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A view of 'The Blue', the world's largest flawless vivid blue diamond, on display during Christie's Magnificent Jewels auction in Geneva, Switzerland. The spectacular blue diamond, considered the largest in the world in its category, was purchased by US jeweler Harry Winston for $23,790,000 (with costs)
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Lucy Kerr holds an HTC One mini 2 phone during a press preview ahead of its UK launch in Clerkenwell, London
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Workers hang a painting by Jonathan Yeo titled 'Girl Reading (Malala Yousafzai)' before the start of the auction at Christie's Afternoon Session of Post-War and Contemporary Art in New York
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Come fly with me: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un takes the controls of a fighter jet as he inspects the Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force Unit 447 in Pyongyang
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Debris rises into the air during, what rebel fighters said was, an operation in which they blew up a tunnel targeting the regime's al-Sawadi checkpoint, in Idlib province. This checkpoint was considered one of the regime's biggest and most important checkpoints, and was used to protect the east side of Wadi al-Deif military camp
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Student Elena Brandt gives a bed-bath to a mannequin named Frau Schmidt during an elderly care training program at the Edith Stein Catholic vocational training centre in Berlin, Germany. The supply of caregivers for the elderly in Germany has not met the demand as an aging population finds itself in need of qualified nurses. According to one study, estimates hold that there will be a shortage of up to 152,000 caregivers by the year 2025
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Israeli border policemen stand near a bulldozer as it demolishes a temporary structure in the West Bank Jewish settler outpost of Maale Rehavam, near to Bethlehem
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Paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade of the U.S. Army in Europe take part in military exercise 'Black Arrow' in Rukla, Lithuania
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Firefighters battle a blaze in San Marcos, California. More than 20 structures, including several homes, burned to the ground and thousands of people were ordered to evacuate as a wind-lashed wildfire roared out of control in the heart of a Southern California coastal community
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New pictures emerged Thursday of a senior Turkish government aide apparently kicking a grieving protester, adding to anger at prime minister Tayyip Erdogan’s handling of the Soma coal mine disaster.
Erdogan’s adviser, Yusuf Yerkel, clashed with the unidentified man during protests when the leader visited the tragedy-stricken town on Wednesday.
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A picture of the incident was circulated on social media, stoking anger at the government’s response
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Mourners sang and prayed for departed miners on Thursday over the graves of relatives killed in Turkey's worst mining accident, even as more hearses pulled up and backhoes dug more graves around them.
Rescue teams recovered eight more victims, raising the death toll to 282, with 142 people still unaccounted for from Tuesday's disaster. No miner has been brought out alive since dawn Wednesday from the coal mine where the explosion and fire took place
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A Palestinian man shouts for help Thursday moments after teenager Mohammad Abu Daher, on the ground, was shot to death by Israeli troops near the West Bank city of Ramallah. Medical officials say Israeli troops shot dead two Palestinian teens in a West Bank clash that erupted after Palestinians marked the anniversary of their uprooting in the war over Israel's 1948 creation. Officials at Ramallah Hospital say the two, ages 15 and 17, were shot in the upper body by live fire
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Palestinian youth Mohammed Udeh, 17, holds a stone moments before he was shot dead by Israeli forces during clashes
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Sevilla's Croatian midfielder Ivan Rakitic raises the trophy after winning the Uefa Europa Cup final against Benfica in Turin.
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The head of a full-scale replica of the Sphinx, which is part of an unfinished theme park that will also accommodate the production of film and television shows, is seen behind trees on the outskirts of Shijiazhuang, China. Jim Carey?? :)
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Protests over mine disaster - more pics
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A protester holds a sign that reads, "It is a murder not an accident" during a demonstration to blame the ruling Ak Party (AKP) government for the mining disaster in western Turkey, in Ankara May 15, 2014. Around a thousand people from various trade unions gathered in Ankara to march on the Labour Ministry, some wearing miners' helmets and waving banners showing the image of Che Guevara
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A woman pushes a trolley as she evacuates a hair salon in a shopping center during flooding in the central Bosnian town of Zenica May 15, 2014
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Supporters of Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi, the prime ministerial candidate for India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), shower confetti from atop a bus in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad May 15, 2014.
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Artifacts of the historical exhibition are seen inside the National September 11 Memorial & Museum during a press preview in New York May 14, 2014
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A ship (R) of Vietnam Marine Guard is seen near Chinese vessels in the South China Sea, about 210 km (130 miles) off shore of Vietnam May 14, 2014.
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Traditional Russian Matryoshka wooden dolls depicting (L-R) Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata, Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin and U.S. astronaut Rick Mastracchio, stand on a table during a welcoming ceremony at the airport in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, May 14, 2014.
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National guards detain an anti-government protester on a motorcycle during a protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas May 14, 2014.
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Activists gather at a park prior to a demonstration on the campus of Google during its shareholders meeting in Mountain View, California May 14, 2014.
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Two injured young rabbits that were thrown from a car in suburban Metairie, Louisiana are recovering at vet Gregory Rich's surgery. The Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to arrest and conviction of whoever threw the rabbits.
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A couple of women take selfies infront of a 'Godzilla' film advertising structure, featuring a train car from San Francisco and a helicopter crash, at the corner of Elm and Yonge Street in Toronto, Canada
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Realistic sketches created by artist Ivan Hoo from Woodlands, Singapore
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An aerial view of the San Marcos wildfire burning near homes in the San Elijo Hills, San Diego
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Pilots prepare for the third stage of the Red Bull Air Race World Championships in front of the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur
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An anti-government demonstrator fires a homemade rocket during confrontations with riot police during a protest against the government of President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas
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A police officer detains young suspects after a store was looted during a police raid in Recife, Brazil
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Military policemen stand in a line behind a demonstrator wearing the figure of a skeleton holding up a trophy representing the FIFA World Cup during a protest against the 2014 World Cup in Sao Paulo
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Turkish riot police clash with protestors during a demonstration for the victims of the Soma mine explosion, in Istanbul, Turkey
