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Columbus, US: Ducks cross a road after escaping from a farm

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Calcutta, India: A Hindu holy man hangs on a rope attached to a holy pillar during the Gajan festival, on the eve of the Bengali new tear

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Berck-sur-mer, France: Kites fly in the sky at the 22nd International Kite Meeting

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Bhaktapur, Nepal: People look at men pulling ropes to bring down a pole during the celebration of the traditional Nepali new year

UK: Demonstrators display the white hand, symbol of peace in Darfur

Laos: A Buddhist monk stands in front of temple at Wat Xieng Thong

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UK: Artist Al Greenall takes delivery of one of 100 model pigs being placed on the streets of Bath for six months as part of a public art scheme

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UK: A dancer performs under a rain machine

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Nablus, West Bank: Orthodox Jewish women settlers pray at the tomb of the Biblical patriarch Joseph

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UK: Salina Kosgei of Kenya runs along Embankment during the 2008 Flora London Marathon