World News in Pictures

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A vendor in Kashmir provides roadside dental treatment without any formal training

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Residents queue in floodwaters for relief supplies in the northern Philippines

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Taiwanese soldiers practise their martial art skills in preparation for national day next week

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Wall Street protests in US - more pics

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Libyan rbels run for cover as they come under fire in Sirte

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An anti-government march by tribesmen in Sanaa, Yemen

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Protesting farmers in South Korea demonstrate against the free trade agreement with the US

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Tributes for Apple 'visionary' Steve Jobs

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Members of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels fly over a bird during practice in San Francisco, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. The Blue Angels will fly in a public air show over San Francisco Bay in celebration of Fleet Week this weekend.

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Protesters occupy the lobby of a Bank of America before being arrested by police on October 6, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. The demonstrators are marching to major bank offices to protest the role of Wall Street banks in the federal budget crisis and in solidarity with protesters in New York and other US cities.


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About one thousand people gather and form a large "99%" in the middle of Freedom Plaza during an "occupation" of the plaza October 6 in Washington, DC. Inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement that began last month in New York, large and small occupations have sprung up in cities across the country.


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Fred Doores takes part in an "Occupy Austin" protest, Thursday, Oct. 6, in Austin, Texas. Concerns over Wall Street practices and economic inequality that have led to sit-ins and rallies in New York and elsewhere reverberated up to the White House on Thursday, with President Barack Obama saying the protesters are expressing the frustrations of the American public.


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Protestors chant and holds signs outside the the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas building in downtown Dallas, Thursday, Oct. 6. Protestors across the state marched against the current state of the economy and corporate influence on the government.


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People march near City Hall Thursday, Oct. 6 in Philadelphia. Organizers of what is being called Occupy Philadelphia say Thursday's demonstration is meant to be a stand against corporate greed.




Demonstrators supporting the Occupy Wall Street movement against corporate power protest Thursday, Oct. 6, at Tom McCall Waterfront Park, in Portland, Ore. Police expect the Occupy Portland demonstrators will march downtown Thursday afternoon, disrupting traffic and businesses.

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A woman whips an alleged thief that is being judged in a 'popular trial' in a shantytown in Lima, Peru, Oct. 6. The man was accused of stealing a house and was detained by neighbors, in Lima's shantytowns several people dispense justice on their own because of the lack of effective system of justice.

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Thousands of Venezuelans attended a wake for former President Carlos Andres Perez on Wednesday amid tears and speeches a day after his remains arrived in his homeland and ended a a bitter family feud over his final resting place.
The remains of Perez arrived in Venezuela nine months after his death in Miami at age 88 set off a feud between his wife, who wanted to bring the body home, and his mistress in the United States, who said Perez had vowed repeatedly never to return as long as politicalarch-nemesis Hugo Chavez was president

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Isolated North Korea has appealed for food aid following the disasters and years of mismanagement. In South Hwanghae province, which traditionally produces about a third of the country's total cereal supply, officials say a savage winter wiped out 65 percent of the barley, wheat and potato crops. Then summer floods and storms destroyed 80 percent of the maize harvest, according to the province's governing People's Committee, and may have an impact on the October rice harvest.



A child suffering from malnutrition rests in a bed in a hospital in Haeju on Sept. 30






A boy working on a collective farm in South Hwanghae province on Sept. 30, in the area that was affected by summer floods and typhoons.

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A revolutionary sniper scans for targets from a building in Sirte, Libya, Thursday, Oct. 6. Moammar Gadhafi called on Libyans to take to the streets and wage a campaign of civil disobedience against the country's new leaders Thursday the first word from the fugitive leader in just over two weeks. Gadhafi has made several speeches on Al-Rai as he tries to rally supporters, who are still waging fierce resistance in his besieged hometown of Sirte, the town of Bani Walid southeast of Tripoli and pockets in the south.



A revolutionary sniper scans for targets from a building in Sirte, Libya, Thursday, Oct. 6. Moammar Gadhafi called on Libyans to take to the streets and wage a campaign of civil disobedience against the country's new leaders Thursday the first word from the fugitive leader in just over two weeks. Gadhafi has made several speeches on Al-Rai as he tries to rally supporters, who are still waging fierce resistance in his besieged hometown of Sirte, the town of Bani Walid southeast of Tripoli and pockets in the south.

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Two Russian spacecraft stand out against the background of the southern lights in this picture taken from the International Space Station on Sept. 17

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People wait in line to receive free milk from the Milk from the Heart program which makes weekly deliveries to Washington Heights and 12 other locations in Manhattan and the Bronx on Oct. 6 in New York City. As the economy throughout the nation struggles, prices on many food staples have continued to rise. According to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, milk prices throughout the Northeast are 19 percent higher than two years ago with the average price of a gallon of milk now at $4. The Milk from the Heart program gives individuals in need two free quarts of milk and hands out about 14,000 quarts a month. The program, which has witnessed a steady increase in participants, is financed partly by private donors and is part of the non-profit Homes for the Homeless

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Nobel laureate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu dances with the Soweto Gospel Choir during the launch of his book 'Tutu: The Authorised Portrait' at the St Georges Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa on Oct. 6. Tutu celebrates his 80th birthday on Friday Oct. 7.



Nobel laureate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu kisses Irish singer Bono after his speech at the launch of his book 'Tutu: The Authorised Portrait' at the St Georges Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa, on Oct. 6.

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Security guards pose for a photograph next to a truck covered with artwork by street artist Banksy in London, England, on October 6. The Banksy piece, entitled "Laugh Now But One Day We Will Be In Charge, Turbo Zone Truck" was created in 2000 and will go on private auction at the Cumberland Hotel this Monday.

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A group of 25 extreme jacuzzi enthusiasts have a soak suspended 150 metres above the ground from the New Gueuroz bridge in Switzerland. The event took about 2,500 hours to plan and a further six hours to assemble – all for 2.5 hours in the tub

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Ayutthaya province, Thailand: Prisoners wade through a flooded jail as they transfer to another jail at Ayutthaya prison nearly 50 miles north of Bangkok. At least 224 people have died in flooding in Thailand since July

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Bhubaneshwar, India: An artist paints masks of Ravana for the Dussehra festival, which marks the demon king's defeat at the hands of Rama



Guadalajara, Mexico: The Mexican delegation for the Pan American Games are greeted by dancers for the flag-raising ceremony

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Havana, Cuba: Cubans hold photographs of the Cubana Flight 455 bombing victims, a day before the atrocity's 35th anniversary. The vigil took place outside the US diplomatic mission. Cuban exile and former CIA operative Luis Posada Carriles, the man accused of masterminding the attack on a Cuban airliner on 6 October 1976 which killed 73 people in Barbados, currently lives in Miami

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Lyon, France: French sculptor Elisabeth Cibot's bronze statue of the late Pope Jean-Paul II by the Fourviere basilica during a blessing ceremony



Phuket, Thailand: Firecrackers explode as devotees celebrate the last day of the nine-day-long Bang Neow vegetarian festival