescuers continued to search for survivors at least four vehicles and five people reported missing feared buried by the landslide that smothered a 300 meter-length of the No. 3 Freeway.
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10 of 20
Visitors walk past the China pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo site. Shanghai unveils to the world on Friday its multi-billion dollar World Expo, an event many outside the country may struggle to recognise but which China hopes will be an opportunity to assert its growing global clout.
REUTERS
11 of 20
A Stryker armored vehicle from the U.S. Army’s MGS Platoon, Alpha Company, 4-23 Infantry Battalion, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team fires a 120mm mortar during a night patrol in Kandahar.
REUTERS
12 of 20
Supporters of India’s Rashtriya Janata Dal party block the path of a passenger train during a protest against rising inflation on the outskirts of the eastern Indian city of Patna. The anti-government alliance on Tuesday took their protest against inflation, running at a 17-month high of 9.9 percent, to the streets, paralysing life across some parts of the country as they tried to enforce a dawn-to-dusk strike.
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13 of 20
An Israeli border police officer sprays colored pepper spray in the eyes of a handcuffed a Palestinian protester as Israeli security forces scuffle with Palestinians during a demonstration against the construction of Israel’s separation barrier in the West Bank village of Walajeh, outside Jerusalem.
AP
14 of 20
A worker cleans the glass of an office building in Beijing.
REUTERS
15 of 20
Blossoming tulip fields are seen near Krabbendam, north west Netherlands.
AP
16 of 20
Christian Iraqis pray in front of the four-meter high Jesus Christ statue in the predominantly Christian town of Hamdaniya, near Mosul. The Christians of northern Iraq have chosen to defy mounting attacks by extremists by erecting a statue of Jesus modelled on the giant Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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17 of 20
Climbers of the entourage of South Korean Oh Eun-Sun climbing on Annapurna in Himalayan Mountains, Nepal. Mountaineer Oh Eun-sun successfully ascended to the top of Annapurna in the Himalayas, becoming the first woman to conquer all of the world’s 14 highest peaks.
EPA
18 of 20
The Dalai Lama speaks during a function by followers to offer him prayers for longevity at the Tsuglakhang Temple in Dharmsala, India.
AP
19 of 20
HM Queen Elizabeth II leaves the Venue Cymru Arena after a visit in Llandudno, Wales. The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are on a two day visit to North Wales.
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