World News in Pictures

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People run in strong winds on Friday, Sept. 29, 2011 in Haikou, Hainan Province of China. Typhoon Nesat, the 17th typhoon to hit China this year, landed in Wenchang of Hainan province on Thursday afternoon, forcing the evacuation of 320,000 residents in Hainan province. (

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Joy Carrington arranges a display of 318 pairs of infant shoes on the steps of the Arkansas Department of Health in recognition of September as National Infant Mortality Awareness Month, Thursday, Sept. 29 in Little Rock, Ark. The shoes symbolize the 318 infants who died before their first birthday in the state of Arkansas in 2009.

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Bridal couples arrive for a mass wedding ceremony organized by the Lebanese-Palestinian Committee for Development, in the port city of Sidon, southern Lebanon, Sept 29. Fifty Palestinian couples and their families and relatives took part in the ceremony held under the auspices of Lebanese MP Bahia Hariri, sister of late Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.

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Los Angeles, US: Janet Jackson and Randy Jackson arrive outside the courthouse on the third day of the trial of their brother Michael Jackson's doctor



New York, US: A protester from the Occupy Wall Street campaign sleeps underneath a plastic sheet in Zuccotti Park

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Huaying, China: Students sing revolutionary songs during a ceremony to celebrate their upcoming National Day



Liverpool, UK: Labour leader Ed Miliband addresses members of the public during a Q&A session at the annual Labour party conference

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Navotas, Philippines: Residents clean debris after a typhoon and start rebuilding their shanty town



Mexico City, Mexico: An activist, covered in flour and corn grains, sits inside of a rubbish bin during National Corn Day celebrations

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"Rage" against Wall Street




Protester Toni Grenz stands in costume while holding a sign in Zucotti Park during a demonstration by the Occupy Wall Street campaign near the financial district of New York September 29, 2011. After hundreds of protesters were denied access to some areas outside the New York Stock Exchange on September 17, demonstrators set up a rag-tag camp three blocks away. Zuccotti Park is a campground festooned with placards and anti-Wall Street slogans. The group is adding complaints of excessive police force against protesters and police treatment of ethnic minorities and Muslims to its grievances list, which includes bank bailouts, foreclosures and high unemployment.

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Jackson death trial




A bottle of propofol and an IV bag found at Michael Jackson's home, in a frame grab from a prosecution evidence video, during Dr. Conrad Murray's trial in the death of Michael Jackson, in Los Angeles September 29, 2011.



Alberto Alvarez, one of Michael Jackson's security guards, receives a bag of sodium chloride from defense attorney Edward Chernoff during Dr. Conrad Murray's trial in the death of Jackson in Los Angeles, September 29, 2011.






Dr. Conrad Murray watches prosecutor Deborah Brazil question concert promoter Paul Gongaware on the second day of Murray's trial in the death of pop star Michael Jackson in Los Angeles

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A slide of the bed where pop star Michael Jackson died is presented as evidence during the prosecution's opening arguments in Dr. Conrad Murray's trial in the death of Jackson in Los Angeles, September 27, 2011.



Michael Jackson's personal assistant Michael Amir Williams testifies during Dr. Conrad Murray's trial in the death of Michael Jackson in Los Angeles



Kai Chase, personal chef for Michael Jackson, is sworn in during Dr. Conrad Murray's trial in the death of Jackson in Los Angeles, September 29, 2011

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A riot policeman falls during a protest against the government and the public state education system at Santiago city, Chile, September 29, 2011



The body of a man who was shot dead lies covered outside a bar called "The Dollar" in Oaxaca, Mexico, September 28, 2011. The owner of the bar and his bodyguard were shot dead by three hitmen, according to local media.

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A college student shouts slogans from a police bus after he was detained by the police during a sit-in demonstration on a street in central Seoul, September 29, 2011.



Dale farm resident Michael Flynn, 3, plays on a inflatable slide on a hot autumn as residents of the traveller community wait for news of the legal challenge to their eviction by Basildon council, near Billericay, September 29, 2011

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Visitors pose for a photo in front of a wallpaper during Beijing International Design Triennial Exhibition at China National Museum in Beijing, September 29, 2011.



Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez plays softball before a press conference at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, September 29, 2011.

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Saudi officials count ballots at a polling station at Prince Salman center in Riyadh, September 29, 2011



A man walks past a wallpaper depicting Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as Napoleon mounted on a horse in downtown Milan, September 29, 2011



Austria Vienna's Alexander Gorgon heads the ball during the Europa League Group G match against Malmo in Malmo, Sweden, September 29, 2011

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Typhoon Nesat aftermath







A resident paddles past a submerged chapel inside a flooded compound in Malabon, north of Metro Manila, September 29, 2011

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Wanted al Qaeda Cleric Killed in Yemen

American and Yemeni officials said al Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, born in the U.S. and seen here in 2001, was killed Friday in Yemen, where he was based. The Web-savvy militant was considered a major threat to U.S. security



Looking for Some Dry Land

On Friday, residents pass over floodwaters on boats in the city of Candaba, Pampanga province, after Typhoon Nesat pummeled the Philippines' main island of Luzon three days earlier.

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Verdict Expected Soon in Knox Trial

Convicted of killing British student Meredith Kercher in 2007, American Amanda Knox attends her appeal hearing in Perugia, Italy, on Friday. The presiding judge in the case says a verdict should come on Monday.



Marching for Tibet
In New Delhi on Friday, a Tibetan in exile shouts anti-China slogans during a protest after the self-immolation of two monks inside Tibet on Monday. The demonstrators called for an improvement in human rights in Tibet.

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Can I Have Some?
A child watches chimpanzees sharing a coconut in their newly renovated habitat at Sydney's Taronga Zoo.



War Games
South Korean military vehicles take part in a joint exercise with the United States to commemorate the 63rd Korea Armed Forces Day in Pocheon on Friday.

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A Royal Welcome
Britain's Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, receives flowers from Alice Marples as she and husband Prince William open a children's cancer unit at the Royal Marsden Hospital in Sutton, England, on Thursday.



Maintenance Work
Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) fighters clean their rifles Thursday on the outskirts of Sirte, which happens to be the birthplace of ousted despot Muammar Gaddafi

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Explosion Hits Pakistani Hotel
Pakistani security officials and local residents in Islamabad gather at the site of a blast on Thursday. Police said a gas cylinder exploded on the top floor of a hotel building, injuring at least four people

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Bowling Green, Ky., firefighter Jacob Lee rescues a cat from a fire at an apartment complex Friday, Sept. 30, in Bowling Green, Ky. Several residents were forced to jump from the second floor to escape the flames. No injuries were reported.



Medical Center paramedic Don Brod, left, gives oxygen to a cat, Charlie, belonging to Jack VanSlooten, right, at an apartment complex fire Friday, Sept. 30, 20011, in Bowling Green, Ky.